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Wartime Quorn

 Funeral of George Draper - 1925  Funeral of George Draper - 1925
Loughborough Monitor and Herald - 3rd December 1925 On Friday Mr George Draper, who ...... cont.
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 Soldiers fined for taking army truck - 1953  Soldiers fined for taking army truck - 1953
Loughborough Monitor - 26th June 1953 Two Quorn soldiers who drove away an Army truck ...... cont.
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 Donald Towell - home on leave 1942  Donald Towell - home on leave 1942
Loughborough Echo - 27th March 1942 Chief Petty Officer Donald Towell, who is at home ...... cont.
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 George Holmes  George Holmes
George Holmes was born in Quorn in 1896, the son of George and Georgina Holmes. He was ...... cont.
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 A German prisoner of war settles in the Quorn area  A German prisoner of war settles in the Quorn area
Joachim Claaus Fritz Berger was a German U-Boat sailor, who was captured in World War II ...... cont.
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 Quorn Warship Week - 1942  Quorn Warship Week - 1942
Loughborough Echo - 20th February 1942 A group taken at the formal opening of Quorn ...... cont.
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 Brothers meet on returning troop ship in 1945 - Charlie and Danny Smith from Barrow Road  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.
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 Quorn House during WW2  Quorn House during WW2
This photograph was donated by Sheila Brewer who was a nurse at Quorn House when it was a ...... cont.
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 William Shirley Northcote Toller, DSO, TD, JP, DL of Quorn  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.
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 VE day parties in Quorn - 1945  VE day parties in Quorn - 1945
Loughborough Echo - 18th May 1945 Last week abounded in Victory teas for children, ...... cont.
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Total: 355 artefacts returned over 36 pages


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