Blue plaque for Mott The Hoople band members

Pete Overend Watts (pictured) and Dale 'Buffin' Griffin both attended school in Ross-on-Wye

A blue plaque is to be unveiled in Ross-on-Wye to commemorate two founding members of the band Mott the Hoople.

Dale "Buffin" Griffin, who died in 2016, and Pete Overend Watts, who died in 2017, both grew up in the town and attended John Kyrle High School, known at the time as Ross Grammar.

The plaque will be installed at the Hope and Anchor pub and restaurant where the two, played in 1963 in local band The Anchors, the town council said.

It will be unveiled on the final day of Mottfest, a weekend long celebration of the band in the town this October.

The band formed in 1969 and are most associated with the 1972 hit single All The Young Dudes, written by David Bowie.

The festival dedicated to the band was announced in June, shortly after another of the band's founding members Mick Ralphs died aged 81.

The Hereford-born musician was another founding member of the band, but left four years later and moved on to Bad Company.

Festival organiser Simon Rowberry said the event would help show how important Herefordshire had been to the music industry.