Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women
British charitable organization
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The Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women (AJEX; prior to 1939, the Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen, and from 1928 to 1939, the Jewish Ex-Servicemen's Legion) is a non-political charitable organisation that focuses on issues affecting Jewish British former servicemen and women.[1][2][3][4]
It holds an annual Commemoration of Remembrance and Parade every November to pay tribute to servicemen and women who have died in battle.[5][6][7][8] As of 2013, it had 40 branches in the United Kingdom.[8][9]
History
The association is a non-political charitable organisation that focuses on issues affecting Jewish British former servicemen and women, and was founded in Whitechapel in East London in 1928 as the Jewish Ex-Servicemen's Legion.[4][10] King George V gave the organisation the right to hold a religious ceremony at The Cenotaph each year from 1934,[9] and in 1936 it changed its name to AJEX.[4]
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