The Society has organised many fundraising and informative events in the past including barbeques, classic car events and history conferences the most recent being “War, landscape and memory in the twentieth century” with the University of Southampton which raised funds for the Society and increased awareness of the badges by placing them in a wider historical context. This event was part funded by The Heritage Lottery Fund.
Details of future events will be listed below.
This will take place in Fovant Village Hall (SP3 5JW) on (date and time to be announced and is dependent
In 2019 the Fovant Badges were maintained by soldiers from B Company 5 Rifles (based in Bulford, Wiltshire) and committee
Become part of an enduring tradition that honours our history and helps preserve these iconic chalk carvings for generations to come.
Your support ensures that the Fovant Badges Society can continue to stand as a timeless tribute to soldiers past and present, etched into the very landscape they called home.
The Fovant Badges Society is a voluntary organisation which has the objective of maintaining the regimental badges that were carved into the chalk downs above the village of Fovant by the soldiers of those regiments.