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NEW PUBLICATIONS
Baggy Pants & Warm Beer
by Peter Outridge

"Memories of the eventful six-months in 1944 when the 504 Parachute Infantry Regiment of the US 82nd Airborne Division was based in Leicestershire, UK.
Cover image To Baggy Pants & Warm Beer by Peter Outridge
 In the words of the author: "What I have attempted to do is to tell the story of the five-month period in 1944 when the men of the 504 PIR, battered and bruised from campaigns in North Africa, Sicily and Italy, found themselves neighbours; and in a lot of cases good friends; to
the villagers of Evington, Stoughton and Oadby in Leicestershire, England. It is dedicated to all those who served with the 504 Parachute Infantry Regiment during World War Two."

This title is a rare and most welcome publication to be published, highlighting an often overlooked aspect of the wartime history of Leicestershire during the Second World War. If you would like to To order a copy of this book online, click here or visit Woodfield Publishing here.

Produced in softback, 110pages (205 x 290mm) with photographs. ISBN 1-84683-041-9.
Cover price: £10.00
To The Last Round: The Leicestershire and Rutland Home Guard 1940-1945
by Austin J. Ruddy
Cover image To The Last Round: The Leicestershire and Rutland Home Guard 1940-1945 by Austin J. Ruddy
 Austin Ruddy reveals the true story behind the Home Guard. Apart from their well-known infantry role, Home Guards manned anti-aircraft guns and rockets, formed bomb disposal squads and helped train Special Forces units. Women Auxiliaries and boy cadets also served in the force. One further note to add is that this book is based on the Leicestershire and Rutland Home Guard!
This title is the latest publication to be published, revealing fascinating insights into the wartime history of Leicestershire and Rutland. If you would like to To order a copy of this book online, click here.

Produced in hardback, 224pages (240 x 170mm) with 200 illustrations. ISBN 978 1 85983 559 3.
Cover price: £16.99



LOCAL EVENTS
A live UXB was found in garden of house in Melton.

The Leicester Mercury reports on the finding of a RAF bomb, found undisturbed in the back garden of a Melton resident.

Bomb disposal officers from RAF Wittering arrived and removed the wartime device as soon as they discovered it was a live practice bomb.

For more info, click here.

17 Home Guard Veterans Reunite
Surviving Home guard veterans took part in the celebrations at the Newarke Houses Museum, on the 2nd July 2007, for the launch of "To The Last Round". by Austin J. Ruddy

Do you have any wartime memories to share?

If you have any memories of living or serving in Leicestershire during the Second World War, feel free to share them with Wartime Leicestershire, on our 'Memoirs' page.

If you wish to submit an account of your own experiences during the war in Leicestershire, please contact Wartime Leicestershire, here.

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