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Artist Bob Ord and his painting in memory of soldiers shot at dawn

Thornley artist paints landscape in memory of soldiers shot at dawn

Gavin Engelbrecht

Howden-le-Wear history society to research names on village’s memorial thanks to Lottery funding

Chris Lloyd

Diary of Gunner George James: January 8 – 11, 1916

Chris Lloyd

Katie Brown, the Assistant Curator of History for the York Museums Trust with the First World War diaries

Museum appeals for help to translate First World War diaries

Stuart Minting

MEMORIAL RESEARCH: Sedgefield Local History Society members, from left, Barbara Leo, Haydn Neal and Norma Neal are appealing for First World War memorabilia

History society appeals for help to honour Sedgefield’s First World War heroes

Lizzie Anderson

George Cummings

Diary of Gunner George James: Winter 1915-16

Chris Lloyd

RESTING PLACE: The grave of Rifleman E Roberts in Kirk Merrington churchyard

How did a Welshman with the Irish Rifles end up in a County Durham graveyard?

Chris Lloyd

Soldiers in trenches on the Western Front

Cause of death not linked to enemy action

Chris Lloyd

One of two silk postcards addressed to ‘Mrs Charles Hogg, Back Barraclough St, New Shildon, Co Durham’

Seasonal greetings from the Western Front

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Soldiers in the trenches, believed to be at Ypres

£1m boost to the commemoration of the First World War

Mark Foster

Children win lottery funding for First World War research

Tony Kearney

Councillors pledge £845 towards project to complete First World War roll of honour

Stuart Laundy

Disease does not dishonour the dead

Chris Lloyd

The Barons Hall in 1917 at Brancepeth Castle, when it was used as a hospital during the First World War

Villagers win Lottery funds to mark outbreak of war

Tony Kearney

SOLE GRAVE: Kirk Merrington church, where Rifleman E Roberts is buried

Readers turn researchers to fill in the gaps

Chris Lloyd

Scheme to restore Bishop Middleham’s war memorial submitted to planners

Lizzie Anderson

Letters from the trenches

Chris Lloyd

A service of remembrance at the Cenotaph in the grounds of Darlington Memorial Hospital

Discover the stories behind war memorial names

Vicki Henderson

A case of heartbreak

Chris Lloyd

WELL DONE: L-Cpl Arthur Dixon receives his DCM from Colonel Tress, in Ferryhill Market Place

Ferryhill soldier was people’s champion

Chris Lloyd

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