by Chris Lloyd | Darlington, In Your Town, Latest, People
ON January 12, 1918, two British warships were wrecked in a blizzard on rocks off the Orkneys. Of the 189 men on board, only one survived. Indeed, as the ships were smashed up by the seas, only 55 bodies could be recovered for burial. Following the report of the...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Richmond
A REGIMENTAL museum is using the centenary anniversary of the end of the First World War as the inspiration for a new project. The Green Howards Museum in Richmond is launching a “Ribbon of Remembrance” project with the aim of creating a lasting link...
by Chris Lloyd | In Your Town, Latest, Richmond
BRITISH actor Michael Mears who has had leading roles with the National Theatre and RSC is to bring his play about First World War conscientious objectors to North Yorkshire. This Evil Thing, based on one of the men incarcerated in Richmond Castle, premiered at...
by Chris Lloyd | In Your Town, Latest, Spennymoor
A SILENT soldier who longs for home will this year take his place in a community which has searched for their own lost hero for decades. In 2018 the world marks the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War in 2018 and the County Durham hamlet of Tursdale...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Crook, In Your Town, Latest, People
THERE is a mountain named after him in Canada and a market square in France – but until recently little was known of First World War hero George Burdon McKean VC in his birth town of Willington. Nine years ago, Allan Newman, of Darlington, helped change this by...
