Andrée Borrel was born into a working-class family in Louveciennes, Yvelines in the suburbs of Paris on 18th November 1919, growing up she was an active girl who liked hiking and most other outdoor activities.
University of Leicester academic discusses significant seventeenth-century source. “Talking of the badness of the Government, where nothing but wickedness, and wicked men and wicked women command the King. That it is not in his nature to gainsay anything that relates to his pleasures” -
On September 25, 1915, following a four-day artillery bombardment along a six-and-a-half-mile front, British 1st Army commanded by Douglas Haig attacked the German positions at Loos.
On 12th October 2015, one hundred years after the execution of Edith Cavell, Thrussington will commemorate Reverend Stirling Gahan. This devoutly pious man became Vicar of Thrussington and Rector of Brooksby in 1923 and died in harness in 1959.
Sir Henry Morgan was a famous Caribbean pirate and privateer. He was one of the most successful pirates of all time. Although very little is known about Morgan’s early life, he was supposedly born in 1635.
By now everyone will have heard about the King under the car park, but very few will have heard of the archive beneath the former factory. Somewhere hidden beneath the streets of Leicester, away from prying eyes, lies an archive of special interest.
Sharon Tate was born in Dallas, Texas, the eldest of three in her blood to write "PIG" on the front door. daughters, to Colonel Paul James Tate (1922–2005) a United States Army officer, and his wife, Doris Gwendolyn (née Willett; January 16th, 1924 – July 10th, 1992).
The Hoby & District Local History Society will stage an exhibition called "Forget Me Not" that honours the role the ancestors of current Hoby residents and Society members played in the First World War. It will take place at Melton Mowbray Library from 27th October to 4th December.
Many of us had family members who fought in both World Wars and a great number of those relatives would have passed through the gates of their local barracks, many with a one-way ticket. In the case of the Leicestershire Regiment (the Tigers) this would have been Glen Parva Barracks.
The Battle of the Somme started on 1st July 1916 and lasted until 18th November 1916.