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The 2nd Durhams and the Russian Cannon (Article by CA Smith)

 

 

Sunderland Echo 18th March 1965 - Article by CA Smith

 

Note by Editor (Fred Cooper) - This article states that "The Volunteers played a part in the life of the township as far back as 1868". This should actually be 1860 when the brigade was formed in the Londonderry Literary Institute on 1st January 1860.