A CALL to action by Dad's Army has been immortalised in a permanent reminder at a seaside town.

The Home Guard has been remembered for the part it played in the rescue of the injured and recovery of 15 bodies from the ruins of the Zetland Club, Redcar, which was bombed in October 1941.

The names of the dead are recorded on a plaque previously unveiled in a Garden of Remembrance, which is nearing completion on what was the site of the old Zetland Club.

Another plaque has been installed to the memory of Redcar's Dad's Army.

Redcar Royal British Legion branch secretary Eric Howden said: "The Home Guard members were, on that evening, holding a meeting in the Lobster public house, in Coatham Road, so they were on the scene very quickly and assisted in the search of the building and the recovery of those within the building, some who sadly were critically injured.''

The vicar of Coatham, the Reverend John Richardson conducted a service of remembrance on Wednesday, the anniversary of VE Day.

It was also the day on which the Home Guard was officially stood down, the threat from Nazi Germany over.

The idea of the plaque came from a relative of one of the resort's original Dad's Army members who were saluted by a parade of standards carried out by the Royal British Legion and other ex service associations.

Funds for adding to the Garden of Remembrance are running low. The trees are in place, with a surrounding wall and railings. Organisers hope in the future to have the money to commission a decorative wrought iron archway over the main entrance.