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devoid of cover..." and lost over 300 men for only 200 yards gained. The 13th battalion attacked the reserve line of the Hindenburg system on 6 October near Villers-Outreaux, with the 15th battalion attacking the same day a few miles to the North. In Flanders, the clearing of the German's spring salient and subsequent advance over the battlefields of the last four years at Ypres was shared by the 18th, 19th, 20th, 2/6th and 29th battalions. The 29th battalion's only battle was the crossing of the Lys near Comines on 15 October. The 2/6th fought on the Premesques ridge and went on with the Division to cross the Scheldt. The 2nd, 13th and 15th battalions took part in the final advance across the Selle and Sambre rivers, the 15th having to drive out the Germans at Limont-Fontaine at bayonet point losing 127 men on 7 November.
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Gravenstafl Ridge. Repeated German attacks throughout late April and May forced a withdrawal toward Ypres. Between 25 and 27 April, the 8th battalion was reduced to the effective strength of one company after being enfiladed at Boetleer's Farm with the 8th Canadian battalion and is credited with saving the flank of the 85th Brigade. In late May, the 5th, 7th, 8th and 9th battalions were part of the forces that slowed the German assault on the Bellewaarde Ridge the last battle of Second Ypres. Due to its losses, in June, the 8th battalion was merged with the 6th battalion to form the 6th/8th Composite battalion, which separated back into its components in August after reinforcement.
1187:. By this time the German Army's advance had been halted on the Marne and pushed back to beyond the Aisne. The 6th Division was dispersed among the units of the BEF holding the line on the ridge of the Chemin des Dames, with 2nd battalion the penultimate battalion on the right of the line. On 20 September the Germans attacked the junction of the British and French forces but were held; in this introduction to the war the 2nd battalion lost in one day almost as many men as the 1st battalion lost in the whole of the Boer War. The Allies and the Germans now began a series of moves to try and outflank each other resulting in a northwards movement called the 2496: 597: 42: 1507: 2152: 2305: 2243: 1359: 2372:, on 9 September in the second wave, and defended the perimeter of the beach-head until 15 September. The 18th battalion was also part of the landings at Salerno (with two companies) in its role as a beach group. The 16th battalion fought toward, and entered Naples on 6 October, then on 12 October made a silent crossing of the River Volturno reaching its first objective before the Germans noticed. It held the bridgehead it established for 8 days until relieved. The battalion took part in the forcing of the 1398:
with the 5th battalion having only 92 officers and men fit by 19 September. Le Transloy ridge was the next target in the increasingly wet autumn, this involved the 2nd battalion, the 6th, 8th (temporarily joined with the 1/5th Borderers) and 9th territorials and the 12th and 13th service battalions. These last two captured the village of Le Sars in what the Official History called "...the striking success of the day." The territorials were again involved in the last assault of the Somme offensive, on the
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battalion assisted tanks and squadron of cavalry in taking the village of Cantaing (north-west of Marcoing). The advance came to a halt as the Germans brought their reserves into the battle. The 11th battalion had been consolidating the ground behind the 4 mile advance of 20th Division but on 29 November its scattered companies were involved in fighting the German counter-attack on the ridges north of Gouzeacourt. The 14th battalion (together with the 1st battalion
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and communication trenches and the remaining companies of the 18th and other battalions were ordered to prepare a defence in case of counterattack. They remained in these shattered trenches, attempting to repair them and rescuing the wounded from no-mans land, under at times intense bombardment, until relieved during the night of 4 July. When reassembled the battalion had 14 officers and 357 men, having lost 58% of its strength killed and wounded.
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German armour, without heavy weapons their defence became a series of isolated and confused company actions. At St Pol the next day the brigade headquarters, the survivors of the three battalions and some engineers amounted to 14 officers and 219 other ranks, joined by other stragglers in the next few days they total ~800 men. On the claim that the action south of Arras delayed the German advance by five hours, the official history states:
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the German armoured thrust and east to the Egyptian border. The 9th battalion and a party from the 6th were forced to take the coastal route after the Italians and Germans had been alerted to the western breakout and fought through German positions west of Tobruk, they were reunited with the rest of the division on 16 June. After the fall of Tobruk the division was now placed on an escarpment south of the town of
2417: 2376:, at the end of October at the Bernhardt line, (after which it was reinforced by drafts from the regiment's 70th battalion) and in January 1944 forcing the main Gustav line. In February, the 46th Division was withdrawn for rest and retraining to Egypt and Palestine, where the battalion aided the civil authorities during a riot in Tel-Aviv. Returning to Italy in July, it fought hard on the 1759: 526:. The elements of the new regiment still maintained a separate and independent existence, as they had since being grouped together in 1873, however the introduction of shorter service (six years, then another six in the reserves) and the increase in cross posting of officers in the linked regular and Militia battalions, increased the assimilation into a single regiment. 2654:
never-ending process of attempting to make its trenches clean and habitable, and began patrolling to dominate no-mans-land. In November two trench raids were mounted to try and capture Chinese soldiers, but these were unsuccessful in spite of reaching the Chinese lines due to defensive fire and the extensive use of dugouts by the Chinese in their trench system.
2114:. In one of these the 8th battalion lost its D company to a German ambush and the rendezvous point, Fuka, was in German hands leading to the capture of some un-diverted columns. When reassembled the 50th Division was withdrawn behind the Alamein line to rest and reorganise after suffering over 8000 casualties since the start of the Gazala battle. 1963:. The 6th and 8th battalions were to support the 4th and 7th Royal Tank Regiments respectively, with the 9th battalion in reserve. After initial successes to the west of Arras the Germans counter-attacked, and the British forces were withdrawn to Vimy Ridge. The brigade was then ordered north on 25 May to plug the gap of the impending 1527:) was ordered across the Canal du Nord on the night of 2 December to trenches facing Masniere, one of which was only 2–3 feet deep. After beating off one attack they were forced to withdraw back over the canal and over the next few days withdrew to the "Flesquires Line" and, for the British the disappointing end of the Battle. 1498:, 5 British and 2 French Divisions were sent to Italy. The British Divisions contained the 12th and 13th battalions (23rd Division) and the 20th battalion (41st Division) leaving the Ypres Salient between the end of October and mid November and arriving in at the Italian front between the end of November and early December. 2697:...small, cheerful, slightly disrespectful men who were at their best when things were most beastly and who would go home to vote as far left as they could. There was a singular lack of military nonsense about them and yet they were so professional that they made their neighbours, the United States Marines, look amateurs. 2487:. After the break out from Normandy the division crossed the Seine on 29 August and reached the Belgian border on 6 September. After a brief rest in Brussels the brigade was tasked to cross the Albert canal in the wake of the 69th brigade, and take the village of Gheel. After holding a series of counter-attacks the 4165:, the museum featured displays about the regiment's history, with an emphasis on World War I and World War II activities. Exhibits included uniforms, weapons, medals, flags, hats, letters, photographs, badges, ceremonial regalia and other artefacts. The museum was located on the first two floors, with the 572:(supply boats), an Arab child of about two years was found by the battalion's mounted infantry. Brought back and baptised as James Francis Durham (Jimmy Durham) he would enlist with the regiment and become a corporal of buglers before dying in August 1910. In January 1887, the 2nd Battalion sailed from 2403:
and by 19 May was back in the line north of Ortona. Transferred to the Tiber valley in June, it fought toward the Gustav Line until September, then was transferred once more to the Adriatic coast fighting though the Gothic Line when it was relieved in February 1945. Returning to the Adriatic coast in
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the bridge was retaken at a cost of 500 casualties to the brigade. After entering Catania on 5 August after the Germans withdrew the advance northward was contested in a landscape of terraced hillsides and stone walls. With the end of resistance in Sicily the brigade rested and was informed it was to
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early 1943 at Donbiak on the Mayu peninsular with the brigade making little progress against strong Japanese positions. It was forced to withdraw when the Japanese cut off the peninsular at Indin bridge, the brigade fought its way out, arriving back in India in May. After more amphibious training in
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on 27 May. The Division's 150th brigade was forced to surrender on 1 June and Axis forces were now west, south and east of the remaining brigades. Forming columns most of the 6th and 8th battalions broke out west through Italian then German lines on the night of 14/15 June, then travelled south past
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The German offensive had petered out without the decisive breakthrough that was desired and the German high command knew that the allies would respond, knowing of the German losses, and bolstered by the arrival of the Americans and the reinforcement of the British and French making up for some of the
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The next objective was on a 10-mile front between the villages of Flers and Courcelette in mid September. The 2nd and 14th battalions were part of the attack that took the Quadrilateral strong point near Ginchy. The territorials and the 10th, 15th and 20th battalions were also involved in this phase,
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in the presence of Princess Alexandria of Kent to commemorate the raising of the regiment. Present were the 1st battalion and one company each from the 6th and 8th battalions as well as their massed bands and bugles, and detachments from the 437th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment R.A. (D.L.I.) T.A., and
