A young Falklands War hero will be honoured in his home city following a campaign to get a permanent memorial built in his honour.

Frank Armes grew up in Heartsease and dreamed of joining the Royal Navy.

At the age of 21, he had fulfilled that wish and was working as a marine engineer mechanic during the Falklands conflict in the South Atlantic Ocean.

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He was killed on May 25, 1982, aged 21 along with 18 other crew while stationed on HMS Coventry off West Falkland.

And after a year of pushing for a permanent memorial, his friend Gavin Scott, 59, from Costessey will see Frank remembered with a metal bench near the new Costessey War Memorial.

It was unveiled in Longwater Lane on November 11.

Mr Scott, who was an able seaman and on HMS Penelope during the war, asked Costessey Town Council for support in his cause and the authority fully backed it.

The veteran said: "It is a great relief. It is fantastic there is a memorial in the city that he loved and talked about.

"His sisters have a place to go and remember him.

"It is nice there are people out there that care."

Mr Armes lived in Bowthorpe, next to Costessey, for a while and was also a former student at Heartsease High School, in Salhouse Road, which has since been replaced with Open Academy.

Earlier this year, on the 40th anniversary of Mr Armes' death, a room known as the Ark Room at the school - used as a space for students struggling with everyday life - was dedicated in his memory.

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Mr Scott praised the support of the school principal, Jon Ford, for remembering his Navy colleague and added the school was honouring him as well as other servicemen at a school remembrance ceremony on November 11.

The former marine engineer mechanic will also feature on the new Costessey War Memorial near the bench.

"It is nice Frank is recognised on the memorial stone," Mr Scott added.

The bench, which was made in Ireland, cost £1,700 and the cash was raised through an online Crowdfunder.