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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 G: Gr to Gu

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4465945 Private Alfred Ernest GRAHAM (Ref: Graham D/DLI 7/261/1-7)

The Durham Light Infantry
Enlisted, 24 July 1940; discharged, 3 February 1946


Soldier's service and pay book of Private A.E. Graham, 1940 - 1945
(1 booklet)


Record of service of Private A.E. Graham, 17 December 1945
(1 card)


What to do on leaving the service, and how to do it: pamphlet issued by the War Office and the Ministry of Labour and National Service, n.d., [1946]
(1 booklet)


Photograph of Private A.E. Graham, n.d., [1940 - 1946]
(1 photograph, 8cm. x 13cm., black and white)


Photograph of Private A.E. Graham, n.d., [1940 - 1946]
(1 photograph, 10cm. x 8cm., black and white)


Photograph of Private A.E. Graham, n.d., [1940 - 1946]
(1 photograph, 10cm. x 8cm., black and white)


Photograph of Private A.E. Graham, n.d., [1940 - 1946]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 6cm., black and white)


Group photograph of soldiers, including Private A.E. Graham, bottom row, left, n.d., [1940 - 1946]
(1 photograph, 10cm. x 8cm., black and white)

75381 Private Arthur Edmund GRAHAM (Ref: Graham D/DLI 7/262/1-4)

2/6th Battalion, later 3rd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Enlisted, 24 November 1916; transferred to reserve, 25 October 1919; father of Thomas Henry Graham (D/DLI 7/263)


Protection certificate and certificate of identity of Private A.E. Graham, 27 September 1919
(1 paper)


Certificate of transfer to reserve, on demobilization, of Private A.E. Graham, 25 October 1919
(1 paper)


Soldier's demobilization account of Private A.E. Graham, n.d., [25 October 1919]
(1 paper)


Photograph of [Private A.E. Graham], seated, and an unnamed corporal of The Durham Light Infantry, n.d., [1916 - 1919]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 14cm., black and white)

4469410 Lance-Corporal Thomas Henry GRAHAM (Ref: Graham D/DLI 7/263/1-3)

70th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Son of Arthur Edmund Graham (D/DLI 7/262)


Notice given upon joining the Territorial Army and certified copy of attestation of T.H. Graham, 10 December 1941
(1 paper)


Order for T.H. Graham to report to the officer commanding The Durham Light Infantry, 16 December 1941
(1 paper)


Order of service of thanksgiving on the conclusion of the campaign in North-West Europe, 1945
(1 booklet)

22550576 Sergeant Robert GRAINGER (Ref: Grainger D/DLI 7/884/1-6)

1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Born 9 September 1925; enlisted Darlington 8 March 1951; served in the Korean War; discharged 21 June 1958


Copy certificate of service, record of service and certificate of discharge of Sergeant Robert Grainger, 1951 - 1958; copy made c.2000
(4 papers, duplicated)


Copy photograph of the sitting patrol position [marked] in front of Hill 355, captioned: first time up, could be the place where Ron Ducher got hit, Korea, November 1952; copy made n.d.
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., black and white)


Photograph of Mad Mile Road in the valley up to Hill 355, Korea, 13 February 1953
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 6 cm., black and white)


Copy photograph of Privates Hedley, Ramsden, Pickering and Potter, playing guitars at Camp Casey, Korea, n.d. [1952 - 1953]; copy made n.d.
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., black and white)


Photograph of Privates Hackney and Kitchen, on a hillside in Korea, captioned: two of the boys in Section; kid with tab in his mouth was blinded three days later, 1953
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 6 cm., black and white)


Photograph of five soldiers of 9 Platoon, 'C' Company, [1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry] on Hill 355, Korea, n.d. [1953]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 6 cm., black and white, defective)

17358 [Corporal] James GRANT (Ref: Grant D/DLI 7/264/1-3)

13th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Enlisted, 1 September 1914


Soldier's small book of [Corporal] J. Grant, 1914 - 1915
(1 booklet)


Field service postcard from [Corporal] J. Grant to Mrs. Grant, [Dial] House, Town Wall, Hartlepool, 29 December 1917
(1 card)


Field service postcard from [Corporal] J. Grant to Mrs. Grant, [Dial] House, Town Wall, Hartlepool, 4 April 1918
(1 card)

7085 [Private] Peter GRAY (Ref: Gray D/DLI 7/265/1-4)

'A' Company, 1st Battalion and 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Served with 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in India in the 1920s


Photograph of the boxers' class of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Ahmednagar, India, n.d., [1920 - 1923]
(1 photograph, 27cm. x 21cm., black and white)


Photograph of silver trophies of The Durham Light Infantry, n.d., [early 20th c.]
(1 photograph, 29cm. x 20cm., black and white)


Photograph of silver trophies of The Durham Light Infantry, n.d., [early 20th c.]
(1 photograph, 27cm. x 20cm., black and white)


Pictorial souvenir and history of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in Ahmednagar, India, 1923, Copy belonging to [Private] Peter Gray, and including additional photographs, of 'A' Company at East Ridge Barracks, Ahmednagar, India, 2 March 1921; hockey team, n.d.; and officers at Ahmednagar, India, n.d.