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Then the tanks spotted more movements away forward where the elephant grass gave way to trees and began to brass it up properly. Soon they stopped. A plaintive message relayed through many sets had reached them: we were brassing up the advanced elements of 5th Indian Division of the beleaguered IVth
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On the Somme with the Third Army the 15th battalion made a night advance of over 3,000 yards on 23/24 August and fought again on the Hindengurg Line in mid September. In the Fourth Army the 2nd battalion attacked the Hindenburg Line near St Quentin over terrain that was "...a bare, glacis-like slope
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were to be used, together with new artillery tactics. The Allies knew what was in store and began to prepare a defence in depth with varying degrees of effectiveness. As a result of manpower shortages (some politically induced), in February the British Army was reorganised from a four battalion to a
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despite being newly arrived in France and having had comparatively little training. After a long night march, dawn found the battalions between Loos and Hulluch with a German redoubt on Hill 70 to their right. Over the course of the day, both essentially untrained battalions attacked a total of five
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of its predecessor regiments. Due to the number of honours awarded for the First World War, in December 1922 regiments were permitted to select up to 10 honours to be emblazoned on its King's Colour, honours from other conflicts continuing to be displayed on the Regimental Colour. After the Second
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in the Commonwealth Division began firing red, white and blue smoke on the Chinese lines in front of us. While this was going on, the men in the forward positions jumped on the trench parapets and gave three cheers for Her Majesty. There was some concern that the Chinese might take advantage of the
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to Germany ...It is a magnificent regiment. Steady as a rock in battle and absolutely reliable on all occasions. The fighting men of Durham are splendid soldiers; they excel in the hard-fought battle and they always stick it out to the end; they have gained their objectives and held their positions
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The 2nd battalion returned to Britain from Germany in April 1919 as a cadre; the battalion reformed and was sent to Batoum in South Russia in October 1919 to police territorial terms of the Armistice. In July 1920 it was sent to the Izmit in Turkey to police the terms of the Turkish armistice until
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on 31 July, advancing alongside the Ypres-Comines canal for the loss of 8 officers and 431 other ranks. The next advance was held up until near the end of August by heavy rains and was directed along the Menin Road, here the 10th battalion attempted to take and hold Inverness Copse losing over half
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The planned advance of D company of the 18th battalion that morning was overlooked by German forces in the ruins of Serre and together with the other assaulting troops of the first wave suffered grievous losses and gained no ground. The retaliatory German shelling virtually destroyed the front line
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The 3rd and 4th battalions were embodied and also served in South Africa. The 3rd arriving in February 1900, where it guarded lines of communications in the Cape Colony and the Orange Free State, escorted convoys and garrisoned Dewetsdorp for 6 months. The 4th arrived in February 1902 and was split
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The war now became one of guerilla raids by the Boers against the British forces and their lines of communication. The battalion was deployed guarding a section of railway line in the Transvaal, while sending two platoon sized units to the mounted infantry. During this time the battalion was joined
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entered the village on 12 September without a shot being fired, as the Germans had retreated. In October the division was moved to the 'Island', the low-lying ground between the Wall and the Lower Rhine north of Eindhoven. After a short operation to expand the bridgehead the brigade garrisoned the
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in April 1944. Here the 2nd battalion fought on Garrison Hill and F.S.D. Ridge in late April and early May while overlooked by the guns of the Japanese on Kuki Piquet. Withdrawn to Diampaur in early May the battalion could only muster three companies of two platoons each. By June the battalion was
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on 13 October. The battalion was gradually rebuilt from the 129 officers and men who assembled at Genefia at the end of October, and retrained and reinforced until at full strength by the end of March 1944. In April the battalion was deployed to Alexandria to contain a mutiny by the Greek Brigade,
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and the infantry battalions were forced to withdraw, crossing back over the wadi at first light on 23 March. The 6th battalion, which started the battle with a strength of only ~300 of all ranks, was reduced to 65 unwounded men by the end of the battle, the 8th and 9th were in a similar condition.
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the battalion used primitive motorised tactics and communications (flag signals), the attack failed and the battalion lost more than half its strength including the whole of D company. In June the reinforced battalion was deployed as part of the take-over of Vichy controlled Syria, but in October
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In November and December, the 2nd and 9th battalions were among the British forces that marched to the Rhine as part of the Army of Occupation. In early 1919 the 51st and 52nd (Graduated) battalions together with the 20th battalion formed the 3rd Northern Brigade of the Northern Division with the
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initially in Scotland, and then on the South coast of England. The 14th and 17th were used as a source of trained reinforcements to the front line. In June 1943 the 14th battalion was sent to Durham as a rehabilitation unit for convalescing troops and ex-PoWs where it stayed until the end of the
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The 22nd (Pioneer) battalion fought as infantry on the Aisne on 27 May; after losing 513 officers and men in continual withdrawal, it was absorbed into the 8th Division Composite Battalion. In June, the remains of the 5th, 6th and 8th battalions were reduced to cadre strength and were sent to the
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three battalion infantry brigade structure, with many infantry battalions being disbanded to strengthen remaining battalions. In this way the 10th and 14th battalions were disbanded, reinforcing the other battalions of the regiment while the 9th was converted to a pioneer battalion and joined the
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tactics by the British. On 20 November, the 2nd and 14th battalions of the 6th Division were to pass through the assaulting forces and take the Hindenburg Line support trench; both battalions reached their objective with a total loss of 30 killed or wounded. On the next day, 3 companies from 14th
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British tactics now changed; instead of attacks aiming for deep penetrations, smaller objectives were set, the first at Bezantin Ridge on 14 July. The 12th and 13th battalions fought between Poziers and Martinpuich up to the end of July, the 19th although only in a supporting role, had still lost
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and the 15th (21st Division) north of Fricourt. The 15th battalion, aided by its Division artillery's used of a rolling barrage, captured the German front line trenches and pressed on, until by the afternoon the battalion advanced an additional 600 yards to the edge of Shelter Wood, beating off a
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and pushed the front line south back to Zouave and Sanctuary Woods. The 6th Division was tasked to retake the old line of late July. The now reinforced 2nd battalion had to face a 500-yard advance paralleling the German line before reaching its objective. In the early hours of 9 August, together
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and resulted in a high turnover of men. After initial training in theatre the battalion was first stationed at Neachon (Point 159) in late September, to be greeted by the Chinese by name on arrival (on this and subsequent movement into the front line, as were other battalions). Here it began the
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In an attempt to delay the German armoured thrust, the rear echelon, including 70th brigade, was ordered into its path. After a series of marches and counter marches that began on 13 May the brigade, on 20 May, was spread along the roads south of Arras travelling west. Here they were ambushed by
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In early April 1953, after being joined by a draft of 94 Korean soldiers who wore British uniform and the D.L.I. cap badge, the battalion relieved the Americans on Point 355, also known as "little Gibraltar" for its steep sides. The battalion continued to patrol vigorously, encountering Chinese
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on 10 May the 2nd battalion had moved into Belgium to the River Dyle by late on the 11th, 151st brigade was to be held in reserve. On the Dyle, the 2nd battalion held the Germans for two days until ordered to withdraw on 16 May, with Lt Annand winning the Army's first V.C. of the War. The 151st
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in late September 1939 and was quickly deployed on the border with Belgium. The 151st brigade arrived in late January 1940 with 50th Division, with training still to be completed for some men, and moved up to the border at the end of March. The second line battalions (and the Tyneside Scottish)
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and sent into the line west of Lake Butkovo. There it stayed until the Bulgarian armistice on 1 October 1918 when it began to advance with the brigade under Greek command. When the Turkish armistice was signed on 31 October the battalion was sent with the 2/5th battalion Seaforth Highlanders to
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on 4 October involved the 15th battalion on the extreme right of 21st Division, despite being reduced to two composite companies by German heavy bombardment, they advanced south of Polygon Wood achieving the objective of the village of Reutel. When the battalion was relieved on 6 October it was
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in December 1939. It divided in September 1940, producing the 2/13th (Home Defence) battalion which was renamed as the 18th battalion in March 1941. The 1/13th battalion then re-joined the 18th battalion to form the 30th battalion in November 1941 applying the numbering used nationally for 'B'
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2 days after the start of the German attack on 17 July. The 9th battalion was used as infantry for the counter-offensive along the Ardre river, and on 20 July fought through thick woods and captured the village of Cuitron on 22 July at a cost of 294 officers and men killed wounded and missing.
