Wargrave Local History Society
Next meeting
Tuesday February 10th 2026
Trooper Potts VC
Richard Bennett DL
Brig Tony Verey QVRM TD DL
Capt Andrew French
Three members of the Trooper Potts VC Memorial Trust will explain why Fred Potts VC became known as ‘The Hero with the Shovel’ for his deeds on the battlefield of Gallipoli in August 1915. He is commemorated in a statue in The Forbury, Reading, alongside a Roll of Honour of 426 other Berkshire Yeomen
News
January meeting report
The Bull Hotel at Wargrave
Jayne Worrall
13 January 2026
The subject of the Society’s January meeting was The Bull Hotel at Wargrave, when the present landlady, Jayne Worrall recounted its history, in what she called ‘an informal chat’ about her ‘three lives’ at the Bull. The Bull is around 600 years old, having started as a 15th century coaching inn - somewhere where travellers could obtain refreshment, and the horses could also take a rest
December meeting report
Christmas Party - Message on a Postcard
Peter Delaney
9th December 2025
December is the time for the society Christmas Party, when the society secretary showed some postcards from the society archive - this time looking as much at the messages as the pictures - and revealing who the mystery recipient of many of them was