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War Memorials
The Inns of Court Regiment (ICR, the Devil’s Own) and the City of London Yeomanry (COLY, the Rough Riders) have a large number of memorials, both in London, but also elsewhere, notably in Normandy and northern Europe, where the ICR, part of the liberating forces in 1944-45, are still remembered with gratitude and annual ceremonies.These usually annual ceremonies are also now listed below. Under construction.
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1. Lincoln’s Inn, London WC2:
1d. Lincoln’s Inn Chapel. Annual service with wreath laying each Remembrance Sunday, preceded by Two Minute Silence at 11 o'clock at the Memorial at 1a, and followed by a March Past of the serving IC&CY Squadron, RY Band, and Association.
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Further notes on each of the memorials appear below, with acknowledgement to Major Derek Hatton’s History of the Inns of Court Regiment – ‘The Devil’s Own’ (also War Memorials Online
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4. St Bartholomew the Great, London EC1: to COLY (Rough Riders) War Memorial and Roll of Honour of both WW1&2;
Annual service in Great St Barts at 11 o'clock on the last Sunday in October
4a. War Memorial at the Royal Exchange in the City; Annual commemoration ceremony at 11 o'clock on Remembrance Sunday. Association lays a wreath prior to ceremony.
7. Ypres, Belgium: Saint George's Memorial Church; Daily ceremony at the Menin Gate, with Last Post etc played every evening by the local Fire Brigade
8. Graye-sur-Mer, Normandy: various memorials to the soldiers of C Squadron ICR and the other troops who landed on Juno Beach on 6th June 1944, and liberated that village; Annual ceremony arranged each D Day by the local community in Graye-sur-Mer
9. Jerusalem Crossroads, Normandy: to those killed in this “friendly fire” disaster of C Sqn and 73 Sqn RE; See also link at https://www.iccy.org.uk/d-day-and-beyond.html
11. L’Aigle, Normandy: Rue Jack Howdle named after Lt Jackie Howdle MC ICR, and a museum display; This includes an IoC Association standard which was laid up, along with John Bright's uniform. L'Aigle council write to Karine Fauvel (Town Clerk, Graye sur Mer) and Association sends a wreath for the town's annual ceremony.
12. Templeuve, Belgium: monument marking the town’s liberation by ICR; Association sends a wreath for the town's annual ceremony to mark their liberation by ICR in 1944, each 3rd September.
Lincoln's Inn - The War Memorial
Memorial to the fallen of the Great War and WW2
Lincoln’s Inn War Memorial to the fallen of the Great War and WW2
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This memorial, erected by Lincoln’s Inn in 1921, honours those members of the Inn who died – not specifically just members of the Inns of Court Regiment. Nevertheless it is at this memorial that each Remembrance Sunday the present day Signal Squadron, together with the Band and Association, join with the Treasurer and Benchers of Lincoln’s Inn in an Act of Remembrance.
The screen and central monument bear the Latin inscription: HOSPITIUM SOCIIS
SANGUINEM PRO PATRIA LARGITIS FILIIS PARENTES "Offer your solidarity in honour of the allied sons who generously gave their blood for their country"
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The inscription can also be translated as "SANGUINEM PRO PATRIA LARGITIS" ("For those who generously gave their blood for their country") and "HOSPITIUM SOCIIS / FILIIS PARENTES" ("Offer your solidarity in honour of the allied sons").
The end piers bear the inscriptions "CIƆ IƆ CCCC XIV" and " CIƆ IƆ CCCC XIX" using roman numerals in the unusual apostrophus form for the dates 1914 (MDCCCXIV) and 1919 (MDCCCXIX).
The end piers bear the inscriptions "CIƆ IƆ CCCC XIV" and " CIƆ IƆ CCCC XIX" using roman numerals in the unusual apostrophus form for the dates 1914 (MDCCCXIV) and 1919 (MDCCCXIX).
Brass plaques on the inside face of each pier record the names of the fallen from the First World War, listing 35 people in total.
A bronze plaque on the central pylon listing 66 further names of the fallen from the First World War, in two columns.