Photograph captioned The Officer Commanding, showing Lieutenant-Colonel J.W. Jeffreys, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, on horseback, taken at Ahmednagar, India, 1923


Group photograph of the officers of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ahmednagar, India, 1923


Group photograph of a company of soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry, c.1923


Group photograph of the warrant officers, staff sergeants, and sergeants of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ahmednagar, India, 1923


Group photograph of the corporals of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ahmednagar, India, 1923


Group photograph of 'A' Company, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ahmednagar, India, 2 March 1921


Group photograph of a hockey team of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ahmednagar, India, 1923


Group photograph of the staff of 'A' Company, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ahmednagar, India, 1923


Group photograph of 'A' Company, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ahmednagar, India, 1923


Group photograph of the band of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ahmednagar, India, 1923


Group photograph of the staff of 'B' Company, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ahmednagar, India, 1923


Group photograph of 'B' Company, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ahmednagar, India, 1923


Group photograph of the buglers of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ahmednagar, India, 1923


Group photograph of the staff of 'C' Company, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ahmednagar, India, 1923


Group photograph of 'C' Company, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ahmednagar, India, 1923


Group photograph of the football team of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ahmednagar, India, 1923


Group photograph of the staff of 'D' Company, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ahmednagar, India, 1923


Group photograph of the machine-gun detachment of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ahmednagar, India, 1923


Group photograph of 'H.Q.' Company, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ahmednagar, India, 1923


Group photograph of the signallers of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ahmednagar, India, 1923


Group photograph of the regimental office staff of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ahmednagar, India, 1923


Group photograph of the regimental police of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ahmednagar, India, 1923


Group photograph of the officers of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ahmednagar, India, 1923
(1 volume, cloth bound)

4448270 Colour-Sergeant Thomas Edward GRAY (Ref: Gray D/DLI 7/266/1-5)

2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry


Printed welcome to the officers and men of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, from the people of Bagerhat, India, 31 January 1934
(1 paper)


Tactical Notes on Defence against Gas, 31 August 1934
(1 booklet)


Operation order of the 1st Battalion, The Nigeria Regiment, 4 February 1939
(1 booklet)


Soldier's active service pay book [blank], n.d., [1943]
(1 booklet)


Synopsis of Kinnari, a drama staged for the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at the Town Hall, Bagerhat, India, n.d., [1934]
(1 paper)

G.S. GREEN (Ref: Green D/DLI 7/267/1-2)

The Durham Light Infantry


Notes from the 1940 Dunkirk Veterans' Association, 6 Derwentwater Terrace, Leeds, Yorkshire, to G.S. Green, 23 Pelaw Crescent, South Pelaw, Chester-le-Street, enclosing the Commemorative Medal of Dunkirk, n.d., [1986]
(3 papers)


Diploma of G.S. Green commemorating the Battle of Dunkirk, n.d., [1986?]
(1 paper)

203432 Corporal Harold GREEN (Ref: Green D/DLI 7/268/1)

6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Prisoner of War in Dülmen and Cottbus Camps, Germany, 9 April - 28 December 1918


Diary, kept by H. Green, describing leave, manoeuvres and trench warfare, 8 February - 9 April 1918; being taken prisoner of war, 9 April 1918; his time in Dülmen Prisoner of War Camp, 23 April - 21 August 1918; Cottbus Prisoner of War Camp, 22 August - 28 December 1918; his journey home, 28 December 1918 - 6 January 1919
(1 volume, card bound)

Private John GREEN (Ref: Green D/DLI 7/885/1)

68th, or Durham, Light Infantry
Enlisted at Leeds, Yorkshire, aged 16, on 24 October 1806; served in the Peninsular War; discharged Belfast, 1814


The Vicissitudes of a Soldier' s Life, or a series of occurrences from 1806 to 1815; .... containing .... a concise account of the war in the Peninsula , by John Green, late of the 68th Durham Light Infantry, Louth, 1827
(1 volume, card bound)

Sergeant J. GREENWELL (Ref: Greenwell D/DLI 7/269/1-3)

9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry


Order of ceremonial at the unveiling of the memorial at Wieltje, Belgium, to the 50th (Northumbrian) Division, 1 September 1929
(1 booklet)


Group photograph of soldiers of the [9th] Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at attention, entitled 'the old guard and the new', n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Group photograph of the winners of the Northumberland and Durham [P.Os.] and Sergeants' Association Challenge Cup, 1930
(1 photograph, 28cm. x 22cm., black and white, card mounted)

Lieutenant-Colonel William Basil GREENWELL (Ref: Greenwell D/DLI 7/270/1-1(70))

1st Battalion, later 19th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Entry in McGregor


Photograph album, compiled by Lieutenant-Colonel W.B. Greenwell, covering his service with the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in South Africa, 1901 - 1902; and India, 1902 - 1916; and in command of the 19th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in France, 1917


Photograph of an officer of the 19th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken in France, 1917


Photograph of bandsmen [possibly of the 19th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry] marching along a road, taken in France, 1917


Photograph of Lieutenant-Colonel W.B. Greenwell, Commanding 19th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, holding a polo stick, taken in France, 1917


Photograph of Lieutenant-Colonel W.B. Greenwell, Commanding 19th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, on a horse, taken in France, 1917


Photograph of Lieutenant-Colonel W.B. Greenwell, Commanding 19th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, on a horse, [possibly taken in India], c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of Lieutenant-Colonel W.B. Greenwell, Commanding 19th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, on a horse, addressing the battalion during a parade, taken in France, 1917


Photograph of soldiers [possibly of the 19th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry] marching along a road, taken in France, 1917


Photograph of a view of the 19th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, on parade [to receive praise for their success in recent action], taken in France, 1917


Photograph of Second-Lieutenant W.B. Greenwell, 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, on the deck S.S. Tagus [bound for South Africa], taken in the United Kingdom, 7 October 1901


Photograph of Second-Lieutenant W.B. Greenwell, 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, ready to board S.S. Tagus [bound for South Africa], taken in the United Kingdom, 7 October 1901


Photograph of a view of S.S. Tagus, taken in the United Kingdom, 7 October 1901


Photograph of a view of Second-Lieutenant W.B. Greenwell, 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, on the bridge of S.S. Tagus [bound for South Africa], taken in the United Kingdom, 7 October 1901


Photograph of a view of a blockhouse on the veldt, taken in South Africa, 1901 - 1902


Photograph, captioned: Two of the 68th in the rigging, showing a view of S.S. Tagus [bound for South Africa], 1901


