SAILORS from HMS Raleigh at Torpoint are preparing to take part in naval and civic Remembrance Services

On Monday, more than 30 officers and sailors will march to Horson cemetery, close to the Royal Navy training base, to take part in an Act of Remembrance and wreath-laying ceremony. The cemetery is the final resting place of 48 sailors, 25 soldiers, and one airman who are buried in official war graves. Of those, 44 sailors and 21 Royal Engineers were killed when a German bomb hit an air-raid shelter within HMS Raleigh during the Plymouth Blitz on April 28, 1941.

The Act of Remembrance will be led by the Royal Navy chaplain, the Rev Matt Godfrey. A roll of honour will be read and a bugler from the Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines Plymouth will sound the last post, before a two-minutes' silence is observed. The Commander of HMS Raleigh, Commander Steve Layland, and Medical Assistant Stewart Mills will lay wreaths at the War Memorial on behalf of the establishment, and crosses will be laid on each war grave.

Statue

Within HMS Raleigh, the Royal Navy Submarine School will hold its Remembrance Service and wreath laying at the statue to the unknown submariner. The service will be attended by submariners based at the establishment, including HMS Raleigh Commanding Officer Captain Bob Fancy, alongside members of the Submariners Association.

On Sunday a platoon from HMS Raleigh will take part in Torpoin'st Remembrance Day Service. Commander Layland, and chef Aaron Hebron, who, at 17, is one of the youngest sailors at HMS Raleigh, will be among the wreath layers.

A Service of Remembrance will be held in St Paul's Church at HMS Raleigh on the same day when Captain Bob Fancy and Torpoint deputy mayor John Crago will lay wreaths.