The cinema closed in the late 1967 and was later used as a nightclub and bingo hall An historic Sheffield cinema is to be brought back into public use after councillors approved plans to buy it.

Sheffield's Commanding Officer at the time, has been asked to unveil the monument at the East Staffordshire National Memorial Arboretum, anointing it with seawater brought from the South Atlantic.

Penny Salt, the widow of Capt Sam Salt, Sheffield's commanding officer at the time, has been asked to unveil the monument, which will be anointed with sea water from the South Atlantic.