Photograph of a view of a wooded valley, taken at Ghora Dhaka, India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of a view of the bungalow and garden of officer W.B. Greenwell, 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ghora Dhaka, India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of a view of the bungalow and garden of officer W.B. Greenwell, 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ghora Dhaka, India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of a view of the bungalow and garden of officer W.B. Greenwell, 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ghora Dhaka, India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, marching to a hill station at Ghora Dhaka, taken in India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, marching to a hill station at Ghora Dhaka, taken in India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of officers and sergeants of 'A' Company, 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, competing in a regimental hockey tournament, taken in India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, marching to a hill station at Ghora Dhaka, taken in India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of officer W.B. Greenwell, 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, and a dog, Rags, taken at Ghora Dhaka, India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of a dog, Rags, taken at Ghora Dhaka, India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of a view of the bungalow and garden of officer W.B. Greenwell, 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ghora Dhaka, India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of a view of soldiers in a barracks, taken at Ghora Dhaka, India, 3 June [King George V's birthday] 1913


Group photograph of the football team of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken in India, 1915


Photograph of a view of The Durham Light Infantry regimental badge, carved onto a rock, taken in India, c.1916


Photograph, captioned: Hill picketing, showing soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in a valley, taken in India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of a flock of camels, taken in India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of donkeys laden with equipment, taken in India, c.1902 - 1916


Postcard photograph with the caption: Sudder Bazaar of Dharamsala after earthquake of April, 1905, taken in India, 1905


Photograph, captioned: Ghorrial Murree, showing a view of a barracks, taken in India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of group of people in a garden, taken in India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of a view of the bungalow of officer W.B. Greenwell, 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Wellington (now Tamil Nadu), India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of officer W.B. Greenwell, 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, and a dog, Tricksey, taken at Wellington (now Tamil Nadu), India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of a view of the bungalow of officer W.B. Greenwell, 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Wellington (now Tamil Nadu), India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of a view of an officers' mess, taken at Wellington (now Tamil Nadu), India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of a view of spectators at a race meeting, taken at Wellington (now Tamil Nadu), India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of a view of spectators at a race meeting, taken at Wellington (now Tamil Nadu), India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of a view of a jungle, taken from an officers' mess at Calicut, India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of a view of a beach, taken at Calicut, India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of 'a native boat' on the sea, taken at Calicut, India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of local men on a beach, taken at Calicut, India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of local men holding a dead crocodile, taken at Calicut, India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of a view of a barracks, taken at Calicut, India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of a view of an officers' mess, taken at Calicut, India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of a view of an officers' mess, taken at Calicut, India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of a view of countryside, taken at Dindigul (?), India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of a view of a bungalow, taken at Dindigul (?), India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of a view of countryside, taken at Mukki, India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of a view of a forest bungalow, taken at Mukki, India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of two bullock carts [belonging to officer W.B. Greenwell, 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry], taken in India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of two local men holding the severed head of a bison on a pole, taken in India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of officer W.B. Greenwell, 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, with the horns and skull of a bison [shot at Malabar, 1907], taken in India, c.1907 - 1916


Photograph of the colour party of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at the Delhi Durbar, India, 1911


Photograph, captioned: The new arrivals, showing a group of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken in India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of the non commissioned officers of 'B' Company, 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, sitting on a wall, taken in India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph, captioned: Early morning breakfast, showing a group of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taking refreshment at a camp, taken at Dargai, India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of Private Jemmis and Private Reynard, of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in fancy dress, taken in India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of soldiers Beatty, Gant, and Shaw, members of the hockey team of 'A' Company, 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken in India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of Captain Luard, and officers Boxer, and W.B. Greenwell, of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, watching a cross country race, taken in India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of Privates Gant, McCullagh, and Symmonds of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, with a searchlight at an observation post [possibly taken in India], c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of a view of Malakand, taken in India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of soldiers of 'A' Company, 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, running off at the start of a cross country race, taken in India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of a view of Chakdara Fort, taken in India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, unpacking hockey equipment, taken in India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of soldiers of 'A' Company, 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, diving into a river, taken at Jelabar (?), India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of bandsmen [possibly of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry], practising in a barracks square, taken in India, c.1902 - 1916


Photograph of a view of a road to a hill station, taken near Ghoradaka, Indian, c.1902 - 1916
(1 album, card bound)

250310 Sergeant John GREENWOOD, D.C.M., M.M. and Bar (Ref: Greenwood D/DLI 7/271/1-2)

6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born near Crook, 1894; enlisted, 1914; also served in 151st Trench Mortar Battery; awarded the Military Medal, 1917 and the Bar to his M.M., 1918; died Crook, 1952. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.


Photograph of a sailor on H.M.S. Canada, a civilian, and four soldiers (three of whom are in The Durham Light Infantry), including Sergeant John Greenwood, D.C.M., M.M. and bar, centre front, n.d. [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Photograph of Gunner John Greenwood, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 14cm., black and white)

Brigadier William Arthur GREY-WILSON (Ref: Grey-Wilson D/DLI 7/272/1)

2nd Battalion, later 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Entry in McGregor; born St. Helena, 12 January 1889; joined 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1909; commanded 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1935 - 1939; died, 23 September 1973


British passport of Brigadier Grey-Wilson, King's Messenger, 16 August 1944 - 31 January 1946
(1 booklet)

Lieutenant Robert GRIEVES (Ref: Grieves D/DLI 7/886/1-24)

7th Battalion and 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Born Hexham on Tyne, Northumberland, 12 May 1888; residence Waterloo Village, Blyth, Northumberland; occupation surveyor and estate agent's clerk; enlisted 1/5th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, August 1914 and served at Battle of Ypres; wounded 24 May 1915; gazetted second lieutenant to the 7th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry; Lieutenant 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry 1917; transferred to Royal Engineers 1917; wounded 26 June 1918; invalided from the Army 18 June 1919


Application by 2443 Lance-Corporal Robert Grieves, 5th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, for a commission as second lieutenant in the 7th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, 10 October 1915
(1 paper)


