Princess Royal visits Pembroke Dock Heritage Centre on 1945 RAF Window 80th anniversary

The Pembroke Dock Heritage Trust had the privilege of welcoming HRH The Princess Royal to the Pembroke Dock Heritage Centre on Thursday, September 11 to celebrate the return of the historic 1945 RAF Memorial Window.
She was greeted by local school children waving flags, and on a morning marked with dramatic downpours, did well to arrive when the sun had finally declared itself winner in the battle of the elements.
Princess Anne was introduced to various volunteers, dignitaries and townspeople in her tour of the Heritage Centre. She appeared very interested and engaged throughout.
The RAF Pembroke Dock Memorial Window was dedicated in the RAF Station Church (now the Heritage Centre) in October 1945, just weeks after the end of World War II.
Before an audience of approximately 50, the Princess Royal unveiled a plaque by the window, delivering a short but gracious speech.
Pembroke Dock was the first RAF Station in the country to remember its war casualties in this way.
With the closure of the RAF Station in the late 1950s the Window was first transferred to Plymouth and for the last 30 years has been on display at the RAF Museum in London, before its return, on extended loan, to the Heritage Centre, housed in the dockyard chapel at Pembroke Dock.