War Memorials Project
Memorial Plaque to be Replaced A memorial to staff and scholars from King Edward VII School who died in World War I will be recreated and displayed in its former…
A bronze memorial plaque at County Hall commemorates 28 members of staff who died in action during World War Two. The plaque formerly hung in The City Rooms ( also…
The Hugglescote and Donington le Heath Heritage Society are working alongside their Parish Council to organise a recreation of the march of the Famous Fifty, which will take place on…
Not Forgotten- First World War Fallen Remembered in Four West Leicestershire Villages This will be the title of a new non-profit publication by the Newbold Verdon, Desford and District History…
On Wednesday 22nd November 2017 6:30pm- 8:30pm there is an event to be held at the Ogden Lewis Seminar Suite, Fielding Johnson Building, University of Leicester, LE1 7RH Tickets can…
Leicester City, County & Rutland At Risk War Memorials Project Open Day Saturday 18th November 2017- the final scheduled Open Day of 2017 will be held between 11am and 4pm…
On Thursday 30th November there will be a talk on the work of Edwin Lutyens, given by Tim Skelton, author of ‘Lutyens and the Great War’. The talk is to…
Leicester City Council has specially commissioned a play called ‘The Finest Ruin’ (poster below). The play centres on the development of the Arch of Remembrance – the Lutyens designed War…
25 years of research by Gregory Drozdz on the First World War names on Hinckley War Memorial is now available on the Hinckley and District Museum website: hinckleydistrictmuseum.org.uk (click on…
Don’t miss the Great War exhibition at Hallaton Museum, at weekends and bank holidays between 30th April and 2nd October 2016. See the poster below for further details.
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If you are interested in contributing to the war memorials project or would like more information, please contact:
Historic Environment Record Officer
Phone: 0116 305 8323 Email: warmemorials@leics.gov.uk