War veterans and fallen service heroes are to have new roads named in their honour.

Four soldiers and airmen are to be recognised in the housing development on the former Mill Pond site in Dartford, once home to a large Victorian medicine factory.

The “garden village”, as it has been dubbed, includes 400 homes, a high street with 29,000sq ft of retail space, a large pond and green spaces with leafy streets.

Dartford council announced at last year’s Remembrance Service its bid to recognise the men who all had army or air force backgrounds as well as links with the borough.

After public consultation, it was decided by cabinet that four of the new roads should be named Augustin Walk, James Smith Court, Oldfield Place and William Mundy Way.

The four servicemen are Sergeant Trevor Guest Oldfield, Colour Sergeant James Smith VC, Lieutenant Oliver Richard Augustin and RAF aircraftsman William Mundy.

Council leader Jeremy Kite (Con) said at the time that the initiative would mark the town’s appreciation of the men’s “service, courage and sacrifices”.

“We will never forget them or any of those who stood for our freedom,” he said. “We will never take their experiences for granted,” he added.

Airman Sergeant Trevor Guest Oldfield is already remembered for his bravery with a memorial in Hesketh Park, Dartford. It was here in September 1940 that his aircraft crashed and he was killed on impact.

Eyewitnesses said he deliberately guided his stricken aircraft away from nearby housing.

Colour Sergeant James Smith VC was a 26-year-old corporal in The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) in 1897 when he displayed outstanding bravery for which he later received Britain and the Commonwealth’s highest award for gallantry, the Victoria Cross. He is buried in the Watling Street Cemetery in Dartford.

Former Dartford Grammar schoolboy Lieutenant Oliver Richard Augustin served with 42 Commando Royal Marines. In May 2011 the 23-year-old was killed by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan.

William Mundy was a prisoner of war in Indonesia and contracted serious skin disorders. While in a Singapore prison, he set up a bee colony and used the honey for medical purposes.

At the end of hostilities, Mr Mundy returned to Dartford, and for the past 40 years he has chaired the local branch of the Kent Bee-keepers’ Association.