by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Middlesbrough
WORLD-FAMOUS artist Mackenzie Thorpe told today of his thrill at being asked to produce a commemorative First World War centenary front cover for The Northern Echo. The Middlesbrough-born artist told radio presenter Bob Fischer on BBC Tees it was “music to his...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Sedgefield
A FAMILY history society has commemorated the centenary of the First World War by honouring the fallen in fabric and thread. Sedgefield Family History Group in County Durham is taking part in a national project to create a series of patchwork quilts paying tribute to...
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, Darlington, In Your Town, Latest
A NORTH-EAST mayor spoke movingly at the launch of the annual Poppy appeal, commemorating those who have fallen in conflict. Members of the Darlington branch of the Royal British Legion (RBL) gathered at Darlington Town Hall on Thursday (October 23), for the launch of...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Latest
ON Remembrance Sunday, The Northern Echo will publish a special edition of the paper to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War. It will feature news of how communities across our region are marking the centenary, and it will tell...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Consett, In Your Town
THE names of 15 men who lost their lives as a result of the First World War have been added to a village memorial to mark the centenary of the conflict. Researchers have finally traced details of local men missing from the memorial in Shotley Bridge and added them to...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Stockton
A CANDLELIGHT remembrance event to commemorate the First World War has been planned for next month. The musical evening designed to lay bare the brutality of war will be presented by a well-known choral group, Cantabile, at St Mary’s Church, Norton Green,...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Ripon
A SCHOOL has paid a poignant tribute to its former pupils and staff who have their lives in the First World War. Nearly 300 former pupils and teachers from Ripon Grammar School served their country in the Great War but sadly 49 did not come home. In 1922, the former...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Newton Aycliffe
POEMS by school children conveying the reality of life in the trenches have been included in a book about the impact of the First World War on their community. Youngsters from Aycliffe Village Primary School and Greenfield Community College in Newton Aycliffe, County...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Darlington, In Your Town
SCHOOL children in a North-East town had the chance to find out more about the region’s role in the First World War during a series of workshops. As part of a wide project taking in the entire Tees Valley, experts from Time Bandits were in Darlington today in...
by Chris Lloyd | Barnard Castle, Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, People
GEORGE WALTON, a 37-year-old quarry worker who was married with five children, set an example to other men when he became one of the first in Upper Teesdale to sign up for service in the First World War. But it cost him his life, leaving his wife Sarah Jane to grieve...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, York
WILLIAM “Wass” Reader fought in the Middle East, taking part in the Palestine Campaign between 1917 and 1918, but little is known about the man himself other than he survived the war. He served in C Squadron of the 1st East Riding Yeomanry and throughout his service...
by Chris Lloyd | Barnard Castle, Centenary, In Your Town, Latest
IF you’re passing through Barningham it would be easy to overlook one of the most compact commemorations of the First World War. Nestled behind bushes in a historic green former phone box, artist John Hay has transformed what has been dubbed the world’s smallest...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Spennymoor
A METAL detecting enthusiast who discovered a forgotten First World War medal buried in a farmer’s field hopes to return it to the soldier’s family. Stuart Mcadams unearthed the circular bronze Victory Medal just below the surface in pasture near Croxdale, County...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Stanley
A WOMAN who was five when the First World War started has been guest of honour at an event commemorate the outbreak of the conflict. The event, at Castle Court at Annfield Plain, near Stanley, County Durham, was attended by 105-year-old Alice Coulson, who is...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Stockton
A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD girl who was given a random name of a soldier who died in the First World War as part of a commemoration project was amazed to find it was a direct relative. Keira Wilson could have been given any one of 1,245 names of soldiers and sailors who died...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Peterlee
RESIDENTS of an east Durham community marked the Great War centenary with a parade followed by a picnic – building up to a candlelit vigil this evening (Monday, August 4). Among those taking part in event in Seaham was 91-year-old Jack Watson, who laid a cross at the...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Darlington, In Your Town, Latest
DARLINGTON’S largest church and department store played their part in the national commemorative events to mark the First World War centenary. Visitors were invited inside St Cuthbert’s Church to light a candle and take a moment for quiet reflection throughout the...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Stockton
THE grand-daughter of a Victoria Cross winner was the guest of honour at a ceremony paying tribute to all the men of a North-East town who served in the First World War. Sergeant Edward Cooper was armed with only a revolver when he single-handedly stormed a German...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Spennymoor
THE story of a nurse who was awarded the Military Medal after she was badly wounded in a German bombing raid during the First World War is part of a new exhibition. Kate Maxey, of Spennymoor, County Durham, served in hospitals and clearing stations just behind the...
