TOWN councillors have backed proposals for the Far East War Memorial to be moved from its present home outside the town hall.
Plans are afoot to move the tribute to the main memorial at the cenotaph on Petersfield High Street.
This year's Remembrance Day comemoration featured a short memorial service at 9.30am for service personnel who died in the Far East campaign.
But more people were at the main memorial for the traditional two-minute silence at 11am at the cenotaph.
At a meeting of the town council's finance and general purposes committee last week, Ken Hick said: "I thought 'This is not on'. My wife's father had served in the Far East. It seemed to me they had been undersold and they are the forgotten army. It seems to me they are being short changed."
George Watkinson added his support, saying: "The memorial out there is known about by very few people. That memorial would look much nicer by the main memorial, where everybody could give it the due attention it needs."
Former mayor Paul Molloy said: "I have spoken to the Royal British Legion people, none of whom thought it was a bad idea. They all seem very much in favour of it."
Finance and general purposes committee chairman Mr Watkinson suggested that the town clerk write to the Royal British Legion regarding the possible resiting of the Far East War Memorial to the High Street.
Rowlands Funeral Services, which had provided the memorial stone, was also due to be consulted, as would the families of the late Norman Nicholas and Aubrey Sayer who provided the oak tree, which overlooks the current Heath Road memorial.