GHELUVELT PARK, WORCESTER

THERE WILL BE ANOTHER PHOTO FOLDER ADDED TO THIS PAGE NEXT WEEK, AFTER THE SERVICE ON SUNDAY THE 30^TH OCTOBER 2011. TO COMMEMORATE THE 97^TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF GHELUVELT. ( PLEASE SEE `NEWS / EVENTS` PAGE )

Gheluvelt Park is situated in the Barbourne area of Worcester on the A449.

It was first opened by Field Marshall, The Right Hon. John French,1^st Earl Ypres, on the 17^th June 1922 to commemorate the Worcestershire Regiment`s 2^nd Battalion and their heroic counter attack at the Battle of Gheluvelt , near Ypres, Belgium. The Worcesters 2^nd Battalion and the survivors of the South Wales Borderers stopped a major offensive of the attacking German army which would have seen the Germans at the channel ports and altering the course of WWI. ( please see brief histories of the regiments and Museums link ).

Within Gheluvelt Park there are homes built for disabled servicemen ( please see brass plaque photos).

There is a new Memorial Sculpture in the park ( 2010 ) made from steel and concrete, the materials similar to what would have been seen at the `Front`. The different heights of the steel columns represent the different campaigns and the height is the amount of soldiers killed. There is a Roll of Honour to the men of the Worcestershire Regiment.

This new memorial was achieved with the help of the Lottery Heritage Fund.

Full Credits:

Worcester City Council

The Friends of Gheluvelt Park

The Worcestershire Regiment

Plincke – Lead Consultant and Landscape Architect

Lawrence Walker – Contemporary Steelwork Artist

Clarke Nicholls & Marcel  – Consulting Structural Engineers

Firmingers LLP – Chartered Surveyors

Contractors: HFN Landscapes, Ustigate, B&P Joinery, Sapcote

& Sons, P. Williams & Son, Manor Roofing

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