by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Tyne & Wear
THE deaths of seven North-East sailors 100 years ago today in one of the most heinous crimes of the First World War will be marked during a poignant ceremony. The SS Belgian Prince was travelling from Liverpool to Newport News in America when it was torpedoed by a...
by Chris Lloyd | In Your Town, Latest, People, Tyne & Wear
THE previously unknown truth behind the tragic and senseless death of a Durham Light Infantry soldier 100 years ago today has finally solved a life-long mystery. For the 102-year-old daughter of Lance Corporal John McDonald has just discovered he was executed for...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Tyne & Wear
A FREE screening of the original documentary of the Battle of the Somme is to be shown on Armistice Day. Around 20 million people, roughly half the population of Britain at the time, watched the original film when it was released in cinemas in 1916. Now, to mark the...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Tyne & Wear
Fulwell Acoustic Mirror’s historic value went unrecognised for many years and its deterioration led to its inclusion on the Historic England – previously known as English Heritage – ‘Heritage at Risk’ register. This triggered a partnership between Sunderland City...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Newcastle, Tyne & Wear
PENNED in miniscule handwriting in small leatherbound notebook the text is so tiny it is hard to read without leaning up close. But what it lacked in size was more than made up in the enormity of the impact of its message. Siegfried Sassoon’s declaration against war...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, People, Tyne & Wear
ONE hundred years after his death, a First World War soldier has finally been given a burial befitting a hero after his remains were found by French construction workers. On October 18, 1914, soldiers from 2nd Battalion, the York and Lancaster Regiment advanced on the...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Tyne & Wear
SERVICEMEN and civilians who gave their lives in the First World War will be remembered at a service in Sunderland Minster. Members of the public are invited to join the Lord Lieutenant, the Bishop of Durham and civic leaders at the commemorative service on Monday at...