In November 1984 a bronze plaque was added to the bottom of the memorial listing another 29 names from the Second World War. It is engraved with the following inscription:
A bronze plaque on the central pylon listing 66 further names of the fallen from the First World War, in two columns.
In November 1984 a bronze plaque was added to the bottom of the memorial listing another 29 names from the Second World War. It is engraved with the following inscription:
IN MEMORY OF OUR COMRADES
OF THE
INNS OF COURT REGT
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE 1939-45 WAR
OF THE
INNS OF COURT REGT
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE 1939-45 WAR
The Treasurer, His Honour Judge Argyle MC QC, a former member of the Regiment, dedicated the later plaque on Remembrance Sunday that year.
For more information see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/161488/ and https://www.lincolnsinn.org.uk/library-archives/archive-of-the-month/march-2017-unveiling-of-the-war-memorial/
For more information see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/161488/ and https://www.lincolnsinn.org.uk/library-archives/archive-of-the-month/march-2017-unveiling-of-the-war-memorial/
The Brewster Memorial Gates
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The wrought iron Brewster Gates are not a war memorial. They were erected in memory of Lieut-Colonel William Bagenal Brewster, first Commanding Officer of the ICRV (in 1860). Before the Second World War the whole of the lawn of New Square was surrounded by iron railings. The gates were the centrepiece. During that war the railings were removed to provide iron for the war effort. But the gates, because of their artistic merit, were left in situ. The railings have never been replaced. By 1980 the gates needed repair, and though at that time they were the responsibility of the Benchers of Lincoln's Inn, the Regiment contributed towards the cost. https://www.flickr.com/photos/shadow-in-the-water/13856965365 |
10 Stone Buildings
Attached to the wall inside the entrance of the “Drill Hall” are three plaques:
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The first (in stone) remembers those of WW1
IN MEMORY OF
ALL RANKS OF THE INNS OF COURT OFFICERS’ TRAINING CORPS WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 VOBIS GLORIA NOBIS EXEMPLUM "We honour your glory" |
A second wooden photo montage shows pictures of the nine officers of the pre-war ICR regular cadre who returned to their units, and were subsequently killed in action 1914-1918.
Above the second memorial a third plaque (in brass) lists those who were killed while serving with the armoured car regiment during WW2, It was dedicated by Prebendary J. du B. Lance MC, who had been Chaplain to the Regiment during the Second World War, and was unveiled by Sergeant J. W. Wright MM on Remembrance Sunday 8th November 1987. (Sgt Wright was the brother of Jack – see St. Gabriel-Brécy below)
The 64 names are as those recorded in the LI Chapel Roll of Honour (listed at Roll of Honour in the Chapel below)
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Lincoln's Inn Chapel
A Memorial Service took place on 1st May 1949 when two matching tablets (1914-18 and 1939-45), were placed one on each side of the doors at the west end of the Chapel;
THIS TABLET COMMEMORATES
WITH PRIDE AND GRATITUDE THE LOYAL SERVICE OF THE INNS OF COURT OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS DURING THE WAR OF 1914-18. THE DEVOTION OF THE 12,000 MEN WHO PASSED THROUGH ITS RANKS TO COMMIS- SIONS OF WHOM MORE THAN 2,000 WERE KILLED IN ACTION, AND THE INSPIRING LEADERSHIP OF LIEUT. COLONEL FRANCIS HENRY LAUNCELOT ERRINGTON. C.B., V.D. COMMANDING 1913-1916 SALUS POPULI SUPREMA LEX |
THIS TABLET COMMEMORATES
WITH PRIDE AND GRATITUDE THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE OF THE INNS OF COURT REGIMENT DURING THE WAR 1939-1945 AT HOME IN FRANCE BELGIUM HOLLAND AND GERMANY. THE SIXTY FOUR OFFICERS AND MEN KILLED IN ACTION WHILE SERVING IN IT. AND THE MANY OTHERS WHO RECEIVED IN THE REGIMENT THEIR TRAINING AS OFFICERS AND AFTERWARDS FELL IN ACTION. SALUS POPULI SUPREMA LEX |
The tablets were dedicated by the Revd J. du B. Lance MC. The unveiling ceremony (on 1st May 1949) was performed by the Honorary Colonel, Brigadier The Marquess of Reading. The Service was attended by a detachment of serving members and many ex-members of the Regiment.
