A service of remembrance to HM Landing Craft Gun (L)s 15 and 16 and HMS Rosemary took place at Freshwater West on Saturday to honour those 73 men who served and gave their lives in April 1943.

Represented by 21 standard bearers, representatives from the British Legion, the Royal Navy, Army, fire and police force and Ghurkas showed their respect at this service, where a plaque was unveiled by the Mayor of Pembroke, Clr. Pauline Waters, Mayor of Pembroke Dock, Clr. Peter Kraus, Mayor of Pembroke Dock, parade marshal, Clr. David Boswell, and the artist Mr. George Lewis (an army veteran himself) informing people of this dreadful night back in 1943.

HMS Bulwark, which had been on exercise in the area, with two landing craft, set the scene two miles off the coast, giving a two-gun salute.