A wreath, which also commemorated The Judeans — the Jewish Fusilier Battalions of the First World War — was laid by Colonel Martin Newman.

He said: “The Zion Mule Corps was arguably the first Jewish military formation since Josephus and led to the later formation of the Jewish Battalions of the Royal Fusiliers.”

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