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Durham Light Infantry Records

Reference: D/DLI 7 Catalogue Title: Durham Light Infantry Records Area: Catalogue Category: Antiquarian and Composite Records Description: Individual Soldiers - surnames C: Cr

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10438, 4435159 Company Sergeant-Major John Henry CREBER (Ref: Creber D/DLI 7/149/1-7)

2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Barrow in Furness, 1888; enlisted 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1908; served in First World War and after; discharged as W.O. II, 13 December 1919; served in Royal Engineers and Royal Artillery in Second World War; died at Royal Military Hospital, Chelsea, 1978. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.


Regular Army certificate of service of John Henry Creber, [1919]
(1 booklet)


Pictorial souvenir and history of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in Ahmednagar, India, 1923
(1 album, cloth bound)


Group photograph of officers and men of The Durham Light Infantry in full dress, n.d. [pre 1914]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Group photograph of officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of 2nd, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 13th and 15th Battalions, The Durham Light Infantry, interned in Holland, 1918 Back row: Corporal H. Kelley; Corporal A. Foster; Private R. McLean; Private J. Marshall; Corporal J. Powell; Lance-Corporal J. Cowie; Lance Sergeant R. Kennedy; Lance Sergeant C. Oliver; Sergeant P. Bramwell; Lance Sergeant F. McQuillan; Private D. Turnock; Corporal D. Barr; Private J. Russell Second row: Sergeant T. Marshall; Corporal C. Friend; Corporal W. G. Thompson; Private C. Forman; Corporal F. G. Rowlands; Lance-Corporal J. Dawson; Lance-Corporal G. Armstrong; Corporal H. Davies; Corporal J. Wilson; Corporal E. Moyle; Private W. Wyatt; Private F. Murphy; Sergeant T. Walker; Sergeant H. Knott; Sergeant J. Richardson; Sergeant R. Greaves Third row: Corporal R. Atkinson; Sergeant E. W. Radford; Sergeant J. W. Belton; Company Quartermaster-Sergeant F. Wilson; Lieutenant Crossland; Captain Blackett; Captain Coulson; Captain Wood; Lieutenant Nesbitt; Sergeant J. Creber; Sergeant E.W. Barrer; Lance Sergeant W. Berrey; Lance Sergeant Coltman Front row: Sergeant J. Bankhead; Corporal G. Madden; Sergeant F. Calder; Corporal J. Blanchard; Corporal E. Wood; Lance-Corporal W. Toole; Lance-Corporal J. Lynas; Sergeant W. Dodd
(1 photograph, 20cm. x 15cm., card mounted)


Photograph of Company Sergeant-Major J.H. Creber, as a Chelsea Pensioner, n.d., [late 20th c.]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 12.5cm., colour)


Photograph of Company Sergeant-Major J.H. Creber as a Chelsea Pensioner at a cheese-tasting ceremony, n.d., [1970s]
(1 photograph, 20cm. x 23cm., black and white)


Photograph of Company Sergeant-Major J.H. Creber as a Chelsea Pensioner, in the company of ex-servicemen, and a Lord Lieutenant, at a cheese-tasting ceremony, n.d., [1970s]
(1 photography, 25cm. x 20cm., black and white)

19/242, 298957, WR352619 Private, later Sapper Lowther CRICKMORE (Ref: Crickmore D/DLI 7/156/1-2)

19th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, later Royal Engineers (Inland Water Transport)
Of Sunderland


Discharge certificate of Lowther Crickmore, 14 December 1918
(1 paper)


Copy poem entitled The Bantams by 'H. J. McC.', n.d., [1914 - 1918]

Captain Stephen CROFT (Ref: Croft D/DLI 7/150/1-4)

68th Light Infantry
The records formerly attributed to Captain Stephen Croft (1827-1871) have been reassigned to Major Frederick Stuckeley SAVAGE, also of the 68th Light Infantry, based on the evidence of birth date contained in the diary D/DLI 7/150/1.

