The wreath laying in the Memorial Gardens, part of the Remembering WW1 event organised by the Lutterworth Royal British Legion and held in Lutterworth on Sunday August 3rd. Photograph kindly submitted by Sue Turner.

A WW1 Open Archive Day was organised by the Cotesbach Educational Trust and held on Saturday July 19th. The photograph, kindly submitted by Sue Turner, shows the audience listening to a talk in the recently renovated school room illustrating how archives can be used when researching your ancestors lives during WW1.

Help capture the moment that Leicestershire commemorates 100 years since the First World War by sending photographs (1Mb maximum per image) of local events to remembrance100@leics.gov.uk …

A WW1 Reference Group, meeting at County Hall, now has a web presence at Go Leicestershire! You can keep up to date with what’s going on by reading the minutes, events listings and the new e-Bulletin.

A WW1 Reference Group has launched a free e-bulletin to promote Centenary events and projects. Read the first edition and find out more at Go Leicestershire!