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 | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Stokesley
THE time of death of every one of a village’s soldiers who died during the First World War is to be marked by residents 100 years on. Great Ayton, in North Yorkshire, has pledged to honour the deaths of all its 48 residents who served between 1914 and 1918. Those who...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Latest, Stokesley
AN EXHIBITION on the enormous impact of the First World War on Stokesley has drawn in visitors from across the North. Generations of families, from primary school pupils to great-grandparents, were involved in the Stokesley and the Great War exhibition, which charted...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Stokesley
SCHOOLS and history groups have pulled together to create an exhibition detailing the enormous impact of the First World War on a North Yorkshire town. To mark the centenary of the war, an exhibition is to be held at Stokesley town hall on Friday, May 16 and Saturday,...