https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/161497/
In addition, a Roll of Honour listing the names and a short citation of each of the 64 Officers and Other Ranks who fell while serving with the armoured car regiment during the Second World War, is placed in the Chapel.
https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/271178/
https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/161497/
In addition, a Roll of Honour listing the names and a short citation of each of the 64 Officers and Other Ranks who fell while serving with the armoured car regiment during the Second World War, is placed in the Chapel.
https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/271178/
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Corporal V. Baines
Trooper R. Bardwick Trooper J. Berry L/Corporal G Bridgland Trooper J. Brown Captain J. A. Bucknill Corporal J. Buxey Trooper D. Climie Corporal H. Cox Sergeant H. Crouch Trooper A. Davies Corporal H. Dickinson Trooper L. A. Dixon Sergeant H. Dodge Lieutenant C. L. Dowell Trooper J. Evans Trooper R. Gillies Trooper V. Gold Trooper H. Grazier Lieutenant B D S Grierson Lieutenant W. I. H. Gwynne-Jones |
Sergeant A. Hainey
Trooper W. G. Hall Trooper H. Harris Trooper H. Harrison Lieutenant J. H. B Henson Lieutenant K. Hill Trooper W. Hush L/Corporal G. Kirby Trooper K. Laidlaw Trooper F. Loft Corporal J. MacKenzie Sergeant G. Morgan Trooper R. Murray Trooper A. Perks Trooper F. Price Trooper L. Price Trooper J. H. Putman Major A. W. Read Trooper F. Reed Lieutenant R. L. Richards Trooper D. Salt Sergeant W. Sandison |
Trooper J. Scully
Lieutenant D. L. G Sewell Lieutenant P. R. D. Shaw Trooper E. Shepherd Trooper J. Shore Sergeant L. Silver Trooper H. Simpson Lieutenant 0. J. Sinnatt Lieutenant H. Skelton-Smith Trooper T. Smith Trooper B. Thorogood Sergeant J. Thorpe Corporal E. Trevett Trooper F. Tyrell Trooper R. Warner Trooper J. Wickham Lieutenant R. Wigram MC Trooper S. Willows Sergeant W . Woodruff Sergeant J. L. Wright Lieutenant L. T. Yodaiken |
Temple Church, London EC4 - Inns of Court Mission
There is a Great War memorial inscribed:
Inns Of Court Mission Institute and Working Men’s Club
In Memory of those Members who fell
in The War 1914 - 1918
In Memory of those Members who fell
in The War 1914 - 1918
together with a list of 31 names.
However, this is not specifically an Inns of Court Regiment memorial.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/6311
However, this is not specifically an Inns of Court Regiment memorial.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/6311
Berkhamsted, to the Inns of Court Regiment Officer Training Corps 1914-18
The memorial, erected c1920, is made of sandstone with a smooth finish. It consists of two plinths forming ‘steps' on which stands a base with ogee-shaped moulding around the top edge. On the top of that stands the main base which is made up of blocks of stone with the vertical corners chamfered. The main base is capped with more mouldings on which stands a tapered needle-like column. The memorial is surrounded by a grass plot enclosed by posts and chains.
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The inscription on the memorial is as follows:
In Memory of the Inns of
Court Officers’ Training Corps who in this Neighbour hood Trained over Twelve Thousand Men to Serve as Commissioned Officers in The Great War 1914-1918 and in Affectionate Remembrance of the Two Thousand who Gave their Lives for their Country this Monument is Erected by Members and Friends of the Corps. Salus Populi Suprema Le |
A later inscription on the base of the pedestal commemorates Lieutenant Colonel Francis Errington (1854–1942), who commanded the Inns of Court OTC from 1913 to 1916 and who published a history of the Corps in 1922:
NEAR THIS SPOT LIE THE ASHES OF
LIEUT. COL. F.H.L. ERRINGTON C.B. V.D
WHO SERVED THE CORPS FOR 36 YEARS
AND WAS ITS LOVED & HONOURED
COMMANDER: 1913–1916
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inns_of_Court_War_Memorial and https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/220866/
St Bartholomew the Great to City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) War MemorialThis memorial commemorates the 104 members of the COLY who died in the Great War (mostly as mounted infantry), and 53 men in the Second World War as artillerymen. Their names are recorded below.