23668591 Corporal Richard Magregor CROLL (Ref: Croll D/DLI 7/1144/1-3)

1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born 1942; enlisted Middlesbrough, 19 December 1958; The Light Infantry; served in the British Army of the Rhine, Far East Land Forces, Cyprus, Germany and Hong Kong; discharged 4 September 1982; enlisted The Light Infantry Volunteers, 19 February 1985; discharged 30 June 1999


Regular Army certificate of service for Corporal Richard Magregor Croll, The Light Infantry, 19 December 1958-4 September 1982
(1 booklet)


Territorial Army certificate of discharge and certificate of service for Corporal R.M. Croll, 19 February 1985-30 June 1999
(1 paper)


Letter from the Army Personnel Centre, Glasgow, accompanying a valedictory letter to Corporal R.M. Croll, The Light Infantry, thanking him for fourteen years of service, 25 August 1999
(2 papers)

301474 Private Arthur Reginald CROSS (Ref: Cross D/DLI 7/151/1-14)

2/8th Battalion and 2/6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Formerly 5552 Private Cross of 'A' Company, 2/8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry; at Scotton Camp, Richmond, Yorkshire, July - September 1916; died, aged 31 years, 2 February 1919


Letters from Private Arthur Cross, Scotton Camp, Richmond, Yorkshire, to his wife, 27 July - 17 September 1916; letters from Private Arthur Cross, on overseas service, to his wife, 24 December 1918 - 3 January 1919
(11 papers)


Letter from the War Office, London, to accompany the death certificate of Private A.R. Cross, 25 March 1919
(1 paper)


Studio portrait photograph of Private A. Cross, of The Durham Light Infantry, taken by Smithson and Sons, Leyburn, Yorkshire, n.d., [1916]
(1 postcard, 8cm. x 13cm., black and white)


Photograph of a Durham Light Infantry platoon, with Private Cross seated at right end of front row, n.d., [1916 - 1918]
(1 postcard, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Photograph of the headstone of Private A.R. Cross of The Durham Light Infantry, 2 February 1919
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 14cm., card mounted)


Photograph of soldiers of The Honourable Artillery Company (Artillery) on cleaning duty, marked 'R.G.A. [Royal Garrison Artillery] Fort Rowner, Gosport, Hampshire, No. 2 Room', n.d., [c. 1914 - 1915]
(1 postcard, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Photograph of two boxers training outside wooden Army huts, endorsed 'to Mother from Steve', 20 July 1918
(1 postcard, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)

1381 Corporal Stanley CROSSLEY (Ref: Crossley D/DLI 7/855/1-2)

'C' Company, 18th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Residence Hartlepool; enlisted in 1914; served with 18th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry in the Dardanelles, Egypt, and France.


Group photograph of officers, non-commissioned offers and men of 'C' Company, 18th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [ c.1914]
(1 photograph, 23 cm. x 17 cm., black and white)


Group photograph of an unidentified platoon, 'C' Company, 18th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [ c.1914]
(1 photograph, 24 cm. x 18 cm., black and white, card mounted)

Lieutenant-Colonel Denis Frank CROSTHWAITE (Ref: Crosthwaite D/DLI 7/152/1-3)

1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Entry in McGregor; born, 1910; Second Lieutenant, The Durham Light Infantry, 1930 - 1933; Lieutenant, 1933 - 1938; Captain, 1938 - 1946; acting Major, 1940; temporary Major, 1940 - 1943, 1944 - 1946; local Major, 1943 - 1944; Major, 1946 - [1950]; temporary Lieutenant-Colonel, 1950 - 1952; retired as honorary Lieutenant-Colonel, 1956; served in Royal West African Frontier Force, 1934 - 1936; Egypt, 1937, Shanghai, China, 1937 - 1938, 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry


Album of photographs of Egypt, the Sudan, Aden, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Singapore, Shanghai, China, and Peking, China, 1937 - 1938


Photograph of H.M.T. Somersetshire at a harbour, taken at Port Said, Egypt, 1937


Photograph of a view of Port Said, taken in Egypt, 1937


Photograph of a view of Zaqaziq Railway Station, taken in Egypt, 1937


Photograph of a view of boats on the River Nile, taken at Cairo, Egypt, 1937


Photograph captioned Crossing Nile, showing a local man on the mast of a boat, taken in Egypt, 1937


Photograph of a view of Luxor, taken in Egypt, 1937


Photograph of an Imperial Airways Handley Page 42 biplane, the Helena, taken in Egypt, 1937


Photograph of an Imperial Airways Handley Page 42 biplane, the Helena, taken in Egypt, 1937


Photograph of passengers boarding an Imperial Airways Handley Page 42 biplane, the Helena, taken in Egypt, 1937


Photograph of an Imperial Airways Handley Page 42 biplane, the Helena, taken in Egypt, 1937


