The functions of the Ex-Servicemen Directorate include:

(i) To coordinate activities of Ex-Servicemen’s League of Zambia ad also undertake Government functions which endeavor to promote the general welfare of the War Veterans and pre and post-independence Ex-Servicemen from the three (3) Defence Wings;

(ii) To inspect and report on the physical state of War Graves and Memorial sites in Zambia; and

(iii) To Liaise with Royal Commonwealth Ex-Servicemen League (RCEL) in the United Kingdom on the general welfare of World War I and II Veterans.