Planning is continuing for a commemorative parade in Tenby for the Belgian Veterans Memorial committee.

The remembrance visit to Tenby will revive memory of the warm welcome given by the seaside town in 1940 to the Belgian Armed Forces after the disastrous campaign to try and stem the Nazi Blitzkrieg in mainland Europe.

Meeting with members of Tenby Town Council recently Lt. Col. Le Hardy - acting liaison officer in Britain for the Belgian Veterans Memorial committee, said he had been working in close cooperation with both the Town Council and Pembrokeshire County Council to plan the event.

An outline programme had been devised for the weekend with the main day being Sunday, September 24, and round 40 Veterans and their families arriving on Friday with an introduction to the town.

There will be a service at St Mary’s Church, where the granting of the Freedom of Tenby to the Veterans and their families is hoped to be presented, followed by a parade through the town to the War Memorial.

Updating members of the Town Council at their recent meeting, the town clerk told councillors that he had put the road closure applications in for the parade, for High Street, White Lion Street and South Parade.

Cllr Emma Lewis said she had spoken with a few residents who are excited by the visit.

A Belgian firm who has been tasked with sending Belgian flags for the town had been in contact with the Clerk.