Photograph of a view of the Temple of Mut, taken at Karnak, Egypt, 1937


Photograph of a view of the Colossi of Memmon, taken at Thebes, Egypt, 1937


Photograph of view of a ruined temple [possibly taken at Thebes, Egypt], c.1937


Photograph of a view of the Valley of Kings, taken at Thebes, Egypt, 1937


Photograph of a view of one of the Colossi of Memmon, taken at Thebes, Egypt, 1937


Photograph of a view of a ruined temple, taken at Thebes, Egypt, 1937


Photograph of a view of a temple, taken at Karnak, Egypt, 1937


Photograph, captioned Karnak, showing a local man riding a donkey near some ruins, taken in Egypt, 1937


Photograph of a view of the Temple of Amon-Ra, taken at Karnak, Egypt, 1937


Photograph of a line of sphinx at the entrance to a temple, taken at Karnak, Egypt, 1937


Photograph of a view of a temple interior, taken at Karnak, Egypt, 1937


Photograph of a view of a carving on a wall of the Temple of Amon-Ra, taken at Karnak, Egypt, 1937


Photograph of a view of the River Nile with a range of hills in the distance, taken between Shellah and Wadi Halfa, Egypt, 1937


Photograph of a view of palm trees and hills, taken between Shellah and Wadi Halfa, Egypt, 1937


Photograph of a steam ship moored on the banks of the River Nile, taken in Egypt, 1937


Photograph of a view of tombs on the banks of the River Nile, taken between Shellah and Wadi Halfa, Egypt, 1937


Photograph of a view of tombs on the banks of the River Nile, taken between Shellah and Wadi Halfa, Egypt, 1937


Photograph of a polo team of The Durham Light Infantry, winners of the Coronation Cup Tournament, taken in Egypt, 1937 Named officers: Beart, Sumner, Jeffreys, and Luard


Photograph of a polo team of The Durham Light Infantry, runners up in the Coronation Cup Tournament, taken in Egypt, 1937 Named officers: Rogers, Fanning-Evans, Blackett, Ardern


Photograph of the polo ponies of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, and their grooms, taken at Khartoum, Sudan, 1937


Photograph of the polo ponies of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, and their grooms, taken at Khartoum, Sudan, 1937


Photograph of the polo ponies of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, and their grooms, taken at Khartoum, Sudan, 1937


Photograph of the polo ponies of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, and their grooms, taken at Khartoum, Sudan, 1937


Photograph of a 'pony I bought from Black Watch', taken in Sudan, 1937


Photograph of a groom holding a pony, taken in Sudan, 1937


Photograph, captioned Here I develop sunburn and rabbit teeth, showing an officer [possibly Lieutenant Denis Frank Crosthwaite, 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry] on a horse, taken in Sudan, 1937


Photograph of the polo ponies of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, and their grooms, taken at Khartoum, Sudan, 1937


Photograph of a view of the 'Gebelaria' dam [possibly the Jabal al Awilya dam] on the White Nile, taken in Egypt, 1937


Photograph of a view of the 'Gebelaria' dam [possibly the Jabal al Awilya dam] on the White Nile, taken in Egypt, 1937


Photograph of soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry fishing at the 'Gebelaria' dam [possibly the Jabal al Awilya dam] on the White Nile, taken in Egypt, 1937


Photograph of Lieutenant Peter Jeffreys, The Durham Light Infantry, centre, with a local man and a soldier who are holding a perch on a stick, taken in Egypt, 1937


Photograph, from a newspaper, of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, being issued with topees, taken at Blackdown Barracks, Hampshire, from the Daily Mirror, 8 October, 1937


Photograph of an officer [possibly Lieutenant Denis Frank Crosthwaite, 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry], in civilian dress, sitting on a rock in the Red Sea Hills, taken in Egypt, 1937


Photograph of soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, resting outside a train during a journey from Port Sudan to Khartoum, taken in Sudan, February 1937


Photograph, captioned Embarking Port Sudan, showing a troopship moored at a harbour, taken in Sudan, 1937


Photograph, captioned 'Fuzzy Wuzzy', showing a local man, taken in Sudan, 1937


Photograph of a view of Aden, taken from onboard a ship off the coast of Yemen, 1937


Photograph of a view of Aden, taken from onboard a ship off the coast of Yemen, 1937


Photograph, captioned Arriving Bombay, showing a view of a harbour taken from onboard a ship, India, 1937


Photograph, captioned Ceylon for a good time!, showing a view of a ship in Colombo Harbour, taken in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), 1937


Photograph of a view of a Royal Navy destroyer in Colombo Harbour, taken in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), 1937