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to recuperate where a third German attack found them on 26 May, 21 days after arriving. The scattered parties were forced back to south of the Marne where eventually the Durham battalions of the 151st Brigade could only muster 103 men of all ranks. Also on the Lys, the 18th battalion fought in
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At 22:00 hours 27 July, after continued patrolling and ambushes defending the position in the closing stages of the conflict, the battalion buglers sounded "ceasefire". The battalion had lost 24 dead (including 2 attached Koreans) and three missing and 124 wounded. The battalion left Korea in
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with the 12th and 13th battalions facing the northern pincer which made no progress against the British, the two battalions losing six dead and 61 wounded during the day. The 13th battalion returned to the Western Front in September. At the end of October, the 12th battalion took part in the
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on 22 April. By this time the territorial battalions of the regiment had just landed in France with the 50th (Northumbrian) Division on 17–18 April. Without any 'nursery' period the brigades of the Division were deployed as needed in the northern part of the salient around St Julian and the
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With the defeat of the Germans in North Africa the 6th 8th and 9th battalions were withdrawn to Alexandria, reinforced and trained in amphibious techniques for the invasion of Sicily. The 16th Battalion, after taking part in the victory parade in Tunis, was sent to Algiers for training.
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On their return from the front line in December 1944 the territorial battalion cadres of the 6th and 8th battalions were sent to Yorkshire and were given the task of training service corps soldiers as infantry until the battalions were placed into suspended animation in January 1946.
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and found itself on the Gazala line. For some months the Durham battalions patrolled no mans land disrupting and stealing German and Italian supply lines in front of them, 'commerce raiding' and then attacking the supply columns for Rommel's armoured thrust which began the
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The 2nd battalion was sent to India in April 1942 with the 2nd Division, arriving in June. For some months it was trained in Jungle fighting and in amphibious assault methods. Later in that year the 6th brigade was made an independent formation. The brigade fought in the
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It is a modest estimate of what these two Territorial Divisions did to damage and delay the enemy's forces. But it may perhaps be accepted, with this important rider – at this time every single hour's delay was of incalculable service to the rest of the British forces in
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463th (7 D.L.I.) Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment R.A. T.A. and the 17th battalion The Parachute Regiment (9 D.L.I.) T.A.. The associated Artillery and Parachute Regiments also provided troops who lined the route from the castle gates to the parade area.
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on its left, the battalion overran the German trenches at bayonet point and re-established the British line on the north of the Menin road at a cost of nearly 200 dead and 270 wounded. Praise was received from the brigade, Division, corps and Army commanders and
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began. By 30 May the brigade was entrenched between the Bergues and Ringsloot canals and reinforced by some remnants from 70th Brigade, after repulsing German attacks on the 31st, the brigade embarked for Britain from the Dunkirk mole late on 1 June.
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won a posthumous V.C. but after which the 9th battalion positions were isolated and overrun with only the headquarters company escaping. The division was ordered to withdraw on 28 June again in column formation but this time over ground broken by
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the D.L.I. raised 15 battalions, two Regular, six 1st and 2nd line Territorial (one renamed and transferred to another regiment), and the remainder war formed (mostly so called 'Dunkirk' battalions), with 10 seeing active service overseas in
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Informed by GHQ that there were over 1000 members of the regiment employed in other duties in the Middle East, by March just over one third of the Battalion were D.L.I. men and 29 other regiments were represented by drafts of five men or
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area in the early winter. In December, due to its heavy losses, the 50th Division was broken up to reinforce other formations, the 6th and 8th battalions were reduced to a training cadres of time expired men and returned to Britain.
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Keith W Reynard. "Durham Light Infantry Museum and Durham Art Gallery". Directory of Museums, Galleries and Buildings of Historic Interest in the United Kingdom. Third Edition. Europa Publications, Taylor and Francis Group. Pages
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as there was no suitable site near Durham City "which could not be relied upon as not being undermined". The move was not popular as it took the Depot out of the County, it was not to return until 1939, when it was transferred to
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battalions of Durham Rifle Volunteers – the 1st to 4th Administrative battalions of the Durham Rifle Volunteers and the 3rd Durham Rifle Volunteer Corps – became the 1st to 5th Volunteer battalions.
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in which the regiment had no part. This signalled the beginning of a general advance of the five British Armies through Picardy on 21 August and Flanders on 28 September, four of which contained battalions from the regiment.
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Battalions that served overseas in World War I were the 1st and 2nd (Regular), 1/5th, 1/6th, 1/7th, 1/8th, 1/9th, 2/5th, 2/6th, 2/7th, 2/9th (Territorial), 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 22nd and 29th
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Initially both 2/5th and 2/9th battalions were employed on guard duties in and around Salonika where the 2/9th battalion remained until the end of the War. In March 1917 the 2/5th battalion was brigaded into the independent
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The territorials of the 50th Division, the 5th, 6th and 8th battalions and 7th (Pioneer) battalion were particularly unfortunate, forced into the long retreat on the Somme, they were afterwards reinforced by drafts from the
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between January 1946 and June 1948, returning to Britain on 23 July 1948. The 2nd battalion was sent to Singapore from November 1945 to January 1947 when it returned to Burma. By March it was conducting operations against
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After the Army's evacuation from Dunkirk, 60 so called 'Dunkirk' infantry battalions were raised in the country that summer, three of which were D.L.I., the 14th, 16th and 17th battalions. All three were brigaded in the
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While in India, the 2nd Battalion came to dominate the Indian polo scene, winning 17 tournaments against "rich men's regiments" and cavalry regiments. In 1897 and 1898, it assisted in combating outbreaks of the plague in
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In October 2015 Durham County Council announced the closure of the D.L.I. Museum as a cost saving exercise. This decision sparked the formation of a campaign to see the museum saved led by John Richardson. In June 2019
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In July, the 41st Division was in the line in the Ypres salient at the chateau of Hooge, where the Germans held the house and the allies the stable block, just north of the Menin road. On 30 July, the Germans used
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At the end of December in the cold of a Korean winter, the battalion took over and began repairing the trenches at Point 210, and continued patrolling, they were relieved by the Americans at the end of January.
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November. From here they went to India and in February 1927 were deployed to Shanghai to protect the International Settlement. Returning to India in August, it fought against the Mahsuds, relieving the post of
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From Korea the 1st battalion was stationed in Egypt, where buglers from the battalion took part in the unveiling of the El-Alamein Memorial on 24 October 1954. The battalion returned to Britain in June 1955.
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more than 250 officers and men near Guillemont at the end of July, the 10th fought in Delville Wood in August, and the 11th, a pioneer battalion, was fighting in the trenches near Ginchy in early September.
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times unsupported by artillery but were beaten back. The 14th battalion lost 294 killed and wounded, the 15th 642. In late November, the 14th battalion joined the 2nd in the 18th Brigade of 6th Division.
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Finally in 1968, whilst the battalion was again serving in Cyprus, it was announced that the Durham Light Infantry would join with three other county light infantry regiments to form one large Regiment,
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on 10 July 1943 with the 6th and 9th battalions leading. Due to poor weather both landed late and in the wrong place but against light resistance. After advancing inland and breaking up attacks from the
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The 151st brigade advanced in line with the other advances made by the allies in July and by early August was attacking hills south of St.Pierre la Vielle on what was to become the northern edge of the
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at the end of October 1902, and on 15 November both battalions met at Calicut, before the 2nd battalion, which had been guarding Boer prisoners, left for Britain. The 1st battalion was stationed at
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arriving in November 1937, reinforced by personnel from the 2nd battalion at Port Sudan. In October 1938 the battalion moved to Tientsin and was there when Britain declared war against Germany.
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Elizabeth Williamson (ed). "Durham Light Infantry Museum". The Buildings of England: County Durham. Second Edition. Yale University Press. New Haven and London. 1983. Corrected reprint. 1985.
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The 15th battalion was raised from the 50th (or 15th ) Holding battalion in October 1940 and took up the role of coastal defence. In November 1941 it was converted to an armoured unit as
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The 1st battalion remained in India throughout the First World War, suffering a continual drain of drafts for the Western Front. In August 1914 it was part of the Nowshera Brigade of the
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into detachments serving in many places, and a mounted infantry company, which escorted convoys. Almost 800 officers and men of the 4th battalion returned to the United Kingdom on the SS
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I think the only thing that saved us that night was the amount of liquor the Boche found in Estairs and Neuf-Berquin, as I have never heard such a noise in my life as they made singing.
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category fitness battalions. In 1942 it was briefly organised as a field force unit (a standard army battalion with 'A' category fitness men), until it was disbanded in November 1942.
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in early April, with no artillery or mortars and a reduced rear echelon with orders to complete their training and construct airfields. In the 70th brigade, 1400 men had not fired a
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or reinforced by other units from the regiment. One company from the 2nd battalion came from India in January 1900 and formed part of the Burmah Mounted Infantry, seeing action at
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the 2nd line copy of the 50th Division. The 12th battalion was named as a Tyneside Scottish unit and on 31 January 1940 the battalion left the regiment to become 1st battalion,
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felt that he lacked sufficient artillery and that many of the New Army Divisions were not yet fully trained but was pressured into starting the offensive at the start of July.
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In the coalfields of Lens the 2nd and 14th battalions fought the Germans over a feature called 'Hill 70' between April and July, adding it as a battle honour to the regiment.
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The volunteer battalions supplied contingents to form three special service companies, reinforcing the 1st battalion, which served individually from March 1900 to April 1902.
