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TRIBUTE: The unveiling of the Bradford memorial garden at Witton Park . The new metal statue is by Ray Lonsdale, the sculptor behind the giant Tommy memorial on the clifftop at Seaham Picture: SARAH CALDECOTT

Village history project will focus on the Fighting Bradfords

Dani Walker

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

Chris Lloyd

GROUND-BREAKING: The special service last October to mark the start of the Bradford memorial garden. The completed garden will feature in Saturday's celebrations

The courage of Roland Boys Bradford enshrined in history

Chris Lloyd

Walking in the footsteps of a Flanders hero

Chris Lloyd

Celebrating courageous exploits of the British Army’s youngest Victoria Cross recipient, one of the famous Fighting Bradfords

Chris Lloyd

Denied truth for 100 years – daughter of DLI soldier learns her father was wrongly shot at dawn as a coward

Gavin Engelbrecht

ABE'S ARCHIVE: A magnificent Edwardian postcard of the main street in Trimdon Grange. Abe Stewart put a cross probably where his grandmother lived close to the entrance to the colliery. We reckon the only building still standing is the Dovecote, the large pub in the distance by the cross

Man learns more of mum and dad’s romance after Echo publishes First World War love letters

Chris Lloyd

UNKNOWN: Underground graffiti written by DLI soldier J Brown

Graffiti left by Durham Light Infantry soldiers in tunnels beneath First World War battlefield is discovered a century on

Tony Kearney

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

The 13 boys of one Darlington street who never came home

Chris Lloyd

Whistles were blown to start one of the Somme’s bloodiest days… at home the wait for news was torturous

Chris Lloyd

Durham and Bishop Auckland suffered some of most losses in First World War, new research reveals

Katie Richardson

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

Examining the collection of weaponry held at Sevenhills in Spennymoor

Never before seen artifacts of the Durham Light Infantry to go on show

Chris Lloyd

OUTSTANDING: The Fighting Bradfords at the Gala Theatre in Durham

How Durham remembered the sacrifice of the brave men who fought for our freedom

Rebecca Turner

PROUD: The relatives of Archie White VC who attended the ceremony Pictures: Tom Wharton Photos

Family’s pride at memorial honouring VC winner Archie White

Stuart Minting

WOUNDED: Patients and nurses at County Hall, Northallerton

Angels of their patients

Ashley Barnard

STALLS: Children from local schools set up WW1 food stalls in Durham Market Place as part of Durham Farmers' Market Pictured Jackson Stevenson, Regan Bowman, and Robyn Pipe, from Easington Colliery Primary School. Picture: SARAH CALDECOTT

Children learn about life for their counterparts 100 years ago as war raged in Western Europe

Gavin Havery

REMEMBERED: Sunderland Empire to screen the original 1916 documentary on the Battle of the Somme

Sunderland Empire to screen original Somme documentary to mark anniversary of battle

Tony Kearney

Prayer book that stopped German bayonet being thrust into Somme hero’s chest is donated to DLI collection

Gavin Havery

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