Authors and Contributors this page: T.F. Mills
Page created 15 July 2000. Corrected and updated 16.03.2003
 
 
The Hertfordshire Regiment
T.A.
 
United Kingdom 
see also The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
  Titles & Lineage
  History & War Service
  Battle Honours
  Colours, Standards and Guidons

  Badges and Uniforms
  Colonels
 Traditions
 Bibliography

Note: This is a battalion history of the part-time reserves, which are normally liable for full-time active service only in an emergency. See the main regimental page(s) as linked below for more information.
How to find information about individuals who served in this corps
 
  Titles and Lineage
1859 1st, 6th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 14th Hertfordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
 
2nd, 4th, 5th, 7th Hertfordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
1860 2nd Admin Battalion, Hertfordshire Rifle Volunteers 1st Admin Battalion, Hertfordshire Rifle Volunteers
1880 1st Hertfordshire Rifle Volunteers 2nd Hertfordshire Rifle Volunteers
1881 volunteer battalion of The Bedfordshire Regiment volunteer battalion of The Bedfordshire Regiment
1887 1st (Hertfordshire) Volunteer Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment 2nd (Hertfordshire) Volunteer Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment
1908 The Hertfordshire Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment
(amalgamation of 1st and 2nd VB)
1909 1st Battalion, The Hertfordshire Regiment
(part of the corps of The Bedfordshire Regiment)
1961 1st Battalion, The Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire Regiment
(amalgamated with The Bedfordshire Regiment (T.A.), formerly 5th Battalion, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment)
1967 No. 1 (Hertford) Company, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment (Territorial)
1969 5th (Hertfordshire) Company, 5th (V) Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment
1978 5th (Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire) Company, 5th (V) Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment
1988 4th (Hertfordshire) Company, 5th (V) Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment
1992 B (Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire) Company, 7th (V) Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment
1999 amalgamated with C (Essex) Company, 6th (V) Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment, to form E (Essex and Hertfordshire) Company, The East of England Regiment
  History (Links) & War Service
History:
The Hertfordshire Regiment [in the Great War], by C. F. Baker (The British Army in the Great War)
The Hertfordshire Regiment ... movements ... during the Great War, by Brad Chappell (The Regimental Warpath 1914-1918)
  Deployment and War Service:
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Biography and Gallantry Awards:
Victoria Crosses, by Mike Chapman (VC Reference).
VCs in the Hertfordshire Regimental Museum, by Iain Stewart.
   
Associations, Forums and Re-Enactors:
Hertfordshire Yeomanry and Artillery Historical Trust (HertsDirect)
Museums, Monuments, Memorials and Chapels:
Hertford Museum, Hertford (Army listing)
  Battle Honours

South Africa 1900-02

The Great War (4 battalions):  Ypres 1914 '17, Nonne Bosschen, Festubert 1915, Loos, Somme 1916 '18, Ancre Heights, Ancre 1916, Pilckem, Menin Road, Passchendaele, St. Quentin, Rosières, Lys, Kemmel, Albert 1918, Bapaume 1918, Hindenburg Line, Havrincourt, Cambrai 1918, Selle, Sambre, France and Flanders 1914-18

The Second World War:  Normandy Landing, North-West Europe 1944, Montorsoli, Gothic Line, Monte Beraldi, Monte Ceco, Monte Grande, Italy 1944-45

  Colours, Standards and Guidons
 
  Uniforms and Badges
   
Badges:  
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  Honorary Colonels
  1930.04.05 HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
  Traditions
 
Motto:
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Musicians:
Miscellaneous Tradition Links:
  Bibliography