Hartlepool | The North-East At War

The day the German navy rained 2,000 shells on North-East seaside towns

Chris Lloyd

TRANQUIL SCENE: The lighthouse and the Heugh battery at Hartlepool today

A slaughter of innocents that literally rocked the nation

Chris Lloyd

Voice of First World War soldier unheard for 40 years

Chris Webber

Thrills on the high seas

Chris Lloyd

The rise of Robert Ropner

Chris Lloyd

Touching messages from First World War found in Hartlepool

Chris Webber

Schoolchildren taken to the heart of the First World War on 1914 train bound for Hartlepool

Chris Lloyd

Appeal for help with mystery First World War grave marker

Chris Webber

Bringing sights and sounds of war back to life

The Northern Echo

Life in First World War trench brought to life by history group

Graeme Hetherington

St John Vianney Primary School pupils learn about life on the Heugh Battery from volunteer Glenn Baume in 2005

First World War project brings history to life across Tees Valley

Lucy Richardson

The day Britain was bombed into waking up to war

Chris Lloyd

When death came out of the mist

Chris Lloyd

The day the clocks stopped

Chris Lloyd

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