Photograph, captioned Dutch boat just leaving, showing a view of ships in Colombo Harbour, taken in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), 1937


Photograph, captioned Corporal (?) King going to join Lancashire Fusiliers, showing soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry, in civilian dress, on the deck of a ship, possibly taken in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), c.1937


Photograph of people standing on a harbour, taken in Singapore, 1937


Photograph of a view of swimming pool at a country club, taken in Singapore, 1937


Photograph, captioned Sam O'Dwyer, showing a soldier entering a motor car, taken in Singapore, 1937


Photograph, captioned Leaving Singapore, showing a view of a harbour taken from onboard a ship, 1937


Newspaper cutting concerning the arrival of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Shanghai, China, 1937


Photograph of a view of 'The Bund', taken in Shanghai, China, c.1937


Photograph, captioned Moore, Miles and Self in 60 mph gale, showing three officers, in civilian dress, on the deck of a ship, taken between Singapore and Hong Kong, 1937


Photograph of a view of the bomb-damaged North Station, Shanghai, taken in China, 1937


Photograph, captioned Herman, showing a soldier of The Durham Light Infantry, standing on the deck of a ship, c.1937


Photograph of a soldier walking through debris in a bomb-damaged street, taken in Shanghai, China, 1937


Photograph of a view of a bomb-damaged street, taken in Shanghai, China, 1937


Photograph of a view of a bomb-damaged street, taken in Shanghai, China, 1937


Photograph of a view of a bomb-damaged street, taken in Shanghai, China, 1937


Photograph of a view of the bomb-damaged North Station, Shanghai, taken in China, 1937


Photograph of a view of the bomb-damaged North Station, Shanghai, taken in China, 1937


Photograph of a view of the bomb-damaged North Station, Shanghai, taken in China, 1937


Photograph of Japanese guards at the North Station, Shanghai, taken in China, 1937


Photograph of a view of the settlement boundary of the Northern Sector of Shanghai, taken in China, 1937


Photograph of a view of a barricaded pawn shop, taken in Shanghai, China, 1937


Handwritten notes on D/DLI 7/152/1(74 - 78)


Photograph of a view of a Japanese sentry post, taken in Shanghai, China, 1937


Photograph of a view of Bangu Road, taken from a sentry post in Shanghai, China, 1937


Photograph of a view of a steam locomotive leaving the North Station, Shanghai, China, 1937


Photograph of a view of a Japanese sentry post on the western perimeter of Shanghai, China, 1937


Photograph of a view of a sentry post by a level railway crossing, taken in Shanghai, China, 1937


Photograph of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at a sentry post, taken in Shanghai, China, 1937


Photograph of a group of Japanese soldiers, taken in Shanghai, China, 1937


Photograph of a view of an officers' mess, taken in Shanghai, China, 1937


Photograph of the staff of an officers' mess, taken in Shanghai, China, 1937


Photograph of officers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, eating Christmas lunch, taken in Shanghai, China, 25 December 1937


Photograph of officers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, relaxing on the entrance steps of an officers' mess, taken in Shanghai, China, 25 December 1937


Photograph of officers and sergeants of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, relaxing on the entrance steps of an officers' mess, taken in Shanghai, China, 1 January 1938


Photograph of officers and sergeants of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, relaxing in the garden of an officers' mess, taken in Shanghai, China, 1 January 1938


Photograph of a view of a sentry post, taken in Shanghai, China, 1938


Photograph of Japanese troops in a transport lorry, taken in Shanghai, China, 1938


Newspaper cutting concerning the shooting of a Chinese man, by a Japanese soldier, during an incident on the Keswick Road, Shanghai, China, 1938


Photograph of a riot van of the Shanghai Municipal Police, taken in China, 1938


Photograph of a sergeant of the Shanghai Municipal Police, on a horse, taken in China, 1938


Photograph, captioned Keith and Herman, showing two officers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in civilian dress, on horses, taken in Shanghai, China, 1938


Photograph, captioned One of my ponies, showing a pony standing in a camp, taken in Shanghai, China, 1938


Photograph, with a magazine cutting, of point-to-point riders of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, with Major-General A.P.D. Telfer-Smollett, Commander Shanghai Area, China, from The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 15 April 1938


Newspaper cutting concerning a gymkhana at the Columbia Riding Academy [possibly in Shanghai, China], 1938


Newspaper cutting of the result of a steeplechase race for China ponies, [possibly in Shanghai, China], 1938


