Just A Walk In The Sun with the Hereford Regiment Museum

About Just A Walk In The Sun with the Hereford Regiment Museum

A monthly podcast from the Herefordshire Light Infantry Museum. Hosted by Colonel Andy Taylor and Rev Paul Roberts. Stroll with us around the highways and byways of Herefordshire while we explore the story of the our regiment and county in war and peace. Special guests, featured items from the museum's collection and highlights from the lives of those who served from our beautiful county... and a pint or two as well!

Publisher

Herefordshire Light Infantry Museum

Category

history · society & culture · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

13 Jun 2022

Latest episode

11 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

45 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   11 Sept 2026

   Bugles, Weapons and a Platoon "Bible" - exploring the museum's latest acquisitions

   Send us Fan Mail Ahead of the Museum Open Day on Saturday 12th September, Col Andy Taylor and Rev Paul Roberts meet in the museum to look at items recently donated or acquired for the museum. They begin with a First World War brass bugle issued to the Herefordshire Regiment's Supplementary Company - made up of old Territorial soldiers who were too old to fight overseas. Our pair examine the role of the Supplementary Company including guarding German civil internees on the Isle of Man. T...

2. 

   24 Jun 2026

   A wander through Kington in Armed Forces Week

   Send us Fan Mail Col Andy Taylor and Rev Paul Roberts take a wander around Kington, a small market town in the west of Herefordshire, two miles from the Welsh border. They explore St Mary's Church and muse on the importance of memorials in churches and the nature of Kington as a settlement. Wandering down the hill they pause at the War Memorial, comemmorating men from the town and surrounding area killed in the two world wars and Op Herrick (Afghanistan). Seated outside th...

3. 

   30 May 2026

   The secret history of the Allied Victory Medal

   Send us Fan Mail Put off by the excessive heat, Col Andy and Rev Paul decide to stay indoors for this episode and explore the interesting and little known history and evolution of the Allied Victory Medal for the First World War. There are many in the collection of the Herefordshire Regimental Museum and due to the sad incidence of melting down the silver British War Medal in the past and present day, this is now the most common surviving medal awarded to UK and Commonwealth personnel f...

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Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 26 / 100

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Quality

28

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

60

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