Active Royal Air Force pilots pay homage to fallen at Hong Kong Sai Wan War Cemetery
Representatives from renowned aerobatics display team Red Arrows were in attendance
A ceremony on Saturday at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Sai Wan War Cemetery marked the first time active servicemen from Britain’s Royal Air Force paid their respects to fallen soldiers buried at the Chai Wan site.
Representatives from the renowned Red Arrows – the aerobatics display team – joined war veterans and Britain’s top diplomat in Hong Kong for a memorial service.
Five wreaths were laid from various groups present at the ceremony – the World War II Veterans Association, the Royal British Legion, the British Consul General, the Royal Air Force Red and Blue leaders and the Hong Kong Ex-Servicemen’s Association.
This was followed by a stroll through the cemetery – a military burial ground for the majority of Commonwealth and Allied troops who died fighting against the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong.
A poppy was laid on each of the 54 graves of RAF servicemen who lost their lives in the conflict.