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It takes the form of a plaque surmounted by a relief of St George slaying the dragon and the central three columns are flanked by reliefs of angels. Below these is a relief of the COLY cap badge surrounded by the unit's battle honours. The WW2 elements are surmounted by COLY cap and collar badges and underscored by a Royal Artillery cap badge. A pair of regimental drums stand below the memorial. Behind them is a stone laurel wreath with 1914-1918 inscribed.
https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/254005/
https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/254005/
The following names are of those members of The City of London Yeomanry who fell In action during The Great War of 1914 to 1918.
There are 104 names:
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T.J.Anstey
R.Ashberry J.Bain H.S.Barnes L.A.Bashford H.Bateman F.C.Ball A.J.Belsham D.Black G.Bond S.S.Bourne J.G.Boutel G.R.Boyce H.G.Brooks W.G.Butt F.G.T.Caines F.Chaplin W.Chignell W.C.Coleman J.A.Crawshaw R.W.Cross W.Dakin A.E.Dawes H.C.Depinna H.L.Dunn H.Durham E.L.Edwards R.Francis H.S.Frost W.J.M.Gatward W.J.Gibbs G.Giles P.Glidewell E.M.Gosney J.Grac |
F.Grainger
H.S.Greaves F.N.Green C.F.Hall G.Harding F.G.Harpour W.E.Hay W.P.Hayes A.C.Herring H.S.Herring W.E.Hicks A.Hobday A.G.Hodgson G.Horne A.L.Howard C.Jago H.St.J.Jefferson F.Knollys G.Kekevich F.Lane W.Laffearty R.F.Larcombe H.J.Lewington A.D.Livingstone G.H.Mapp F.H.Marriner G.Marshall L.F.Mcdonald H.Michie L.G.Middlemass E.S.Miller E.Moody J.Morris B.L.Mumfor |
E.P.Nicholls
P.Osborne R.W.Perkins H.B.Pickworth W.J.Pitt A.E.Pomeroy J.G.Pryterch A.J.Rich A.H.Ridsdale H.J.Rimmer G.H.Robinson E.J.Rouse C.A.Sherriff J.E.Shyngle F.H.Simpson G.H.A.Sketchley A.J.Smith F.E.K.Sneddon T.A.Squire G.Thirkell W.A.Trantor H.B.W.Twizell J.H.Waldock F.C.Walker T.V.W.Watkins H.W.Watts H.S.White Y.F.Wiggen A.H.Wilsher M.H.Wilkins R.Wilson P.E.Woods J.Woolrich H.Wybro |
The following names are of those members of The City of London Yeomanry who fell In action during The Second World War between 1939 and 1945.
There are 53 names:
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T. W. Bailey
G. H. Barrett H. J. Boakes A. C. Boxall W. Burdaky E. C. Burling J. Bryson J. A. G. Carter R. A. J. Chamings L. Chapman W. G. Clapp H. P. Cooper H. Davies W. G. A. Draper P. Elcock H. J. Fuller W. Gurney J. T. Hawkins |
P. M. Hall
E. C. Herson C. W. Hill W. C. S. Hill C. F. Johnson J. Jones J. Keegan F. G. Kidgell D. Lackmaker P. Lawes A. O. Lea J. W. Lowes A. Mcdonald B. D. J. Macgillicuddy J. S. Mcintyre W. Mckay A. D. Morris E. F. Ney |
H. C. Rance
J. H. Rich J. K. Richardson D. L. Slater H. G. Shrimpton H. F. Skene C. J. W. Smith J. G. Steadman C. H. A. Steer E. Sweeney G.R.Taylor G. P. Thompson W. Vere J.G. Vizer A.C. Webb R. F Wilton W. G. Woodle |
War Memorial at the Royal Exchange in the City
Royal Exchange – this memorial (between the Mansion House and the Bank of England) to the Fallen of all the City of London regiments of the Great War lists each regiment by name. Included, towards the top of the list under the Yeomanry section, are the Rough Riders.
ttps://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/111821/
Waltham AbbeyWhite marble plaque on a richly veined red marble mount, with a pair of mourning angels, one holding a quill pen.
