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.
 |  | 82nd Airborne Paratroopers at Quorn Camp 1944
Francis X. Schweikert, was an American paratrooper based at Quorn Camp from July to ...... cont.
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 | | 82nd Airborne Paratroopers at Quorn Camp 1944
Francis X. Schweikert, was an American paratrooper based at Quorn Camp from July to ...... cont.
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 | | 82nd Airborne Paratroopers at Quorn Camp 1944
Francis X. Schweikert, was an American paratrooper based at Quorn Camp from July to ...... cont.
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 | | Home Guard, Quorn WW2
This photograph was supplied by the family of the late Elsie Bishop who lived with her ...... cont.
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 | | Quorn Camp, Wood Lane
Quorn Camp was situated off Wood Lane, on land belonging to Quorn House, which used to be ...... cont.
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 | | WW1 Puttees! Made by M Wright and Sons
This advert appeared regularly in the Tatler between 1917 and 1919. It is advertising ...... cont.
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 | | A wartime wedding in Quorn, 1945
This is thought to be the the wedding of Barbara Spoor from Soar Road in Quorn, to ...... cont.
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| | WW2, Quorn Camp, off Wood Lane TV Programme!
On Wednesday and Thursday, 28th and 29th June 2017, the cameras rolled into Quorn to film ...... cont.
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 | | Quorn war memorial, early 1920s
The permanent Quorn War Memorial was opened in 1921. This photograph was taken shortly ...... cont.
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| | Robert Hudson The experience of an evacuee
In February 2017 Robert Hudson left a brief comment on one of the posts, on Quorn Village ...... cont.
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 | | William Edward Hallam 1898 to 1984
William Hallam lived in Quorn at 32 Wood Lane, all his life. He fought in WW1 and was ...... cont.
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| | Hidden heroes, Frank Hearn a story of one mans WW2
Frank Hearn from Barrow Road in Quorn, was in the 64th Medium Regiment Royal Artillery ...... cont.
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 | | Letter from HMS Quorn during WW2
During WW2 Quorn Hunt Pony Club sent gifts and letters to the crew of HMS Quorn. The ...... cont.
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 | | Letter from HMS Quorn, 1941
During WW2, early in 1941, young Betty Morley from the Quorn Hunt Pony Club wrote to the ...... cont.
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| | Quorn in WW2 The girls who listened
Beaumanor Hall at Old Woodhouse was one of the largest Y stations, or listening stations ...... cont.
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 | | Card from Quorn Prisoner of War Camp to Germany, 3rd June 1946
Quorn POW camp was based in the grounds of Quorn House and the entrance was on Wood Lane, ...... cont.
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| | Vena Grain, 1895 to 1989. Oral history interview from 1985
Vena Grain was born in Leicester on 21st February 1895, and the family moved to Quorn in ...... cont.
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 | | Two photographs from Quorn in WW2
These two photographs were taken during WW2 in 1942, in the back garden of 7 Mansfield ...... cont.
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 | | Quorn Wood Tragedy - Gamekeeper found shot - March 1917
Loughborough Herald - March 15th 1917
A sad tragedy was discovered in Quorn Wood on ...... cont.
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| | Food production from allotments and rabbits - WW1
The two newspaper cuttings below reflect the efforts being made in Quorn during WW1, to ...... cont.
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| | Food rationing in Quorn in WW1
Loughborough Herald - 31st January 1918
Quorn News - Food Control
The local Food ...... cont.
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| | Quorn supporting the war effort WW1 newspaper cuttings
The three newspaper cuttings below all come from the Quorn News section in1916 and 1917. ...... cont.
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| | Quorn Voluntary Training Corps - WW1
Loughborough Herald - 11th March 1915
Citizens' Training Corps
A meeting was held at ...... cont.
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| | Belgian Refugees' Committee - WW1
Loughborough Herald - 10th June 1915
Belgian Refugees' Committee
The subscribers to ...... cont.
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 | | Walter Giles Leaving Quorn Station, WW1
Walter Giles was born in Quorn in 1888. During WW1 he was a signaller and fought in the ...... cont.
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Total: 225 artefacts returned over 9 pages
