Leicester City's First & Second World War Stories

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Leicester City's First & Second World War Stories

Over recent years, Club Historian John Hutchinson has researched the story of Leicester City and its predecessor Leicester Fosse through the First and Second World War.

2023-11-11T11:00:00.000Z

by Sam Stevens

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11 Nov, 2023

Leicester City's First & Second World War Stories

Over recent years, Club Historian John Hutchinson has researched the story of Leicester City and its predecessor Leicester Fosse through the First and Second World War.

Sam Stevens

2023-11-11T11:00:00.000Z

Leicester City's First & Second World War Stories

Over recent years, Club Historian John Hutchinson has researched the story of Leicester City and its predecessor Leicester Fosse through the First and Second World War.

Sam Stevens

2023-11-11T11:00:00.000Z

Leicester City's First & Second World War Stories

Over recent years, Club Historian John Hutchinson has researched the story of Leicester City and its predecessor Leicester Fosse through the First and Second World War.

Sam Stevens

2023-11-11T11:00:00.000Z

Leicester City's First & Second World War Stories

Over recent years, Club Historian John Hutchinson has researched the story of Leicester City and its predecessor Leicester Fosse through the First and Second World War.

Sam Stevens

2023-11-11T11:00:00.000Z

As the people of the United Kingdom go silent this month to pay tribute to service men and women past and present, LCFC.com has compiled John Hutchinson's work, which recounts how the Football Club adjusted to the challenges of wartime Britain.

A total of 15 Leicester Fosse players died during the First World War or conflicts related to it, while Filbert Street itself - the home of the Football Club for 111 years - was in fact bombed during the Second World War. To read up on the Club's wartime research, please use the links below.

Learn more about Leicester City in the First World War and Second World War, or for further information about Leicester City's history, please visit LCFC.com/history.

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