The Durham Light Infantry, 113th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery was formed in 1942 from the local 55th ...

Francis was the son of John and Charlotte Harvey of Crook, County Durham. Like many other members of his family he patriotically volunteered at the beginning of the war and enlisted into the Durham ...

Only 14 at the outbreak of the war, James Gilhespy was a miner at Horden Colliery in Durham. Examined in May 1918 he lied about his age, saying he was 19 years 6 months old. He joined the 3rd Durham ...