Four local military veterans have been honoured at The Royal Star & Garter Home in High Wycombe.

Frank Adams, Anthony ‘Bugs’ Bendell AFC OBE, Edward Brooks VC and Lettice Curtis each had a house named after them at the Hughenden Avenue care home after a ceremony was held on May 23.

They were honoured for their services whilst working for the military and the RAF, with Lord Lieutenant for Buckinghamshire, Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher and High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire, Julia Upton MBE in attendance.

Sir Henry said: “It gives me great pleasure to witness the opening of this new facility, providing residential care and respite for Buckinghamshire veterans and their partners including those living with disability or dementia.

“It is an asset to the county and to our Armed Forces veterans, to whom we all owe a great debt.”

The four heroes who were honoured were chosen by members of the public, after the charity, ‘Who’s Your Hero’, put out a competition to see who had strong links to the military and the local area.

The results saw Frank Adams, who served the country in both World Wars, have the ground floor named after him.

Adams also played and captained Wycombe Wanderers Football Club either side of the First World War and after the club moved to Adams Park in 1990, the stadium was named in his honour.

The first floor has been named after Anthony ‘Bugs’ Bendell AFC OBE who was ranked among the RAF’s most skilled and talented pilots during the Cold War period.

He and his wife Jules were local to High Wycombe, and together they played an active part in life at the Surbiton Home in Surrey. Bugs sadly died in 2016.

The third floor has been named after Edward Brooks VC. Brooks, who was born in Oakley, Buckinghamshire, was awarded a Victoria Cross for, ‘most conspicuous bravery’ under enemy fire when he single-handedly captured a German machine gun firing on the infantry troops in trenches near in France in April 1917.

Lettice Curtis, the only female to have been listed, has been honoured by having the home’s specialist dementia centre named after her. She served with the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) which was responsible for ferrying military aircraft to locations such as airfield and frontline squadrons during the Second World War.

She lived in Twyford and White Waltham, near High Wycombe, for many years before her death in 2014, aged 99. Emma Bendell, daughter of Bugs Bendell, said, “He had a great deal of desire to come to this home and it’s lovely that he will be here forever in spirit.

“I think he would be secretly delighted.”

Whilst Keith Brooks, grandson of Edward Brooks, added, “I think this is brilliant tribute to my grandfather and to all other veterans who have served their country.”

The Royal Star & Garter Home in High Wycombe opened in April this year.