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Natural Monuments

East Of England

Berkhamsted WWI Training Trenches

Natural Monuments

East Of England

Berkhamsted WWI Training Trenches

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Berkhamsted WWI Training Trenches

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Chilterns National Landscape

Location: Northchurch, Dacorum, Hertfordshire, East Of England, England, United Kingdom

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September 14, 2024

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During WWI, Berkhamsted was used by troops to train for trench life on the continent. They would live in a nearby tented camp, stand parade on Kitchener’s Field, and trained on Berkhamsted and Northchurch Commons. These were officers from the Inns of Court Officers Training Corp., otherwise known as The Devil’s Own. These officers dug 13 miles of trenches here in training for the real thing that they would shortly face opposite enemy lines. These days there is an information board here, a memorial, and of course the trenches.

July 9, 2025

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Located within a quiet area of the golf course, lovely bit of history and located honoured to those fallen

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Location: Northchurch, Dacorum, Hertfordshire, East Of England, England, United Kingdom

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