by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Stanley
THE homecoming of a miner who won a Victoria Cross while serving as a Western Front stretcher bearer is set to be re-enacted in a pit town. Private Michael Heaviside had stunned onlookers with his valour, crawling 60 yards across No Man’s Land under heavy fire to...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Latest
This summer will mark the centenary of one of World War One’s most infamous battles – Passchendaele. Ahead of the anniversary, David Young journeys to Belgium to explore a still scarred landscape where 100 years ago his grandfather was wounded in action....
by Chris Lloyd | Ferryhill, In Your Town, Latest
THE boys and men who left County Durham to serve in the First World War, never to return, will each be represented on a community’s remembrance poppy display. Army veteran and genealogist Andy Denholm originally hoped to gather 6,353 handmade poppies for a...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Stokesley
A VILLAGE intent on marking the exact time of death of each of its villagers killed fighting during the First World War has just held its 27th memorial service. Great Ayton has been marking the day each one of its First World War soldiers died between 1914 and 1918...
by Chris Lloyd | In Your Town, Latest, Middlesbrough
A TRUE war hero has been honoured 100 years to the day since he showed unflinching courage in the face of the enemy on the battlefield. Tom Dresser was awarded the Victoria Cross during the First World War in 1917 after he bravely crossed no-man’s land – not...
