A plaque commemorating the formation of Belgian forces in Tenby back in 1940 during World War II has found a new home at one of the resort's hotels where veterans used to stay.

The plaque, which used to housed in the former club of the Tenby branch of the Royal British Legion, in Lower Frog Street, was removed along with other war memorabilia when the club shut down last year.

Now the plaque, which commemorates the origins of the 'Brigade Piron', has been relocated at the entrance of the Atlantic Hotel on The Esplanade, where many Belgian veterans used to stay on their visits to Tenby in recent years.

The 'Brigade Piron' originated in 1940, with hundreds of Belgian soldiers who had escaped to Britain, as had the Belgian Government.

A new command of the Belgian Army, under the command of Lieutenant-General Victor van Strydonck de Burkel, was created in Tenby on May 25, 1940, three days before the Belgian capitulation.

The plaque, which reads '1940 Headquarters of the First Belgian Fusilier Battalion formed in Tenby which became The Belgian Liberation Brigade', has great sentimental value to the town and the Belgian veterans who donated it during one of their visits back in the 1990s, said president of the Tenby branch of the Royal British Legion, Mr. Gordon Prime.

"I've fought tooth and nail to keep the branch going, and it was a sad day when we had to leave our base at the club in Lower Frog Street, but I was certainly going to make sure that the memorabilia was kept, and am delighted that the Atlantic Hotel has kindly agreed to display the plaque and other memorabilia," explained Mr. Prime.

"Some of the memorabilia has already returned to relations of veterans and some of it is also on show at Tenby Museum," he added.

With over 70 members, the Tenby branch of the Royal British Legion now meets bi-monthy at the Hazelwell Club in St. Florence Parade.