WWII paratrooper Joe Harris remembered for service to our country, impact in Compton community

Brickworks remembers former employee who fought in WWII

Building products manufacturer Forterra has proudly contributed a donation from its Community Fund to support the Ibstock Historical Society’s latest book project, which commemorates Leicestrians who gave their lives during World War II. Among those remembered in this publication is Edwin William Everett, a possible former employee at what is now Forterra’s Redbank factory in Measham, Leicestershire, who lost his life during a Lancaster Bomber r…

WWII paratrooper Joe Harris remembered for service to our country, impact in Compton community

Joe Harris, WWII's oldest surviving paratrooper, was laid to rest recently. He was a part of the Army's all-Black 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion.