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Durham Light Infantry Records

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Durham Light Infantry Records (Ref: D/DLI)General Sir Henry de Beauvoir DE LISLE, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., D.S.O. (Ref: De Lisle D/DLI 7/172/2-10)

2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Entry in McGregor; born, July 1864; Major-General, 18 February 1915; K.C.B., 1 January 1917; Lieutenant-General, 1 January 1918; commanded 2nd Cavalry Brigade, France, 15 August 1914; 1st Cavalry Division, France, 10 October 1914; 29th Division, Gallipoli, 4 June 1915; 29th Division, France, 20 April 1915; XIII Corps, France, 12 March 1918; XV Corps, France, 12 April 1918; died, 16 July 1955. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.


Military surveying exercise book of G. Cadet De Lisle, compiled during instruction at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Surrey, containing notes concerning military topography, triangulation, a specimen field book, and plotting, examined on 7 December 1882
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)


Preliminary report on the road from the South Eastern Railway Bridge near Frimley, to the main road through Yorktown, [Surrey], and plan by G. Cadet De Lisle, 19 September 1882
(1 paper)


Independent report on the road from the milestone on the east of Bagshot, Surrey, to the Grand Entrance of the Royal Military College, and plan, by G. Cadet De Lisle, 3 October 1882
(1 paper)


Triangulation and traversing military survey of the grounds of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Surrey, by G. Cadet De Lisle, 1882 Scale: 24 inches to 1 mile [1:2640]
(1 paper)


Independent compass sketch military survey of Turf Hill, Surrey, by G. Cadet De Lisle, 20 February 1882 Scale: 12 inches to 1 mile [1:5280]
(1 paper)


Preliminary compass sketch military survey of Wishmoor Hill, Surrey, by G. Cadet De Lisle, 30 May 1882 Scale: 12 inches to 1 mile [1:5280]
(1 paper)


Eye sketch of Wishmoor Cross, Surrey, by G. Cadet De Lisle, 5 September 1882 Scale: 12 inches to 1 mile [1:5280]
(1 paper)


Extra compass sketch of Harford Bridge Flats, Hampshire, by G. Cadet De Lisle, 24 October 1882 Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]
(1 paper)


Summary of conventional signs and terms used in military topography, War Office, 1897
(1 paper, printed)

Major Roy GRIFFITHS (Ref: Griffiths D/DLI 7/273/61-63-76/2)

'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


Letters to Captain Roy Griffiths from the next of kin of Privates Holden, Edginton and Eddy, killed in action, December n.y.; 16 May and 31 July 1945
(6 papers)


Copy letter from Captain Roy Griffiths, 'D' Company, 9th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, British Army of the Rhine, Germany, to Colonel [ ] concerning the notification of death of Lance-Corporal Sambourne to his next of kin, 14 September 1945
(1 paper)


Letter to Major Roy Griffiths, 9th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, from 1812165 Sergeant E. Flann, British Army of the Rhine, Germany, acknowledging the testimonial provided by Griffiths, 31 August 1946
(3 papers)


Letters from Major Christopher Milner, Mill Lane, Radford, Inkberrow, Worcestershire, to Major Roy Griffiths requesting information on 9th Battalion operations during the North West Europe campaign for his book on the 7th Armoured Division, 4 July and 9 September 1986
(3 papers)


Letter from Major Roy Griffiths, Pegasus, Stag Leys, Ashstead, Surrey, to Stephen Shannon, D.L.I. Museum, concerning photographs taken in Sicily and Germany during the Second World War, the commanding officers under which he served, and his service, before being commissioned from the ranks, as a sapper in the Western Desert in 1941, 6 May 1991
(2 papers)


Notes by Major Roy Griffiths concerning the history of the 9th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry and his service from 1943 to 1946 in Sicily, the U.K., and North West Europe, including an extract from a history of the 7th Armoured Division concerning Operation 'Blackcock', and battalion news from the D.L.I. Regimental Journal, October 1946; sent to H. Moses on 16 November 1995
(1 file)


Programme of the 9th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry Inter-Company Athletic Championship held at Brokstedt, Germany, 16 - 17 June 1945
(1 booklet, typescript)


