Another World War rages across the globe, and between 1939 and 1945, many from Berkhamsted go to serve and many lose their lives. Berkhamsted becomes the temporary home of the exiled French General. Charles de Gaulle.
After the war, the names of the fallen of another global conflict are added to the Berkhamsted War Memorial. St Peter’s Cemetery on Rectory Lane is now dotted with 27 sombre white headstones of the Imperial Wars Graves Commission (later the Commonwealth War Graves Commission) of two World Wars. Many others buried here do not receive a headstone.
