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| D/DLI 7/773/2 First page of the sketchbook belonging to Captain Henry Wilkinson, 1918 |
Durham Cathedral has a new exhibition called Armistice: Living with the Peace on display in the The Collections Gallery, Open Treasure. It is open now and runs until 2 February 1919, and is included in the entrance to Open Treasure.
Durham County Record Office has loaned the diary and sketchbook of Captain Henry Wilkinson of the Durham Light Infantry who spent the end of the war in a prisoner of war camp in northern Germany. You can read his story on Durham at War.
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| There But Not There, Durham Cathedral |
In the cathedral itself, seated in the pews and in the DLI Chapel, are transparent silhouettes, part of 'There But Not There', a nationwide commemorative installation to remember those who never returned home from the First World War. These will be on display until 13 November 2018. We hope to have one of our life size Durham at War Tommies joining the cathedral display for Remembrance Day.
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