Amid the continuing row over the government’s decision to tax the disability pension of military personnel, a 1971war hero has criticised Army Headquarters for using his name to defend the move as well as deride soldiers with noncombat disabilities, medical conditions and ailments. Maj Gen Ian Cardozo (Retd), who as a young major amputated his own leg with his khukri after a landmine blast but continued in service and became a general, expressed his “deep anguish and concern” to the Army HQ. “What soldiers suffering from any disability require is care and compassion, not disdain!” he wrote.

Amid the continuing row over the government’s decision to tax the disability pension of military personnel, a 1971war hero has criticised Army Headquarters for using his name to defend the move as well as deride soldiers with noncombat disabilities, medical conditions and ailments. Maj Gen Ian Cardozo (Retd), who as a young major amputated his own leg with his khukri after a landmine blast but continued in service and became a general, expressed his “deep anguish and concern” to the Army HQ. “What soldiers suffering from any disability require is care and compassion, not disdain!” he wrote.