Those Who Served

Frank Young was born in India in 1895, where his father was serving as a Colour Sergeant. The family returned to England in 1902 and moved to Hitchin when Frank was 14…

George Kenyon lived in Ware and worked as a solicitor. By 1937, he had joined the 1st Hertfordshire Regiment Territorials and was a 2nd Lieutenant. When the 1st Battalion were sent to Gibraltar…

Cyril Austin was born in Bengeo in 1916. A postman by trade, Cyril joined the Hertfordshire Regiment (TA) in 1934 as he was interested in shooting, which took place each Sunday morning at…

Corporal Alfred Burt was the first member of the Hertfordshire Regiment to be awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions during the Battle of Loos. He was presented with his medal at Buckingham…

Douglas Milton was called up in March of 1945 and joined the Hertfordshire Regiment in Egypt that November, shortly after which they were moved to Palestine. Whilst the War had officially ended in…

Frank Page was born in Hertford. He lived in Queens Road and went to Hertford Grammar School, now Richard Hale School. Frank went into the family game food manufacture business,

We know very little about Private Aldridge, other than his nickname, which hints perhaps at some narrow escapes, and that he was from Hertford.

The Reverend Edgar Popham was a chaplain throughout the First World War. He was awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry in 1915. RSM Sidney Tite had enlisted in the Hertfordshire Regiment at…

Sonny Branch was a Hoddesdon boy and prior to the War lived there with his parents, his brother Don and sister Olive, working at the Co-Op in Amwell Street, before enlisting in 1942.