Insignia: The initials 'RR" in gold on a spur, within a laurel wreath and surmounted by the royal crown. https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/141327/ |
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PRO PATRIA
[for my country]
In memory of the Officers, NCOs & men of the XXth Battalion Imperial Yeomanry (Rough Riders) who died in South Africa 1900-1902 [the Boer War].
[for my country]
In memory of the Officers, NCOs & men of the XXth Battalion Imperial Yeomanry (Rough Riders) who died in South Africa 1900-1902 [the Boer War].
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Captain C. G. T. Bromfield
“ P. Wickham Lieut. D. C. Barninghan Sqn·Sergt Major H.Glazier L. Sergt Arthur E. Dearle Corporal Walter J. Cugley L.CorpL John H. McLaren " Famdon G.Mountain “ Philip G. Vickery Trooper John S. Blake “ James A. Bywater “ Percy Clark “ Walter W. Chinnock “ William H. Edwards “ Albert Escott |
“ Frank. J. Galt
“ Thomas Gollan “ Harry P. Goddard “ Robert H. Moreton “ Francis W. Moger “ David Paterson “ Charles H. Rex “ George A. Raynor “ Charles E.H. Ryder “ William Stephenson “ Cecil B. Stone “ Frederick W. Ubsdell “ Frederick W. Urmston “ Albert E. Wright “ James Wilmot |
This Tablet is erected by their Comrades.
None of those listed above came from Waltham Abbey. But their commander Sir Richard Beale Colvin did. He was a local benefactor to the church and went on to become a Brigadier General and Lord Lieutenant of Essex. He died in 1936
South Africa: to the City Imperial Volunteers who died in the Second Boer War
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South Africa: City Imperial Volunteers killed (or died of “fever”) in the Second Boer War
Unfortunately the exact location of this memorial somewhere in South Africa is unknown. But it records the names of four soldiers of the City Imperial Volunteers: Corporal Jones JB Payne WH Lance Corporal Blott J Private Dyer D |
Royal Memorial Chapel Sandhurst.
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On 28th November 1949 the war memorial in the Baptistry of the Royal Memorial Chapel was dedicated by the Chaplain in the presence of past and present Officers of the Regiment. The unveiling was performed by Lieutenant Colonel WH Newson MC TD. Also in this Chapel is a Book of Remembrance containing the names of those Officers who had been Instructors at the Royal Military College during the Second World War and had been killed. Among them are six Officers of the Inns of Court Regiment:
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A closer picture of the panel is below
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Captain J. A. Bucknill†
Lieutenant R. M. Pollock Major A. W. Read† Lieutenant D. L. G. Sewell† Lieutenant W. S. Taylor 2nd Lieutenant J. H. D. Thompson |
West Europe 1944
Middle East 1942 West Europe 1944 West Europe 1945 Middle East 1942 Britain 1942 |
† Killed while serving in the armoured car regiment.
Marble panelling over the Baptistry, the centre panel bearing the regimental crest and the following inscription:
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THE INNS OF COURT REGIMENT
IN PROUD MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS OF THE REGIMENT WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES AND THE OFFICER CADETS WHO WORE ITS BADGE AND LATER FELL IN ACTION 1939-1945 SALUS POPULI SUPREMA LEX |
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A pew dedicated to the unit, is the first pew as you enter the RMAS Chapel.
Saint George's Memorial Church, Ypres (Ieper)
As at the RMAS Chapel, this Anglican church, which was built to commemorate the Great War, there are many memorials to those who fell in Flanders, both units and individuals.
