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A handful of the Triangle’s Big Lots stores are reopening, but several, including one in Durham, are being converted into new ...
Thom Tillis has had a long career in North Carolina politics, serving as speaker of the N.C. House of Representatives and before running for Senate.
Thousands of people gathered in Redcar to honour service men and women past and present at the 20th Armed Forces Day.
Not just any veteran or any war, but Sgt. Tim O’Brien of the Fifth Battalion, 46th Light Infantry Regiment, who was a 22-year-old private from small-town Minnesota when he landed in the ...
A report on the proposed review was presented to Durham County Council’s new cabinet and agreed on Wednesday, June 16.
August marks the 110th anniversary of the death of Jimmy Durham, dubbed the only Black soldier in Victoria’s Army. Donal O’Keeffe visits his grave in Fermoy.
There are currently no charges for drivers at the site of the former Durham Light Infantry (DLI) Museum, between Durham Railway Station and County Hall.
A private from the Durham Light Infantry poses for the camera. Two “chums” battalions from the DLI fought on the calamitous first day of the Somme on 1 July 1916.
As the doors of the Durham Light Infantry Museum close for the final time, campaigners fear that the heroic efforts of North East soldiers will soon be forgotten. The rows upon rows of uniforms ...
The Durham Light Infantry Museum, at Aykley Heads in Durham, documents the county’s military history from 1758 onwards, and first opened in 1968.
A report on the future of the Durham Light Infantry collection, which is currently housed at the museum in Durham City, is to be presented to Durham County Council’s cabinet next week.
Harry Sanson served with the Durham Light Infantry and was actually one of the buglers who played at the end of the Korean War in 1953. That moment is captured by a new statue in Durham's market ...