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HUGE LOSSES: Members of the 4th Regiment Green Howards Credit: Green Howards Museum

Village marks centenary of soldiers being killed in shell attack

April 22, 2015

TRIBUTE: The poppies at Darlington's Head of Steam Museum Picture: STUART BOULTON

Darlington museum celebrates completion of WWI knitted poppy project

March 11, 2015

The day the German navy rained 2,000 shells on North-East seaside towns

December 15, 2014

TRANQUIL SCENE: The lighthouse and the Heugh battery at Hartlepool today

A slaughter of innocents that literally rocked the nation

JOURNEY'S END: From L to R – Pupils Kerin Borer, Emma Robson, Matthew Raper and Ben Pullan

Barnard Castle School pupils’ play marks First World War centenary

November 26, 2014

FALLEN HONOURED: Jenny Chapman MP lays at wreath at the cenotaph in Darlington

Hundreds gather in autumn sun to honour fallen soldiers

November 9, 2014

Keep calm and carry on shopping

HOWARDS WAY: The Green Howards regimental museum has undergone a £1.7m revamp

Centenary marks new era for leading military museum

ECHO SOUVENIR: The mug and tea towel being offered by the Echo for £5.99 for the pair

Own your own page in history

POIGNANT DRAMA: Image from Homecoming when it was performed in Stockton earlier this year

Homecoming – a war play with heart

SEEING RED: Sarah Sharp, 13, and Chloe Toward, 13, paint a giant poppy. Picture: SARAH CALDECOTT

Lessons from 100 years ago shed light on First World War

SCHOOL LEADER: School master Allan Summerbell and other school staff

West Cornforth – a village schooled in warfare

ETCHED IN HISTORY: Classmates look on as Lily Beal and Megan Jones, from Ings Farm School, in Redcar, are shown details of a war grave in Redcar Cemetery by local historian Janet Philo

Redcar keeps memories of its fallen soldiers alive for generations to come

Voice of First World War soldier unheard for 40 years

Project co-ordinator Colin Brammer and Dalton-le-Dale Local History Society chairman Gerald Gustard. Picture: GAVIN ENGELBRECHT

Fallen brothers given tribute with plaque

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

ON THE MARCH: 18th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry on a route march in County Durham during training at the end of 1914. Picture: Durham Record Office DRO: D/DLI 2/18/24(25)

County’s pride at playing part in war effort

Illustrating the impact of war

ULTIMATE SACRIFICE: A clipping from The Northern Despatch of Gainford soldiers who died during the First World WarPictures: TOM BANKS

A grave undertaking for Gainford couple

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

In Veterans' Stories...

OFF TO SEA: Sunderland-built HMS Opal, which sank 100 years ago

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