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battalions – the 1st Durham Fusiliers and 2nd North Durham Militia – became the 3rd and 4th battalions of the new regiment, with their depots in
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In March 1943 a second incarnation of the 18th Battalion was raised at Genefia in Egypt from convalescents of the other D.L.I. battalions as the infantry component of
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Corps! Imphal was relieved. We sat alone in the sunshine and smoked and ate. Soon the staff cars came purring both ways. The road was open again. It was a lovely day.
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Formed from the merger of the 589th and 590th Searchlight Regiments R.A. (DLI), both reformed in April 1947 from the wartime R.A. regiments that were originally the
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King sector on which the 18th battalion was also present in its capacity as the infantry of a reserve beach group. Advancing inland they faced the grenadiers of the
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Of all the infantry regiments in the British Army, the DLI was one most closely associated with myself during the war. The DLI Brigade fought under my command from
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The 6th, 8th and 9th territorial battalions were reformed as part of the Territorial Army in March 1947, with the 9th battalion being renamed in July 1948 as the
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The 1st battalion was reformed with drafts from the 3rd (the last act of the Militia) and left for Germany, still understrength, in March 1921 for duty in Upper
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The next battle around the Ypres salient was to clear the Germans from the remaining high ground to the East of the city. The 20th battalion was involved in the
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arriving on 15 July after a forced march of 25 miles and the paratroopers had been forced from the bridge. After 2 days of ferocious battle against men of the
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The remaining battalions of the regiment participated in this advance being joined in France by the 2/6th battalion in May as part of the 177th brigade of the
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The Laying up of the Colours and Dedication and Unveiling of The Book of Remembrance and Memorial to all ranks of the 9th Bn The Durham Light Infantry (T.A.)
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The system was designed to permit one regular battalion of a regiment to be stationed at home, providing trained recruits for the other on overseas service.
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taking its turn as the lead of the advance, with supporting armour, along the Imphal road, when its 'A' company made contact with the lead elements of the
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In early November the 2/5th and the 2/9th battalions consisting of category B fitness men separately embarked for Salonika and the front against Bulgaria.
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and the Piave River, however in February, the 41st Division with the 20th battalion was returned to the Western Front. In June the Austrians launched the
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The Somme offensive was originally planned, earlier in the year, as a joint British-French offensive but due to the increasing pressure on the French at
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as part of the efforts to keep the peace and then to forestall a communist take over. Initially deployed to Athens, a platoon accidentally occupied the
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attacked the northern part. Although the position was taken, almost the entire composite battalion was killed or captured by the German counterattack.
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A wounded soldier from the Durham Light Infantry shares a cigarette with a wounded German prisoner during the Mareth line battle, 22–24 March 1943.
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While behind the lines the 6th, 8th and 9th battalions each contributed a company to a composite battalion for an attack on the southern part of
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to improve the islands defences. From there the 50th Division was sent to Palestine in November and then on to Irbil in Iraq to be part of the
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in which it played a mostly supporting role. Demobilising its time expired men, a cadre of the battalion returned to Britain in February 1920.
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Meanwhile, 50th Division with 151st Brigade had been sent to the Middle-east arriving early July 1941 and at the end of the month deployed to
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as Division pioneers. The 18th battalion (Pals) had arrived in March from Egypt where it had garrisoned the Suez Canal at Qantara as part of
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of Siam in the uniform of the Durham Light Infantry. the photo taken in 1917 after the king was made an honorary General in the British Army.
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in Archangel, Northern Russia as a garrison battalion, arriving on 7 October 1918. It did not see action and was withdrawn in January 1920.
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battalion to come under enemy fire when two companies on coastal defence duty at Hartlepool suffered five dead and 11 wounded when the town
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had reduced the battalion to 30 men when it returned to Singapore in November and it returned to Britain on 18 February 1948 as a cadre.
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a.k.a. "Eddie Smith". There were already many "Peters" in the battalion and the soldiers could not get their tongues around his surname.
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and Australians. During one of these operations the D.L.I. suffered its last combat fatality, Pte Thomas Griffiths on 26 February 1966.
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and was employed with the force under General Stephenson to repel attacks on the railway between Wadi Halfa and Akasha, fighting at the
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patrols on occasion. On the night of 2 July, to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, a patrol from A Company staked out the
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On 25 September 1948 the remaining cadre of the 2nd battalion was absorbed into the 1st battalion. The battalion served as part of the
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advancing along the road to Gemmano in early September and crossed the Cosina Canal in November. In December the battalion was sent to
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retreat south and west around Bailleul and, when taken out of the line on 14 April was formed into a composite battalion with the 15th
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war. The 17th, which from September 1942 formed part of 164 Infantry Brigade, 55 Infantry Division, was disbanded in September 1943.
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was taken, after which the battalion was returned to India and reacquainted with its previous amphibious training for the attack on
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in May 1930. The battalion arrived back in Britain in November 1937 after a few months in Egypt, replacing the 1st battalion in the
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with the battalion taking two hills of the ridge, before the position was abandoned. The battalion was in a supporting role for the
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captured Rauray (11th battalion) and the high ground beyond (10th battalion) on 27–28 June. The German counter-attack by troops of
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following The tanks were unable to cross the wadi that night, however the next night after the 6th battalion and the 5th battalion
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The 2nd Division had been sent to man 21 miles of the western side of the Dunkirk corridor with the 2nd battalion positioned near
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On 4 November, the regiment won its first VC of the war when Pte Thomas Kenny of the 13th battalion rescued a wounded officer.
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So the first thing we saw at daybreak were these panels that stood out brilliantly. About half way through the morning every
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50 Div in Normandy: A Critical Analysis of the British 50th (Northumbrian) Division on D-Day and in the Battle of Normandy
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The 70th (Young Soldiers) battalion was formed in December 1940 at School Aycliffe near Darlington, for men too young for
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commander of the BEF said of the assault it was "...one of the best conducted of the smaller operations of the campaign".
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The 10th and 11th battalions were landed with the 49th Infantry Division on 10 June and were committed to the attempt to
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World War, a further 10 honours were permitted to be added the King's Colour. These are shown below in bold text below.
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1st Battalion, Durham Light Infantry leaves Farnborough in October 1937 on the first stage of their journey to Shanghai
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Colour party of the 9th Battalion Durham Light Infantry after receiving new colours from King Edward VII, 19 June 1909.
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in May 1940, and in October, the 10th Battalion arrived followed by the rest of 70th Brigade a month later replacing
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and were subject to German shelling before being relieved on the evening of 3 November, having lost nearly 400 men.
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in January 1941 and trained for amphibious operations at Qassassin, only to be returned to the desert in March when
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stayed in reserve in the southern part of the line. On 28 October, the 151st Brigade was moved north and with the
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For the remainder of the Third Ypres the regiment's battalions were in reserve positions, the Territorials during
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cover provided by the smoke and attack us, but they behaved themselves and probably thought that we were all mad.
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occupy the ports of Varna and Burgas. While overseas the battalion lost two men from wounds but 21 from disease.
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at Phaleron and in January 1945, Patras. The battalion returned to Italy in April 1945, but did not see action.
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reinforced the penetration, some 40 tanks were able to cross. On 22 March the Germans counterattacked with the
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In 1955 the 3rd and 4th battalions were finally disbanded; they had been in suspended animation since 1919.
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in April where, after the initial assault and fighting retreat, they were only saved by the German looting:
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brigade was ordered to move forward to the River Dendre on 16 May, only to begin to fall back on the 18th.
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Dieppe area while the 7th (Pioneer) Battalion joined 8th Division and absorbed 22nd (Pioneer) Battalion.
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and took little part in the offensive that ended with the annexation of the Transvaal in September 1900.
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The 50th Division with its 151st brigade was withdrawn to Britain in October 1943 to be trained for the
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Arriving back in Africa in June 1943 the 1st battalion was moved to Syria where it was attached to the
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When the War broke out the 1st battalion was in China at Tientsin, the 2nd battalion at Woking in the
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The Polar Bears: Monty's Left Flank: From Normandy to the Relief of Holland with the 49th Division
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Battle honours awarded to the 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) for service in the
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Battle honours awarded to the 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) for service in the
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Officer, NCO and men of 'A' Company, 6th Durham Light Infantry, 50th Division, in the village of
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The arrival of service battalions of the regiment continued: the 19th battalion (Bantams) in the
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In August 1882 the 2nd Battalion was sent to the garrison the Mediterranean, being split between
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in January 1945 and the town of IbbenbΓΌren in March. The battalion ended the war near Hamburg.
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in December except for a composite company which advanced as far as Sidi Barani. It joined the
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to a new history centre, which will also accommodate the Durham Light Infantry Collection, at
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The 50th Division returned to the front line on 4 September, and during the first days of the
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On 20 May, 151st brigade, after a series of marches west and south, was chosen as part of the
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counterattack until relieved that night. Casualties amounted to 440 officers and other ranks.
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in September 1902, following the end of the war, and returned to Newcastle for disembodiment.
