Herefordshire Regimental Museum

30/05/2026

Welcome once again to the Dit Locker - our latest podcast episode has dropped! Listen to the Secret History of the Allied Victory Medal:

To listen click here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1968663/episodes/19265371

Put off by the excessive heat, Col Andy and Rev Paul decide to stay indoors for this episode and explore the interesting and little known history and evolution of the Allied Victory Medal for the First World War. There are many in the collection of the Herefordshire Regimental Museum and due to the sad incidence of melting down the silver British War Medal in the past and present day, this is now the most common surviving medal awarded to UK and Commonwealth personnel for the Great War.

Paul and Andy share a rare account of the original meeting at the Versailles Peace Conference where representatives of the 15 Allied and Associated Powers met to discuss a joint medal. And the work of Dr Dick Flory who proved that there were two different issues of the medal to UK and recipients - the well known "type 2" and the lesser known and illusive "type 1."

With their usual mixture of wit, insight and rabbit holes our intrepid pair explore this often overlooked medal - how people qualified for it, differences across awarding nations as diverse as Cuba, Siam (modern-day Thailand) and Japan, its enduring appeal to medal collectors and importance to families and historians alike.

17/05/2026

Herefordshire Histories Festival 2026!

As part of Herefordshire Histories Festival the Museum put on a mobile display at Taylor Historics at The Bunker Hereford on Saturday 16th May.

We wish to thank Colin and Kath for their wonderful hospitality and welcoming us along to display whilst our Museum home is currently closed. The Bunker is a great location and an amazing collection covering many aspects commonly forgotten about during WW2.

The Bunker is open tomorrow (18th May) for the last day of the festival.

https://herefordshirehistories.org/world-war-two-exhibition/

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12/05/2026

04/05/2026

Unfortunately the Museum is currently closed to visitors due to a temporary building safety issue. The open day planned, as part of The Herefordshire Histories Festival on Saturday 16 May is therefore cancelled.

The Museum will however have a limited display at 'The Bunker' courtesy of Colin and Kath Taylor. Please look at the Festival website for more detail.

The Museum team will also be able to answer enquiries.

23/04/2026

The Museum and Assistant Curator are extremely proud to be supporting Ash’s fundraising endeavour!

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A Hereford army veteran is set to cycle more than 250 miles for Help for Heroes Big Battlefield Bike Ride

22/02/2026

Operation Freshman - Museum Fundraising Talk!

- Doors Open 1900hrs 🚪
- Cash Bar available 🍻
- Parking available (pay at bar) 🚗

Please book in advance to secure a ticket or pay cash at the door.

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16/02/2026

Listen in troops - the latest podcast episode has dropped:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1968663/episodes/18692135

n this episode, Col Andy Taylor and Rev Paul Roberts take a springtime visit to Peterchurch in the Golden Valley on Herefordshire's western border with Wales. Standing in the corner of the churchyard, they spot the grave of a Victoria Cross winner and explore the story of Robert Jones VC of the South Wales Borderers. They uncover the story of how Pte Jones won this highest of all gallantry awards at the Battle of Rorkes Drift in 1879, his depiction in the 1964 film Zulu, and his later life in Peterchurch after leaving the army, including his tragic death.

A warning that this episode does feature the topic of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and su***de.

A little later, in the nearby Boughton Arms, Andy and Paul discuss the importance of war memorials in town and village life - from the time of Robert Jones when the ordinary soldier was unlikely to be memorialised, through the Second Boer War and the First World War when such memorials became an essential focus for individual and communal grief.

The poem "Drummer Hodge" by Thomas Hardy gets a mention, along with the temporary cenotaph set up in High Town, its eventual permanent replacement in St Peter's Square, Hereford, along with a number of other local war memorials which were installed in the county between 1919 and 1926. Kings Pyon, Walford, Staunton-on-Wye and Tupsley all get a mention, and the commissioning of the hymn "O Valiant Hearts", first sung at the unveiling of Bodenham War Memorial is explored... with perhaps a promise of a later episode.

06/02/2026

A Walk through the Worcestershire Soldier Gallery

Journey through the history of Worcestershire's regiments on a virtual tour of the Worcestershire Soldier Gallery, which was in place in Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum from 2003 to 2025.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m34kLYnNqnk

The Commandery - Worcester

Journey through the history of Worcestershire's regiments on a virtual tour of the Worcestershire Soldier Gallery, which was in place in Worcester City Art G...

25/01/2026

Operation Freshman - Museum Fundraising Talk!

- Doors Open 1900hrs 🚪
- Cash Bar available 🍻
- Parking available (pay at bar) 🚗

Please book in advance to secure a seat or pay cash at the door.

31/12/2025

"Oh we all like figgy pudding..." Or do we? Listen in to our latest podcast episode hear how a wartime recipe shapes up - complete with grated carrot and potato.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1968663/episodes/18435411

And a very happy new year to all our listeners!