Dhaka, March 19 -- Sylhet resident Ataur Rahman has made a "request" to remove his father's name from Tower Hill Memorial, a World War II memorial in London.

He applied for a UK visa in December last year to visit the monument and pay respect to his fallen father. But the British government rejected the application.

Ataur, who is 86 years old now, says: "Since we have no right to respect, there is no basis for keeping my father's name there.

"I urge the UK government to remove my father's name from the memorial permanently and also request that my father's name be removed from all documents, including the Commonwealth records of the war."

Ataur's father Ershad Ali was killed while serving in the Merchant Navy for the allied forces dur...