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Romsey's memorial park was
opened in 1921. The park contains a stone memorial
to which the names of those who died in subsequent
conflicts have been added. The present bandstand
dates from 2001.The park also contains a Japanese
World War II artillery gun, one of a pair captured
by the British and brought back to Romsey by Lord
Mountbatten of Burma. One was donated to the town
by Lord Mountbatten, and the other was retained
in the grounds of his country estate, Broadlands.
The Mayor's Picnic takes place in early-mid summer
in the park. There is music performed by local schools,
a variety of stalls, and the popular Duck Race,
in which numbered plastic ducks 'race' each other
along the river Test, to be scrupulously retrieved
before awarding a prize to whoever chose the winning
duck.
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