Copy of a congratulatory message received by Headquarters, 7th Armoured Division, from Colonel I.A. Bozitch of the Yugoslav Army, concerning the liberation of Yugoslav, British and American prisoners of war from Fallingbostel Camp, Germany, by the 7th Armoured Division 'Desert Rats' on 16 April 1945, and circulated by the Adjutant of the 9th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, British Army of the Rhine, 11 September 1945
(1 paper)


Reprint of a lecture entitled '21st (British) Army Group in the Campaign in North-West Europe, 1944 - 1945', given by Field-Marshal Sir Bernard L. Montgomery, G.C.B., D.S.O., to the Royal United Service Institution, London, on 3 October 1945; October 1945 Includes: a map of the Battle of Normandy, and a map of the advance from the Seine to the Baltic
(1 booklet, printed)


British Zone Review: A Monthly Review of the Activities of the Control Commission for Germany (B.E.) ,vol. 2 no. 4, a newsletter published by the Chief Public Relations and Information Services Control Group of the Control Commission for Germany, 27 September 1947
(1 booklet, printed)


Die Zeitung newspaper, London edition, containing reports of the Sicily invasion, 16 July 1943
(German, 3 papers, printed)


Two Types in Italy: a continuation of the saga of the two jaunty heroes in the land of pasta,a booklet of cartoons by 'Jon', produced by the British Army Newspaper Unit, Central Mediterranean Forces, November 1945
(1 booklet, printed)


Photograph of a frame from the film 'Review of 1943' by Gaumont British News, showing the first patrol by the 9th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry in Catania, Sicily, 1943 Left to right: Second Lieutenant Roy Griffiths, Second Lieutenant John Reid, [ ] Tedford, Schelmerdine, Rigby and Steadman
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., black and white)


Identification notes for photograph D/DLI 7/273/75/1, compiled by Major Roy Griffiths in April 1991
(1 paper)


Group photograph of the officers of the 9th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry (7th Armoured Division, 131 Brigade) taken at Weert, Holland, prior to the Rhine crossing, 1945 Includes: Captain Roy Griffiths, front row, third left
(1 photograph, 16 cm. x 7 cm., black and white)


Identification notes for photograph D/DLI 7/273/76/1, compiled by Captain Roy Griffiths, front row, third left
(1 paper)

Quartermaster-Sergeant John Lovick HAMMOND (Ref: Hammond D/DLI 7/286/17)

68th Light Infantry and 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Enlisted 23 January 1871 (68th Light Infantry, no. 1554); Corporal, 25 February 1874; Sergeant, 15 January 1876; [Hospital] Sergeant, 15 January 1876; Colour-Sergeant, 21 September 1878; Quartermaster-Sergeant, 31 December 1888 (1881 no. 11, 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry); discharged, 30 April 1894; re-enlisted, 10 June 1900 (Royal Eastern Reserve Regiment, no. 1424, Quartermaster-Sergeant); discharged, 17 June 1901; re-enlisted, 28 March 1915 (The Rifle Brigade, no. S/9288, Quartermaster-Sergeant); discharged, 26 September 1919.


Photograph of John Lovick Hammond, Chelsea Pensioner, ex Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, The Durham Light Infantry, aged 96 years, taken at Chelsea, London, 18 August 1948
(1 photograph, 25 cm. x 34 cm., colour, card mounted)

20395 Lance-Corporal William HARRINGTON (Ref: Harrington D/DLI 7/293/6-9)

8th Battalion, 9th Battalion and 10th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Bowburn, County Durham; residence Bowburn; enlisted Durham; killed in action attacking 'Gird Trench', France, 16 September 1916. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.


