by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Chester-le-Street, In Your Town, Latest
THE centenary of a North-East miner’s gallantry on a First World War battlefield was marked with the unveiling of a commemorative stone heralding the act of valour. Descendants of Private Michael Heaviside were joined by civic figures, representatives of the armed and...
by Chris Lloyd | Bishop Auckland, Centenary, In Your Town, Latest
A £50,000 project is being launched to explore the story of the only two brothers to be awarded the Victoria Cross in the First World War and the village in which they live. Groundwork North-East and Cumbria and Durham County Council will use the funding to get the...
by Chris Lloyd | Chester-le-Street, In Your Town, Latest, People
A WREATH has been laid in Durham cathedral to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the death of a 24-year-old Durham Pal. At the same time, an identical wreath was laid on his grave in northern France. The soldier being commemorated was Pte Newrick Curry, of the 18th...
by Chris Lloyd | Bishop Auckland, Centenary, In Your Town, Latest
A VICTORIA CROSS winner is to be permanently commemorated as part of a day of events in the County Durham village of Witton Park, where he was born. The youngest general in British Army history, Roland Boys Bradford and his Navy officer brother George were the only...
by Chris Lloyd | Chester-le-Street, In Your Town, Latest, People
FOR the Durhams, the Battle of Passchendaele began at 3.50am on July 31, 1917, when the buglers sent the 20th Battalion over the top into the Flanders mud. The men made good progress until a row of German pillboxes opened up a barrage so intense that only messages...
