Members of the Armed Services, past and present, gathered outside County Hall in Haverfordwest on Monday for a flag-raising ceremony.

The ceremony marked Armed Forces Day which will be celebrated tomorrow (Saturday).

Armed Forces Day is an opportunity for the nation to show support for its servicemen and women - from veterans to serving soldiers and their families.

Since Monday - and in common with other local authorities throughout the country - Pembrokeshire County Council has been flying the Armed Forces Flag on one of its four flagpoles.

At Monday's ceremony, Pembrokeshire County Council's chairman, Clr. David Pugh, paid tribute to the forces, noting that since the Second World War more than 16,000 British servicemen and women had died in action around the world.

Rev. Geoffrey Eynon, the chaplain of the Royal British Legion in Pembrokeshire, led the gathering in prayer.

Those attending the ceremony included members of the 14th Signal Regiment (EW) based at Cawdor Barracks, Brawdy, and Royal British Legion, as well as the Lord Lieutenant of Dyfed, The Hon Robin Lewis OBE, and the vice-chairman of the county council, Clr. Peter Morgan.