Certificate of discharge of 2443 Lance-Corporal Robert Grieves, 3/5th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers on receiving a commission as second lieutenant in the 3/7th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Wallsend, Northumberland, 4 November 1915
(1 paper)


Commission of Robert Grieves as Second Lieutenant in the 7th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Territorial Force, 8 November 1915
(1 paper)


Letter from Robert Grieves, Royal Engineers Base Depot, British Expeditionary Force, France, to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. Grieves, 12 Hextol Terrace, Hexham, Northumberland, concerning the month since his arrival at the Depot, the raid at Etaples, France, and a Whit Monday cricket match, 24 May 1918
(2 papers)


Letter from Robert Grieves, 526 Field Company, Royal Engineers, British Expeditionary Force, France, to his parents, concerning his arrival at 526 Field Company following a draft to another part of the line; a meeting with two officers whom he had previously met at Silkstone, Yorkshire, and horse riding in the countryside, 15 June 1918
(1 paper)


Letter from Robert Grieves, Moffat, Dumfriesshire, to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. Grieves, 12 Hextol Terrace, Hexham, Northumberland, concerning his imminent transfer to Banavie, Argyll; the uncomfortable conditions at Moffat; the large boils on each of his wrists and the slow healing of his leg, postmark 27 September 1918
(3 papers)


Transcripts of D/DLI7/886/4-6 and notes concerning family members named in the letters, May 2002
(3 papers)


Letter from the War Office, London, to the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command, and copy forwarded to Lieutenant R. Grieves, Royal Engineers, concerning the Medical Board's decision that he is permanently unfit for service, caused by wounds, and the relinquishment of his commission, 5 and 13 June 1919
(2 papers)


Letters from the Military Secretary, War Office, London, to Lieutenant R. Grieves, Royal Engineers, Field Companies, Hexham, Northumberland, concerning the London Gazette notice of the latter's relinquishment of his commission on account of ill health caused by wounds, 25 and 27 June 1919
(2 papers)


Summary of the military service of Robert Grieves from August 1914 to 18 June 1919, n.d. [ c.1919]
(1 paper, typescript)


Summary of the medical boards from 12 September 1918 to 1921 attended by Robert Grieves, following a gunshot wound on 26 June 1918 to his lower left leg, n.d. [1921]
(1 paper)


50th Division Intelligence Summary, no. 12, concerning activity at Hook Sap, Butte Trench and Flers Line, from 7 a.m. 4 November, to 7 a.m. 5 November, 5 November 1916
(1 paper, duplicated)


50th Division Intelligence Summary no. 13, concerning the operations of the 6th, 8th and 9th Battalions The Durham Light Infantry in the attack on the Butte de Warlencourt and the Gird Line, France, from 7 a.m. 5 November to 7 a.m. 6 November, 6 November 1916
(1 paper, duplicated)


Summary of information obtained from prisoners and the wounded as a result of the attack of the 50th Division on 5 November 1916, 6 November 1916
(1 paper, duplicated)


Examination of Lieutenant Jacobson, Royal Field Artillery, wounded near the Butte de Warlencourt, France, at noon on 5 November 1916, issued by 3rd Corps Intelligence, 6 November 1916
(1 paper, duplicated)


Trench map of the Fourth Army Front, Map D, covering Warlencourt and Le Sars, France, 29 October 1916 Scale: 1:20,000
(1 plan, 32 cm. x 42 cm., printed, colour)


Trench map of the British ['bird'] trenches and German trenches between Heninel and Cherisy, France, 17 June 1917 Scale: 1:10,000
(1 plan, 42 cm. x 33 cm., printed, colour)


Trench map of the British ['bird'] trenches and German trenches between Guemappe and Cherisy, France, 29 June 1917 Scale: 1:10,000
(1 plan, 31 cm. x 42 cm., printed, colour)


Aerial photograph of trenches, including Cable, Starling, Curtain and Bullfinch trenches, near Cherisy, France, 24 June 1917
(1 photograph, 21 cm. x 17 cm., black and white)


Illustrations to accompany Notes on the Interpretation of Aeroplane Photographs, Series B, issued by the General Staff, n.d. [1917]


Plate 1: aerial photograph and plan of the area from La Bassee Canal to River Scarpe, France, n.d. [1914 - 1917], duplicate of D/DLI 2/6/152


Plate 2: aerial photograph and plan of the area from Ypres-Comines Canal to La Bassee Canal, France, n.d. [25 August 1916], duplicate of D/DLI 2/6/153


Plate 3: aerial photograph and plan of the area from River Scarpe to River Ancre, France, n.d. [1914 - 1917], duplicate of D/DLI 2/6/154


Plate 4: aerial photograph and plan of the area from Canal du Nord to River Oise, France, n.d. [1917]


Plate 5: aerial photograph and plan of the area from River Scarpe to Canal du Nord, France, n.d. [3 April 1917], duplicate of D/DLI 2/6/155
(5 photographs, 33 cm. x 22 cm., black and white, and 1 envelope)


Postcard photograph of Amiens Cathedral, south view, France, n.d. [1915]
(1 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white, printed)


Postcard photograph of Bienvillers-aux-Bois, a village on the Front Line, August 1915
(1 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white, printed)


Postcard photograph of the decapitated church tower at Bienvillers, France, 1916
(1 card, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white, printed)

Brigadier Edward Henry Lysaght LYSAGHT-GRIFFIN, C.B.E., D.S.O. (Ref: Griffin, Lysaght- D/DLI 7/914/1-4)

2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Entry in McGregor; commissioned as Second Lieutenant 3 September 1913; joined the 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry at Lichfield, Staffordshire, in 1913, within a few months of Roland Boys Bradford joining the battalion.


