Departs from Durham town for military cemetery (9)
I believe the answer is:
arlington
'military cemetery' is the definition.
(US military cemetery)
'departs from durham town' is the wordplay.
'departs' becomes 'd' (common abbreviation e.g. train timetables).
'from' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'durham town' becomes 'Darlington' (Darlington is a town in Durham).
'darlington' with 'd' taken out is 'ARLINGTON'.
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for arlington that I've seen before include "American county" , "American cemetery" , "Military cemetery" , "in Texas" , "Washington DC cemetery" .)