BBC Tees
Places in the Tees area that tell a story of World War One
Marley Close, Stockton-on-Tees: Intelligence HQ for the Royal Navy
A humble home today once played a pivotal role in monitoring German attack
Eston Cemetery, Middlesbrough: Memorial to a Teesside VC Winner
Foremost in an attack that cost his life
North Ormesby, Middlesbrough: Nightmares of the War
A wife supporting her husband who suffered from PTSD
Port Clarence, Stockton-on-Tees: Caged POWs Building Roads
Where POWs worked “in a cage” to build the road to Hartlepool
Redcar Cemetery, Redcar: Eye Witness Account of a Plane Crash
Where a New Zealand pilot crashed his aeroplane near the cemetery
Corporation Road, Middlesbrough: Food Shortages Spark Strike Threat
Public reaction after rumours people in the south were getting more food
Orchard Road, Middlesbrough: Trainee Priest’s Love Letters
The IWM has love letters between trainee priest Percy Jefferson and his girlfriend
Linthorpe Cemetery, Middlesbrough: Commemorating Jewish Soldiers
Reflecting on experiences of Jews during the war
Stainton Way, Hemlington: War Hospital
Where soldiers from across the UK received treatment
Hartlepool Football Club: German Attack
Bomb damaged stand replaced by a “temporary” one until 1985
North Road, Darlington: Accidents in the ‘Shell Shop’
Records discovered detailing how women risked their lives for WW1
Catterick Garrison : One of the Biggest Army Bases in the World
A quiet area of North Yorkshire became one of the biggest army bases in the world
Middlesbrough Town Hall, Albert Road: Heading to the Front in an Ambulance
The football club chairman and a local councillor left for the front in an ambulance
Croft Street, Middlesbrough: The Pet Dog Who Went to War
Six brothers enlisted and took their dog with them
Seaton Carew, Hartlepool: Bodies of German Pilots Washed Ashore
The Zeppelin crew who were buried in unmarked graves after their aircraft was shot down
Travelodge, Middlesbrough: Recovering After a Serious Plane Crash
Where a Canadian ace pilot recovered from serious injuries after crashing
Skinningrove Mine, Saltburn-by-the-Sea: Children Hiding from Zeppelins
An unheard interview with a woman who recalls her childhood during the war
Town Hall, Stockton: The Underage Soldier who Won a VC
Where Edward Cooper – who went on to receive the Victoria Cross – enlisted
St Peters Church, Stockton-on-Tees: The Soldier Who Made His Own Prosthetic Leg
An exclusive interview with a dynamic war veteran
Saltwick Nab, Whitby: Titanic Survivor’s Second Sea Tragedy
Mary Kezia Roberts survived the Titanic and two years later survived another sea disaster
Marske, Redcar: Where the Biggles Author Trained Fighter Pilots
The inspiration behind Biggles the pilot
Redcar Airfield, Redcar and Cleveland: Pilots Showing Off
The young pilots that earned themselves a reputation
Richmond Castle, North Yorkshire: Defying Law of the Land
Among the first in the country to defy conscription on moral grounds and imprisoned here
Newport Road, Middlesbrough: Angry Mob Attacked German Shops
Families of servicemen trashed local German shops after waving troops off the front line
