War Memorials

North West Leicestershire has around 240 memorials - including monuments, plaques, stained glass windows, benches, clocks, and gravestones - in its towns and villages. 

The Leicestershire War Memorials Project website, managed by Leicestershire County Council, is an excellent online resource, allowing you to search online through around 3,000 county war memorial records and 15,000 casualty records, with conflicts recorded from the 15^th century to the present day.

Coalville War Memorial

Coalville War Memorial, also known locally as the Clock Tower, was unveiled in 1925.  It is a Grade II listed building and is the largest memorial in the district.

The memorial bears the names of those who lost their lives whilst serving in the First World War from 1914 to 1918 and World War II from 1939 to 1945.

In 2014 two new memorial stones were installed alongside the clock tower, to locally remember men and women who have lost their lives whilst serving in the armed forces since 1945.

Inscribed on the stones at the time of the dedication ceremony on 22 June 2014 were the names of four men, some of whom had not been formally remembered locally since they passed away.

• Reuben Nicholls from Hugglescote, who died in 1951 in Korea whilst serving with the Royal Marines

• George Bott from Ibstock, who died in 1956 in Cyprus whilst serving with The Royal Leicestershire Regiment

• Ronnie Bowman, from Appleby Magna, who died in 1956 in Cyprus whilst serving with The Royal Leicestershire Regiment

• Adam Morris from Coalville, who died in 2006 in Iraq whilst serving with the Royal Anglian Regiment

The family and friends of the four men were joined by representatives from the armed forces, local dignitaries, volunteers, historians and members of the public for the dedication ceremony.