A PLAQUE remembering Herefordshire soldiers who marched to war in 1914 has been unveiled outside a pub close to army barracks.

A memorial bench has also been placed outside the Volunteer Inn in Harold Street, which is one of 13 benches placed around Hereford as part of the city council's programme of world war commemoration.

It was 100 years ago on July 16 when 1,000 men of the Herefordshire Regiment sailed from Britain to take part in the Gallipoli campaign of World War One.

On Saturday, the successors of the Herefordshire Regiment, the Rifles who still occupy the same barracks in Harold Street made a toast in their memory.

10 Platoon of the Rifles, the Regimental Museum and the Old Comrades Association, met at the Volunteer Inn and raised a glass of Gallipoli Gold – an ale named by Wye Valley Brewery to commemorate the Herefords’ deeds.

Brigadier Martin Vine, Herefordshire county colonel of the Rifles, unveiled a plaque and commended their memory. He thanked landlord and landlady Duane and Lisa Morris for their support and the city council.

The Herefordshire Regiment landed at Suvla Bay on August 8, 1915, and on Saturday August 8, 2015 there will be a series of events taking place in Suvla Barracks in Harold Street.

The Hereford Times will be publishing an eight-page supplement next week telling the story of The Herefordshire Regiment and its soldiers at Suvla Bay.