War and Conflict Coleorton
8 May 2025 is the 80th anniversary of VE Day. Here are some articles about life in WW2:
- WWII at Viscount Beaumont's School
- Britain's first air raid of WWII
- Wartime Memories from the Derbyshire Tomboy
- Childhood Memories in WW2 - Elaine Oldham
- Spitfire Tragedy at Lount
- Memories of the Home Guard based at Rosine House on The Moor
- Viscount Beaumont School in 1940
- Newbold-Worthington Railway in WWII
WWI
- WW1 Coleorton Roll of Honour
- Corporal Toon awarded Military Medal WW1 and an interview after his return home after escaping from a prison camp.
- The Grandsons of schoolmaster William Briggs
- MC - Military Cross or Merry Christmas
- Food shortages during 1917/18
- WW1 - Lucky escapes
More stories
- St Mary's Church was badly damaged in the English Civil War
- Coleorton's Napoleonic Volunteers of 1803-1806
- Waiting for The Bomb - Orlit Post at Coleorton
- The Barrage Balloon: Memories of a Coleorton resident
Coleorton War Memorial
Leonard Fowkes - died in action 04/02/1916