by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Durham, In Your Town, Latest
A SOLDIER’S prayer book, which saved his life when he was bayoneted in the chest, has been donated to a North-East military collection. First World War Durham Light Infantryman Tommy Crawford was just a teenager when he charged into a German trench, only to see his...
by Chris Lloyd | Durham, In Your Town, Latest
I HAVE travelled from the Somme to the Wear this week looking at riverbank benches. They have been installed, partly through the generosity of readers of The Northern Echo, to commemorate the sacrifices made by the Durham Pals in the First World War. The...
by Chris Lloyd | In Your Town, Latest, People, Stockton
THE family of a village’s only soldier killed in action during the First World War have come forward with the last letter he sent home before his death. Relatives of Private Henry Johnson attended a centenary remembrance service and parade for him in the village of...
by Chris Lloyd | Durham, In Your Town, Latest
BESIDE the bandstand on the banks of the River Wear, on September 24, 1914, the young men of Durham – all friends together – gathered on the grassy expanse of the Racecourse and took the first steps on a journey that would lead them, within two years, to the slaughter...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Durham, In Your Town, Latest
In a quiet, shady spot overlooking the gently rolling French countryside, a wrong going back 100 years was finally righted yesterday. A bench commemorating the ultimate sacrifice of hundreds of Durham Pals was unveiled on the Somme, following a fund-raising campaign...
