OFF TO SEA: Sunderland-built HMS Opal, which sank 100 years ago

How tragic navigational error led to deaths of Darlington men aboard HMS Opal

Chris Lloyd

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DLI SOMME DIARY

Tony Kearney tells what the Durham Pals - volunteer soldiers from across the region - were doing 100 years ago, in the build-up to their date with destiny: July 1, 1916, and the Battle of the Somme.
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INTERACTIVE WW1 JOURNEY THROUGH NORTHERN ECHO ARCHIVES

Nick Gullon has been through The Northern Echo archives, selecting a story from each day of 1915, painting a vivid of picture of what life was like on the home front as well as in the trenches, and creating an interactive journey through the war years.
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SEARCH DATABASE OF SOLDIER RECORDS

Search our database of over 1,800 soldiers from the region who fought and died in the First World War.
Find out more here

SCHOOLS' POETRY COMPETITION

In 2014, we appealed to all secondary schools in the region to ask their pupils to write a poem to commemorate the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War.
Read their poems here

HELP RAISE £100,000 FOR OUR HEROES

An appeal to raise £100,000 for the modern military heroes - those servicemen and women who return physically and mentally injured from war zones such as Afghanistan.
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PROJECT: The unveiling of the regimental memorial at the top of Frenchgate in Richmond in 1921 Picture: GREEN HOWARDS MUSEUM

First World War hero George McKean’s memorial stone to be unveiled in Willington on centenary of Victoria Cross gallantry

Lizzie Anderson

Horrific deaths of seven North-East sailors, murdered by German who became Himmler’s henchman, remembered on 100th anniversary

Gavin Engelbrecht

How tragic navigational error led to deaths of Darlington men aboard HMS Opal

Green Howards Museum in Richmond launches project to mark First World War anniversary

Actor Michael Mears brings moving play about war’s conscientious objectors to Richmond

Ray Lonsdale soldier statue to be installed on Tursdale memorial this year

First World War hero George McKean’s memorial stone to be unveiled in Willington on centenary of Victoria Cross gallantry

Outstanding bravery of World War hero to be remembered at special Ripon Cathedral service

Homework of schoolgirl from Hunton, Richmond, reveals a VC hero in the family

You’ll be amazed at this fantastic woollen poppy display in West Cornforth

One man’s story of First World War brought to life in Teesdale to mark centenary of major campaign

Last poppy of 19,240 sewn onto striking remembrance display ahead of unveiling in West Cornforth, near Ferryhill

The Durhams at Passchendaele where the first few hours turned into a mud and blood bath

First World War wireless station in Stockton is preserved for posterity

Horrific deaths of seven North-East sailors, murdered by German who became Himmler’s henchman, remembered on 100th anniversary

Special status for war memorial to Arthur “Patch” Watson who lost his life at Battle of Passchendaele

How a North Yorkshire war hero was finally identified – after 100 years in a French field

Parade to be held in Stanley to mark centenary of Michael Heaviside coming home with Victoria Cross

David Young journeys to Belgium ahead of the centenary of the Passchendaele battle

A poppy for each County Durham soldier who fell in WWI

Great Ayton villagers mark exact moment their First World War soldiers died

War hero Tom Dresser who won Victoria Cross in First World War honoured with statue in Middlesbrough

Durham war hero’s battlefield bravery marked 100 years on

Village history project will focus on the Fighting Bradfords

Tributes paid to 24-year-old Durham Pal on 100th anniversary of his death

The courage of Roland Boys Bradford enshrined in history

Walking in the footsteps of a Flanders hero