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History of the Second World War United Kingdom Military Series The War in France and Flanders
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Monument to the Victoria Cross winners of the Durham Light Infantry, Durham Cathedral square
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Originally 3/5th (Territorial) Battalion; absorbed 3/6th, 3/7th, 3/8th and 3/9th Battalions.
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Arriving at Ypres 151st brigade was almost immediately forced back, and the retreat to the
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family. He had won a DSO during the Boer War and commanded 7th Battalion from 1911 to 1918
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The Gateshead Gurkhas A History of the 9th battalion, The Durham Light Infantry 1859–1967
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was fought in part to relieve that pressure without much of the expected French support.
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Monty's Northern Legions: 50th Northumbrian and 15th Scottish Divisions at War 1939–1945
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By 1920, the service battalions had been disbanded with their King's colours laid up in
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In February 1920 the Territorial Force was re-raised and later in the year renamed the
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53rd battalion, reduced to cadre, supplying reinforcements; all were based in Cologne.
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Reduced to a total of a battalion in strength, The 151st Brigade was then sent to the
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The Laying up of the Colours of the 4th (Militia) battalion The Durham Light Infantry
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Lieutenant William Kennett Loftus, father of the English archaeologist and traveller
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The 1st battalion and the company from the 2nd left South Africa for India on the SS
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While in Hong Kong in June 1965 the battalion was informed it was to be deployed to
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was held by the 11th and Tyneside Scottish battalions after such hard fighting that
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on 15 April, the battalion heard news of the Armistice while in billets in Ferrara.
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even when all their officers have been killed and condition were almost unendurable.
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A signal section of the 13th battalion D.L.I. on the Menin Road ridge September 1917
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When War was declared, the 1st battalion was in India part of the Nowshera Brigade,
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The Durham Forces in the Field. The Service battalions of the Durham Light Infantry
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Meanwhile, the 1st battalion had returned to Italy in May 1944 where it joined the
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In July 2012, the Durham Light Infantry Association Memorial was dedicated at the
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The Division was rested until December when it continued its advance into central
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The 2nd battalion arrived in France with the 2nd Infantry Division as part of the
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The 1st battalion was dispatched from Britain to South Africa to take part in the
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For Your Tomorrow. A History of the 2nd battalion Durham Light Infantry 1919–1955
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forces in Korea. During its year there up to 50% of its strength was composed of
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encountering light but continual resistance. The 6th brigade was in reserve when
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With Bayonets Fixed. The 12th and 13th battalions of the D.L.I. in the Great War
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While in Germany the battalion learned that it was due for a tour of service in
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Shortly after the division was withdrawn from the front and sent to Alexandria.
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The remains were formed into "Marleyforce" and as such it reached Dunkirk to be
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The Faithful Sixth: A History of the Sixth battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
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The first of the service battalions of the New Army, the 10th battalion of the
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The 50th Division returned to the front line when the Eighth Army reached the
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In February 1942 the 50th Division was recalled to the Western Desert and the
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Some battalions raised by the regiment were destined not to leave Britain. A
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in January 1940 The battalion played a supporting role in Lieutenant-General
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1941 it moved back to North Africa as part of the rotation of forces in the
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to India, while in March, the 1st Battalion returned from there to Britain.
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Project Gutenberg – The story of the 6th battalion D.L.I.; France 1915–1918
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Men of the 9th Durham Light Infantry clearing resistance in the village of
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in February 1943. On the night of 20/21 March, the 8th and 9th battalions
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The D.L.I. at War. A History of the Durham Light infantry 1939 β€“1945
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and the territorial battalions had already begun to form their 2nd line.
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Four more service battalions arrived in France, the 12th and 13th of the
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around St Pierre, Verrieres and Tilley-sur-Seulles throughout mid June.
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List of battalions of the Durham Light Infantry Β§ Second World War
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assaulting across the Piave River before being relieved on 30 October.
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The 21st and 24th Divisions were chosen as part of the reserve for the
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In 1885 the 2nd Battalion was transferred to Egypt to take part in the
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Cap badge of the Durham Light Infantry, King's crown version (1902–53).
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For You Tommy The War Is Over – The Experiences of D.L.I. POWs In WWII
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The remaining first line territorial battalions once again formed the
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List of battalions of the Durham Light Infantry Β§ First World War
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Military units and formations of the United Kingdom in the Korean War
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49th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) (Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot
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after turning left instead of right. It became involved in fighting
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and the 13th battalion returning from Italy in September to join the
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losses from the spring offensive. The first blow fell on 8 August at
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was intended to take high ground to the south of Ypres prior to the
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the rest of 1943 and early 1944 the 2nd Division was sent relieve
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The 6th Division reached France on 10–11 September as part of the
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The Fighting Pioneers: the Story of the 7th Durham Light Infantry
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Nearby Australian battalions called this "Trench Beautification".
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One of the Regular officers who joined the battalion was 2nd Lt.
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On 3 January 1943 the 16th Battalion landed at Algiers with the
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in existence from 1881 to 1968. It was formed in 1881 under the
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battalion, the 13th, was formed from the Durham Group (No. 41)
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and the 22nd battalion which landed on 16 June attached to the
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On formation of the regiment the 1st Battalion was in India at
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Leeds Rifles, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
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Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's)
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Re-creating the 68th/Durham Light Infantry from 1758 and 1814
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The Durhams In Korea: the 1st battalion DLI in Korea, 1952–55
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officer best known for commanding the 5th Parachute Brigade,
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Men of the 6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry chat with an
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commanded by a Lieutenant and had lost 430 officers and men.
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Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
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Jungle Conflict. the Durham Light Infantry in Borneo 1965–66
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OBE (26 January 1919 β€“ 23 October 2004) was an English
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to meet an anticipated German advance from southern Russia.
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Durham Light Infantry Museum and Durham Art Gallery website
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The 16th Battalion Durham Light Infantry in Italy 1943–1945
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1918. The Decisive Year in Soldier's own Words and Pictures
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The 151st brigade was chosen as an assault brigade for the
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North Africa, the Middle East and the Mediterranean 1940–43
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Deaths of NCOs and other ranks in the DLI in World War One
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One of only seven regiments to do so, the others were the
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British front line Divisions on the first day of the Somme
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Monument to the Durham Light Infantry, Durham Marketplace.
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The Territorial battalions, A Pictorial History 1859–1985
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Durham: Historic and University City and surrounding area
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player, coach, manager and scout who devoted his life to
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Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
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Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)
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The last Conflict. The Durham Light Infantry Borneo 1966
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The Durham Light Infantry. The United Red and White Rose
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Caen. The 70th brigade with support of the tanks of the
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In January 1942 the 1st Battalion was moved to garrison
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Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment)
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Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment
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The Fighting Bradfords Northern Heroes of World War One
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on 29 February, the 20th battalion (Wearsiders) in the
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Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment
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Military units and formations in Burma in World War II
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The 62nd Division arrived on the eastern flank of the
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Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)
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Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1968
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Dunkirk to Belsen. The Soldiers Own Dramatic Stories
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The 9th battalion was reinforced and transferred to
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but by the end of the month had set sail for Italy.
