Victoria Cross for Leicestershire Hero
MARCH 1915: VICTORIA CROSS FOR LEICESTERSHIRE HERO PRIVATE WILLIAM BUCKINGHAM RECEIVES HIGHEST MILITARY HONOUR On March 10th and 12th 1915, Private William […]
Memorial Bells at Loughborough’s Carillon
FEBRUARY 1921: LOUGHBOROUGH PEOPLE VIEW THE ART OF BELL FOUNDING In February 1921, Taylor’s Bell Foundry arranged an exhibition of the ‘bell […]
The Future for the Carillon Museum
AN EXCITING FUTURE FOR THE CARILLON MUSEUM Loughborough’s Carillon Tower was completed in 1923 as a war memorial, but it was not […]
Foundation Stone Laying
22nd JANUARY 1922 “A MORE FITTING DAY COULD NOT HAVE BEEN CHOSEN ON WHICH TO LAY THE FOUNDATION STONES OF THE CARILLON […]
Life and Death in Mesopotamia
January 7th is the anniversary of the deaths of six men commemorated on the Carillon, all of whom perished in the Battle […]
The Christmas Truce 1914
THE 1914 CHRISTMAS TRUCE – HOW IT HAPPENED, AND WHY IT NEVER HAPPENED AGAIN. It’s coming up to 110 years since this […]
Christmas in the trenches
Imagine you’re a World War 1 soldier in a muddy, stinking, rat-infested trench. And it’s Christmas Day. The enemy might have gone […]
