On 30th Novemeber, Lady Gretton, Major Bream, and Rev Olwen Woolcock helped to officially open the new War Memorial at Ellistown funded through Sence Valley Environment Improvement Fund. Mr Harding,…

The 1914 Christmas truce Sunday 14 December, 2pm Newarke Houses Museum Talk by Dr. John Sutton The unofficial Christmas Truce of 1914, is justly famous. British and German soldiers disobeyed…

The Lord Lieutenant’s charity concert held at the Curve on 2nd October was a sell-out and roaring success. The event was presented by Applause in conjunction with Curve and BBC…

These photos, courtesy of Anne Bond, are of St Peter’s Church, Oadby. The Oadby WW1 Commemoration Group organised its participation in the ‘Light up your Building in red’ campaign for…

Earlier today, a new WW1 and WW2 memorial was unveiled in the village of Blackfordby, near Ashby in Northwest Leicestershire. It is located near to the ancient village spring, and…

  Issued by University of Leicester Press Office Issue date: 7 October 2014   University of Leicester to display knitted poppies on Remembrance Sunday  Public invited to craft poppies in…

Whitwick Parish Council has kindly supplied the following information on its event of 3rd August to launch the Centenary period. WORLD WAR ONE CENTENARY REMEMBERED Whitwick residents young and old…

The Friends of Thringstone held an event at Thringstone House Community Centre on 4, 5 and 6 July. It included Jonathan Capewell’s WW1 tigers regiment exhibition, Friends of Thringstone’s exhibits, a…

On Monday 4 Aug 2014, villagers from Teigh in Rutland gathered to unveil a ‘Thankful Village’ Centenary plaque presented by Welsh motorcyclists Medwyn Parry and Dougie Bancroft during their 2013…

Another part of the Remembering WW1 event organised by the Lutterworth Royal British Legion was an exhibition in the Wycliffe Rooms, Lutterworth, Sunday August 3rd. Photograph supplied by Sue Turner.