Parish Notes
DURHAM CITY

Cannon outside TA HQ

Michael Richardson

The two cannon outside the TA HQ in Old Elvet were used during the Napoloeonic Wars.

Four guns from the Great War were placed in the Market Place in December 1918. They were destroyed in June 1919 by a drunken mob of discharged soldiers. This was not an unusual occurrence. Guns given as trophies were objected to on the grounds that they had killed their comrades.