[Compiler’s note – it is a fascinating and moving place to spend an hour or two, and a must for anyone doing an Ypres battlefield tour]
Included amongst many is one memorial to the Machine Gun Corps (MGC). In 1918 the Rough Riders were transferred to the MGC - originally as E Battalion, later renamed 105 Bn, and on amalgamation with Sharpshooters finally 103Bn - and served in France, but they chose to remain badged as RR.
They lost 4 men:
Cpl A D Livingstone, Tpr L G Miidlemass, Cpl A I Rich, Tpr H W Watts.
https://www.stgeorgesmemorialchurchypres.com
[Compiler’s note – it is a fascinating and moving place to spend an hour or two, and a must for anyone doing an Ypres battlefield tour]
Included amongst many is one memorial to the Machine Gun Corps (MGC). In 1918 the Rough Riders were transferred to the MGC - originally as E Battalion, later renamed 105 Bn, and on amalgamation with Sharpshooters finally 103Bn - and served in France, but they chose to remain badged as RR.
They lost 4 men:
Cpl A D Livingstone, Tpr L G Miidlemass, Cpl A I Rich, Tpr H W Watts.
https://www.stgeorgesmemorialchurchypres.com
Graye-sur-MerGraye-sur-Mer – Contains various memorials to the soldiers of C Squadron ICR and the other Allied troops (incl Canadians and Poles) who landed on Juno Beach on 6th June 1944, and liberated that village. That specifically dedicated to ICR is a little way back from the beach, just off the D514 road leading west from Graye
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THE INNS OF COURT REGIMENT
C.SQUADRON LANDED HERE WITH THEIR ARMOURED CARS ON 6 JUNE 1944
TOGETHER WITH A CONTINGENT OF ROYAL ENGINEERS
TO CARRY OUT A SPECIAL MISSION
THIS STONE STANDS AS A MEMORIAL TO THEM AND TO THE WHOLE REGIMENT
IN THE LIBERATING CAMPAIGN FROM NORMANDY
TO THE BALTIC SEA FROM JUNE 1944 TO MAY 1945
SALUS POPULI SUPREMA LEX
DEDICATED
TO THE NOBLE LIVING AND TO THE NOBLE DEAD
EN HOMMAGE
AUX LIBERATEURS VICTIMES DES COMBATS
ET A CEUX QUI LEUR ONT SURVECU
1939 - 1945
LE SOL SUR LEQUEL REPOSE CE MONUMENT A ETE MIS A
NOTRE DESPOSITION AVEC AMITIE ET GENEROSITE PAR
LES CITOYENS DE GRAYE-SUR-MER ENVERS QUI
NOUS SOMMES TRES RECONNAISSANTS
C.SQUADRON LANDED HERE WITH THEIR ARMOURED CARS ON 6 JUNE 1944
TOGETHER WITH A CONTINGENT OF ROYAL ENGINEERS
TO CARRY OUT A SPECIAL MISSION
THIS STONE STANDS AS A MEMORIAL TO THEM AND TO THE WHOLE REGIMENT
IN THE LIBERATING CAMPAIGN FROM NORMANDY
TO THE BALTIC SEA FROM JUNE 1944 TO MAY 1945
SALUS POPULI SUPREMA LEX
DEDICATED
TO THE NOBLE LIVING AND TO THE NOBLE DEAD
EN HOMMAGE
AUX LIBERATEURS VICTIMES DES COMBATS
ET A CEUX QUI LEUR ONT SURVECU
1939 - 1945
LE SOL SUR LEQUEL REPOSE CE MONUMENT A ETE MIS A
NOTRE DESPOSITION AVEC AMITIE ET GENEROSITE PAR
LES CITOYENS DE GRAYE-SUR-MER ENVERS QUI
NOUS SOMMES TRES RECONNAISSANTS
Condé-sur-Seulles - Jerusalem Crossroads
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to those killed in this “friendly fire” disaster of C Sqn and 73 Sqn RE
Memorial plaque at the Commonwealth War Grave cemetery. The story of Jerusalem Crossroads on 7th June 1944 is told below |
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The wording and names on the plaque reads as follows:
JERUSALEM CROSSROADS
le Douet le 7 Juin 1944 Chouvain
A la memoire des soldats et civils qui sont tomber
pendant l’apres midi de ce jour a Jerusalem (Douet)
[In memory of the soldiers and civilians who fell
during the afternoon of that day in Jerusalem]
Soldats Civils
Lieut Ian Gwynne-Jones Bunel Georges
Lieut DW Lofts RE Françoise André
TPR R Gillies Laurente Alfred
TPR H Simpson Pacorg François
SPR JBC MacTaggart Strubi August
SPR CG Boynton
