by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Sedgefield
VETERANS and First World War re-enactors commemorated the start of the Great War with a service on a village green. Sedgefield Village Veterans organised the service on Saturday (August 2) at Sedgefield, in County Durham, which was attended by the Lord Lieutenant of...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Stockton
HUNDREDS of people have been getting their sunflowers ready for a special commemorative project marking the fallen from the borough of Stockton during the First World War. The 1,245 sunflower project comes to an end this week as the golden flowers are lad at...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Peterlee
A SCULPTOR has welcomed news that a much-loved statue he created will remain in a North-East town after the community raised £85,000 to buy it in just 12 weeks. The impressive artwork, which depicts a giant soldier, was only supposed to remain in Seaham, County...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Darlington, In Your Town, Latest
As thousands of people across the region gathered at events marking the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, the place in history of 15 young men killed in action during the conflict were safeguarded during a poignant rededication service. Vicki Henderson...
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...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Crook, In Your Town, Latest
ONE of the region’s smallest museums is hoping to make a big impact with its latest exhibition – a moving tribute to the heroes of the First World War. Earlier this year, The Weardale Museum, at Ireshopeburn in Upper Weardale, County Durham, appealed to dales folk,...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Latest
Events will be held throughout the region over the next few days to mark the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War. Here you can find out which events are taking place near you. DARLINGTON Darlington: St Herbert’s Church, Sunday, 4pm. Service of...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Sedgefield
FRIENDSHIPS blossomed at a care home when staff and residents planted sunflowers in memory of soldiers who died in the First World War. Dementia and Alzheimer’s patients at Willowdene Care Home in Sedgefield, County Durham, planted and nurtured the flowers as part of...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Chester-le-Street, In Your Town, Latest
A POP-up exhibition dedicated to the soldiers of the Durham Light Infantry who served in WW1 has opened to mark the conflict’s centenary. Community Service Volunteers (CSV) created the free exhibition, in the main library at Chester-le-Street, County Durham, with the...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Latest
OVER the next four years, the Woodland Trust will be commemorating the centenary of the First World War by planting millions of trees across the country – and you have the chance to create a lasting tribute to a member of your family who sacrificed their life by...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Sedgefield
MOTORCYCLISTS have set off on a pilgrimage to the battlefields of France and Belgium to mark the centenary of the First World War. Members of the Boundary 500 Motorcycle group set off on Saturday after a wreath blessing service at Sedgefield, County Durham. Fifty...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Darlington, In Your Town, Latest
LESSONS in life in the trenches and wartime medicine replaced maths and English to mark the final week of term at a North-East school. Students at St Aidan’s Academy, in Darlington, dropped their usual lessons and spent a week learning about respect and stewardship...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Newton Aycliffe
A HISTORY society will lead a series of commemorative events to mark the centenary of the First World War following a £10,000 research project. Over the last year, Aycliffe Village Local History Society has been working hard to discover how the Great War affected the...
by Chris Lloyd | Barnard Castle, Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, People
A COMPLETE story can now be told about all 24 postal workers listed on a roll of honour after serving in the First World War. The final one is now known to be Stanley James Clarkson, who was a postman and grocer’s assistant at Cotherstone before going off to the war...
by Chris Lloyd | Barnard Castle, Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Richmond
HUTTON MAGNA is a little place on which the First World War had a big impact. One hundred years ago, it and its neighbour, West Layton, comprised 55 houses. Even in those overcrowded days, the population of the two villages cannot have been more than a few hundred....
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Durham, In Your Town, Latest
A FOUR-YEAR programme of activities to commemorate the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War is set to be launched. Residents of Belmont are organising a series of events to mark the anniversary, beginning on Friday (July 18) with the launch event First...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Ferryhill, In Your Town, Latest
A YOUTH performing arts group will commemorate the centenary of the First World War by staging an original musical in one of the region’s most historic landmarks. Enter CIC, based in Ferryhill, County Durham, will perform Home Fires at Auckland Castle in Bishop...
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, In Your Town, Latest, Richmond
A SOLDIER from the region has played a part in a unique and historic event commemorating the outbreak of the First World War. Trooper James Casey, 22, from Richmond, travelled to the picturesque town of Bad Ischl in Austria with his regiment, the Queen’s Dragoon...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Middlesbrough
STUDENTS at a Teesside college had a lesson in the harsh realities of war when they visited The Somme to mark the centenary of World War One. The students from Redcar & Cleveland College visited the war graves and museums in Belgium as part of their project on the...
