War and Conflict Coleorton

Coleorton War Memorial

• Coleorton War Memorial

8 May 2020 was 75th anniversary of VE Day. Here are some articles about life in WW2:

• 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
• 80 years ago at Viscount Beaumont School >>

More stories

• St Mary's Church was badly damaged in the English Civil War
• Coleorton's Napoleonic Volunteers of 1803-1806
• WW1 Coleorton Roll of Honour
• Corporal Toon awarded Military Medal WW1 and an interview after his return home after escaping from a prison camp.
• Waiting for The Bomb - Orlit Post at Coleorton

Leonard Fowkes - died in action 04/02/1916