Photograph of Private William Harrington, probably taken on enlistment, n.d. [ c.1914]
(1 photograph, 7 cm. x 11 cm., black and white)


Photograph of a group of Durham Light Infantrymen outside a wooden barracks hut, including Private William Harrington, seated, front row, right, n.d. [1914 - 1916]
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of Private William Harrington, left, and Sergeant Rex Smith, interpreter, and a Sergeant of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, taken at Arras, France, 1 May 1916
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)


Photograph of Private William Harrington, taken at Arras, France, 1 May 1916
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)

Lieutenant-Colonel John Ord Cobbold HASTED (Ref: Hasted D/DLI 7/301/4-20)

1st Battalion, 3rd Battalion and 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Entry in McGregor; A.D.C. to the Viceroy of India, November 1914 - April 1916; served in Mesopotamia, attached to 2nd Leicestershire Regiment, October 1916 - September 1917; adjutant 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, September 1917 - October 1919; adjutant 3rd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, January 1921 - October 1922; adjutant 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, October 1922 - October 1925; commanded 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, September 1936 - July 1938; producer of the Northern Command Tattoo, 1934


Commission of John Ord Cobbold Hasted as Second Lieutenant in The Durham Light Infantry, 12 April 1910
(1 paper)


Copy of an article from The Madras Weekly Mail newspaper, entitled 'Letters from Mesopotamia: Heroic Exploits', 22 June 1917 The second incident related concerns Hasted's single-handed capture of Turkish guns and prisoners at Istabulat
(4 papers)


Citation for the award of the Distinguished Service Order to Captain J.O.C. Hasted, published in the London Gazette, 25 August 1917
(1 paper)


Letter from A.L. Wardrop, Northern Command Tattoo, Ravensworth Castle, Gateshead, to Major J.O.C. Hasted conveying congratulations on the excellent performance at the military tattoo, 13 July 1934
(1 paper)


'A Trip up the Blue Nile', an article by Lieutenant-Colonel J.O.C. Hasted, describing a journey with Major H.E. Pease, Commissioner of Police of the Blue Nile Province, and organiser of the Medani race meetings, which was made 5 - 24 March 1937 after the arrival of the 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry in the Sudan, n.d. [after 1937]
(7 papers, typescript)


Copy of the coroner's report on the death of Colonel J.O.C. Hasted, n.d. [after 3 January 1942]
(1 paper, typescript)


Copy of the address given by the Dean of Durham at the memorial service for Colonel J.O.C. Hasted, D.S.O., Durham Cathedral, 11 January 1942
(1 paper, typescript)


Letter of notification from the Imperial War Graves Commission, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, that the name of Lieutenant-Colonel J.O.C. Hasted, D.S.O., The Durham Light Infantry, has been engraved on a memorial in Darlington Crematorium, 3 December 1957
(1 paper)


Letter from Lord Roberts, Commander-in-Chief, War Office, London, to Mrs. Hasted, Brook House, Ricking Hall, Diss, Norfolk, regretting that he is unable to help her son who is on the Indian Establishment and not eligible for Staff employment, 2 November 1901 This probably refers to John Edward Heigham Hasted, father of J.O.C. Hasted
(2 papers)


Photograph of J.O.C. Hasted, in the uniform of Aide-de-Camp to the Viceroy of India, n.d. 2 November 1914 - 12 April 1916
(1 photograph, 31 cm. x 43 cm., black and white, card mounted)


Photograph of John Ord Cobbold Hasted in the uniform of Aide-de-Camp to the Viceroy of India, 1914 - 1916
(1 photograph, 20 cm. x 28 cm., black and white)


Photograph of Captain J.O.C. Hasted, n.d. [ c.1918]
(1 photograph, 4 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the officers and warrant officers' rifle team, 1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [ c.1927]
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Group photograph of the teams of the 1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, winners of the Congreve Cup, Egypt Command Small Arms Meeting, Cairo, Egypt, 1929
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Newspaper cutting, from the Newcastle Journal,of a photograph of Major J.O.C. Hasted, D.S.O., producer of the military tattoo at Ravensworth Castle, Gateshead, 6 July 1934
(1 paper, printed)


Digital photograph of nine officers and other ranks of the 1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, including John Ord Cobbold Hasted on the far right, holding a flag, captioned "Group outside mess", probably taken on an exercise in Egypt, 1927-1930 Includes: signallers holding flags, officers holding newspapers and a book, and a dog in the foreground
(1 digital photograph)


