Information for journalists
Promotional video
Watch the Durham at War video produced for the website launch on 10 September 2014
(1:49 mins)
Presents First World War stories from County Durham: departure of Durham Light Infantry from Barnard Castle railway station in September 1915, submarine bombardment of Seaham in July 1916, zeppelin raid on Sunderland in April 1916, Pals homecoming parade in Durham Market Place in May 1919 and poppies sent home from France in 1917. Also shows how stories are presented on the website and the historic mapping interface
Press releases
First World War Bake Off
Durham County Council 28 November 2016
Volunteers sought to shine light on 10th battalion
Durham County Council 29 April 2016
Amateur historians urged to share their research online
Durham County Council 6 November 2015
Village’s war history to go online
Durham County Council 9 October 2015
Memoirs of real War Horse soldier go online
Durham County Council 4 September 2015
First World War website launched with public drop-in PDF (3 pages; 235 KB)
Durham County Council 5 September 2014
Treasures will stay in region PDF (1 page; 231 KB)
Exceptional First World War memoirs of Lt-Col Hubert Morant, Durham Light Infantry
Durham County Council 16 August 2013
In the News
Changing lives: from biscuit tin to archive – photo reunites family
Heritage Lottery Fund website 28 June 2016
Washington First World War soldier’s battlefield poppies survive a century
The Journal 16 September 2014
Century-old poppy from the trenches fronts new war website
The Northern Echo 11 September 2014
First World War centenary mapping project: Durham at War
Heritage Lottery Fund 3 April 2014
£500,000 Lottery grant to help County Durham remember First World War
The Northern Echo 3 April 2014
Durham at War Blog
Visit our Durham at War blog to find out what project volunteers and staff have been doing
Conference 2016 Posted on 2 December 2016
Washington Men at the Somme Posted on 24 June 2016
A word from another of our volunteers: Name, rank and number Posted on 23 October 2015
A conscientious volunteer Posted on 13 March 2015
Where to Find our Latest Stories
Scroll down the Stories page to find a list of the most recent stories added to this website
Most viewed stories this month:
Site of Cocken Hall, Finchale
Elliot Angus Leybourne (1889-1950)
Constance Dora ‘Connie’ Kirkup (1889-1950)
Henry ‘Harry’ Greener (1894-1917)
My Part in the Battle of the Somme, by Charles Herbert Moss
Contacts
Julie Barnfather at Durham County Council press office on 03000 268 069, email: [email protected]
Laura Bates at HLF press office on 020 7591 6027, email: [email protected]
Gill Parkes at Durham County Record Office on 03000 267 621, email:[email protected]