by NEWMP | Nov 23, 2024 | News
Saturday 12th September 2026 11.30am Everyone is welcome to attend our unveiling service at Birtley Elisabethville RC Cemetery on Saturday 12th September as we Remember the Birtley Belgians. During WW1 over 6,000 Belgian men, women and children lived in their own...
by NEWMP | Nov 22, 2024 | News
NEWMP is run by a small band of active volunteers. We need funds to operate this site. We have decided to set up the Friends of NEWMP. An minimum annual donation of £15.00 will ensures the website remains free for all to use this valuable resource. See NEWMP home page...
by John L Dixon | Nov 21, 2024 | News
News Update EXPLANATION FOR 70TH BRIGADE WEBSITE BEING UNAVAILABLE. The 70thBrigade part of the NEWMP Website has functioned well for the last ten years but the supporting software is showing its age, as are the servers on which it runs. As a result the Project has...
by NEWMP | Nov 21, 2024 | News
In 2017, with Heritage Lottery funds we had a film produced by Lonely Tower Film and Media called Always Remembered. It is available on the Web site via You Tube. It has also been shown to local groups.
by Janet Brown | Nov 20, 2024 | News
For most people, the emphasis of the Great War has been is on the men who fought in the trenches. We hear little about the men who served on the high seas, with either the Royal Navy or the Merchant Navy. For some time now we have been compiling a list of ships and...
by NEWMP | Nov 15, 2024 | News
The North East War Memorials Project are sad to report the death of Simon Raine from Port Clarence on Sunday December 14th 2025. Simon had spent many happy days’ “hunter gathering” information about War Memorials of County Durham in the 1990s and...