Ils ont donne leur vie pour notre avenir
[They gave their lives for our future]
Ils resteront toujours dans notre souvenir
[They will always be remembered]
C Squadron
Inns of Court Regiment 73 CW Field Company R
le Douet le 7 Juin 1944 Chouvain
A la memoire des soldats et civils qui sont tomber
pendant l’apres midi de ce jour a Jerusalem (Douet)
[In memory of the soldiers and civilians who fell
during the afternoon of that day in Jerusalem]
Soldats Civils
Lieut Ian Gwynne-Jones Bunel Georges
Lieut DW Lofts RE Françoise André
TPR R Gillies Laurente Alfred
TPR H Simpson Pacorg François
SPR JBC MacTaggart Strubi August
SPR CG Boynton
Ils ont donne leur vie pour notre avenir
[They gave their lives for our future]
Ils resteront toujours dans notre souvenir
[They will always be remembered]
C Squadron
Inns of Court Regiment 73 CW Field Company R
The provenance of this particular memorial plaque is of especial interest – made by Sapper Pat Moore (in 2013, his dated signature is at the bottom right corner). In later life he became a distinguished sculptor, but he was there in 1944, a member of 73 Sqn RE (later in 85 Sqn RE). In 2019 (on the 75th anniversary of D Day) he was present to see the opening of the new village school playground in Graye-sur-Mer, named in his honour. He died just a month later aged 98.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_War_Cemetery,_Chouain
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_War_Cemetery,_Chouain
St. Gabriel-Brécy
a monument north of the village, erected by the family of Serjeant Jack Wright killed there by friendly fire on 6th June 1944. There is no mention of his driver, Trooper Thomas Smith (but both are listed on British Normandy Memorial below)
L’Aigle, Normandy
a road named after Lieutenant Jackie Howdle MC D Squadron, ICR (Rue Jack Howdle) who entered the town with his recce troop on 22nd August 1944
On 26th August 1984, the fact that the Inns of Court Regiment was the first to enter L’Aigle 40 years earlier, was honoured in a ceremony in the town, attended by Lt Howdle.
There is also a museum display.
On 26th August 1984, the fact that the Inns of Court Regiment was the first to enter L’Aigle 40 years earlier, was honoured in a ceremony in the town, attended by Lt Howdle.
There is also a museum display.
Templeuve, Belgium
War Memorial, including a tablet recording the town’s liberation by ICR on 3rd September 1944.
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The tablet is at the centre foot of the monument (partially obscured by poppy wreaths) and reads:
Templeuve fut libere
le 3 Septembre 1944
par le
“Inns of Court Regiment”
De Londres
[Templeneuve was freed on 3rd September 1944 by the “Inns of Court Regiment”, and (maybe added later below) “from London”]
le 3 Septembre 1944
par le
“Inns of Court Regiment”
De Londres
[Templeneuve was freed on 3rd September 1944 by the “Inns of Court Regiment”, and (maybe added later below) “from London”]
Each year on VE Day (8th May) a parade and ceremony takes place, at which an ICR wreath is laid at the memorial.
British Normandy Memorial at Ver-sur-Mer
1 mile inland above D-Day 6th June 1944 Gold Beach (unveiled 6th June 2021)
ICR Bench and plaque
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The man seated on the ICR Bench (above) is the Memorial architect Liam O'Connor.
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The British Normandy Memorial bears the names of 22,442 individuals: British personnel and those of other nationalities who were serving in British units, who died while taking part in D-Day and the Battle of Normandy (6th June – 31st August 1944).
