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Work was recently completed on carving the 102 names of the personnel on the walls of the Armed Forces Memorial, at the National Memorial Arboretum, in Staffordshire.

It was the first addition of names to the monument, and each one was read out by representatives of their respective services during the ceremony there.

It was followed by a two-minute silence and wreaths laid by the Prince of Wales, Veterans Minister Derek Twigg and Vice Admiral Peter Wilkinson, deputy chief of the defence staff.

The service will become an annual event for the armed forces, said the Ministry of Defence, honouring those personnel who lost their lives during the previous calendar year.

Among relatives of the 102 killed in 2007 to attend the service was Christine Bonner. Her son, Corporal Darren Bonner, 31, 1st Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment, died in an explosion while travelling in convoy in Helmand Province.

Speaking after the service, she said: "The memorial is absolutely fantastic. It's beautiful, very peaceful. I was very proud to see his name up there. It felt like it was finalised."

Senior Aircraftsman Christopher Dunsmore, of 504 Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force Regiment, was one of three service personnel killed by a mortar attack at the Basra Contingency Operating Base on July 19 2007.

Commenting on the memorial, his father, Geoff, said: "It's very uplifting. It's a sort of memorial for the future.

"It means Christopher will be remembered for ever and his courage and dedication to service in the RAF Auxiliary Air Force has been recognised. Chris would have been absolutely chuffed to bits that HRH Prince of Wales was here."