Adding names to a memorial can be difficult as in most cases it is not actually clear who is responsible for the memorial. Although the RBL seem to be considered as being charge, alot of the memorials were actually instigated and maintained by the town councils. The RBL seem to have a say on who should be added to the memorials by default. But...the biggest problem is actually who is going to pay for the name to be added? Local council, the RBL will say it is the other and until you can get someone to agree to the funds then it is unlikly to happen.
When the Chippenham about to be refurbished, the local paper carried an article saying the that RBL were asking for any missing names to be given to the so that the memorial could record all the men who were killed in the 2 wars. As I have carried out some research into the names on the memorial and have identified a number who have been left off for whatever reason, I contacted the RBL. The RBL reps face was a picture at seeing 70 or so names! He said they were expecting 1 or 2. A week later, it was announced that only the names of men would be added if the family asked. In the end 1 from the Great, 2 from the Second and 1 from Iraq were added. Cpl Jones' name was added to the Chippenham (North Wilts) war memorial almost 2 years ago - his connection to Chippenham was that he lived in the town at the time of being killed on the Hercules in Iraq.
Good luck and hope you have more success than I did.
Last edited by November4; 20th Jul 2009 at 15:46.