by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, People, Stanley
WHAT time are you reading this? At 9.10am this very day 100 years ago, hundreds of Durham men slithered up out of their rain-lashed trenches on the Somme and tried to wade through waist-deep sticky mud to attack a heavily fortified mound. “The officers’ whistles...
by Chris Lloyd | Bishop Auckland, Centenary, Durham, In Your Town, Latest
ON the day the nation remembers our brave fallen, it has emerged two North-East towns suffered greater losses than most. Almost eight per cent of Durham City’s population was killed fighting abroad in the First World War – the highest figure in the UK,...
by Chris Lloyd | Barnard Castle, Bishop Auckland, Centenary, Chester-le-Street, Darlington, Durham, In Your Town, Latest
MORE than 50 memorials commemorating fallen soldiers across the region have been listed to mark the centenary of the First World War. As the country falls silent today (November 11) to honour Armistice Day and reflect on those who paid the ultimate sacrifice, war...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Darlington, In Your Town, Latest, Peterlee
Romantic, caring, both brave and afraid… the wartime experiences of a County Durham soldier are revealed through a series of treasured postcards – many sent home from the Somme. Chris Lloyd tells Private Abraham Stewart’s story. UNDER a floorboard in...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Durham, In Your Town, Latest
THOUGH the year of Durham Remembers events is coming to an end, the opportunities to discover the story of the Durham Light Infantry and the county’s brave servicemen is far from over. The DLI Collection, with its 15,000 items and artefacts – the majority of which...
