THOSE who died serving in the Dover Patrol during the two world wars were remembered at the annual memorial service.

Veterans gathered for the ceremony at the Leathercote Point memorial in St Margaret’s, near Dover.

The Dover Patrol was a fleet of ships set up during the First World War because so many merchant ships had been lost in the English Channel.

Its ships laid down mines and escorted merchant ships safely through the Strait of Dover.

During the ceremony, the Last Post and Reveille were sounded and the first verse of the national anthem was sung.

Deal and Walmer branch of the Royal Naval Association organised the service, supported by The Downs branch of the Royal British Legion and the parade marshal was Roger Tack.

Rick Ashby, from the Royal Naval Association said the event was well attended, with 16 standards. “It is important we keep this tradition alive,” he stressed.