I AM delighted to have received my long-awaited campaign medal for service in the canal zone of Egypt during the Suez Crisis of the early 1950s.

However, thoughts go out to our fallen comrades -- particularly at this time of year -- now justice has been achieved.

Moreover, the satisfaction of knowing that this long-standing injustice has been overcome after all this time gives veterans (past and present) who served in Suez for crown and country, during this emergency, an award to be proud of.

At long last we have been officially recognised and it feels so good.

J Hunt (ex radar section -- Middle East air force), Carrfield, Bamber Bridge.