They may have been dubbed the "forgotten army" but I doubt they were much forgotten, except by the ignorant. There were all kinds of campaigns like that (we are talking about a World War here) -- talk to the Merchant Navy sometime about being forgotten. Both my uncles served for years in Burma, god help them, and they never once bitched about being forgotten -- they bitched about Burma! Not trying to start an argument, glad they are still having parades.

yours, Peter T.