Among the 19 who died in an explosion which took place 70 years ago were three Jewish servicemen originally from Germany who had joined the British Army to fight again Nazism. Two are buried at Pembroke Dock's Military Cemetery, while the third is buried in London. During the service, a reading from the Kaddish was given on behalf of the Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and women.

The names of the casualties, read out on Saturday, were:

Corporal Heinz Abraham, Pioneer Corps

Sapper Albert Baggaley, 16 Bomb Disposal Coy, Royal Engineers

Corporal George Kitchener Crompton, 9th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers

Lance Corporal Walter Duckworth, 16 Bomb Disposal Coy, Royal Engineers

Major Geoffrey Theodore Garratt MBE, Pioneer Corps

Sergeant Robert Ebenezer Gilmour, 16 Bomb Disposal Coy, Royal Engineers

Sapper George Jackson, 16 Bomb Disposal Coy, Royal Engineers

Sapper John Brenig Jones, 16 Bomb Disposal Coy, Royal Engineers

Sergeant William George Marlow, Pioneer Corps

Sapper John James Parry, 16 Bomb Disposal Coy, Royal Engineers

Sapper William Plant, 16 Bomb Disposal Coy, Royal Engineers

Captain James Stewart Purgavie, 9th Bttn, King's Own Scottish Borderers

Private Ludwig Rosenthal, Pioneer Corps

Private Heinz Schwartze, Pioneer Corps

Corporal Arthur John Robert Skeet, 16 Bomb Disposal Coy, Royal Engineers

Sapper Desmond Tate, 16 Bomb Disposal Coy, Royal Engineers

Lance Sergeant Richard Thompson, 9th Bttn, King's Own Scottish Borderers

Corporal Dennis Whittingham, 16 Bomb Disposal Coy, Royal Engineers

Lance Sergeant Wilfred Stanley Wilson, 9th Bttn, King's Own Scottish Borderers.