Memorial service held for British servicemen

A MEMORIAL service was held on board HMS Ark Royal yesterday for three British servicemen who died when two Navy helicopters crashed.

The accident occurred on March 22 when two Royal Navy Sea King helicopters collided over the Arabian Gulf. Six British servicemen died in the crash and yesterday's memorial service on the Navy's flagship aircraft carrier was held for three of the men whose bodies were recovered.

The three men Lieutenants Tony King, 35 of Congresbury, Somerset, Philip Green, 31, and James Williams, 28 were from 849 Squadron based at the Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose, near Helston, Cornwall, England.