Just A Walk In The Sun with the Hereford Regiment Museum

Walking with the Herefordshire 250: the story of the Lonsdale Battalion

April 21, 2024 Herefordshire Light Infantry Museum Season 1 Episode 20
Just A Walk In The Sun with the Hereford Regiment Museum
Walking with the Herefordshire 250: the story of the Lonsdale Battalion
Show Notes

In this month’s episode, Col Andy Taylor is joined by Rev Paul Roberts from northern France, to explore the story of the men of the Herefordshire Regiment who were transferred to the 11th Border Regiment (the “Lonsdale Battalion”). 

Paul Roberts visits Ten Tree Alley Cemetery of the Somme as part of his pilgrimage walk along the Via Francigena, from Canterbury to Rome.  The pair explore the brave and bloody action at Redan Ridge in November 1916, and the stories of the Herefordshire men involved. 

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