Efforts are being made to ensure Bermuda's World War II veterans are given all the benefits and pensions they are entitled to enjoy.

As Remembrance Day approaches The Bermuda Regiment is continuing to seek out the survivors of the 1939-45 conflict to check on their well-being and give them extra help to claim their rightful entitlement.

The war heroes can already receive free medication and the Regiment is doing all it can, step by step, to improve the lot of the veterans.

"We are trying to tidy up what benefits the war veterans are entitled to. There are some war veterans out there who are not receiving what they should," said commanding officer Lt. Col. Eddie Lamb.

"We are trying to collate all the information about the war veterans to see if they are receiving the pensions they should be. Many of them are very old and have very few resources and we know there are those who are in dire straits and do require some assistance."

The War Pensions Commission is discharging and dispensing remuneration to the war vets.

Lt. Col. Lamb said: "They have a roll list of the vets and we are using that to contact them and see what they are receiving and make sure they are getting their rights."

A newspaper advertisement is due to be published within the next few days urging war veterans and their relatives to get in touch with Warwick Camp so that it can run checks on what each veteran is entitled to receive and help ensure they are given what is rightfully theirs.

"The advertisement will ask the veterans or their families to contact the Camp and give their name and service number and then we will use that information to see what kind of pension they are entitled to and we will run that past the War Pensions Commission.

"We are looking at the bigger picture. If they served overseas or locally we want to assess what kind of pensions they are getting, because there are some who are living in poor conditions."

The project started about 18 months ago and it is thought the Island has between 100 and 200 veterans who served during World War II.

Lt. Col. Lamb said: "It is an ongoing project. We are taking little steps, one at a time. We have to collate a lot of information."