We
are incredibly proud to announce that our plans to create the first and only
memorial to the Hertfordshire Regiment in the Great War on the Western Front
have now been approved by the Belgian Government with a location and date agreed
for the placement of this unique memorial.
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| St Julien, 1917 |
The
Hertfordshire Regiment lost almost 1,000 officers and men throughout the course
of the Great War, many of whom were natives of the county they so bravely
represented. The single worst day for the ‘Herts Guards’ (as they were
affectionately known) was their ill-fated attack at St Julien near Ypres, in a
battle that today we know as ‘Passchendaele’. On 31st July 1917, the
Herts attacked at around 10am with 620 men, and two hours later less than 100
returned. Every major town and village in Hertfordshire lost a man in the
attack that day, some lost many more.
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| Site of planned memorial at Steenbeke |
In order to place this monument to our county’s fallen, we must call upon the generosity and spirit of remembrance of today’s Hertfordshire Residents. We aim to raise £5000 to build and dedicate the memorial and we are kickstarting this campaign with a huge Quiz Night on Friday 9th May 2014, to be held at Stevenage F.C’s Broadhall Suite. The event will be a ticket only quiz and raffle evening with all funds raised going towards our £5000 memorial target.
For tickets and further details please email heather@hertsatwar.co.uk and to find out more about the memorial visit www.hertsatwar.co.uk/memorial.
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