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68th Regiment of Foot Β§ Victoria Cross Winners
2299: 9209:Hallamshire Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment 8275:The 16th battalion Durham Light Infantry 1940–1946 7841:The Durham Light Infantry. Famous Regiments series 3942:. National service with the Durham Light Infantry. 2336:on 12 July, the Durham battalions were ordered to 1927:and 400 had not completed the war course with the 1254:and the 11th battalion which were pioneers of the 9281:Military units and formations established in 1881 8690:British infantry regiments of the First World War 8380:51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding) Regiment of Foot 7803:8th battalion The Durham Light Infantry 1939–1945 6379: 6377: 4243:. The discrepancy lies in whether, for example, 4109:who played a part in several important tribunals. 3898:William Morgan Fletcher-Vane, 1st Baron Inglewood 1377:The regiment had two battalions in action on the 738:and the 9th Battalion was based Burt Terrance in 9247: 9019:Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) 7936:Faithful. 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Newcastle upon Tyne: J & P Bealls Limited. 7240:: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( 7204:: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( 4840:: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( 4177:revealed plans to move the county archives from 3857:, MC (12 July 1885 β€“ 5 August 1916) was an 2738:On 17 May 1958 a bicentenary parade was held at 1490:When the Central Powers forced a retreat on the 1466:methodical advance began on 20 September on the 632:, launching diversionary attacks to the east of 600:The 2nd Durham Light Infantry installed this at 306:Major General Abdy Henry Gough Ricketts CBE, DSO 9189:Liverpool Scottish, King's (Liverpool Regiment) 8814:Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 8412:68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) 7441:"Welcome to the 'Save the DLI Museum' Campaign" 6924: 6922: 6792: 6790: 6788: 6751: 6749: 5863: 5861: 5596: 5594: 4774:"The Army in South Africa - Troops for India". 4344:68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) 460:68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) 446:List of battalions of the Durham Light Infantry 436:, which continues the lineage of the regiment. 400:In 1968, the regiment was amalgamated with the 364:68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) 9306:Military units and formations in County Durham 8954:Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 8583:Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 8420:106th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Light Infantry) 8388:105th Regiment of Foot (Madras Light Infantry) 7663:. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Pen & Sword. 7487: 6853: 6374: 5091: 5089: 4989: 4987: 4977: 4975: 4908: 4906: 4374:106th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Light Infantry) 3742:1947–52: John Atherton Churchill, CBE, DSO, MC 3696:Eyre Challoner Henry Massey, 4th Baron Clarina 2731:on 4 November 1956 for possible deployment to 2590:Post war, the 1st battalion was active in the 1742:in 1915, and 1916–17 in campaigns against the 734:, the 8th Battalion was based at Gilesgate in 537:, it was reunited in March 1883 at Gibraltar. 464:106th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Light Infantry) 368:106th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Light Infantry) 322:Within a Bugle Horn stringed the letters "DLI" 9296:Regiments of the British Army in World War II 9199:Cinque Ports Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 9179:Liverpool Rifles, King's (Liverpool Regiment) 8675: 8436:61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot 8428:28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot 8295: 7775:Orders of Battle: Second World War, 1939–1945 4239:Some sources say that the regiment earned 67 2411: 458:of the British Army's regiments, in 1881 the 294:Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra of Kent 9291:Regiments of the British Army in World War I 9271:Light Infantry regiments of the British Army 9184:Liverpool Irish, King's (Liverpool Regiment) 8999:Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 7990:(Order of Service). Gale & Polden. 1949. 7794:Standing Orders of the Durham Light infantry 7549:"XIII. We attack Vaal Krantz and fail again" 7222:. Archived from the original on 15 July 2007 7186:. Archived from the original on 15 July 2007 6919: 6785: 6746: 5858: 5591: 5519:"21 March 1918 | 11th Durham Light Infantry" 4822:. Archived from the original on 16 June 2007 4727: 4725: 2034:The 1st battalion left China and arrived in 1676:The British Divisions were deployed between 1381:, 1 July, the 18th (31st Division) opposite 1291:in late August and the 14th and 15th of the 540:In 1884, the Depot moved from Sunderland to 27:Former infantry regiment of the British Army 9059:Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers) 8909:Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 7982:(Order of Service). Teesdale Mercury. 1956. 7395:. Sixth Edition. Turnstone Ventures. 1992. 7178: 7176: 7174: 5086: 4984: 4972: 4951: 4920: 4918: 4903: 4883: 4881: 4866: 4814: 4812: 4122:Former D.L.I. Museum and Durham Art Gallery 3736:1937–40: Hubert Horatio Shirley Morant, DSO 2515:, as a motorised battalion fighting at the 416:, which again amalgamated in 2007 with the 8682: 8668: 8302: 8288: 8143: 4510: 4508: 4255:is counted as one or three battle honours. 4213:, the regiment's former Colonel-in-Chief. 3997:where he was executed on 6 September 1944. 2101:and on 27 June held attacks by the German 9276:1881 establishments in the United Kingdom 8809:Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) 8779:Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 8233:Durham County Record Office, DLI Archives 7701:. Business Education Publishers Limited. 7658: 7605: 7586: 7212: 4722: 3989:(SOE). Arrested in 1943 in France by the 2199:. It moved into Tunisia it fought at the 1518:was the first successful use of maturing 498:A new regimental badge was to be worn, a 478:, as was the Brigade Depot (No. 3). The 466:became the 1st and 2nd battalions of the 9089:Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 9009:Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) 8500:Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 8404:85th Regiment of Foot (Bucks Volunteers) 8372:46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot 8181: 7952: 7696: 7171: 6942: 6940: 6938: 6936: 6934: 6912: 6910: 4930: 4915: 4878: 4809: 4117: 3993:, he was tortured before transferred to 3893:), Chief Constable, Metropolitan Police. 3791: 3769:The Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry 2810: 2494: 2415: 2303: 2241: 2150: 1757: 1667: 1505: 1448: 1357: 1230:After the failure of British attacks at 670: 624:. The battalion was involved in General 595: 522:and the 2nd Battalion was in Ireland at 330: 8072:. Durham England: County Durham Books. 7302:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 7026: 7024: 6808: 5369: 5367: 5112: 5110: 4679: 4677: 4505: 4008:, best remembered as co-founder of the 3773:The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 2522:The 18th battalion had been serving as 746:, receiving new colours from the King. 372:Militia and Volunteers of County Durham 14: 9248: 8984:Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 8200: 8124: 7876: 7772: 7546: 7276:. British Armed Forces. Archived from 4062:(29 April 1895 β€“ 3 October 1967) 2360:The 16th battalion landed in Italy at 2279:Sean Kelly O.C. A Company 2nd D.L.I., 2171:, with the 6th battalion the tanks of 1198:On 16 December, the 18th battalion (a 706:and the 6th–9th battalions formed the 666: 9230:Royal Militia of the Island of Jersey 8989:King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 8764:King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 8663: 8476:43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot 8283: 8162: 8105: 8086: 8067: 8048: 8029: 8010: 7857: 7838: 7819: 7800: 7753: 7677: 7639: 6931: 6907: 5582: 5573: 4957: 4936: 4924: 4872: 3739:1940–47: Claude Leonard Matthews, DSO 2774:as part of Britain's response to the 2533: 1897:Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) 1881:50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division 1640:, the 29th battalion reinforcing the 8754:Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 8610:Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry 8348:54th (West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot 7996:Programme of the Bicentennary Parade 7933: 7914: 7734: 7715: 7347: 7021: 5364: 5159: 5107: 4674: 4113: 3777:The King's Shropshire Light Infantry 2689:After the war, Patrick O'Donovan of 2024:49th (West Riding) Infantry Division 1772:the parish church of Bishopwearmouth 1462:its original strength by 25 August. 