Sileby At War

its devoted creator, Geoff Rose in April 2022.

Click on one of the following links for more details.

Pre World War I

Not much information has been found; The links below give the search results for military related documents not associated with the World Wars. Note that only a small amount of information is available for free.

• National Archives
• Find My Past search results
• Ancestry (Soldiers who served in Canada 1743-1882)

World War I

• Soldiers that died
• 1918 Absent Voters List (People probably serving)

World War II

• Soldiers that died
• 1944 list of those in service
• Photo's of Dad's army etc.
• Ratcliffe Aerodrome
• A group photo (We think this is a photo of Sileby WW2 servicemen - note the medals.)
• BBC People's War - May Chamberlain

General

• Full List of Personnel who Served in War
• Park Memorial (War Memorials Online)
• St. Mary's Church Memorial (War Memorials Online)
• Seagrave Memorial (War Memorials Online)
• Sileby Cemetery (CWGC)
• Cossington Churchyard (CWGC)
• Seagrave Churchyard (CWGC)
• Ratcliffe-on-the-Wreake Churchyard (CWGC)

Thanks go to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission for their excellent website and permission to use their certificates that helped me get the project off to a flying start. For a sobering thought, try searching for your surname e.g. for mine (Rose) there are nearly 1200 listed!

You may also be interested in our other project that names people in old Sileby photographs - for more details, click "Sileby Faces" on the left hand menu.