CD containing an audio recording of 'A Trip up the Blue Nile', an article by Lieutenant-Colonel J.O.C. Hasted, describing a journey with Major H.E. Pease, Commissioner of Police of the Blue Nile Province, shortly after 2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, arrived in the Sudan in 1937 (transcript D/DLI 7/301/8); and an article from The Madras Weekly Mail newspaper, entitled 'Letters from Mesopotamia: Heroic Exploits', 22 June 1917, which describes two incidents, the second of which concerns Hasted's single-handed capture of Turkish guns and prisoners at Istabulat (transcript D/DLI 7/301/5); read by John Barrett Hasted [son], recorded by Anne Hasted [granddaughter], January 1996
(1 CD, track length 44:10)

Lieutenant Alexander F. HEBRON (Ref: Hebron D/DLI 7/313/2)

9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Awarded the Military Cross for bravery during the second Battle of Ypres, Belgium, April-May 1915; sent home ill, June 1916; joined the Labour Corps. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.


Photograph of Lieutenant A.F. Hebron, King's Shropshire Light Infantry, in dress uniform, n.d. [ c.1910]
(1 photograph, 11 cm. x 15 cm., card mounted)

Captain Charles Stanley HERBERT, M.C. (Ref: Herbert D/DLI 7/321/8)

15th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Sunderland, 1894; commissioned as Second Lieutenant in January 1915; joined 15th (Service) Battalion The Durham Light Infantry; wounded in the Battle of Arras, May 1917; won the Military Cross for his devotion to duty on Passchendale Ridge in October 1917; killed in action, 27 May 1918. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.


Memorial certificate to Captain C.S. Herbert, M.C. from his fellow citizens of Sunderland, Town Hall, Sunderland, October 1919
(1 card, 45 cm. x 31 cm., colour printed)

Captain Henry Bernard HOLDSWORTH (Ref: Holdsworth D/DLI 7/329/4-8)

8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born c. 1893; educated Archbishop Holgate's Grammar School, York, and Armstrong College, Newcastle upon Tyne, as a mining student; from Durham University O.T.C., commissioned into 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry in November 1914; promoted Lieutenant by 1915; joined regiment in France 3 May 1915; severely wounded in the Second Battle of Ypres and invalided home 28 May 1915; returned to the Front 4 February 1916; invalided home with trench fever in July 1916; returned to France 5 January 1917 as bombing officer, 13th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry; transferred to 8th Battalion in June 1917 as Signalling Officer until given command of a company; promotion to Captain dated back to April 1917; killed in action, 10 April 1918.


Memorial scroll to Captain Henry Bernard Holdsworth, son of the late Thomas Edward and Annie Holdsworth of 'Briarmain', Grimethorpe, Barnsley, Yorkshire, and husband of Edna Holdsworth of 'Woodstock', Franklin Mount, Harrogate, Yorkshire, who died on 10 April 1918, age 25, and commemorated at Ploegsteert War Memorial, Belgium, n.d. [1918]
(1 paper, colour printed)


The Court Journal, Court Circular and Fashionable Gazette newspaper, Vol. CLXXVI, no. 4659: Officers' Roll of Honour, Special Number, 3 May 1918 Includes: entries for Captain Henry Bernard Holdsworth, and Lieutenant Alexander Vernor McLare, 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, and Lieutenant Cecil Laurence Tyerman, 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
(1 booklet, printed)


The Harrogate Advertiser newspaper, including a report of the death of Captain Henry Bernard Holdsworth, 4 May 1918
(2 papers, printed)


Newspaper cutting from the Yorkshire Evening Post concerning the 50th Division resistance to the German advance on 9 April, 23 April 1918
(1 paper, printed)


Photograph half portrait of Second Lieutenant Henry Bernard Holdsworth, 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Harrogate, Yorkshire, n.d. [1914]
(1 photograph, 39 cm. x 51 cm., black and white, card mounted)

Captain Harold JACKS (Ref: Jacks D/DLI 7/347/18)

7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Elder son of Robert Jacks of South Shields, solicitor, to whose practice he succeeded in 1913; at the outbreak of the First World War he was an officer in 7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry; went to France, April 1915, as Assistant Military Landing Officer to the Northumbrian Division; severely wounded at the second battle of Ypres, Belgium; on recovery became Adjutant and Captain to 3/7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry; attached to Headquarters Staff, Northern Command, York, August 1915; appointed Staff Captain to the 208th (R ) Infantry Brigade, Doncaster, Yorkshire, November 1916; appointed to the 4th Nigeria Regiment, on active service, c. June 1918; on the staff of the West African Frontier Force; died of septicaemia, Lagos, Nigeria, 27 January 1919


Photograph of an unidentified Second Lieutenant of The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 29 cm. x 36 cm., black and white, card mounted)

200910 (8989) Private Mark JOHNSON (Ref: Johnson D/DLI 7/355/8)

1/5th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Cornsay, son of Sarah Jane and the late Benjamin Johnson; enlisted Annfield Plain; killed in action, France, 13 July 1917, aged 38 years.


