Memorial unveiled at Treloar's for boys infected in contaminated blood scandal
Sir Brian Langstaff has unveiled a bronze memorial at Treloar's School in Hampshire honouring the 122 haemophiliac boys infected with HIV and hepatitis C while being treated there in the 1970s and 1980s.
A bronze memorial honouring 122 haemophiliac boys infected with HIV and hepatitis C at Treloar’s school has been unveiled in Hampshire.
Sir Brian Langstaff, chair of the Infected Blood Inquiry, unveiled the statue at 12.30pm on Saturday at Treloar’s School in Holybourne, where the boys were infected while receiving treatment in the 1970s and 1980s.
The statue, created by sculptor Tom Murphy — who also made the Hillsborough memorial — depicts two pupils, one with a sling and another holding a cane, embracing on a stone plinth. It carries the inscription: “Remembering 122 haemophiliac pupils of Treloar’s. Infected as children, victims of unethical research”, alongside a quote from Sir Brian: “This disaster was not an accident.”
The memorial was organised by survivors Gary Webster, Steve Nicholls, Richard Warwick and Adrian Goodyear, who founded the Independent Treloar’s Memorial Committee. It was funded by the Cabinet Office.
The Infected Blood Inquiry’s final report concluded the pupils — known as the Treloar Boys — had been treated as “objects of research” and experimented on without their knowledge by clinicians who knew the risks. Only around 30 of the 122 were still alive when the report was published in 2024.
Treloar’s current management apologised to former pupils and their families in May 2024.
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