Work on National Memorial Arboretum Remembrance Centre starts
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The Remembrance Centre should be completed by late 2016, the arboretum said
Construction has begun on a new Remembrance Centre at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire.
The £15.7m development should be completed by late 2016 and allow the arboretum to host up to 500,000 visitors a year.
The charity has already raised over £10m towards the works, which will see the cafe and reception area improved.
The Duke of Cambridge, a patron of the project, said: "Those who visit deserve to be looked after when they are here."
His words were read by actress Dame Penelope Keith, a member of the Arboretum's fundraising Appeal Council, at a ground-breaking ceremony at the site in Alrewas.
The 150-acre (61 hectare) site remembers contains more than 300 memorials dedicated to all the armed forces, emergency services and civilians.
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