VETERANS of a conflict often overlooked by the public were reunited at the weekend when they gathered once more to remember those they left behind.

Almost 800 people, men and women, died between 1945 and 1948 while trying to keep the peace between the Jews and Arabs in what was then Palestine.

Their sacrifices have been largely forgotten, possibly because the volatile situation that still exists in the Middle East.

But on Saturday, almost 200 members of the Palestine Veterans' Association met once more at a reunion and service of remembrance at the Eden Camp Museum, near Malton, North Yorkshire.

They held their first reunion at the museum in 1999 and that led to the formation of the association, which is now based at the museum.

Eden Camp boasts what is probably the most comprehensive display about the conflict in this country.

"It is still a bit of a taboo subject in some areas, but these men and women were trying to keep the peace. Because of the situation then and the situation now it was never really spoken of," said museum director Nick Hill.

The association has 966 members in the UK, as well as in the US, Australia, Canada and Europe.