The Dacorum Heritage Trust has just unveiled its latest exhibition, which focuses on local notables soldiers who served during the First World War. Among those featured will be Corporal Francis Vercoe of Hemel Hempstead, whose DCM medals were recently purchased by the Trust, as well as all three Dacorum men who were awarded the Victoria Cross. There will also be display panels on the Inns of Court Regiment who were based in Berkhamsted during the war and Admiral Sir Lionel Halsey of Great Gaddesden who captained two battleships. A display case with interesting items from this period will be on show too.
One of the most poignant aspects of this exhibition is a panel covered in photographs of men from Dacorum who lost their lives during the 1914-19 18 war. This includes four Chipperfield men whose names are recorded on our war memorial.
The exhibition can be seen at the Trusts display site in the Marlowes Shopping Centre on the first floor near Argos. It will be on display from October 11 to November 13 and is free to all.
If you have any information or photographs of Chipperfield men who lost their lives in the First World War, which could help complete the Trusts records, please contact Mary Nobbs 01923 269480.
Once a servicemans name and regiment are known, much information may be obtained from regimental and other records now available on the internet.