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FINE DETAIL: Artist Malcolm MacDonald at work on the poppy painting for the front cover of a book of children's war poems. Picture:RICHARD DOUGHTY (11860787)

Injured Armed Forces veteran produces work of art for today’s Remembrance Sunday edition of The Northern Echo

Peter Barron

WAR POEM: A poem writtten by Maureen Blair's great uncle Francis Hedley has been discovered. Picture: SARAH CALDECOTT

Soldier’s poetic tribute to war horses

Joanna Morris

Shildon marshalled in remembrance of fallen

Katie Richardson

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

Foreign fields an eye-opener for 27 cadets

Andy Walker

Parochial Church uses £10k grant to remember war heroes

Ashley Barnard

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

Students at St Michael’s Academy, Billingham, Ethan Hamilton, 15 and George Bailey, 15, both of Billingham, who acted out an enlistment scene to remember the events of the First World War

Billingham pupils remember wartime sacrifices of previous generation

Chris Webber

IN MEMORY: The plaque at St Herbert's Church, Yarm Road, Darlington, carrying the names of 15 men from Darlington who died in the First World War

Plaque in Darlington church recalls town’s victims

Chris Lloyd

CURATOR: Amy Barker

Exhibition at Newcastle’s Hatton Gallery examines horrors of First World War

Gavin Engelbrecht

HISTORY SEARCH: Darlington resident Phil Anwyll talks to historian Stephen Nicholson during a First World War drop in event at the town's library. Picture: STUART BOULTON.

Family research event helps people find out more about First World War ancestors

Vicki Henderson

New book details search for First World War grave

Dani Walker

WORLD-FAMOUS: Artist Mackenzie Thorpe

Artist Mackenzie Thorpe tells of joy at being asked to create Northern Echo front cover to mark First World War centenary

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FAMILY WEDDING: A magnificent picture taken at Cargott Farm, Great Burdon, near Haughton-le-Skerne, on June 1, 1921, showing the wedding of Thirkell Dougill and Annie Blair – the happy couple are at the centre of the first seated row. Third from the right on the back row is Thomas Bamlett, who was shot through the neck in the First World War. Next to him is his mother, who lost two of her other sons in the war

Memorial erected for future generations continues to inspire

Chris Lloyd

Patchwork pays tribute to Sedgefield’s war heroes

Lizzie Anderson

RE-INTERNMENT CEREMONY: Soldiers from 4 YORKS carry the body of an unknown soldier to his final resting place.

North-East soldier laid to rest one hundred years after death on battlefield of France

Joe Willis

POPPY LAUNCH: Darlington mayor Cllr Gerald Lee addresses members of the Royal British Legion by a war memorial plaque at the Town Hall, at the launch of this year's poppy appeal Picture: CHRIS BOOTH

Poppy appeal aims to top last year’s fundraising effort

Andy Walker

WORLD WAR ONE: Arthur Harris with a picture of his father, Quartermaster Sgt Alfred Harris. Picture: STUART BOULTON.

Firefights, camera, action

Chris Lloyd

BACK ROW: Pte F Nodding and P Sewell of Cockfield, Pte F Pigdon of Darlington, and Pte G Hall of Cockfield. Front: Ptes J Robson, N Raine and J Clennell of Cockfield and Corporal Wilson of Bishop Auckland

The boy who went to war

Chris Lloyd

FALLEN REMEMBERED: (l-r) Dave Wright, Joe Toner and Ian Patterson, who have installed the new war memorial plaque at Shotley Bridge Memorial Cottages

Another 15 servicemen added to village memorial to mark anniversary of First World War

Tony Kearney

The candlelit remembrance evening will take place at St Mary's Church, Norton Green, Norton, near Stockton

Candles, poems and music for First World War remembrance evening

Chris Webber

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