Kempston, The War Memorial c.1955
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Commemorating those serving members of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment who gave their lives during the First and Second World Wars, and from 1945 to 1958, the Memorial consists of a small rotunda fronted by two pillars and a small garden of remembrance to the rear. The ashes of the men killed since 1945 are scattered in the garden. On 11th November 1950, a particularly raw autumn day, HM Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother) unveiled the Book of Remembrance listing over 1,000 men of the regiment killed during the Second World War. She was attended by an honour guard consisting of units drawn from the regular Regiment, the Territorial Army and the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire affiliated units of the Combined and Army Cadet Force.
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