Christmas card of the 9th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, containing a drawing of an infantryman by Captain R. Mauchlen, captioned: Greet the Unseen with a Cheer, December 1916 Endorsed: signature of Roland Bradford
(1 card, printed)


Christmas card of 151st Infantry Brigade, British Expeditionary Force, December 1915, containing a drawing, by Gerald Palmer, of a British infantryman chasing a German soldier, captioned Wars just one !......! thing after another,sent by Roland B. Bradford to E. Lysaght Griffin, 1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Peshawar, India, postmark 26 January 1916
(1 card, printed)


Envelope from R.B. Bradford to E. Lysaght-Griffin, 1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Nowshera, India, postmark 28 December 1916
(1 paper)


Letter from Brigadier Edward Henry Lysaght-Griffin, concerning an envelope containing two Christmas cards sent to him by Roland Bradford, 10 May 1971
(1 paper)

Major Roy GRIFFITHS (Ref: Griffiths D/DLI 7/273/1-60)

'D' Company, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Served with 9th Battalion from the campaign in Sicily, Italy, to the disbandment of the Battalion in 1946


Letter from Major Roy Griffiths, Ashtead, Surrey to an unidentified correspondent, describing his service with the 9th Battalion, and notes on his photographs and papers, forwarded to the Durham Light Infantry Museum, 7 February 1988
(2 papers)


Personal message from General B.L. Montgomery to the troops of the Eighth Army at the end of the campaign in Sicily, Italy, 18 August 1943 Endorsed: sketch plan of Messina, n.d.
(1 paper)


Copy programme of a concert presented by the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, on board H.M.T. Sibajak, en route from Sicily, Italy, to England, 1943
(1 paper, duplicated)


Order of service for the Second Army thanksgiving service on the conclusion of the campaign in North West Europe, 6 June 1944 - 5 May 1945, n.d., [May 1945]
(1 booklet, printed)


Transcript of 'Berlin Survey' by Major Stephen Tennell, the Parachute Regiment, containing an account of Berlin under Allied occupation, 22 August 1945
(23 papers)


Standing Orders and Instructions for 1 Corps District Tattoo, Iserlohn, Germany, 19 June 1946
(1 booklet, printed)


Souvenir programme of the First Corps District Searchlight Tattoo at Dortmund Racecourse, Germany, 17 - 24 August 1946
(1 booklet, printed)


Military airgraph sheet [blank] authorised by the Egyptian Postal Administration, n.d., [1940s]
(1 paper)


Map of North Africa, No. 1, Cyrenaica, Libya, n.d. [1940 - 1943] Scale: 1:1,000,000
(1 plan, 76cm. x 45cm., colour)


Map of North Africa, No. 3, Tobruk, Libya, approach to contract map, January 1942 Scale: 1:500,000
(1 plan, 51cm. x 43cm., colour)


Map of North Africa, No. 4, Sidi Rezegh and Bir el Gubi, Libya, n.d. [1940 - 1943] Scale: 1:250,000
(1 plan, 55cm. x 41cm., colour)


Map of North Africa, No. 5, Tobruk, Libya, and Maddalena, Sardinia, Italy, n.d., [1940 - 1943] Scale: 1:500,000
(1 plan, 42cm. x 35cm., colour)


Map of North Africa, No. 7, Bengasi, [Benghazi], Libya, n.d. [1940 - 1943] Scale: 1:500,000
(1 plan, 48cm. x 57cm., colour)


Ordnance Survey Sheet 37 (South) (E) of Roermond (South), France and Belgium, including annotations concerning operations at St. Joost and Montfort, Netherlands, September 1944 Scale: 2.53 inches to 1 mile, 1:25,000
(1 plan, 50cm. x 61cm., printed)


Photograph album of Major R. Griffiths of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in Sicily, Italy, Berlin and Hamburg, Germany, 1943 - 1946, including:


Photograph of Major W.J.R. Scott, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken in Taormina, Sicily, Italy, 1943


Photograph of Captain R.J. Somerville, Adjutant, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken in Taormina, Sicily, Italy, 1943


Photograph of Lieutenant K. Whitaker, A/TK Platoon Commander, taken in Taormina, Sicily, Italy, 1943


Photograph of Captain R.J. Somerville, Adjutant, Major Jim Kennedy, and Major W.J.R. Scott, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken in Sicily, Italy, 1943


Photograph of a group of officers, captioned: On the way home from Sicily, Riposto, [Italy]; back row: 'Slim' Somerville (Adjutant); Lieutenant John Lloyd; Lieutenant George Lanning; Lieutenant Michael Medway; Lieutenant Ken Whitaker (A/TK); Lieutenant Dennis Hurst [Dennis Hurst was later K.I.A. in Normandy [France], 1944, Mt. Pincon, Plessy Grenault], front row: Lieutenant D.S. Taylor, Lieutenant Coates, Lieutenant Billy Muir, Lieutenant R. Griffiths, October - November 1943


Photograph of damaged tanks and vehicles, captioned: some of the havoc caused by R.A.F. Typhoons along the Argentan - Falaise - Chambois Road, the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, involved in a battle for Chambois [France], 1944


Photograph of soldiers of the 9th Battalion, The Durham, Light Infantry, captioned: A/TK prepare for Wildeshausen [Germany], March - May 1945


Photograph, captioned: Wildeshausen [Germany] after the German counter attack, March - April 1945


Photograph of Major R. Griffiths, captioned: Soltau [Germany], D Company, yours truly - the dress - Luftwaffe boots, parachute silk scarf, 1945


Photograph of a group of soldiers, captioned: Nienberg [Germany] 'D' Company Headquarters, [Germany], March - May 1945


Photograph of a group of soldiers, captioned: Nienberg [Germany] 'D' Company Headquarters, [Germany], March - May 1945


Photograph of an officer, captioned: Captain Archie Rea - RMO, Berlin [Germany], May - November 1945


Photograph, captioned: Major George R. Lanning and Regimental Sergeant Major Holcroft, later Quartermaster, preparing for battle with 1 R7R on the Rugby field, Olympic Stadium [Berlin, Germany], May - November 1945


