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Thursday July 27th – 0650A service of commemoration to honour the dozens of people killed and injured 75 years ago when the

munitions factory was bombed – the biggest loss of life in Herefordshire during the Second World War.

Led by the South Wye Team Ministry, the service will take place at the Rotherwas Women monument on the corner of the straight mile and

Netherwood Road (next to the TRP building)

Parking and toilets will be available – all are welcome.

Many of the names of the men and women who worked at Rotherwas and were killed, injured and suffered ill health remain unknown.

BBC Hereford & Worcester are campaigning for their names to be released so that we can remember them.

On August 6th at the Herefordshire Country Fair the surviving munitions workers will be honoured and presented with a special medal.

Remembering RotherwasIn 2017 BBC Hereford & Worcester are campaigning to gain national recognition for the

forgotten people of World War One and Two – the munitions workers

Thanks to and in conjunction with the ROF Rotherwas project , the Rotherwas Munitions Group, the South Wye Team Ministry and TRP Sealing Systems