EXACTLY 60 years after a young Pembroke man died in an accident at the local RAF station, a seat has been dedicated in his memory at the Pembroke Dock Heritage Centre.

Clifford George Harries was only 29 when he tragically fall 50 feet from the catwalk of one of the two RAF hangars that today still dominate the Pembroke Dock waterfront.

Although quickly seen by an RAF doctor and taken to the Meyrick Hospital in Park Street, nothing could be done to save him.

He left a young wife, his parents Mr and Mrs W G Harries of Station Road, Pembroke, a sister and brother, and other family members.

The idea for a memorial seat came from Clifford’s brother, Edward, and sister-in-law Kathryn, and the family purchased a wooden seat.

This was dedicated by a family friend, the Rev Nanette Lewis-Head, on Wednesday, October 1 - the 60th anniversary of the accident.

For the dedication the Mayor of Pembroke Dock, Councillor Pam George, joined family members and representatives of the Sunderland Trust.

The seat will be seen and used by many visitors to the Heritage Centre, in the Royal Dockyard Chapel which is close to the former RAF hangars. It was made up by Rik Saldanha, a Sunderland Trust Volunteer.

During World War II Clifford joined the Royal Army Service Corps and was at Tobruk in North Africa and later served in France, Holland and Germany after the invasion of Occupied Europe. He was demobbed in 1949 and returned home, working locally for a number of firms and was employed by Messrs Argent at the time of his death.