WATCHET held a moving special memorial service for the centenary of the Battle of Jutland this week.

Watchet's honour roll includes Henry Davey who died at the 20 in the First World War battle on May 31, 1916.

Henry was a wireless man 2nd class on HMS Warrior and he is remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial on Southsea Esplanade.

His parents Henry and Clara Davey and their family lived in Temple Villa in Watchet.

One of the town's local parks is named the Henry Davey playing field, the park was donated to the town by Henry’s father, a local business man and shop owner.

The loss of a much loved son was unimaginable to the family and Mr. Davey worked tirelessly for the community for many years until his death in the 1940's.

HMS Warrior joined the Grand Fleet in December 1914 and was assigned to the 1st Cruiser Squadron under Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Keith Arbuthnot.

At 5:47pm on that fateful day the squadron flagship, HMS Defense, and Warrior spotted the German II Scouting Group and opened fire.

Their shells fell short and the two ships turned to port in pursuit, cutting in front of the battlecruiser HMS Lion, which was forced to turn away to avoid a collision.

Shortly afterwards they spotted the disabled German light cruiser SMS Wiesbaden and closed to engage.

When the two ships reached a range of 5,500 yards from Wiesbaden they in turn were spotted by the nearby German battlecruiser SMS Derfflinger and four battleships.

The fire from the German ships was heavy and HMS Defense blew up at 6:20. HMS Warrior was hit by at least 21 shells, but was saved when the German ships switched their fire to the battleship HMS Warspite when its steering jammed and caused Warspite to make two complete circles within sight of much of the High Seas Fleet.

Warrior was heavily damaged by the German shells, which caused large fires and heavy flooding, although her engines continued running for long enough to allow her to withdraw to the west.

She was taken in tow by a seaplane tender which took on the 743 surviving crew members. Warrior was abandoned in a rising sea the following day when the upper deck was only four feet above the water.