Photograph of the Brandenburg Gate, [Berlin, Germany], captioned: Pre the wall, 1945


Photograph of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken during the occupation of Berlin, Germany, captioned: 9th Durham Light Infantry ceremonial guard of honour (Ike, Monty, Zukhov) Major George Lanning, Commanding; Major R. Griffiths 2 I/C, Colour Party Lieutenant Slee, Lieutenant Moodie, May - November 1945


Photograph of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken during the occupation of Berlin, Germany, captioned: 9th Durham Light Infantry ceremonial guard of honour (Ike, Monty, Zukhov) Major George Lanning, Commanding; Major R. Griffiths 2 I/C, Colour Party Lieutenant Slee, Lieutenant Moodie, May - November 1945


Photograph of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken during the occupation of Berlin, Germany, captioned: 9th Durham Light Infantry ceremonial guard of honour (Ike, Monty, Zukhov) Major George Lanning, Commanding; Major R. Griffiths 2 I/C, Colour Party Lieutenant Slee, Lieutenant Moodie, May - November 1945


Photograph, captioned: Occupation- Berlin, Victory Parade, 9th Durham Light Infantry, [Germany], 1945


Photograph, captioned: Occupation-Berlin, Victory Parade, U.S. Army, [Germany], 1945


Photograph, captioned: Occupation-Berlin, Victory Parade, French Army, [Germany], 1945


Photograph, captioned: Occupation-Berlin, Victory Parade, Russian Army, [Germany], 1945


Photograph of a tank, captioned: Occupation-Berlin, Victory Parade, The 'Stalin' Tank, [Germany], 1945


Photograph of a tank, captioned: Occupation-Berlin, Victory Parade, The 'Stalin' Tank, [Germany], 1945


Photograph of a monument showing images of Trueman, Stalin and Winston Churchill endorsed: Berlin, Victory Parade route decorations, [Germany], 1945


Photograph of a monument showing images of Trueman, Stalin and Churchill, 1945


Photograph showing a street with damaged buildings, captioned: The Kurfursterndam (The Oxford Street of Berlin), damage caused by allied bombing of the aerial variety, [Germany], 1945


Photograph of a soldier standing beside a sign, captioned: Captain W.R. (Ronnie) Bell, Officer Commanding 'S' Company, Berlin, [Germany], 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, location at the bottom of the Axis sign - 'Desert Rat - 63': The axis sign was borrowed by 9DLI - the purpose - one hilarious party!!! It was duly returned to the exact spot -'A night patrol', 1945


Printed personal message from the Commander-in-Chief, Field Marshal Montgomery, Christmas, Berlin, Germany, 1945


Photograph of a group of men with a damaged tank, captioned: Empire press union tour, selected officers were nominated to speak on various battles - Normandy to the Baltic. I was chosen to speak, on the ground, concerning the battle which 9 DLI were involved at Lingèvres. The battle occurred on 14 June 1944 - 9 Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, suffered heavy casualties: 23 officers - 230 ranks, The tank was accounted for by 9 DLI., 2 July 1946


Photograph of a group of men with a damaged tank, captioned: Lingèvres, post 14 June 1944!! - tidied up a little!!, 2 July 1944


Photograph of an ambulance, endorsed: The blood tub, designed by Captain A. Red, c.1944-1946


Photograph of four soldiers, endorsed: Part of D Company, Robinson (S.B.), Morley (Sigs.), Huckma[ ] (S.B.), Lewis (Coy. 33 set experts), to advance on Hamburg, [Germany], 1945


Photograph of three soldiers, endorsed: Lewis (with sten), Jackman and McGough, D Company, 1945


Photograph of a soldier standing in a dug-out, endorsed: Budd - no. 1 Bren, we slept here, a stones throw from Hamburg, during the lull we walked into Hamburg, [Germany], April-May 1945


Photograph of a monument marking the spot where the German High Command surrendered to Field Marshal Montgomery on 4 May 1945, captioned: 'The tablet', Luneburg Heath [Germany], 1945


Photograph of a tank, endorsed: A Cromwell of IRTR (95 mm tube), 1949


Newspaper cutting, taken from Polar Bear News, showing a photograph of the 9th D.L.I. winning team at the 56th swimming gala, 5 July 1946


Newspaper cutting giving the results of the 56th Infantry Brigade swimming gala, 5 July 1946


Newspaper cutting, taken from Polar Bear News, on the war service, 1939-1946, of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light infantry, 20 September 1946, with the photograph of Colonel C.J. Pickering, Colonel of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment, c.1946


Newspaper cutting, taken from Polar Bear News, on the war service, 1939-1946, of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light infantry, 20 September 1946, with the photograph of a guard of honour, formed by soldiers of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, on parade in Berlin, Germany, c.1945


Newspaper cutting, taken from Polar Bear News, on the war service, 1939-1946, of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light infantry, 20 September 1946, with the photograph of soldiers of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, marching during the Berlin Victory Parade, taken in Germany, 1945


Newspaper cutting, taken from Polar Bear News, on the war service, 1939-1946, of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light infantry, 20 September 1946, with the photograph of Field-Marshal Montgomery passing a guard of honour formed by soldiers of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken in Berlin, Germany, 1945


Newspaper cutting on postings of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1946
(1 album, leather bound)


Photograph album of the victory celebrations in Berlin, Germany, July 1945


The Reichstag, Berlin, Germany, July 1945


The parade of British troops : General Zukhov in the 'tray track', 21 July 1945


The parade of British troops : the official enclosure, 21 July 1945


The parade of British troops, Berlin, Germany, July 1945


The parade of British troops, Berlin, Germany, July 1945


The parade of British troops, Berlin, Germany, 1945


Ruined buildings in the Russian sector, Berlin, Germany, 1945


The Franco-Russian War Victory Column, Berlin, Germany, 1945


Spandau, Berlin, Germany, 1945


Spandau, Berlin, Germany, 1945


[Spandau], Berlin, Germany, 1945


Ruins of Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, Berlin, Germany, 1945


