by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Latest, York
CARTOONS created by a soldier as he served on the Western Front are revealing more of the dark humour of the First World War. The sketches were drawn by Albert E V Richards, who is thought to have served with the 10th Royal Hussars as a lance corporal. Drawn...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Darlington, Ferryhill, In Your Town, Latest
THE centenary of the First World War has inspired an Army reservist to transform a short story he wrote for a competition 15 years ago into a novel. Steven Corner was awarded third place in the Sid Chaplain short story competition run by Shildon Town Council when he...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Consett, In Your Town, Latest
JIM Clarke vividly recalls how, as a young orphan, he buffed up a brass plaque taking pride of place in a children’s home. At the time it was just another thing he had to shine and he little realised its significance – as a roll of honour listing the names...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Stockton
CHILDREN of all ages have remembered their town’s First World War dead in a special event. The children planted sunflowers at Stockton’s Castlegate Centre as part of a bigger commemoration called the Sunflower Project. The project remembers the 1,245 soldiers from...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Saltburn
THOUSANDS of people flocked to the seaside yesterday to watch an unusual game of football organised to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. Players were cheered onto the makeshift pitch by the enthusiastic fans as they emerged from the trenches...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Saltburn
THE finishing touches are being applied to the recreation of an iconic football match that broke out on Western Front during the First World War. On Sunday, Saltburn beach will become the pitch for British and German soldiers who put down their weapons and played...
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, Sedgefield
AN amateur dramatics society will commemorate the centenary of the First World War with a spectacular showcase of words, music, drama and dance. Sedgefield Players’ Not in Sorrow, But in Pride will feature two one-act plays, trench songs, traditional dance and...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Stockton
A GOVERNMENT minister has show his support for a creative project to commemorate the 1,245 Stockton residents who gave up their lives during the First World War. The sunflower project is encouraging people to plant a seed in memory of one of the soldiers before they...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Crook, In Your Town, Latest
SERGEANT JAMES GRAHAM performed some extremely brave deeds during the First World War. He’d been awarded the Military Medal, the Croix de Guerre, and he had been mentioned in despatches. But his family did not know why. Over the course of the last one hundred...
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,...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Latest
THE crumbling graves of First World War Victoria Cross heroes will be restored a century after their sacrifice, the Government pledged yesterday. Ministers unveiled a £100,000 fund to help ensure the resting places are a “truly fitting tribute” to those who received...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary
A FIRST WORLD War expert will be giving an insight into the literature of the conflict at a series of talks in North Yorkshire. Trevor Boag, a retired deputy headteacher and English teacher, is giving a talk introducing the literature of the war at a number of...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Thirsk
A SERIES of events will be held in Thirsk to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. Thirsk Town Council has backed the Thirsk and District Churches Together programme, which includes reflective gatherings in the Market Place and an exhibition to...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Durham, In Your Town, Latest
A LOTTERY grant of nearly £500,000 will help the North-East mark the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. The money will be spent on a new interactive website linking surviving archives, objects and historic sites in County Durham and unearthing new...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Middlesbrough, Northallerton, Redcar, Ripon
ANNE WALL is writing a book about the First World War VAD hospitals of the North Riding of Yorkshire. She has recently uncovered this splendid picture of VAD nurses at Masham, but still would like more information. The Voluntary Aid Detachment, or VAD, was formed in...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Diary of Gunner George James, Durham, In Your Town, Latest, War Stories
THIS is the latest excerpt of Gunner George James’ Diary, written exactly 98 years ago on the Western Front, by a Durham miner. George had grown up in the small pit village of Littletown, a couple of miles east of Durham City. He left school at 13, and after six years...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Crook, In Your Town, Latest
A SCHOOL whose oak trees were the first memorial to the First World War have planted a new sapling to mark the 100th anniversary of the start of the conflict. In March 1918, Wolsingham Grammar School, now called Wolsingham School and Community College, in County...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Stanley
A STEAM railway will transport visitors back in time during a weekend of events to commemorate its role during the First World War. Tanfield Railway, near Stanley, County Durham, has teamed up with military re-enactors Durham Pals to bring back the sights, smells and...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Darlington, In Your Town, Latest
HEAD of Steam museum staff are to visit St Mark’s Church, Darlington, next month (April) to talk about their new project and recruit volunteers. Staff will be at the North Road church on April 9 to discuss the North East Railways in World War One project which focuses...
