On Wednesday 21st August 2024, the Lord-Lieutenant and Vice Lord-Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight, attended a service in the Peace Garden at St Lawrence, to commemorate the lost crew of HMCS Alberni on the 21st August 1944.
Captain Christopher Peschke, the naval attaché from the High
Commission in London and Mr Bob Sackett from the Alberni Project in Canada attended. The service of Remembrance was led by Rev Bob Marsh and the Archdeacon Rev Steve Daughtery gave the address and names of the 59 lost Canadian sailors were read out by Captain Peschke and Mr Bob Sackett.
A memorial plaque was unveiled by the Lord-Lieutenant and an oak bench inscribed with HMCS Alberni and the latitude & longitude of her resting place, 21 miles from the Island. This was unveiled by Mrs Diana McGreachan in memory of her cousin who was lost on the Alberni. The bench is on high ground facing south across the channel.