The parade of British troops : the official enclosure, 21 July 1945


The parade of British troops : the band of the Royal Marines and the tanks of the Desert Rats, 21 July 1945


The parade of British troops : the 1st Battalion of the Grenadier Guards and the tanks of the Desert Rats, 21 July 1945


The parade of British troops : the official enclosure, 21 July 1945


The parade of British troops : the official enclosure, 21 July 1945


The ruins on [Hardenburg] Strasse, and Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in the distance, Berlin, Germany, 1945


Ruins near the Reichstag, Berlin, Germany, 1945


Ruins near the Chancellery, Berlin, Germany, 1945


Ruined buildings [in the Russion sector], Berlin, Germany, 1945


The Allied Saluting Base, Berlin, Germany, 1945


Plaques commemorating the 1936 Olympics, Berlin, Germany, 1945


The Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany, 1945


Ruins at Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany, 1945


The rear of the Chancellery from Potsdam Platz, Berlin, Germany, 1945


The Reichstag black market, Berlin, Germany, 1945


Unten Den Linden from the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany, 1945


The East and West Autobahn, the Brandenburg Gate and the Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany, 1945


The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany, 1945


The parade of British troops, Berlin, Germany, 1945


The parade of British troops, Berlin, Germany, 1945


The parade of British troops, Berlin, Germany, 1945


The parade of British troops, Berlin, Germany, 1945


The parade of British troops, Berlin, Germany, 1945


The parade of British troops, Berlin, Germany, 1945


The parade of British troops, Berlin, Germany, 1945


The parade of British troops, Berlin, Germany, 1945


The parade of British troops, Berlin, Germany, 1945


The parade of British troops, Berlin, Germany, 1945


The parade of British troops, Berlin, Germany, 1945


The parade of British troops, Berlin, Germany, 1945,


Ruins of Berliner Dom [Berlin Cathedral], Germany, 1945


Ruins at Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany, 1945


Ruined buildings, Berlin, Germany, 1945


Ruins of Berliner Dom [Berlin Cathedral], Germany, 1945


The Reichstag, Berlin, Germany, 1945
(1 album of 47 photographs, 9cm. x 6cm., black and white)


Photograph of 9th Battalion soldiers at 'Diposto C.M.F., Sicily', Italy, beside a steam locomotive, en route to England, 1943 Front row includes: Billy M[ ] M.C., and Major R. Griffiths Back row includes: George Lanning, Mick Medway, and Dennis Hurst
(1 photograph, 11.5cm. x 8cm., black and white)


Photograph of a 9th Battalion anti-tank platoon at Wildeshausen, Germany, after the German counter-attack, 1945
(1 photograph, 9.5cm. x 6.5cm., black and white)


Photograph of 9th Battalion soldiers, Rumble, Captain Ron Bell, Major R. Griffiths, and Captain Archie Rea, R.M.O., on a forest road at Nienburg, en route to Hamburg, Germany, 1945
(1 photograph, 9.5cm. x 7cm., black and white)


Photograph of the 9th Battalion field ambulance, designed by Captain Archie Rea, R.M.O., n.d., [c. 1945]
(1 photograph, 9.5cm. x 6.5cm., black and white)


Photograph of the guard of honour of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, for the four Army Commanders Zukhov, Eisenhower, Montgomery and Jean de Lattre de Tassigny at the Victory over Japan Parade, Berlin, Germany, including Major R. Griffiths in foreground, 1945
(1 photograph, 13cm. x 8cm., black and white)


Photograph of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in the march past at the Victory over Japan Parade, Berlin, Germany, 1945
(1 postcard photograph, 13cm. x 8.5cm., black and white)


Photograph of Major-General L.O. Lyne, G.O.C., 7 Armoured Division and A.D.C., at the Victory over Japan Parade, Berlin, Germany, 1945
(1 postcard photograph, 8cm. x 13cm., black and white)


Photograph of Captain Archie Rea, R.M.O. [Regimental Medical Officer], Berlin, Germany, using a telephone, n.d., [c. 1945]
(1 photograph, 9.5cm. x 6.5cm., black and white)


Photograph of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, seven-a-side football team at the Household Brigade Tournament, Soest, Germany, April 1946 Left to right: Jones; Lance-Sergeant Plant; Lance-Corporal Sparkes; Blackmore; George Lanning; Major R. Griffiths; and Alastair Turnbull
(1 photograph, 7.5cm. x 10.5cm., black and white)


Photograph of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, rugby XV (some named) at Hemer, near Iserlohn, Germany 1946 Middle row includes: George Lanning; Major R. Griffiths; Bob Brewer; Back row includes: R.S.M. Roberts; Captain Bill Bu [ ]; and Captain Phil Phillip (Mortars)
(1 photograph, 17cm. x 11cm., black and white)


Photograph of Brigadier Brown presenting a trophy shield to Major R. Griffiths, captain of the Durham Horse Water Polo Team, at the 56th Brigade Gala, n.d., [c. 1946]
(1 postcard photograph, 11.5cm. x 8.5cm., black and white)


Photograph of the 9th Battalion rugby team, of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in an unidentified location, n.d., [c. 1946] Front row includes:Lieutenant-Colonel H. John Mogg; Major R. Griffiths; George Lanning; middle row includes: Captain Archie Rea; Steve Tyrrel; Charles Peace; also including Lieutenant Kit Morrison; Bill Bailey, captain; and Tony Noble
(1 photograph, 9.5cm. x 6.5cm., black and white)


Photograph of Ronnie Bell, 'a canny centre half', in football strip, n.d., [c. 1946]
(1 photograph, 9.5cm. x 6.5cm., black and white)


Photograph of the war graves of 4448438 Private G.E. Smith, The Durham Light Infantry, killed in action 3 April 1945; and 296749 Lieutenant F.C. Mason, 8th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade, in Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, near Cleeve, Germany, 1945
(1 photograph, 7.5cm. x 5cm., black and white)


