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‘A
lonely farmhouse and a few cottages constituted all the habitable
dwellings.’ This was a description of the locality prior to 1813 and the
development of the new Town and its Royal Navy Dockyard. The town came into being in 1813-1814 when the Dockyard was transferred from Milford Haven to what became known as Pembroke Dock. The Dockyard remained in use for over a hundred years during which time it built some 260 ships including five Royal Yachts. In its heyday it was the largest dockyard in the world, In 1918 the dockyard had a workforce approaching 4,000 which included over 500 women. The Dockyard’s closure in 1926 resulted in the pillar and major part of the areas economy being lost. The Navy continued to retain a presence while in 1930 the Royal Air Force established a Flying Boat base in 'PD' as the Pembroke Dock station was popularly referred to by the 'Webfooter’ servicemen whose squadrons during W.W.11 came from all parts of the then free world. From 1844 until 1967, in peacetime and during the two Great Wars, Pembroke Dock has seen servicemen garrisoned and in transit from almost every Infantry Regiment in the British Isles. During W.W.2 Llanion Barracks was the headquarters of the 110th American Infantry Division who trained in Pembrokeshire from October 1943 until it left for the invasion of Europe in May 1944. The Divisions battle casualties totalled 9,045 of which 805 were killed and 6,394 were wounded. |
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