Two Battle of Britain pilots who are buried in Pembrokeshire have been especially remembered in advance of a major exhibition about the battle going on display at Pembroke Dock Heritage Centre this month.

Heritage Centre team and Pembrokeshire Aviation Group members cleaned the gravestones and surrounds of Sergeant Charles Ayling, at Monkton’s St Nicholas Cemetery, and Flight Lieutenant Cecil Bull, at St Davids Church cemetery, Hundleton.

Both pilots are among the many remembered in the impressive exhibition coordinated by the RAF Wales team, led by the Air Officer Wales.

Launched recently in Cardiff, its first destination around Wales will be Pembroke Dock Heritage Centre where it will be opened by Air Commodore Adrian Williams, the Air Officer Wales, on Tuesday October 19.

The public can view the exhibition from Wednesday, October 20, to Friday, October 29 (the centre is not open on Saturday or Sunday). There will be modest admission charges of £2 for adults and £1 for children (under sevens are free) during this period.

Welsh members of the Guild of Aviation Artists will also be displaying paintings and Penfro Modellers Club members are exhibiting - both on a Battle of Britain theme.

This month marks the 81st anniversary of Charles Ayling’s death in aerial combat over the south of England. He was shot down in his Spitfire on October 11 and was brought to Monkton – the home town of his young wife Joan – for burial. He was 29.

Cecil Bull died in a shooting accident in August 1940 when on leave at Hundleton, his wife Dorothy’s home village. Aged 24, he was a Blenheim nightfighter pilot.

Both graves now have poppy wreaths donated by Malcolm Cullen of the Pembrokeshire Aviation Group. Joining Malcolm in the clean up were Trevor Clark, Martin Cavaney, Tim Payne and John Evans.