Editing Coventry (section)

=== Great War (1914–1918) ===
[[File:Monument in War Memorial Park in Coventry 14g06.jpg|thumb|Cenotaph at the War Memorial Park.]]
Many Coventry factories switched production to military vehicles, armaments and ammunitions during the [[World War I|Great War.]] Approximately 35,000 men from Coventry and Warwickshire served during the [[World War I|First World War]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Eccleston |first=Ben |date=11 July 2014 |title=World War One: When 35,000 local men went off to war |url=https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/ww1-coventry-warwickshire-soldiers-7409387 |access-date=9 June 2024 |website=Coventry Live }}</ref> so most of the skilled factory workers were women drafted from all over the country.<ref>{{cite web |last=Waddington-COV |first=Jenny |date=6 November 2018 |title=World War One: How Coventry fed the Allied war machine |url=https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/ww1-coventry-munitions-factories-7419371 |access-date=9 June 2024 |website=Coventry Live }}</ref> Due to the importance of war production in Coventry it was a target for German [[zeppelin]] attacks and defensive anti-aircraft guns were established at Keresley and Wyken Grange to protect the city.<ref>{{cite web |last=Gibbons |first=Duncan |date=6 November 2018 |title=Watch out, Zeppelins! When Coventry looked with dread to the sky |url=https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/ww1-coventry-zeppelins-bombs-7425235 |access-date=9 June 2024 |website=Coventry Live }}</ref>

In June 1921, the [[War Memorial Park, Coventry|War Memorial Park]] was opened on the former [[Stivichall|Styvechale]] Common<ref>{{cite web |last=Broster |first=Nicole |title=History of War Memorial Park |url=https://www.coventry.gov.uk/war-memorial-park/history-war-memorial-park |access-date=9 June 2024 |website=Coventry City Council }}</ref> to commemorate the 2587 soldiers<ref>{{cite web |title=Coventry War Memorial Park Monument WW1 And WW2 |url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/17407 |access-date=9 June 2024 |website=Imperial War Museums }}</ref> from the city who lost their lives in the war. The War Memorial was designed by [[Thomas Francis Tickner]] and is a Grade II* building.<ref>{{NHLE |desc=War Memorial in Coventry War Memorial Park |num=1410358 |access-date=9 June 2024 }}</ref> It was unveiled by [[Earl Haig]] in 1927, with a room called the Chamber of Silence inside the monument holding the roll of honour.<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=War Memorial Park, Coventry – Coventry |url=https://www.parksandgardens.org/places/war-memorial-park-coventry |access-date=9 June 2024 |website=Parks & Gardens }}</ref> Soldiers who lost their lives in recent conflicts have been added to the roll of honour over the years.<ref>Pevsner, N. and Wedgewood, A., ''The Buildings of England: Warwickshire,'' (1990), p. 267.</ref>