by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Darlington, In Your Town, Latest
PRIMARY school pupils helped to sow the seeds of Remembrance in Darlington, where free poppy seeds are being handed out to commemorate the centenary of the First World War. Youngsters at Corporation Road Primary School were the first in the town to sow the free seeds,...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Newcastle
DRAWINGS, poetry and details of more than 120 injured servicemen collected by a nurse tending to them during the First World War will be the highlight of a North-East auctioneer’s next sale. The fascinating snapshot has been captured in a “commonplace...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Newcastle
A FALLEN soldier from the North-East is among ten to be positively identified almost 100 years after were killed during the early months of the First World War. An appeal has also been issued to trace the descendants of two other soldiers from the region yet to be...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Newton Aycliffe
A MILITARY artist will commemorate the centenary of the First World War with his biggest and most important painting to date. Ex-serviceman John Palliser, of Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, will unveil the finished oil painting on Armed Forces Day (Saturday, June 28),...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Hartlepool, In Your Town, Latest, War Stories
Touching, handwritten messages and drawings from First World War soldiers, many of whom were killed, have been discovered in Hartlepool. Chris Webber reports. DEEP in the pages of a fragile, 100-year-old book compiled by Private William Tucker, are two pressed...
by Chris Lloyd | Bishop Auckland, Centenary, Crook, In Your Town, Latest
HISTORIANS have launched a two year project to research all their fellow villagers who died during the First World War. Howden-le-Wear History Society has received £8,000 from the National Lottery to create a book about the 30 men named on the village’s war memorial....
by Chris Lloyd | Bishop Auckland, Centenary, Harrogate, In Your Town, Latest, Newcastle
AS the anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War looms, the extraordinary courage of a true hero of the conflict has been immortalised in bronze. Former professional footballer Donald Bell was awarded the Victoria Cross for his exploits at the Battle of the...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Stockton
THE horrors of the First World War were brought to life when the Thornaby Needs You exhibition went on display. People were able to learn all about war in a day packed full of drama performances, readings and activities. Throughout today (Monday, March 3) the...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Hartlepool, In Your Town, Latest
A MYSTERY object from the First World War has come to light. What appears to be a grave marker relating to the so-called Old Contemptibles who were regular soldiers involved in early battles in the war, has been handed in to the Heugh Battery Museum in Hartlepool. The...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, York
IT’S a sight not seen for almost a century – and sure to quicken the heart of any aviation enthusiast. The tiny Eastchurch Kitten was an experimental First World War fighter, an interceptor designed to tackle the threat posed by Zeppelins. The prototype first flew in...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Darlington, Hartlepool, In Your Town, Latest
THE sights and sounds of the First World War were brought back to life at the weekend. A living history group evoked the misery of life in the trenches for Darlington residents when they visited the town on Saturday. The Time Bandits, a historical interpretation...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Crook, In Your Town, Latest
A VILLAGE’S memorial clock has been repaired in time to mark the 100th anniversary of the First World War after a fundraising effort by residents. The clock has been restored and reinstated at Westgate Village Hall after villagers raised £15,700, nearly £5,000...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Stockton
VISITORS to Thornaby Central Library are being invited to remember the Great War Centenary at a special commemorative event next week. The library will host Thornaby Needs You on Monday, March 3, for visitors to learn about World War One in a day packed full of drama...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Hartlepool, In Your Town, Latest
LIFE in the trenches of the First World War has been dramatically brought to life to give people first-hand experience of the misery troops faced. The Time Bandits, a group providing historical interpretation and living history and drama, will travel with the trench,...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Darlington, In Your Town, Latest, People
In an unmarked plot in Darlington’s West Cemetery lie the remains of Private Edward Henry Pratt who fought for two years in France, was injured on at least two separate occasions, and eventually died from his wounds in a hospital bed, four months after being...
by Chris Lloyd | Barnard Castle, Centenary, In Your Town, Latest
THE family of a soldier brought home from the First World War after his five brothers were killed has expressed a mixture of pride and sorrow after learning the poignant story is to be told as part of the centenary anniversary of the conflict. The story of the Smith...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Darlington, Hartlepool, In Your Town, Latest, Middlesbrough, Redcar, Stockton
ONE hundred years after the start of the First World War, a 400,000 project will remind residents of the Tees Valley of the sacrifice made by their forebears. The programme, funded with money from the Arts Council, runs until March next year throughout Darlington,...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Stockton
THOUSANDS of sunflowers will help paint a North-East town gold this summer in tribute to its soldiers who fell in the First World War. Packets of sunflower seeds will be handed out from April, and the flowers will be cut down in August to signify the lives lost...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Latest
A SERIES of events to commemorate the centenary of the First World War will be staged at libraries across North Yorkshire. The programme includes theatrical shows in several libraries and pop-up museum events at Harrogate, Pickering, Scarborough and Skipton, where...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Latest
A NEW website which preserves First World War memorabilia and artefacts has just been set up from Stockton with the help of a £33,800 Heritage Lottery Fund grant. It is called the Wartime Memories Project and it is particularly keen to receive digital copies of items...
