Therein lies the rub I suspect Hugh. HF/BCA seem to be going for a series of small soundbites, pieces to camera (at IWM, Hendon etc), interviews with the likes of yourself, as the most that the 'media' will accommodate at any one time. Even then the take up appears patchy or only local. "It was all a long time ago and we've moved on since then", I can almost script the editorial meetings especially at the Beeb! Somehow we have to reeducate 2 or 3 generations brought up on "Peace Studies" to just how much we all owe your generation for ensuring we live in a free democracy. The only people who seem to appreciate that these days are those newly arrived from Eastern Europe. Their countries knew the reality of the the three o'clock in the morning hammering on the door. If the armbands of those who came for you were emblazoned with Swastikas or Hammers and Sickles, it was of academic interest only as no one would see you again.
The London BC Memorial, the Country one, the plans of BCH for RAF Bicester are all part of that education. Trouble is there is a Catch 22 here. How to educate people with the importance of providing these memorials so that future generations can in turn be so educated?