The Not Forgotten Association (known as 'The Not Forgotten') is a British Armed Forces registered charity for serving and ex-servicemen and women that operates throughout the United Kingdom. The Not Forgotten combats isolation and loneliness in the Armed Forces community by providing entertainment, social activities, challenge holidays and respite breaks for those who are wounded, injured, and sick. History Formation At the outbreak of the First World War, United States soprano Marta Cunningham was residing in London. She undertook charity and canteen work in the East End, which she continued after the cessation of hostilities. In 1919 while visiting her local hospital, Cunningham asked the matron if she still had any wounded servicemen under treatment. Martha was horrified to find out that there were in fact 600 injured patients in the hospital, with thousands of wounded men lying in hospitals, bored, lonely and in pain. Cunningham established The Not Forgotten Association on 12 August 1920, with the object of providing entertainment and recreation for the war wounded, to alleviate some of the struggles that they were facing and give them something to look forward to. Early Events Thanks to the generosity of other charities and the public, as well as the firm backing of the Royal Family, hospital visits and tea concerts were followed by outings, drives and gifts such as fruit, chocolate and cigarettes. Within the first year, the charity supported approximately 10,000 veterans. Cunningham devoted the rest of her life to the charity, for which in 1929 she was appointed a CBE. Cunningham herself died on 25 June 1937, and is buried in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Cemetery, Hanwell. The Not Forgotten sadly, lost many of its early records following an air raid in 1941. WWII Onwards Whilst the aims of The Not Forgotten have remained much the same throughout its history, it has adapted to meet the changing needs of the serving wounded and veterans with disabilities. The Second World War brought a huge increase in the number of disabled service men and women and a renewed need for the charity’s work. This new generation of the injured and sick were there to be helped alongside the ‘Boys of the Old Brigade’ who required care as never before. In the 1960s the number of veterans eligible for their assistance dwindled. However, with the deployment of Armed Forces in Northern Ireland, the Falklands, the Balkans,