Inns of Court Officers Training Corps Memorial, Berkhamsted Common

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."