1114: 470:. Both already had their depots at 402:Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry 8535:King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 8484:52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot 8468:99th (Lanarkshire) Regiment of Foot 8340:39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot 2807:Victoria Cross awards to the D.L.I. 2623:Allied occupation forces in Germany 1815: 1770:except for the 20th battalion's at 1123: 406:King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 377:The regiment served notably in the 278: 24: 8994:King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) 8634:Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment 8396:53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot 8003: 7862:. Durham UK: County Durham Books. 4586: 4200: 3924:MC, later a journalist and editor. 3787: 2553:206th Independent Infantry Brigade 749: 591: 25: 9332: 9157:Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion 8904:Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 8527:Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 8460:62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot 8452:66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot 8221: 3000: 2746:In 1958, the battalion served in 2317:504th Parachute Infantry Regiment 1338:, but quickly transferred to the 1148:, but at the cost of 12,006 dead 730:was based at Livingstone Road in 636:, and in early February attacked 8543:King's Shropshire Light Infantry 8364:32nd (Cornwall) Regiment of Foot 7758:. London: Samson Books Limited. 7526: 7500: 7481: 7455: 7433: 7419: 7406: 7385: 7359: 7338: 7329: 7292: 7274:"Durham Light Infantry Colonels" 7266: 7257: 7248: 7162: 7140: 7118: 7109: 7100: 7078: 7069: 7060: 7051: 7042: 7033: 7012: 7003: 6994: 6985: 6976: 6967: 6958: 6949: 6898: 6889: 6880: 6871: 6862: 6844: 6835: 6826: 6817: 6799: 6776: 6767: 6758: 6737: 6728: 6719: 6710: 6701: 6692: 6683: 6674: 6665: 6656: 6647: 6638: 6629: 6620: 6611: 6602: 6593: 6584: 6575: 6566: 6557: 6548: 6539: 6530: 6521: 6512: 6503: 6494: 6485: 6476: 6467: 6458: 6449: 6440: 6431: 6422: 6413: 6404: 6395: 6386: 6365: 6356: 6347: 6338: 6329: 6320: 6311: 6302: 6293: 6284: 6275: 6266: 6257: 6248: 6239: 6230: 6221: 6212: 6203: 6194: 6185: 6176: 6167: 6158: 6149: 6140: 6131: 6122: 6113: 6104: 6095: 6086: 6077: 6068: 6059: 6050: 6041: 6032: 6023: 6014: 6005: 5996: 5987: 5978: 5969: 5960: 5951: 5942: 5933: 5924: 5915: 5906: 5897: 5888: 5879: 5870: 5849: 5840: 5819: 5810: 5801: 5792: 5783: 5774: 5765: 5756: 5747: 5738: 5729: 5720: 5711: 5702: 5693: 5684: 5675: 5666: 5657: 5648: 5639: 5630: 5621: 5612: 5603: 5564: 5555: 5546: 5537: 5511: 5502: 5493: 5484: 5475: 5466: 5457: 5448: 5439: 5430: 5421: 5412: 5403: 4875:, Table B, Appendix I to Part II 4383: 4366: 4353: 4336: 4323: 4314: 4301: 4268: 4258: 3767:1968: Regiment amalgamated with 3387:N.W. Frontier India 1915 1916–17 2776:Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation 2300:Sicily, Italy and Greece 1943–45 2237: 1562:On the first day of the German " 1510:Initial British gains at Cambrai 1120:24th Battalion was never formed. 410:King's Shropshire Light Infantry 395:Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation 266:Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation 129:Second World War – 15 battalions 82: 64: 40: 9049:Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 8969:Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 8949:Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 8203:The Fiftieth Division 1914–1919 8144:Sandilands, Lt.Col H R (1923). 8053:. Durham: County Durham Books. 7680:British Army Handbook 1939–1945 7540: 7488:Ashley Barnard (19 July 2021). 7443:. Save the DLI. 4 November 2015 7057:County Durham Books picture 147 5394: 5385: 5376: 5355: 5346: 5337: 5328: 5319: 5310: 5301: 5292: 5283: 5274: 5265: 5256: 5247: 5238: 5229: 5204: 5195: 5186: 5177: 5168: 5137: 5128: 5119: 5098: 5077: 5068: 5059: 5050: 5041: 5032: 5023: 5014: 5005: 4996: 4963: 4942: 4857: 4848: 4800: 4791: 4782: 4767: 4758: 4749: 4734: 4713: 4704: 4695: 4686: 4665: 4656: 4647: 4638: 4629: 4620: 4611: 4602: 4580: 4571: 4562: 4553: 4544: 4535: 4526: 4517: 4496: 4487: 4233: 4223: 3864:best known for his settings of 2789: 1711:The 2/7th battalion joined the 1605:which totalled around 450 men. 1550:62nd (2nd West Riding) Division 126:First World War – 42 battalions 8749:Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 8602:Devonshire and Dorset Regiment 8309: 7898:Dunkirk. Fight to the last man 7754:James, Brigadier E.A. (1978). 7555:. London: Methuen. p. 255 7367:"Durham Light Infantry Museum" 4478: 4469: 4460: 4451: 4442: 4433: 4424: 4415: 4406: 4372:Battle honours awarded to the 4342:Battle honours awarded to the 4209:. The service was attended by 4026:KCB, DSO (J.H.N. Poett) was a 3724:Sir Henry de Beauvoir de Lisle 2357:return to Britain in October. 1909: 1480:Second Battle of Passchendaele 1238:, the Germans attacked at the 418:Devonshire and Dorset Regiment 13: 1: 9311:Regimental museums in England 8874:Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 8869:King's Own Scottish Borderers 8186:. Spellmount publishing Ltd. 7801:Lewis, Maj. P J (July 2004). 7628:, Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 4400: 4032:British 6th Airborne Division 3995:Mauthausen concentration camp 3946:General Sir Herbert John Mogg 3887: 3847:of the British forces in the 2711: 2401:10th Indian Infantry Division 2223:10th Indian Infantry Division 1713:Allied Intervention in Russia 1418:The attack along the line at 718:was based at Paradise Row in 708:Durham Light Infantry Brigade 702:. The 5th formed part of the 9107:Honourable Artillery Company 8929:South Staffordshire Regiment 8879:Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 8148:. Naval and Military Press. 7938:. Naval and Military Press. 7919:. Naval and Military Press. 7896:Sebag-Montefiore, H (2006). 7881:. Naval and Military Press. 7824:. Naval and Military Press. 7805:. Naval and Military Press. 7644:. Naval and Military Press. 7591:. Stroud: Chancellor Press. 7568:County Durham Books (2005). 7323:UK public library membership 7128:. British Army units 1945 on 7088:. British Army Units 1945 on 6002:Sebag-Montefiore pp. 522–523 4288:Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 4169:located on the third floor. 3987:Special Operations Executive 2397:10th Indian Infantry Brigade 2354:1st Fallschirmjager Division 2265:on 22 June and the siege of 2263:5th Indian Infantry Division 1919:arrived in the part trained 1889:23rd (Northumbrian) Division 1753: 439: 7: 9024:York and Lancaster Regiment 8784:King's (Liverpool Regiment) 8774:Royal Warwickshire Regiment 8728:Guards Machine Gun Regiment 8146:The 23rd Division 1914–1919 8091:. Durham: The Memoir Club. 7915:Vane, The Hon. W L (1913). 7792:King's Regulations (1941). 7659:van Emden, Richard (2018). 7587:Delaforce, Patrick (1995). 7547:Atkins, John Black (1900). 5212:"The Durham Light Infantry" 4207:National Memorial Arboretum 3647: 3363:France and Flanders 1914–18 3005:The regiment inherited the 2727:the battalion was flown to 2585: 2130:Second Battle of El Alamein 1855:wore the D.L.I. cap badge. 1543:in force. Large numbers of 1185:British Expeditionary Force 1105: 1093: 1087: 1081: 1073: 1067: 1061: 1053: 1047: 1041: 1033: 1027: 1021: 1014: 1008: 1002: 994: 988: 982: 974: 968: 962: 954: 948: 942: 934: 928: 922: 914: 908: 902: 895: 889: 883: 875: 869: 863: 855: 849: 843: 362:by the amalgamation of the 10: 9337: 9316:Museums in Durham, England 9147:Highland Cyclist Battalion 9142:Northern Cyclist Battalion 8759:Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 7843:. London: Lee Cooper Ltd. 4010:Survey of English Dialects 3719:K.C.B., K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O. 2874:Eaucourt l'Abbaye, France 2862:Lieutenant Colonel (Temp) 2818: 2412:France and Germany 1944–45 2136:came under command of the 2009: 1819: 1530: 753: 513: 508: 443: 9222: 9165: 9097: 8974:Northamptonshire Regiment 8741: 8695: 8594: 8511: 8324: 8317: 7820:Miles, Capt. W F (1920). 7756:British Regiments 1914–18 7640:Ellis, Maj. L F (2010) . 6344:Rissik pp. 3–4 (footnote) 4960:, Appendix VII to Part II 4891:. North East Medals. 2007 3891: 1891 – 27 May 1975 3673:1881–94: (2nd Battalion) 3659:1881–93: (1st Battalion) 2765: 2750:to provide troops in the 2643:1st Commonwealth Division 2639:28th Commonwealth Brigade 2503:, Germany, 29 March 1945. 