Darlington | The North-East At War

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

The boys of Park Place, Darlington, who never came home

The 13 boys of one Darlington street who never came home

Chris Lloyd

REMEMBERED: Pelton Fell Cenotaph and Memorial Gates have been listed as part of Historic England's pledge to add 2,500 to the register by 2018

More than 50 war memorials given listed status as part of centenary drive to protect future of commemorative sites

Flossie Mainwaring-Taylor

Postcards home from an Easington miner to his Chilton wife

Chris Lloyd

Play tells the tale of four brothers who went to war and wrote their names into history books

Viv Hardwick

Relative sheds light on fate of two men captured in rare photograph as they made their to the Somme

Gavin Engelbrecht

The 8th DLI: Sgt Teasdale is standing on the far right. Picture courtesy of Harry Moses

Darlington schoolmaster’s vivid narrative of life at the front

Chris Lloyd

A grave injustice corrected at last

Chris Lloyd

MAJOR PROJECT: A workshop focusing on Darlington’s role in the Great War will be held on Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Amateur historians invited to contribute to WWI project

Joanna Morris

TRIBUTE: The poppies at Darlington's Head of Steam Museum Picture: STUART BOULTON

Darlington museum celebrates completion of WWI knitted poppy project

Alexa Copeland

MADE EARLIER: The Darlington shell shop staff, with examples of their work, and Westmoreland Street in the background. Picture courtesy of Darlington Centre for Local Studies. Picture courtesy of Darlington Centre for Local Studies

War was a game-changer for women

Chris Lloyd

First casualty of war

Chris Lloyd

A tragic and proud duty

Chris Lloyd

Vicious but quiet weapon of war

Chris Lloyd

FALLEN HONOURED: Jenny Chapman MP lays at wreath at the cenotaph in Darlington

Hundreds gather in autumn sun to honour fallen soldiers

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POIGNANT DRAMA: Image from Homecoming when it was performed in Stockton earlier this year

Homecoming – a war play with heart

Joanna Morris

CURATOR: Head of Steam museum curator Leona White-Hannant. Picture: TOM BANKS

Keeping in mind railmen who gave lives to support war effort

Vicki Henderson

FLAME TRIBUTE: Church volunteer Ian Wood lights a candle at the exhibition at St John’s Church in Darlington. Picture: ANDY LAMB

Memorial plaque and roll of honour unveiled

Joanna Morris

FOLLOWING FOOTSTEPS: The cadets walk through preserved First World War trenches at Vimy Ridge

Foreign fields an eye-opener for 27 cadets

Andy Walker

SCHOOLS EXHIBITION: School children from across Darlington read some of their poems during the event at the Crown Street Library in Darlington. Picture: DAVID WOOD

Students pay tribute to WWI veterans with Darlington exhibition in their honour

Joanna Morris

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