Wartime Quorn

This section contains extracts and accounts relating to Quorn in both world wars. It includes many photographs of Quorn service men and women, information about the American 82nd Airborne Division who were based in Quorn in WW2, transcriptions of names from the war memorial (including when and where they died) ,and many other pieces of interesting information relating to life in Quorn during wartime.

There are also references to the Boer and Crimea wars. As with so many other towns and villages, Quorn had its quota of war heroes and tales of courage, valour and self-sacrifice which should not be forgotten.

		Brothers meet on returning troop ship in 1945 - Charlie and Danny Smith from Barrow Road This press cutting was supplied by Elaine Woodhams whose father, Edwin Smith (always ...... cont.
		Quorn House during WW2 This photograph was donated by Sheila Brewer who was a nurse at Quorn House when it was a ...... cont.
		William Shirley Northcote Toller, DSO, TD, JP, DL of Quorn William Shirley Northcote Toller was born in 1878 and came to live in Quorn from ...... cont.
		Mr Jack Penfold of Quorn retires Loughborough Echo - 4th February 1977 50 years in the Mason's trade A career ...... cont.
		VE day parties in Quorn - 1945 Loughborough Echo - 18th May 1945 Last week abounded in Victory teas for children, ...... cont.
		Remembrance Sunday in the Early 1970s This photograph was taken on Remembrance Sunday in the Memorial Gardens in the early ...... cont.
		Wright's Military Webbing WW2 During the first and second world wars Wrights were one of the largest suppliers of ...... cont.
		Wright's Military Webbing WW2 During the first and second world wars Wrights were one of the largest suppliers of ...... cont.
		Wright's Military Webbing WW2 During the first and second world wars Wrights were one of the largest suppliers of ...... cont.
		Quorn driver missing - 1942 Loughborough Echo - 27th March 1942 Driver Dick Bumpus, R.A.S.C., whose parents live ...... cont.

Total: 162 artefacts returned over 17 pages

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