The 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli Landings, was commemorated with a parade in Chepstow on Saturday (25th April) with a special memory for Able Seaman William Charles Williams, whose heroic action won him the Victoria Cross but also lost him his life.

He is honoured by two public memorials in Chepstow, the German U boat gun in Beaufort Square presented to the town by King George V, and a painting showing the Landing which hangs in St Mary's Priory and Parish Church, as well as a display in Chepstow Museum which shows more of his story. Every year a service is held at 11am on Gallipoli Day when wreaths are laid on the Memorial Gun.

Members of the Williams family from Bulwark to Blackpool attended and laid a wreath in his memory, alongside the town's mayor Ned Heywood, representatives from the First Battalion The Rifles and HMS Cambria and HMS Flying Fox; the President of the Royal Navy Association, Commander Wilson; AM for Monmouth, Nick Ramsay; Monmouthshire parliamentary candidate David Davies; and the Severn Tunnel Brass Band.

A short service was led by Revd Christopher Blanchard before the procession disembarked to St Mary's Priory for a re-dedication of a painting in Mr Williams' memory.

Able Seaman William Charles Williams was the first ever naval posthumous award of the Victoria Cross. His citation reads: Held on to a line in the water for over an hour under heavy fire, until killed.

His father received the VC from King George V at Buckingham Palace in 1916.