by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Darlington, In Your Town, Latest
A GRIM discovery in a French garden has triggered a poignant search across the region for the family of a young officer who gave his life for his country almost a century ago. His remains were uncovered purely by chance after heavy rainfall uncovered a shallow grave...
by Chris Lloyd | Darlington, In Your Town, Latest, People
At the start of the Great War, Joseph Pease, great-grandson of South Durham’s first MP, was spoiling for a fight. By the end, he felt ‘soldiering is a waste of life’. ON October 11, 1914, Joseph Pease wrote to his father: “What the –––– is the matter with the War...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Darlington, In Your Town, Latest
A course to help people discover the stories and lives behind the names that appear on local war memorials has been organised by the Darlington Workers Educational Association. The seven-week course has been arranged to mark the centenary of the First World War and...
by Chris Lloyd | Darlington, In Your Town, Latest, People
Dora is enveloped in a huge army greatcoat. It is buttoned up to her neck, its enormous collars flapping around her ears, the epaulettes sloping off her slender shoulders, and the long sleeves scrunched up around her elbows so that her hands are free. SHE peers out...
by Chris Lloyd | Darlington, People
With the help of Stephen Erskine, Echo Memories traces the life and death of a Hurworth schoolteacher. LIEUTENANT John Gill Appleby “Died Splendidly!”, according to the headline in The Northern Echo on August 9, 1916. But the death, on the Somme, of this...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Darlington
A RESEARCHER is offering people the chance to find out more about their ancestors who died in the First World War. Researcher Stephen Nicholson has studied the lives of Darlington men who died in the war, including their life before the war and the circumstances of...
by Chris Lloyd | Darlington, People
EDWARD and James Lyall grew up in Darlington. Their family home was in Vane Terrace; their father’s office was in Northgate; they attended the local grammar school. After these ordinary beginnings, both brothers sought foreign adventure in South America. One was...
by Chris Lloyd | Darlington, People
Two Darlington 19-year-olds took to the air to fight for the country in the Great War. Memories recalls their parallel lives and valiant deaths. John Worstenholm and Harold Easby were born nearly a year apart in Darlington at the end of the 19th Century. In their...
