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Ex-soldier Seeks Redress Amendment for Dismissed Gay Veterans

By Drooid · Oct 26, 2026, 10:12 AM UTC · How we work

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Louise Lingard-Snape, a former British Army musician, is seeking an amendment to the UK financial redress scheme.
She served 15 years and left the Army in 1999.
Lingard-Snape alleges she was forced out for being gay and denied fixed reparation payments.
She urges the Ministry of Defence to include constructively dismissed veterans in the scheme.
The MOD said it regrets LGBT personnel treatment from 1967 to 2000.

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Louise Lingard-Snape, a former British Army musician, is seeking an amendment to the UK financial redress scheme.
She served 15 years and left the Army in 1999.
Lingard-Snape alleges she was forced out for being gay and denied fixed reparation payments.
She urges the Ministry of Defence to include constructively dismissed veterans in the scheme.
The MOD said it regrets LGBT personnel treatment from 1967 to 2000.