Memorial scroll from King George V, commemorating Private Mark Johnson, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [ c.1919]
(1 paper)

582 Lance-Corporal Charles Robert KINGHORNE (Ref: Kinghorne D/DLI 7/379/2)

2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Wooler, Northumberland, 5 July 1863; enlisted, 26 August 1880; also no. 2663 of the 2/5th Regiment of Fusiliers; died 5 September 1937.


Copy photograph of Charles Robert Kinghorne, at Curragh Camp, Kildare, Co. Kildare, 1880
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)

Captain James Urquhart Murray LEITH (Ref: Leith D/DLI 7/401/2)

68th Light Infantry
Entry in McGregor


Photograph view of the old bridge at Orthez, France, n.d. [c.1900] Captain Leith was killed in a sortie near Orthes, during the Peninsular War, on 23 February 1814
(1 photograph, 22 cm. x 17 cm., colour)

Lieutenant-Colonel Elliot Angus LEYBOURNE, T.D. (Ref: Leybourne D/DLI 7/406/6-78)

8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Served in First World War and Second World War.

Battalion orders (Ref: D/DLI 7/406/6-48)

Battalion orders, Part I, no. 26, by Lieutenant-Colonel W.C. Blackett, Commanding 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Durham, 27 June 1913
(1 paper)


Battalion orders, Part I, no. 29, by Lieutenant-Colonel W.C. Blackett, Commanding 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Durham, 14 July 1913
(2 papers)


Battalion orders, Part I, no. 43, by Lieutenant-Colonel W.C. Blackett, Commanding 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Durham, 22 August 1913
(1 paper)


Battalion orders, Part I, no. 49, by Lieutenant-Colonel W.C. Blackett, Commanding 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Durham, 29 October 1913
(1 paper)


Battalion orders, Part I, no. 4, by Lieutenant-Colonel W.C. Blackett, Commanding 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Durham, 6 March 1914
(1 paper)


Battalion orders, Part I, no. 5, by Lieutenant-Colonel W.C. Blackett, Commanding 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Durham, 20 March 1914
(1 paper)


Battalion orders, Part I, no. 6, by Lieutenant-Colonel W.C. Blackett, Commanding 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Durham, 3 April 1914
(1 paper)


Battalion orders, Part I, no. 7, by Lieutenant-Colonel W.C. Blackett, Commanding 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Durham, 17 April 1914
(1 paper)


Battalion orders, Part I, no. 8, by Lieutenant-Colonel W.C. Blackett, Commanding 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Durham, 15 May 1914
(1 paper)


Battalion orders, Part I, no. 9, by Lieutenant-Colonel W.C. Blackett, Commanding 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Durham, 13 June 1914
(1 paper)


Battalion orders, Part I, no. 10, by Lieutenant-Colonel W.C. Blackett, Commanding 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Durham, 3 July 1914
(1 paper)


Battalion orders, Part I, no. 11, by Lieutenant-Colonel W.C. Blackett, Commanding 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Durham, 8 July 1914
(1 paper)


Battalion orders, Part I, no. 12 and Part II, no. 8, by Lieutenant-Colonel W.C. Blackett, Commanding 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Durham, 14 July 1914
(1 paper)


Battalion orders, Part I, no. 14, by Lieutenant-Colonel W.C. Blackett, Commanding 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Durham, 23 July 1914
(1 paper)


Battalion orders, Part I, no. 15, by Lieutenant-Colonel W.C. Blackett, Commanding 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Conway, Caernarvonshire, 26 July 1914
(1 paper)


