![ON THE FRONTLINE: Men of the New Zealand army manning an artillery position in Beaussart in 1918. During a German bombing raid on British artillery in the same village two years earlier, Private Arthur Armstrong of Crook became 18DLI’s first casualty on foreign soil](http://www.thenortheastatwar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/17333914a-220x162.jpg)
Durham Pals suffer first casualty on foreign soil
Tony Kearney | April 2, 2016
![AT EASE: Soldiers from the Royal Warwickshire Regiment resting up during the Battle of the Somme](http://www.thenortheastatwar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/170816561-220x162.jpg)
From sand to snow for Durham Pals
Tony Kearney | March 26, 2016
![The 18th Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry arrived in Port Remy on the banks of the River Somme in the early hours of March 14, 1916 on a bitterly cold night before marching through the town to their billets](http://www.thenortheastatwar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/16813918-220x162.jpg)
To Somme by cattle truck
Tony Kearney | March 19, 2016
![The SS Ivernia, which carried the Durham Pals from Egypt to France](http://www.thenortheastatwar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/16564412-220x162.jpg)
Exodus from Egypt
Tony Kearney | March 12, 2016
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Wheatley Hill miner awarded Durham Light Infantry’s first Victoria Cross of Great War was just ‘doing his duty’
Chris Lloyd | November 4, 2015
![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](http://www.thenortheastatwar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/11998023-220x162.jpg)
Plaque in Darlington church recalls town’s victims
Chris Lloyd | November 4, 2014
![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](http://www.thenortheastatwar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/11835310-220x162.jpg)
Memorial erected for future generations continues to inspire
Chris Lloyd | October 28, 2014
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The duchess and her ‘boys in blue’
Ruth Campbell | July 25, 2014
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Diary of Gunner George James: June 24 – July 3
Chris Lloyd | July 1, 2014
![](http://www.thenortheastatwar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/somme-220x162.jpg)
Diary of Gunner George James: June 22 – 26
Chris Lloyd | June 23, 2014
![](http://www.thenortheastatwar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/mems6-630-220x162.jpg)
Thrills on the high seas
Chris Lloyd | June 9, 2014
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Diary of Gunner George James: April 26 – May 16
Chris Lloyd | May 28, 2014
![](http://www.thenortheastatwar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/vad630-220x162.jpg)
The nurses of the Voluntary Aid Detachment
Chris Lloyd | May 13, 2014
![](http://www.thenortheastatwar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/ship630-220x162.jpg)
The rise of Robert Ropner
Chris Lloyd | May 6, 2014
![ACTIVE GUNS: German soldiers fire their 77m field guns – the nortorious ‘Whizz Bangs’ George heard](http://www.thenortheastatwar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/77m-220x162.jpg)
Diary of Gunner George James: April 19 – 25, 1916
Chris Lloyd | April 22, 2014
![BATTLE GROUND: One of the craters at St Eloi](http://www.thenortheastatwar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/eloi-220x162.jpg)
Diary of Gunner George James: April 4 – 19, 1916
Chris Lloyd | April 14, 2014
![](http://www.thenortheastatwar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/spoon-220x162.jpg)
A soldier, his spoon and his spouse
Chris Lloyd | April 10, 2014
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Diary of Gunner George James: March 31 – April 4, 1916
Chris Lloyd | March 31, 2014
![](http://www.thenortheastatwar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/memwide-220x162.jpg)
Cartoonist that boosted morale with “vulgar caricatures” of British soldiers
Chris Lloyd | March 17, 2014
![](http://www.thenortheastatwar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/georgejames1-220x162.jpg)
Diary of Gunner George James: March 6 – 13, 1916
Chris Lloyd |