The Town War Memorial

Tring

 
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Our Roll of Honour
Short obituary -----
taken from the
Tring Parish Magazine
Tring's War Shrine
Placed on the Gore Memorial, no publisher information, circa 1915?		  

War Memorial, Tring
Geo. Goddard, Stationer, Tring
The RA Series
circa 1920

Tring was one of the first towns to erect a war memorial, only 16 days after the Armistice. It was unveiled on 27th November by General Sir William Robertson, DSO. The Inns of Court, who were based in Berkhamsted, made up the guard of honour, and also provided a band. At this early date it was impossible to be sure that all the names that should be included were known and the names were added a year later in alphabetical order.

 

Listed Building

Tring War Memorial in 2011

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Roll of Honour

DHT - Tring War Memorial

Listed Building

The Latest Addition - just in time for November 11th

 

WW! War Memorial at Tring - Information wanted

July 2017 - From Newsletter

Ian Pettigrew asks "Whether any of your readers has any information about any of the individuals listed in the WW1 section of Tring Memorial." 

 
He has put the developing piece of work online so you can see what he has already done. If you have any information, including relevant family photos and memorabilia, please let him know at webmaster@gerald-massey.org.uk 

The Battle of Passchendaele

The entrance to Tring's Memorial Garden, August 2017

The notice board just inside the gate lists the following Tring deaths

Lance Corporal Henry Richard Philby Bedfordshire Regiment 26 July 1917 29
Private Stanley Francis Foster 6th Bedfordshire Regiment 6 August 1917 31
Private Frederick Turvey 9th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers 8 August 1917 27
Bugler Oliver Wilkins Oxfordshire & Bucks Light Infantry 16 August 1917 20
Private Arthur Frederick French East Yorkshire Regiment 17 September 1917 25
Private Ultimus George Crawley 'MM' 6th Battalion Oxfordshire & Bucks Light Infantry 20 September 1917 24
Rifleman William Clement Dell King's Royal Rifle Corp 23 September 1917 38
Rifleman Frederick Kempster 7th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles 2 October 1917 29
Private Charles Frederick Howlett Lincolnshire Regiment 4 October 1910 22
Staff Sergeant Stanley R Eggleton Australian Medical Corps 8 October 1917 27
Lance Corporal James Harrowell King's Royal Rifle Corps 22 October 1917 33
Private George Oakley Northumberland Fusiliers 25 October 1917 20
Private Joseph Poulton Northamptonshire Regiment 14 November 1917 32
2nd Lieutenant Gordon William Asquith King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 2 December 1917 19

In memory of the Tring Men who died at Passchendaele

See also Tring Remembering the First WOrld War

September 2017   Passchendaele