Photograph of Major 'Dan' Heslop, 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in civilian dress, on a horse, taken during a gymkhana at Shanghai, China, 1938


Photograph of officer Herman, 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, competing in an event during a gymkhana, Shanghai, China, 1938


Photograph of Major 'Dan' Heslop, 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in civilian dress, making a speech during a gymkhana, Shanghai, China, 1938


Duplicate of D/DLI 7/152/1(94)


Newspaper cutting concerning the promotion of army officers, from The Times, 19 August 1938


Newspaper cutting concerning the promotion of Lieutenant D.F. Crosthwaite, 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, to the rank of captain, from The Times, 31 August 1938


Photograph of men [possibly officers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry] playing badminton on the deck of H.M.S. Eagle, 1938


Photograph of two men [possibly officers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry] standing on a diving board, 1938


Photograph of a view of H.M.S. Eagle, 1938


Photograph of a view of H.M.S. Duncan, taken from onboard H.M.S. Eagle, 1938


Photograph of a biplane landing on the flight deck of H.M.S. Eagle, 1938


Photograph of a view of Royal Navy destroyers, taken from onboard H.M.S. Eagle, 1938


Photograph of a biplane landing on the flight deck of H.M.S. Eagle, 1938


Photograph of a biplane warming up on the flight deck of H.M.S. Eagle, 1938


Photograph of a view of sailors standing on the deck of H.M.S. Proteus, 1938


Photograph of a view of sailors fitting torpedoes to biplanes on the flight deck of H.M.S. Eagle, 1938


Photograph of a biplane landing on the flight deck of H.M.S. Eagle, 1938


Photograph of biplanes on the flight deck of H.M.S. Eagle, 1938


Photograph of a view of a ship following H.M.S. Eagle, 1938


Photograph of a biplane on the flight deck of H.M.S. Eagle, 1938


Photograph of a view of sailors on the deck of H.M.S. Proteus, 1938


Photograph of a view of the deck of a submarine, taken from the bridge of H.M.S. Proteus, 1938


Photograph, captioned Looking aft, showing a view of the deck of a submarine, taken from the bridge of H.M.S. Proteus, 1938


Photograph of a view of H.M.S. Dorsetshire, taken at Wei-Hai-Wei, China, 1938


Photograph of a view of sailors on the deck of H.M.S. Proteus, 1938


Photograph of a biplane taking off from the flight deck of H.M.S. Eagle, 1938


Photograph of a biplane going down a lift from the flight deck of H.M.S. Eagle, 1938


Photograph of sailors standing around biplanes on the flight deck of H.M.S. Eagle, 1938


Photograph of a view of a golf club, taken at Wei-Hai-Wei, China, 1938


Photograph of Lieutenant Galloway, Royal Navy, standing on the deck of a ship, 1938


Photograph of a view of H.M.S. Birmingham, taken at Shanghai, China, 1938


Photograph of a view of H.M.S. Birmingham, taken at Shanghai, China, 1938


Photograph of an officer of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, and a young girl, taken on the deck of H.M.S. Lancashire, 1938


Photograph of an officer of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing by three women, taken on the deck of H.M.S. Lancashire, 1938


Photograph of two women relaxing on the deck of H.M.S. Lancashire, 1938


Photograph of a view of a Japanese hospital ship, 1938


Photograph of officers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in dress uniform, having dinner with Royal Navy officers, taken onboard H.M.S. Lancashire, 1938 Named officers: D'Arcy Irvine, Crosthwaite, Harman, and Simpson


Photograph of officers Harman, left, Crosthwaite, centre, and D'Arcy Irvine, right, of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, with two women onboard H.M.S. Lancashire, Shanghai, China, 1938


Photograph of a view of the British Embassy Mess, Peking, China, 1938


Photograph, captioned My room, showing a view of a room in an officers' mess, Peking, China, 1938


Photograph, captioned My rickshaw coolie, showing a local man with a rickshaw, Peking, China, 1938


Photograph, captioned My first win in Peking, showing a rider being led from a racecourse by a groom, taken in China, 1938


Photograph of officers Allan, left, and Simpson, second left, of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, with Mrs Goldschmidt and a language student at a race course, Peking, China, 1938


Photograph, from a newspaper, captioned Mrs McBain talking to one of the jockeys, Peking, China, 1938


Photograph of a view of the Summer Palace, Peking, China, 1938


Photograph of a view of the Kumming Lake and the Summer Palace, Peking, China, 1938


