by Chris Lloyd | Harrogate, In Your Town, Latest, Ripon
A MEMORIAL honouring the actions of a teacher-turned-soldier who is among an elite group of people to have received both the Victoria and Military Cross will be unveiled at a ceremony attended by several members of his family. The commemorative service to Archie...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Durham, In Your Town, Latest
EXACTLY 100 years ago today was the Durham Light Infantry’s bloodiest day on the Somme. In one 24 hour period, 405 men were killed. Most of them perished in the Battle of Flers Courcelette, which was the first engagement in which the British deployed their new-fangled...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Stockton
A MAN’s efforts to achieve recognition for a farmer’s son who was killed in the Battle of the Somme during the First World War are to result in a remembrance service on the centenary of his death. Joe Kenny was struck by the fact that Private Henry Johnson was the...
by Chris Lloyd | Barnard Castle, Centenary, In Your Town, Latest
A SOLDIER dubbed the real-life Saving Private Ryan after he was brought home from the First World War when his five brothers were killed will be commemorated during a special service next week. Wilfred Smith, of Barnard Castle, County Durham, was the only surviving...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Thirsk, York
A COURAGEOUS earl who died while standing up to rally his troops in the “unadulterated hell” of the Somme battlefield is to be honoured with a commemoration service. The Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu will join the Feversham family and parishioners at All Saint’s...