2453:Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry 2329:Allied invasion of Sicily 2323:, in Avola, 11 July 1943. 2201:first battle of Sedjenane 2121:on 27/28 July, while the 1687:Battle of Vittorio Veneto 1682:Battle of the Piave River 1525:Shropshire Light Infantry 1110: 1098: 548:which it shared with the 316: 311: 299: 289: 284: 271: 233: 220: 199: 180: 168: 135: 115: 105: 95: 77: 59: 51: 39: 34: 18:The Durham Light Infantry 9004:King's Royal Rifle Corps 8894:East Lancashire Regiment 8884:Gloucestershire Regiment 8769:Northumberland Fusiliers 8567:Royal Berkshire Regiment 8559:Gloucestershire Regiment 8492:King's Royal Rifle Corps 7953:Williams, E. R. (2007). 6689:Delaforce (49) pp. 93–99 4216: 4087:of the Sunderland-based 3814:Sir Peter de la BilliΓ¨re 3726:K.C.B., K.C.M.G., D.S.O. 3653:Colonels of the Regiment 2892:Fontaine-lΓ¨s-Croissilles 2628: 2544:National Defence Company 2463:called the division the 2205:Hermann Goering Division 2138:2nd New Zealand Division 2064:besieged Tobruk garrison 1860:Field Marshal Montgomery 1729: 1433:The set piece battle of 694:In 1908, as part of the 550:Northumberland Fusiliers 9223:Channel Islands Militia 9167:Territorial Battalions 9117:Cambridgeshire Regiment 9084:Royal Munster Fusiliers 9034:Highland Light Infantry 8889:Worcestershire Regiment 8829:Leicestershire Regiment 8819:East Yorkshire Regiment 8356:Somerset Light Infantry 8238:17 January 2018 at the 8110:. Durham: Memoir Club. 8034:. Durham: Memoir Club. 7839:Moore, William (1975). 7773:Joslen, H. F. (2003) . 7737:The Great War 1914–1918 7678:Forty, George (2009) . 7572:. County Durham Books. 7553:The relief of Ladysmith 7086:"Durham Light Infantry" 6850:Joslen, pp. 369 and 352 6644:Delaforce (50/15) p. 56 5984:Sebag-Montefiore p. 278 5846:Delaforce (50/15) p. 98 5827:"Home Guard: Structure" 4047:CB, OBE, MC & bar, 3877:John Frederick Ferguson 2524:lines of communications 2424:, France, 11 June 1944. 2177:East Yorkshire Regiment 2057:. Counter attacking at 1603:West Yorkshire Regiment 1591:5th Battalion officer, 1568:West Yorkshire Regiment 1557:German spring offensive 1537:Russians out of the war 1408: 1336:19th (Western) Division 1313: 1266:, which threw back the 1225: 1178: 1161:1st (Peshawar) Division 1140:The regiment earned 59 704:York and Durham Brigade 604:during their tenure at 9266:British light infantry 9152:Kent Cyclist Battalion 9137:Herefordshire Regiment 9132:Hertfordshire Regiment 9127:Inns of Court Regiment 9112:Monmouthshire Regiment 9079:Royal Dublin Fusiliers 7315:10.1093/ref:odnb/16937 7263:Standing Orders p. 122 7150:. 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Profile Books Ltd. 7610:. Sutton Publishing. 7606:Delaforce, P (2004). 7354:Who Was Who 1897–2006 6326:Deleforce (50/15) p44 6236:Delaforce (50/15) p30 6011:Sebag-Montefiore ch22 5552:Bashforth pp. 125–130 5235:Hart 2014 pp. 209–219 5147:. 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(2002) . 8182:Westlake, R (1986). 7934:Ward, S G P (1962). 7697:Harrison, R (2007). 7570:Image of the Soldier 7126:"The Light Infantry" 6065:Delaforce (49) p. 18 6056:Delaforce (49) p. 13 4309:Peter de la BilliΓ¨re 4280:Lancashire Fusiliers 4191:Palace Green Library 4096:Godfrey Russell Vick 3655:, from 1881 to 1968 3528:North Africa 1940–43 3445:St. Pierre La Vielle 2864:Roland Boys Bradford 2565:Royal Armoured Corps 2438:Panzer Lehr Division 2346:British Paratroopers 2181:15th Panzer Division 2146:9th Armoured Brigade 1961:Arras counter-attack 1810:part of the Regiment 1795:6th Infantry Brigade 1738:, and served on the 1672:The Italian Campaign 1576:graduated battalions 1400:Butte de Warlencourt 1299:in early September. 1165:Whittington Barracks 1071:53rd (Young Soldier) 229:Hooge Day (9 August) 172:The Faithful Durhams 9214:Glasgow Highlanders 9014:Manchester Regiment 8799:Devonshire Regiment 8733:Household Battalion 8642:Royal Green Jackets 8332:Devonshire Regiment 8167:. 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8914:Border Regiment 8737: 8691: 8688: 8658: 8649: 8590: 8519:Dorset Regiment 8507: 8313: 8308: 8255: 8253: 8252:on 16 June 2007 8244: 8240:Wayback Machine 8224: 8219: 8213: 8194: 8175: 8156: 8137: 8118: 8099: 8080: 8061: 8042: 8023: 8006: 8004:Further reading 7994: 7986: 7978: 7969: 7967: 7946: 7927: 7908: 7889: 7870: 7851: 7832: 7813: 7785: 7766: 7747: 7728: 7709: 7690: 7671: 7652: 7618: 7599: 7580: 7558: 7556: 7543: 7538: 7531: 7527: 7517: 7515: 7506: 7505: 7501: 7486: 7482: 7472: 7470: 7461: 7460: 7456: 7446: 7444: 7439: 7438: 7434: 7424: 7420: 7411: 7407: 7390: 7386: 7376: 7374: 7365: 7364: 7360: 7352: 7348: 7343: 7339: 7334: 7330: 7320: 7298: 7297: 7293: 7283: 7281: 7280:on 23 July 2012 7272: 7271: 7267: 7262: 7258: 7253: 7249: 7233: 7232: 7225: 7223: 7218: 7217: 7213: 7197: 7196: 7189: 7187: 7182: 7181: 7172: 7167: 7163: 7153: 7151: 7146: 7145: 7141: 7131: 7129: 7124: 7123: 7119: 7114: 7110: 7105: 7101: 7091: 7089: 7084: 7083: 7079: 7075:Ward p. 564–565 7074: 7070: 7065: 7061: 7056: 7052: 7047: 7043: 7038: 7034: 7029: 7022: 7017: 7013: 7009:Moses pp. 39–42 7008: 7004: 7000:Moses pp. 34–38 6999: 6995: 6990: 6986: 6981: 6977: 6972: 6968: 6964:Moses pp. 12–13 6963: 6959: 6954: 6950: 6945: 6932: 6927: 6920: 6915: 6908: 6903: 6899: 6894: 6890: 6885: 6881: 6876: 6872: 6867: 6863: 6858: 6854: 6849: 6845: 6840: 6836: 6831: 6827: 6822: 6818: 6813: 6809: 6804: 6800: 6795: 6786: 6781: 6777: 6772: 6768: 6763: 6759: 6754: 6747: 6742: 6738: 6733: 6729: 6724: 6720: 6715: 6711: 6706: 6702: 6697: 6693: 6688: 6684: 6679: 6675: 6670: 6666: 6661: 6657: 6652: 6648: 6643: 6639: 6634: 6630: 6625: 6621: 6616: 6612: 6607: 6603: 6598: 6594: 6589: 6585: 6580: 6576: 6571: 6567: 6562: 6558: 6553: 6549: 6544: 6540: 6535: 6531: 6526: 6522: 6517: 6513: 6508: 6504: 6499: 6495: 6490: 6486: 6481: 6477: 6472: 6468: 6463: 6459: 6454: 6450: 6445: 6441: 6436: 6432: 6427: 6423: 6418: 6414: 6409: 6405: 6400: 6396: 6391: 6387: 6382: 6375: 6370: 6366: 6361: 6357: 6352: 6348: 6343: 6339: 6334: 6330: 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5622: 5617: 5613: 5608: 5604: 5599: 5592: 5587: 5583: 5578: 5574: 5569: 5565: 5560: 5556: 5551: 5547: 5542: 5538: 5528: 5526: 5517: 5516: 5512: 5507: 5503: 5498: 5494: 5489: 5485: 5480: 5476: 5471: 5467: 5462: 5458: 5453: 5449: 5444: 5440: 5435: 5431: 5426: 5422: 5417: 5413: 5408: 5404: 5399: 5395: 5390: 5386: 5381: 5377: 5372: 5365: 5360: 5356: 5351: 5347: 5342: 5338: 5333: 5329: 5324: 5320: 5315: 5311: 5306: 5302: 5297: 5293: 5288: 5284: 5280:Miles pp. 50–52 5279: 5275: 5270: 5266: 5261: 5257: 5253:Miles pp. 46–47 5252: 5248: 5243: 5239: 5234: 5230: 5220: 5218: 5210: 5209: 5205: 5200: 5196: 5191: 5187: 5182: 5178: 5173: 5169: 5164: 5160: 5150: 5148: 5145:"24th Division" 5143: 5142: 5138: 5133: 5129: 5124: 5120: 5115: 5108: 5103: 5099: 5094: 5087: 5082: 5078: 5073: 5069: 5064: 5060: 5055: 5051: 5046: 5042: 5037: 5033: 5028: 5024: 5019: 5015: 5010: 5006: 5001: 4997: 4992: 4985: 4980: 4973: 4968: 4964: 4956: 4952: 4947: 4943: 4935: 4931: 4923: 4916: 4911: 4904: 4894: 4892: 4887: 4886: 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Memorial 4163:Durham, England 4153: 4151: 4147: 4144: 4139: 4136: 4134: 4132: 4131: 4116: 4060:Malcolm Sargent 4053:First World War 4049:Royal Air Force 4017:Leslie Phillips 3967:Sergeant Major 3890: 3807:William Ainsley 3790: 3788:Notable members 3754:Sir Nigel Poett 3749:, KCMG, CB, CBE 3675:Sir John Bisset 3650: 3645: 3371:Vittorio Veneto 3324:Hindenburg Line 3249:Langemarck 1917 3109:First World War 3095:Second Boer War 3003: 2928:3 December 1917 2851:4 November 1915 2823: 2809: 2792: 2768: 2714: 2708: 2701: 2682: 2679: 2631: 2592:Greek Civil War 2588: 2536: 2528:21st Army Group 2414: 2366:British X Corps 2302: 2281: 2278: 2240: 2032: 2016:invaded Iceland 2012: 1912: 1824: 1818: 1756: 1732: 1593: 1590: 1533: 1411: 1316: 1278:Sir John French 1228: 1212:SMS Derfflinger 1208:was attacked by 1189:Race to the Sea 1181: 1134: 1133: 1128: 1124: 1119: 1115: 762:First World War 758: 752: 750:First World War 724:Bishop Auckland 669: 594: 592:Second Boer War 542:Fenham Barracks 516: 511: 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Index

The Durham Light Infantry

United Kingdom
British Army
Infantry
Light infantry
Regular
Sunderland Barracks
Sunderland
Fenham Barracks
Newcastle upon Tyne
Brancepeth Castle
Durham
Facing colour
Inkerman Day
Mahdist War
Second Boer War
First World War
North West Frontier
Second World War
Korean War
Cyprus Emergency
Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation
Battle honours
below
Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra of Kent
Major General Abdy Henry Gough Ricketts CBE, DSO

light infantry
regiment

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