Photograph of a view of a courtyard within the Summer Palace, Peking, China, 1938


Photograph of a view of the Kun Ming Lake and the Summer Palace, Peking, China, 1938


Photograph of a view of the Western Hills, taken from the Summer Palace, Peking, China, 1938


Newspaper cutting concerning a paper-chase held by the Peking Hunt Club, c.1938


Photograph of a view of the west gate of the British Embassy, Peking, China, 1938


Photograph of a view of the north gate of the British Embassy, Peking, China, 1938


Photograph of a view of a barrack square at the British Embassy, Peking, China, 1938


Photograph of a view of the Hamblin Blockhouse at the British Embassy, Peking, China, 1938


Photograph of a view of the Peking Hotel, China, 1938


Photograph of a view of a guardroom at the British Embassy, Peking, China, 1938


Newspaper cutting concerning the visit of His Excellency, Sir Archibald Clark Kerr to Peking, China, 5 February 1938


Newspaper cutting concerning the activities of Chinese guerrillas, 7 February 1938


Photograph of three officers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in winter greatcoats, standing with a woman, Peking, China, 1938


Photograph of a bridge and pavilion in the Summer Palace, Peking, China, 1938


Photograph of a view of the ivory paddle boat in the Summer Palace, Peking, China, 1938


Photograph of a view of a pavilion, Peking, China, 1938


Postcard photograph of a view of a tower and a lake [possibly at the Summer Palace, Peking, China], c.1938


Postcard photograph of a view of a gatehouse [possibly at the Summer Palace, Peking, China], c.1938


Postcard photograph of a view of the Temple of Heaven, taken at the Summer Palace, Peking, China, c.1938


Postcard photograph of a view of the altar of the Temple of Heaven, taken at the Summer Palace, Peking, China, c.1938


Photograph, captioned Ambassador's Home, showing a view of an ornate house, Peking, China, 1938


Photograph, captioned Guard of Honour for Ambassador, showing soldiers [possibly of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry] on parade in a square, Peking, China, 1938


Photograph of a groom holding a horse, Peking, China, 1938


Photograph of a street scene, taken at Peking, China, 1938


Photograph of officers Luard, left, Goldschmidt, second left, and McBain, right, of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing with a woman outside officer McBain's home, taken in China, 1938


Photograph of a view of a pavilion within the Forbidden City, Peking, China, 1938


Photograph of a view of the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City, Peking, China, 1938


Photograph of Captain D.F. Crosthwaite, 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, riding a horse during a gymkhana relay race, China, 1938


Photograph of two officers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing with two visiting Japanese officers, taken at Peking, China, 1938 Left to right: Captain D.F. Crosthwaite, Colonel Shiguyasu (?), Goldschmidt, 'Shiguyasu's Adjutant'


Photograph of three officers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing with two visiting Japanese officers, taken at Peking, China, 1938 Left to right: Captain D.F. Crosthwaite, Colonel Shiguyasu (?), Goldschmidt, 'Shiguyasu's Adjutant', Simpson
(1 volume, card bound)


Notes on military organisation and tactics, 1941 - 1943
(1 volume, card bound)


Album of photographs and newspaper articles of events at the Royal Military College [Sandhurst?] and Catterick Garrison. Also contains three photographs of the T.M.S. Accra and a telegram, 1929 - 1934
(1 volume)

Major (later Lieutenant-Colonel) Joseph Arthur CROSTHWAITE (Ref: Crosthwaite D/DLI 7/153/1-6)

2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Entry in McGregor; commanding officer of 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 4 February - 11 June 1915; to 1st Battalion, The Somerset Light Infantry, June 1915; 12th (Service) Battalion, York and Lancashire Regiment from September 1915; served in France and Belgium, September 1914 - June 1915


Copy war diary of Major J.A. Crosthwaite, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 18th Brigade, 6th Division, British Expeditionary Force, including field messages and sketch plans, 8 September 1914 - 25 June 1916; copied by E.G.C. [Crouch], n.d., [c. 1920]
(1 volume, card bound)


Pages from Major Crosthwaite's war diary, 30 March - 25 June 1916 Originally enclosed in D/DLI 7/153/1
(6 papers)


Photograph of 'D' Company, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, support platoon's trench, north of Rue de Bois, France, November 1914
(1 photograph, 6cm. x 4cm., black and white)


Photograph looking from Hooge to Sanctuary Wood, Belgium, n.d.
(1 photograph, 6cm. x 4cm., black and white)


