Description:Prince Harry (His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales) lays a wreath on behalf of the Royal family, after the unveiling and dedication of the Bastion Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas.
The Bastion Memorial bears the names of all the 453 personnel who died during the conflict. The memorial incorporates items and material brought back from the original memorial wall built by British soldiers at Camp Bastion, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, which includes a cross made of shell casings, brass plaques and the very last Union flag to fly over the memorial at Camp Bastion.
Around 3,500 people attended the ceremony which included relatives and friends of personnel named on the memorial. In addition Military representatives, Military charities and organisations, the UK’s NATO allies and the Prime Minister David Cameron also attended the ceremony.
Opened on 16 May 2001, the National Memorial Arboretum was renamed the National Remembrance Gardens in October 2026.
Acknowledgement: Photograph is courtesy of the National Memorial Arboretum.