The website of Brian Pears of Gateshead contains information about World War Two in the area:- Index to the Civilian War Dead Roll of Honour (which covers Northumberland, Durham and Yorkshire); North East Diary 1939-1945 (which he co-authored with the late Roy Ripley of Cramlington); When Bombs Fell on Rowlands Gill; Rowlands Gill and the North-East 1939-1945 and Wartime Incidents in Allenheads and Allendale and Commemorative Plaques in Gateshead Borough
