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Wartime memories

From both World Wars

  • A Medal for Gladys Marston

    A Medal for Gladys Marston

    From Munitions to Muck-Spreading
  • A Young Airman at Bottesford

    A Young Airman at Bottesford

    Unravelling the story of the last few months of a boy's life
  • Bottesford in War Time - Gerald Norris

    Bottesford in War Time - Gerald Norris

  • Bottesford Squad Mobilization 1914

    Bottesford Squad Mobilization 1914

  • Dedication of the Bottesford War Memorials

    Dedication of the Bottesford War Memorials

    June 2nd 1921 and October 31st 1950
  • Edna Taylor's War

    Edna Taylor's War

    Memories of a Land Girl
  • Eels for breakfast

    Eels for breakfast

    Wartime self sufficiency
  • Flight LM311, RAAF 467 Squadron

    Flight LM311, RAAF 467 Squadron

    An eye-witness account - "Lucy to Bedrock, Over!"
  • Life at the 'Six Bells' during the 2nd World War

    Life at the 'Six Bells' during the 2nd World War

    A conversation with Mrs. Ada Bond
  • Muston War Memorial - St John the Baptist churchyard

    Muston War Memorial - St John the Baptist churchyard

    Please Help the Leicestershire War Memorials Project
  • The Bottesford Poppy Appeal

    The Bottesford Poppy Appeal

    Mrs. June Everton Poppy Volunteer for 25 Years-A Remarkable Achievement.
  • The Jallands family in the 1st and 2nd World Wars

    The Jallands family in the 1st and 2nd World Wars

    A Bottesford family in wartime
  • The Last Parade

    The Last Parade

    Stand-Down of the Home Guard, December 3rd 1944
  • The Memories of Bill Burrows

    The Memories of Bill Burrows

    1930s to 1940s
  • Voices from Normanton Airfield

    Voices from Normanton Airfield

    Two poems by wartime airmen serving at RAF Bottesford
  • War Memories - Dennis and Eddie Jackson

    War Memories - Dennis and Eddie Jackson

  • War Time Memories - Dick and Sid Robinson

    War Time Memories - Dick and Sid Robinson

  • War’s pain never went away

    War’s pain never went away

    Remembering Troopers Harry Richmond Daybell and Frederick Kenneth Bend 2nd World War service
  • William Sutton 1895 - 1967

    William Sutton 1895 - 1967

    Images of a Bottesford life
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  • Finding a “new” Harry Harby picture

    Finding a “new” Harry Harby picture

    Showing how some detective teamwork identified the place and connection of a curious photograph and opened up a soldier’s service story
  • Coronavirus - Life During Lockdown

    Coronavirus - Life During Lockdown

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  • War’s pain never went away

    War’s pain never went away

    Remembering Troopers Harry Richmond Daybell and Frederick Kenneth Bend 2nd World War service
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