by Chris Lloyd | Durham, In Your Town, Latest, People, VC Recipients, War Stories
Welcome, welcome once again Hero brave and bold To the school where you were taught In the days of old. We the present pupils Of Wingate Catholic School Were pleased to hear When death was near You were so brave and cool. HAVING read their poem to their war hero that...
by Chris Lloyd | People, VC Recipients
THE story of Stockton’s only Victoria Cross winner who inadvertently sparked the protest against the “damnable banquet” is worth re-telling. Edward Cooper was born in Portrack in 1896, left school at 14 and worked as a fruit cart salesman for the...
by Chris Lloyd | People, VC Recipients
“I must confess that it was the biggest fluke alive and I did nothing, ” Second Lieutenant Donald Bell of the Green Howards wrote home on July 7, 1916. “I only chucked one bomb, but it did the trick. The C.C. says I saved the situation for this gun...
by Chris Lloyd | Bishop Auckland, People, VC Recipients
To commemorate St George’s Day, Chris Lloyd tells of a George who was born on that day and who fell on that day, giving his life for his country. EARLY in 1918, the Royal Navy requested volunteers from within its ranks for an extremely dangerous mission....
