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More than 50 war memorials given listed status as part of centenary drive to protect future of commemorative sites
November 11, 2016
Postcards home from an Easington miner to his Chilton wife
November 10, 2016
Never before seen artifacts of the Durham Light Infantry to go on show
November 8, 2016
How Durham remembered the sacrifice of the brave men who fought for our freedom
Family’s pride at memorial honouring VC winner Archie White
DLI paid heavily for infamous assault to take ugly mound dubbed ‘that miniature Gibraltar’
November 7, 2016
Angels of their patients
Stories behind the names enshrined on a Darlington plaque to the fallen
Children learn about life for their counterparts 100 years ago as war raged in Western Europe
Remembering the 250,000 forgotten heroes of the British Mercantile Marine
November 6, 2016
The innocents of war
Sunderland Empire to screen original Somme documentary to mark anniversary of battle
October 26, 2016
Remembering the Yorkshire Regiment’s Pte John Sedman – after 99 years
Prayer book that stopped German bayonet being thrust into Somme hero’s chest is donated to DLI collection
September 27, 2016
Sacrifice of the Durham Pals is marked at The Somme 100 years on
September 19, 2016
The 405 heroes of the Durham Light Infantry who died on the regiment’s bloodiest day of the Somme
September 16, 2016
Service planned for farmer’s son turned war hero who was killed in Battle of the Somme
September 15, 2016
Service for the real life ‘Saving Private Ryan’ who was brought home after his five brothers were killed on the Front
September 14, 2016
Service for courageous Earl of Feversham who fell to German gunfire as he stood to rally his men
September 8, 2016
Play tells the tale of four brothers who went to war and wrote their names into history books
September 1, 2016
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