This International Indiefest Award-winning film, which tells the story of the Battle for Hill 112 and the determination of Canterbury’s own Albert Figg to remember his former colleagues, is being screened at the Duke of York’s Military School, Dover on Friday 17 January.
The showing starts at 7pm, with all profits going towards the Hill 112…
Trustee Fred Ross raised more than £4,000 (including Gift Aid) when he walked an impressive 99 miles from Winchester to Eastbourne in April, accompanied by his daughter Alison.
Here’s a look at…
The stunning pearl necklace with diamond and gold double link clasp raffled at the Scottish premiere of The Battle for Hill 112 – A Canterbury Tale to raise money for the Hill 112 Memorial Foundation was won by Mark McVie, who lives in Edinburgh.
The 18th green golf flag signed by Tommy Fleetwood was won by Mrs Callander, the wife…
Film maker and Hill 112 Memorial Foundation trustee Peter Williams has spread the word on the work of the charity nationwide, thanks to a feature in the Daily Mail.
In a full-page feature in the national daily, Peter told reporter Gavin Madeley why he had been drawn to support the charity and about his work to…
A stunning opera length cultured pearl necklace valued at £2,000 is the top prize in a raffle being held to raise vital funds for The Hill 112 Memorial Foundation.
The 40” necklace, which can be worn as a single or two-string decoration and features a diamond and gold double link clasp, is just one of three…
The Hill 112 Memorial Foundation would like to take this opportunity to wish all friends and supporters a happy and joyous Christmas and a wonderful, healthy New Year.
The Foundation has enjoyed a busy 2022 with the highlight being the premiere of our documentary A Canterbury Tale which has now been released…
The story of Kent veteran Albert Figg, who spent the last 30 years of his life creating a memorial to comrades killed in one of the bloodiest battles of World War Two, is to be told to British forces all over the world as part of the Queen's Jubilee celebrations.
Albert, who died in 2017 at…
World War Two veteran Albert Figg's dying wish was fulfilled when the world premiers of Peter Williams' documentary about the Battle for Hill 112 was screened to an appreciative audience as part of this year's Canterbuy Festival.
The well-attended event in the Great Hall at Kent College, supported by The…
A World War Two veteran’s dying wish will be fulfilled in April at a world premiere of a documentary about one of the bloodiest battles of the war.
Sergeant gunner Albert Figg, from Canterbury, took part in the battle for Hill 112 in Normandy as the Allies pressed south after D-Day in…
Great news – we’ll be back at Betteshanger in 2022!
After a hugely successful first ever We Will Meet Again event at Betteshanger Park, the committee of the Hill 12 Memorial Foundation has announced that the show will return next year – bigger and better than before.
A well-attended and highly successful lunch at the Cabinet War Rooms, attended by His Royal Highness Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, helped raise much-needed funds for the charity.
The event, which included a tour of the rooms from which Prime Minister (later Sir) Winston Churchill helped mastermind the Allied success in WW2, began with a Champagne…
A phrase taken from a speech made by the Queen during lockdown has been taken to heart by the massed band of the East Kent Sea Cadets.
It was Her Majesty’s comment that “We WILL meet again” that inspired the Hill 112 Memorial Foundation to plan its exciting ‘forties family extravaganza at Betteshanger Park on 11…
One of the organisers working with the Hill 112 Memorial Foundation is concerned that some people have misunderstood the thinking behind our Forties celebration event planned for this September. He has asked us to publish this letter:
On behalf of the Hill 112 Association I would like to clarify the situation regarding our Forties…
In 2015/16, 12 French students at the Lycée Léopold Senghor high school in Évreux, Normandy, worked alongside history and geography teacher Lucien Grillet to translate Albert Figg’s autobiography into French.
Lucien Grillet explained: “I had met Tenno Dogger, Ian Patrick and…