Photograph of the war grave of Private A. Hobson, The Durham Light Infantry, in Arnhem military cemetery, Netherlands, n.d., [c. 1945]
(1 photograph, 4cm. x 5.5cm., black and white)


Photograph of the war grave of Private J.A. Steadman, The Durham Light Infantry, in Arnhem military cemetery, Netherlands, n.d., [c. 1945]
(1 photograph, 4cm. x 5.5cm., black and white)


Photograph of the war graves of Private E.J. Trodd and Private W.M. Calvert, The Durham Light Infantry, in Arnhem military cemetery, Netherlands, n.d., [c. 1945]
(1 photograph, 4cm. x 5.5cm. black and white)


Photograph of the war grave of Lieutenant H.N. Taylor of The Northumberland Fusiliers and The Durham Light Infantry, in section XII, row A, in Arnhem military cemetery, Netherlands, n.d., [c. 1945]
(1 photograph, 4cm. x 5.5cm., black and white)


Photograph of the military cemetery at Arnhem, Netherlands, c.1945
(1 photograph, 4cm. x 5.5cm.)


Photograph of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, on the move to Berlin on the [Bremen] to Hamburg autobahn, Germany, n.d. [1945]
(1 photograph, 10cm. x 7cm., black and white)


Photograph of American armoured vehicles parading through streets, unidentified location, n.d. [1945]
(1 photograph, 10cm. x 7cm., black and white)


Photograph of the Russian contingent, n.d. [1945]
(1 photograph, 10cm. x 7cm., black and white)


Photograph of soldiers of the Russian contingent, n.d. [1945]
(1 photograph, 10cm. x 7cm., black and white)


Photograph of an officer, possibly General Montgomery, inspecting the troops with regimental colours on display, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [1945]
(1 photograph, 13.5cm. x 8.5cm., black and white)


Photograph entitled "Monty finishes inspection", n.d. [1945]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph showing a general salute to Monty, [General B.L. Montgomery], with colours dipping, by the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [1945]
(1 photograph, 13.5cm. x 8.5cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of a French general answering a general salute, by the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [1945]
(1 photograph, 13.5cm. x 8.5cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, marching off the colours at the 'Carry', n.d. [1945 - 1946]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of soldiers marching off for guard of honour, the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [1945 - 1946]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Photograph of battalion sports, showing R.Q. handing over to R.S.M., and Toni handing over to Colonel John, of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [1945 - 1946]
(1 photograph, 10cm. x 7cm., black and white)


Group photograph of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, rugby team, 1946 Back row: R.S.M. Roberts; McGuire; Corporal Penrick; Jones (85); Bill Bailey; Ball; Dobson; and Phil Phillip Middle row: Corporal Plant; Killimer; George ["me"]; Bob Brewer; Davies; Colonel Beaver Front row: C.S.M. Wilson; Binding; Phillips
(1 photograph, 18cm. x 12cm., black and white)


Group photograph of 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, rugby team, 1946
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Photograph of an officer of 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [1945 - 1946] Endorsed: 'Archie with a crimp on face - teeth out',
(1 photograph, 10cm. x 7cm., black and white)


'15[1st] Brigade war diary', 1 - 29 July 1944
(11 papers)


War diary, and report on operations, of the 8th Battalion, The King's Royal Irish Hussars, 1 - 31 March 1945
(8 papers)


22nd Armoured Brigade account of Operation 'Plunder', 23 March - 12 May 1945
(21 papers)


Report on operations of the 5th Battalion, The Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, 24 March - 23 April [1945]
(11 papers)


Report on operations of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Tank Regiment, from the Rhine Crossing, Germany, 25 March - 20 April [1945]
(5 papers)


Report on operations of the 5th Battalion, The Royal Tank Regiment, 25 March - 20 April 1945
(13 papers)


'1 R.B. Preliminary Report on Operations North West Europe, Number 10 of 1945, Rhine to Weser', Germany, 11 April 1945
(3 papers)


'1 R.B. Report on Operations North West Europe, Number 11 of 1945, Weser to Elbe', Germany, 2 May 1945
(2 papers)


'Letter Number 2 by the Commander-in-Chief on Non-Fraternisation' from Field Marshal Montgomery, Commander-in-Chief, 21 Army Group, to all members of 21 Army Group, stating that 'Members of the British Forces in Germany will be allowed to speak to, and play with, little children', 12 June 1945
(1 card)


Syllabuses, notes, and an examination paper, on radio telegraphy and battle training for officers, 19 - 30 August 1943
(9 papers)


Defence and topographical overprint map of Sittard, North, The Netherlands, 4 January 1945 Scale: 1:25,000
(1 plan, 49cm. x 62cm., colour)

85147 Private Ernest Carter GRIMSHAW (Ref: Grimshaw D/DLI 7/274/1)

22nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry


Prisoner of war card of Private E.C. Grimshaw, 28 June 1918
(1 card)

5155, later 201586 Private Edward William GURR (Ref: Gurr D/DLI 7/275/1-9)

2/5th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry


Sketch map of the defences around Butkova, [Bulgaria], n.d., [1914 - 1918] Scale: 1:12,000
(1 plan, 41cm. x 33cm., pencil)


Printed letter from the Infantry Record Office, York, to E.W. Gurr, 39 Warwick Road, New Southgate, Middlesex, enclosing the British War Medal riband, 19 September 1919
(1 paper)


Printed address from King George VI to [the Ex-Service Men's Association], 27 June 1937
(1 paper)


Cartoon of 'Gurr of the Scouts' by S.J. Tayler, 1918
(1 paper)


Photograph of Private E.W. Gurr at Varna, Bulgaria, 10 November 1918
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 13cm., black and white)


Group photograph of soldiers of the 2/5th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Group photograph of soldiers, probably of the 2/5th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Group photograph of soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Photograph of an unidentified soldier on a horse, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 10cm. x 8cm., black and white)