Photograph of Le Fallot, near Hobb's Farm, Armentières, France, n.d., [c. 1916]
(1 photograph, 6cm. x 4cm., black and white)


Photograph looking towards Mortalje Estaminet, Ypres, Belgium, taken from Wieltje, Belgium, n.d., [c.1916]
(1 photograph, 6cm. x 4cm., black and white)

4278 Private, later Lieutenant-Colonel Ernest George CROUCH, D.S.O., D.C.M. (Ref: Crouch D/DLI 7/154/1-13)

1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion, 10th Battalion and 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Entry in McGregor; born, 10 October 1873; enlisted 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 10 November 1891; transferred to 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1893; Lance-Corporal, 2nd Battalion, 25 March 1896; as Colour-Sergeant posted as P.S.I. to 9th Battalion; Regimental Sergeant-Major, 23 August 1913; Second Lieutenant, 10th Battalion, 4 November 1915; adjutant, 9th Battalion, 22 February - 3 August 1916; temporary Major, 9th Battalion, 4 August 1916; acting Lieutenant-Colonel, 5th Border Regiment, 30 July - 22 September 1917; commanded 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 10 December 1917 - 17 April 1919; Captain, Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry, 18 January 1918; Brevet Major, 1 January 1919; acting Major 1/9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 18 April - 14 May 1919; acting Major, 52nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 15 May - 3 September 1919; retired as Lieutenant-Colonel, 10 October 1923; died, 1 June 1935. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.
For remainder of the Crouch papers, see: D/DLI 2/9/.


Letter from C.B. Collings, Captain Adjutant, 68th R[egimental] D[epot] Barracks, Newcastle upon Tyne, to Mr. Crouch informing him that his son 4278 Sergeant C. Crouch, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, was severely wounded on 19 May 1900 at Lundley, South Africa, 26 May 1900
(1 paper)


Recommendation of Lieutenant-Colonel W.B. [Moir], commanding 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, that Lieutenant E.G. Crouch be promoted to temporary captain, and reply from Captain [A.E.G. Palmer], 50th Division, 8 - 14 July 1916
(1 paper)


Letter from the War Office, 8 York Buildings, Adelphi, London, to Major E.G. Crouch, 9 Ashgrove Terrace, Gateshead on Tyne, enclosing a French citation for the Legion d' Honneur (Chevalier), which had been published in the London Gazette, 8 March 1919, 25 February 1920
(1 paper)


Copy newspaper cutting from the Newcastle Journal, concerning the death of Lieutenant-Colonel E.G. Crouch, D.S.O., and outlining his career in the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 3 June 1935
(2 papers)


Letter from Colonel R.B. Bradford to E.G. Crouch expressing his hope that the latter has arrived home safely, and his pleasure that the latter has been mentioned in despatches; recounting that 'The Doc' has the Croix de Guerre and a bar to his Military Cross, that Folley, Hall, Wylie, and W.D.B. Thompson have the Military Cross, Bowdery has a bar to his, and Sergeant Caldwell has the Distinguished Conduct Medal, that the writer is to attend the investiture of the King and return to France on 4 or 5 June; and telling Crouch to wait a week or so before returning, 28 May 1917
(2 papers)


Letter from [Colonel] Roland Bradford to E.G. Crouch, discussing Bradford's appointment as Brigadier-General to command 186th Infantry Brigade and thanking Crouch for his "wise counselling" and his replacing him as Commanding Officer, informing the latter that the Brigadier of 5th Borders is to take command of the battalion till Crouch returns, and referring to a list of non-commissioned officers fitted for commission and lists of other officers and non-commissioned officers worthy of a mention, 6 November 1917
(3 papers)


Letter from [Colonel] Roland Bradford to E.G. Crouch expressing his sadness at leaving his battalion and congratulating the latter on his new command, describing how Tynedale is joining 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, and how the writer had omitted Corporal Warden's name from the list of non-commissioned officers fitted for commissions, the printing and distribution of souvenir pictures to each non-commissioned officer and man who had served in the battalion, 9 November 1917
(2 papers)


Christmas card of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, with cartoon drawn by Gerald Palmer, inscribed from "Dad" to "Mother", 1915
(1 paper)


Christmas and New Year greeting postcard of the 151st Infantry Brigade, addressed to Lieutenant E. Crouch, 10th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, British Expeditionary Force, France, 31 December 1915
(1 postcard)


Christmas card of 'B' Company, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, with drawing by [Gerald Palmer], inscribed to George from his father, [1918]
(1 paper)


Postcard photograph of an unidentified clergyman, with the message "with all good wishes for 1924 from your old Padre, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, France, 1918", 1924
(1 photograph, 8cm. x 14cm., black and white)


Business card of Richard E. Crouch, Inglestone, 34a Whaggs Lane, Whickham, Newcastle upon Tyne, n.d. [late 20th c.]
(1 card, 7.5cm. x 4.5cm.)


