Inns of Court Officers Training Corps Memorial, Berkhamsted Common is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 November 2016. War memorial.

Inns of Court Officers Training Corps Memorial, Berkhamsted Common

WRENN ID
grim-obsidian-swallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dacorum
Constituency
Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 November 2016
Type
War memorial
Address
Inns of Court Officers Training Corps Memorial, Berkhamsted Common, Junction of New Road and Potten End Road, Berkhamsted Golf Course, Hertfordshire, Nettleden with Potten End, HP4 2RQ
OS grid reference
TL 005 092
Coordinates
51.77304, -0.54467
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Inns of Court Officers Training Corps Memorial is a First World War memorial erected around 1920. It is located on Berkhamsted Golf Course at the junction of New Road and Potten End Road, near the site of the Inns of Court Officer Training Corps practice trenches on Berkhamsted Common.

The memorial features a stone obelisk with a moulded base, which stands on a chamfered and moulded square pedestal with a two-stepped base. The upper step is made of red brick and stone, designed to form a St George’s Cross and St Patrick’s Saltire. The pedestal bears an inscription in incised lettering that reads: "IN MEMORY OF THE INNS OF/ COURT OFFICERS TRAINING/ CORPS. WHO IN THIS NEIGHBOUR/ HOOD TRAINED OVER TWELVE/ THOUSAND MEN TO SERVE/ AS COMMISSIONED OFFICERS/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ AND IN AFFECTIONATE/ REMEMBRANCE OF THE TWO/ THOUSAND WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED/ BY MEMBERS & FRIENDS OF/ THE CORPS," along with the corps motto "SALUS POPULI SUPREMA LEX." Additionally, on the base of the pedestal, there is an inscription that states: "NEAR THIS SPOT LIE THE ASHES OF/ LIEUT. COL. F.H.L. ERRINGTON C.B. V.D/ WHO SERVED THE CORPS FOR 36 YEARS/ AND WAS ITS LOVED & HONOURED/ COMMANDER: 1913-1916."

Local climate

Inns of Court Officers Training Corps Memorial, Berkhamsted Common sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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