A 105 year old war hero who moved the King and Queen to tears at the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, said he was “thrilled” to "still be alive" to see the launch of a memorial to the United British Indian Army. Tearful veteran Yavar Abbas was given a hero’s welcome as he spoke at a parliamentary reception to launch the Freedom Fountain memorial in the Speaker's House. An “enormous” two metre banyan tree fountain is to be erected in Cambridge to honour those volunteers of the ‘forgotten’ Indian Army