Focus on Mountsorrel
This article was published in the Leicester Advertiser on Friday February 4th 1966
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Church council institute Leicester Road
Courtesy of Marion Vincent
Village Casualties of World War 2
As with World War 1 the outbreak of war in 1939 saw the call up of Reservists and men and women of the village volunteer for and later be conscripted into the armed forces. The village losses were thankfully less than in the Great War but equally as painful for their families and friends. All […]
The Village Home Guard in World War 2
The need for a volunteer home defence force was not at first realised when war was declared in 1939 but when the “Phoney War” ended with the German assault on France and the Low Countries in 1940 action was taken. The initial call for “Local Defence Volunteers” quickly changed to a very much more belligerent, […]
August 1914 – The First Men Mobilised
On the declaration of War men who were Regular Reservists or were serving with the Territorials or Yeomanry were mobilised. A little while later a list of those gone from the village was produced, probably by the village’s Emergency Committee.
Civil Defence in the village during World War 2
Throughout the 1930s the risks of another war in Europe were being examined and planned for with the Home Office establishing an Air Raid Precautions (ARP) service in 1935. This became the Civil Defence Service in 1941 and incorporated the ARP Wardens Service, the Auxiliary Fire Service (which later became the National Fire Service), along […]
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1914 The Reaction to Mobilisation in the Village
The declaration of war and the mobilisation of many men from the village caused an understandable upheaval and uncertainty for many. The establishment of various committees helped to bring a sense of order and help those families affected.
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1914 – Mountsorrel Quarrymen go to war
As the biggest employer in the village the Mountsorrel Granite Company lost many men on mobilisation. Most of the Quarrymen served at first with the infantry but as the need for specialist trades grew during the war many were transferred to the Royal Engineers and served with the RE Quarry units is France.