Sedgefield | The North-East At War

COMPETITION WINNER: Poetry competition winner Olivia Skilbeck (14, RIGHT) receives her prize from Paul Ketley with staff member Gill Leight from Sedgefield Community College. Picture: DAVID WOOD

Olivia’s vision of war wins judges admiration

Chris Lloyd

NEVER FORGOTTEN: The Right Reverend Mark Bryant, Bishop of Jarrow, left, joins Father Michael Gobbett and Julie Hall, chairwoman of Bishop Middleham Parish Council, at the re-dedication service of the war memorial at St Michael’s Church, in Bishop Middleham. Picture: DAVID WOOD

Bishop Middleham determined its war heroes will not be forgotten

Lizzie Anderson

Patchwork pays tribute to Sedgefield’s war heroes

Lizzie Anderson

WAR WEEKEND: First World War re-enactment enthusiasts chat to visitors during the event in Sedgefield

Veterans pay tribute at Sedgefield service to commemorate start of First World War

Ian Noble

ALL SMILES: Residents Bill Todd and Gordon Balfour, co-ordinator Angela Penman, manager Alison Kelly, deputy Dawn Watts and resident Jessie

Sunflowers bloom in memory of First World War heroes at Sedgefield care home

Lizzie Anderson

WAR TRIBUTE: Lord Lieutenant Sue Snowdon with Brian Laverick, of the Boundary 500 Motorcycle club, with one of the wreaths. Picture by Keith Taylor

Bikers tribute to First World War dead after Sedgefield wreath blessing service

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First World War to be commemorated on stage in Sedgefield

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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

Soldiers in trenches on the Western Front

Cause of death not linked to enemy action

Chris Lloyd

Disease does not dishonour the dead

Chris Lloyd

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

Lizzie Anderson

RESTING PLACE: Pieter Vermote’s headstone stands alone in the old Winterton Hospital cemetery on the northern edge of Sedgefield

The corner of Sedgefield that’s forever Belgium

Chris Lloyd

The Rev Michael Gobbett, parish clerk Paul Gray, and Julie Hall, chairman of Bishop Middlemam Parish Council, beside the war memorial at St Michaels Church

Bishop Middleham War Memorial to be restored in time for WW1 centenary

Lizzie Anderson

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