Work to replace the gated archway at the entrance to Tenby's War Memorial was completed last week. The arch was erected by the School of Artillery in Manorbier when it closed in 1970 to recognise the close ties the school enjoyed with Tenby. However, after over four decades, the gates were showing their age and Pembrokeshire County Council, together with Tenby Town Council, agreed that they needed attention as part of a general refurbishment of the War Memorial to mark the centenary of the start of the Frist World War The county council took the decision to commission Pembrokeshire Engineering to construct new replica gates, while the town council were tasked with replacing the broken regimental badges, something that turned out to a rather complicated mission as the original moulds for the badges were nowhere to be found. With the assistance of former artilleryman Mr. Jeffrey Thornton, of Pendine - who was actually on parade with the School of Artillery on the day the original gates were dedicated - the town council secured the services of MB Fine Arts, of Clynderwen, who took up the challenge. "After a few enquiries, we discovered that local artist, the late Mr. Eric Bradforth, who made the original badges, had kept his original test castings," explained town clerk, Andrew Davies. "Mr. Bradforth's family very kindly let MB Fine Arts take new moulds off these first castings and they were able to make new badges." The final piece of the puzzle was new inscription plaques, supplied by WyCraft, which, together with the new badges, were installed on the newly-erected gates by the team from Pembrokeshire Engineering on Monday. "It was certainly a more complex job to restore the regimental badges than we first thought, but through the help of Mr. Thornton, and the excellent work by MB Fine Arts, we got there in the end," smiled Mr. Davies. "The gated archway is an integral and iconic part of the War Memorial and its gardens, a tribute to not only the School of Artillery, but to all who have served, and it was fitting that, in this centenary year, this work be carried out. "We are very grateful to everyone who assisted us in this project, particularly Mr. Thornton, MB Fine Arts, the Bradforth family, Pembrokeshire County Council, WyCraft and Wayne Morgan and his team from Pembrokeshire Engineering. "We're very pleased with the results and we hope everyone else will be too," he added.