A COMMEMORATIVE service for a First World War hero was held after 18 years of searching for his grave.
The Royal Navy, Royal Marines and the British Army Association, were among the hundreds of representatives who paid tribute to Commander Archibald Walter Buckle at Brockley Cemetery on Sunday.
Tony Green, vice-chairman of the Royal British Legion Club in Brockley, and ex-serviceman Sergeant Jim Bassom, 82, discovered the commander's lost headstone under brambles at Brockley Cemetery two months ago.
Mr Green said: "It's an absolute privilege to have found this hero's grave and to give him a proper memorial."
Commander Buckle, who lived in Crescent Way, Brockley, commanded the Anson Battalion during the First World War and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and three bars.
He was also recommended for the Victoria Cross in 1918 and died in 1927 at the age of 38.
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