Photograph of [Major Crouch], n.d. [1916 - 1919]
(1 photograph, 9.5cm. x 13.5cm., black and white)

325115 Lance-Sergeant Louis CROWE (Ref: Crowe D/DLI 7/155/1)

8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry


Certificate of honourable discharge, on 9 November 1918, of Lance-Sergeant Louis Crowe, disabled in the Great War, 29 May 1919
(1 paper)

3408/250391 Sergeant Harry, CRUDDACE M.M. and Bar (Ref: Cruddace D/DLI 7/856/2-9)

6th Battalion and 18th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Born Bishop Auckland, 1898; enlisted in the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry in February 1915; discharged from the 18th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry in January 1919; served in the Durham Home Guard during the Second World War.


'The Story of a Great Battle, From Memory, One of the greatest engagements of the 6th D.L.I. during the war, The Butte de Warlencourt, 5 November 1916' an account by Harry Cruddace of his part in the attack on the Butte de Warlencourt, France, n.d. [ c.1926]
(10 papers)


Citation for the award of the Military Medal to Sergeant H. Cruddace for his services in action from 4 to 6 November 1916, by Lieutenant-Colonel H.M. Allen, commanding 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, 10 December 1916
(1 paper, typescript)


Memorandum from Captain W. Evans, No. 1 Infantry Records, York, to Sergeant H. Cruddace, 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, 15 Park Avenue, Coundon Gate, Bishop Auckland, concerning his attendance at the medal presentation ceremony at Fenham Barracks, Newcastle upon Tyne, on 19 December, 12 December 1917
(1 paper)


Certificate of disembodiment on demobilization of Sergeant Harry Cruddace, 18th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, 30 January 1919
(1 paper)


'Carrying Party', a poem by Pat Brown, and possibly another anonymous author, describing the efforts of soldiers conveying food to the front line trenches and an attack on 1 October n.y., n.d. [1914 - 1918]
(3 papers)


Note from the Under-Secretary of State for War to accompany two awards granted for service during the 1935 - 1945 war, n.d. [1945]
(1 paper, printed)


Copy photograph, probably of Private Harry Cruddace, 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [1915]
(1 photograph, 10 cm. x 15 cm., black and white)


Copy photograph of Sergeant Harry Cruddace wearing the uniform of the 15th Battalion Durham Home Guard, n.d. [1940 - 1945]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 13 cm., black and white)


Copy photograph of Sergeant Harry Cruddace wearing the uniform of the 15th Battalion Durham Home Guard, n.d. [1940 - 1945]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 13 cm., black and white)

108 Company Sergeant-Major Instructor James CRUICKSHANK (Ref: Cruickshank D/DLI 7/157/1-4)

The Durham Light Infantry and Army Gymnastic Staff


Letter from Major R.B. Campbell, Assistant Inspector of Physical and Bayonet Training, Third Army Headquarters, to the Superintendent of Physical and Bayonet Training, Fourth Army, concerning the mention for valuable services of acting Sergeant Instructor J. Cruickshank in the London Gazette, 27 February 1917, 18 March 1917
(1 paper)


Notes from Lieutenant-Colonel R.B. Campbell, Deputy Inspector of Physical and Bayonet Training, to Company Sergeant-Major Instructor J. Cruickshank, recognising his valuable service with the British Armies in France, 18 September 1917 and 28 February 1918
(2 cards)


Group photograph of officers and non-commissioned officers from various regiments, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 12cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Embroidered postcard of the cap badge of The Durham Light Infantry, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 postcard)

26082 Private John Henry CRUMP (Ref: Crump D/DLI 7/158/1-2)

10th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Rotherhithe; residence London; enlisted Deptford; formerly H/16675, 3/27454, Hussars; killed in action, 22 August 1917


Memorial scroll of Private J.H. Crump, n.d., [1919]
(1 card)


Printed letter from Mr. and Mrs. Stewart expressing their thanks for the sympathy shown to them in the loss of their son, Captain C.E. Stewart, 10th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, [1917]
(1 paper)