Okehampton veterans paid their respects to the victims of the Navy helicopter crash this Armistice Day, laying wreaths by a special memorial bench.

The bench, dedicated to the three crew members, has been built near the crash site at Sourton Cross.

The three have been in the minds of many this year. The annual Remembrance display in the window of Donald’s Menswear was dedicated this year to Lieutenant Commander Chris Gayson, Lieutenant Lily-Mae Fisher and Petty Officer Owen Green. A poppy wreath was laid at the war memorial in memory of the trio at Okehampton’s Remembrance service on Sunday (November 8).

The crew had been conducting a training exercise when their Merlin Mk4 went down in the early hours of June 3, 2026.