Included are the soldiers of the Inns of Court Regiment, as listed below:
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Corporal V C Baines
Trooper J Brown Captain J A Bucknill Corporal J C Buxey Trooper D W Climie Corporal H Dickinson Trooper L A Dixon Lieutenant C F Dowell Trooper R Gillies Trooper V F Gold Lieutenant B D S Grierson Lieutenant W I H Gwynne-Jones Serjeant A W Hainey Trooper W G Hall Trooper H Harris Trooper H Harrison Lieutenant J H G Henson Trooper W Hush Trooper K Laidlaw Serjeant G Morgan Trooper R Murray |
Trooper A J A Perks
Trooper F G E Price Trooper L Price Major A W Read Trooper F Reed Lieutenant R L Richards Trooper J Scully Lieutenant P R D Shaw Trooper E W Shepherd Trooper J B Shore Trooper H Simpson Lieutenant O J Sinnatt Trooper T Smith Trooper A B Thorogood Serjeant J R Thorpe Trooper F J Tyrell Trooper R S Warner Lieutenant R L Wigram Serjeant W Woodruff Serjeant J Wright Lieutenant L T Yodaiken |
National Memorial Arboretum
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The NMA https://www.thenma.org.uk was created in the late 1990s and formally opened in 2001. It serves as a memorial to all who have lost their lives in the service of their country since the end of World War 2, and is predominantly, though not exclusively, focussed on the armed services.
Units and organisations who have lost no members (through death in service) are also represented. The Arboretum is in Staffordshire DE13 7AR
Early on in its planting, the IC&CY Association placed four plaques – three in Yeomanry Avenue to remember the Inns of Court Regiment (ICR), the City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders), and the Inns of Court & City Yeomanry. And one in the Home Service Force Grove to mark the HSF Squadron raised at Lincoln’s Inn from 1987-1992. In 2022 these plaques were refurbished (see photos)
Guidance for visitors.
To find HSF Grove, leave the main NMA building, turn right and head towards the main National Armed Forces Memorial the prominent white structure on the mound. You will come to a road running left to right, turn left on to this. A good reference point is the large polar bear statue* this will be on your right, carry on for approx. 50 metres you will see a brick plinth with a bench to one side. This is the HSF Grove. 348 Sqn plaque is towards the rear.
Yeomanry Avenue is off the same road as HSF Grove. Follow the same route and after approx 75 metres you will come to a T junction, the road running to the left is Yeomanry Avenue. Our plaques are towards the far end. The first one you will come across is for the ICR, just before a bench. Rough Riders & IC&CY plaques are further on close to the end of Yeomanry Avenue.
*The Polar Bear Memorial was the first actual memorial to be placed at the Arboretum. This tribute to the 49th West Riding Infantry Division was dedicated on 7 June 1998.
Units and organisations who have lost no members (through death in service) are also represented. The Arboretum is in Staffordshire DE13 7AR
Early on in its planting, the IC&CY Association placed four plaques – three in Yeomanry Avenue to remember the Inns of Court Regiment (ICR), the City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders), and the Inns of Court & City Yeomanry. And one in the Home Service Force Grove to mark the HSF Squadron raised at Lincoln’s Inn from 1987-1992. In 2022 these plaques were refurbished (see photos)
Guidance for visitors.
To find HSF Grove, leave the main NMA building, turn right and head towards the main National Armed Forces Memorial the prominent white structure on the mound. You will come to a road running left to right, turn left on to this. A good reference point is the large polar bear statue* this will be on your right, carry on for approx. 50 metres you will see a brick plinth with a bench to one side. This is the HSF Grove. 348 Sqn plaque is towards the rear.
Yeomanry Avenue is off the same road as HSF Grove. Follow the same route and after approx 75 metres you will come to a T junction, the road running to the left is Yeomanry Avenue. Our plaques are towards the far end. The first one you will come across is for the ICR, just before a bench. Rough Riders & IC&CY plaques are further on close to the end of Yeomanry Avenue.
*The Polar Bear Memorial was the first actual memorial to be placed at the Arboretum. This tribute to the 49th West Riding Infantry Division was dedicated on 7 June 1998.
Compiled by Colonel Nigel Pullman, Honorary Colonel IC&CY 2016-2021 10th July 2021