The Northern Echo | World War II http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/ The Northern Echo /history/war/wwtwo/ en-gb Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:31:27 +0100 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:31:27 +0100 http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/resources/images/850268/?type=rsslogo The Northern Echo | World War II http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/ Will it be the end of distinguished unit? http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/4455678.Will_it_be_the_end_of_distinguished_unit_/?ref=rss The Green Howards have fought all over the world and won many battle honours. As doubts emerge over the unit’s future, Joe Willis looks back at its illustrious past Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:58:42 +0100 8ea1caa6b92fc528c77dde497c7cb039 Proud daughter tracks down dad’s war record http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/4418943.Proud_daughter_tracks_down_dad___s_war_record/?ref=rss A NORTH-EAST miner who joined he Army at the age of 17 and saw action all through the Second World War is being given a place in history thanks to his proud daughter. Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:30:40 +0100 6a03e219a006bf655630f09078936e70 A postcard from Stalag VIII-B http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/4395163.A_postcard_from_Stalag_VIII_B/?ref=rss AN illustrated and harrowing diary of a prisoner of war’s ordeal has been uncovered after gathering dust for more than 60 years. Tue, 26 May 2009 07:31:38 +0100 1daf983f64c8ed9c2859f0e60b010ddd True fate of crash airmen revealed http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/4389428.True_fate_of_crash_airmen_revealed/?ref=rss A SPITFIRE pilot always believed two enemy airmen were killed when he helped to shoot down their aircraft during a dogfight over the North-East in 1940. Fri, 22 May 2009 12:14:31 +0100 633a628ad0c2ff2f2518ddf181ec8ac6 Former PoW who ran rings round his captors http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/4357725.Former_PoW_who_ran_rings_round_his_captors/?ref=rss As part of the VE Day celebrations, Second World War veteran John Caygill describes his experiences to Lucy Richardson. Mon, 11 May 2009 07:50:34 +0100 d47acee65e7e4ab045530a3f8323e434 Book relives the exploits of battalion http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/4164880.Book_relives_the_exploits_of_battalion/?ref=rss WAR stories from soldiers who signed up for a battalion which spent two years in the North-East will be told in a new book. Mon, 02 Mar 2009 09:21:23 +0000 213646ba302dfad883e118d92fa74834 Posthumous honour given to Arctic convoy veteran http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/4111315.Posthumous_honour_given_to_Arctic_convoy_veteran/?ref=rss A VETERAN’S badge has been posthumously awarded to a North-East man for his work on wartime Arctic convoys. Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:12:27 +0000 18706c1b9a2a19fbc207d3f758408e69 Pennies tell tale of priceless heroism http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/4088151.Pennies_tell_tale_of_priceless_heroism/?ref=rss THEY are only two old pennies. Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:29:03 +0000 84778ed0a9cd6211ea4fdf3ec999a342 Family connection for dean on Holocaust day http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/4075507.Family_connection_for_dean_on_Holocaust_day/?ref=rss A LEADING North-East clergyman has a special reason for taking part in a Holocaust Memorial Day event tomorrow. Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:07:50 +0000 32fc1baf5d9600a2fa92c6b5d9e2d5cf Diary reveals soldier’s life as prisoner of war http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/4006223.Diary_reveals_soldier___s_life_as_prisoner_of_war/?ref=rss A DIARY of life as a prisoner of war in Germany between 1943 and 1945 has been given to a former Army camp. Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:11:03 +0000 f2b211672e01d4e0cb005e3815ba37aa