Battalion orders, Part I, no. 16, by Lieutenant-Colonel W.C. Blackett, Commanding 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Conway, Caernarvonshire, 27 July 1914
(1 paper)


Battalion orders, Part I, no. 17, by Lieutenant-Colonel W.C. Blackett, Commanding 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Conway, Caernarvonshire, 28 July 1914
(1 paper)


Battalion orders, Part I, no. 18, by Lieutenant-Colonel W.C. Blackett, Commanding 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Conway, Caernarvonshire, 29 July 1914
(1 paper)


Battalion orders, Part I, no. 19, by Lieutenant-Colonel W.C. Blackett, Commanding 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Conway, Caernarvonshire, 30 July 1914
(1 paper)


Battalion orders, Part I, no. 20, by Lieutenant-Colonel W.C. Blackett, Commanding 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Conway, Caernarvonshire, 31 July 1914
(1 paper)


Battalion orders, Part I, no. 31, by Lieutenant-Colonel W.C. Blackett, Commanding 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Ravensworth, 19 August 1914
(1 paper)


Battalion orders, Part I, no. 32, by Lieutenant-Colonel W.C. Blackett, Commanding 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Ravensworth, 20 August 1914
(1 paper)


Battalion orders, Part I, no. 33, by Lieutenant-Colonel W.C. Blackett, Commanding 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Ravensworth, 21 August 1914
(1 paper)


Battalion orders, Part I, no. 34, by Lieutenant-Colonel W.C. Blackett, Commanding 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Ravensworth, 22 August 1914
(1 paper)


Battalion orders, Part I, no. 36, by Lieutenant-Colonel W.C. Blackett, Commanding 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Ravensworth, 25 August 1914
(1 paper)


Battalion orders, Part I, no. 37, by Lieutenant-Colonel W.C. Blackett, Commanding 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Ravensworth, 26 August 1914
(1 paper)


Battalion orders, Part I, no. 38, by Lieutenant-Colonel W.C. Blackett, Commanding 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Ravensworth, 27 August 1914
(1 paper)


Battalion orders, Part I, no. 39, by Lieutenant-Colonel W.C. Blackett, Commanding 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Ravensworth, 28 August 1914
(1 paper)


Battalion orders, Part I, no. 40, by Lieutenant-Colonel W.C. Blackett, Commanding 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Ravensworth, 29 August 1914
(1 paper)


Battalion orders, Part I, no. 41, by Lieutenant-Colonel W.C. Blackett, Commanding 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Ravensworth, 31 August 1914
(1 paper)


Battalion orders, Part I, no. 44, by Lieutenant-Colonel W.C. Blackett, Commanding 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Scott's House, West Boldon, 3 September 1914
(1 paper)


Battalion orders, Part I, no. 45, by Lieutenant-Colonel W.C. Blackett, Commanding 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Scott's House, West Boldon, 4 September 1914
(1 paper)


Battalion orders, Part I, no. 47, by Lieutenant-Colonel W.C. Blackett, Commanding 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Scott's House, West Boldon, 7 September 1914
(1 paper)


Battalion orders, Part I, no. 48, by Lieutenant-Colonel W.C. Blackett, Commanding 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Scott's House, West Boldon, 8 September 1914
(1 paper)


Battalion orders, Part I, no. 49, by Lieutenant-Colonel W.C. Blackett, Commanding 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Scott's House, West Boldon, 9 September 1914
(1 paper)


Battalion orders, Part I, no. 58, by Lieutenant-Colonel W.C. Blackett, Commanding 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Scott's House, West Boldon, 19 September 1914
(1 paper)


Battalion order of the 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, concerning the washing of clothing, n.d. [1912 - 1914]
(1 paper)


Battalion orders, Part I, no. 7, by Lieutenant-Colonel J. Turnbull, V.D., Commanding 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Gateshead, 8 January 1915
(1 paper)


Battalion orders, Part I, no. 8, by Lieutenant-Colonel J. Turnbull, V.D. Commanding 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Gateshead, 9 January 1915
(1 paper)


Battalion orders, Part I, no. 9, by Lieutenant-Colonel J. Turnbull, V.D. Commanding 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Gateshead, 11 January 1915
(1 paper)


Battalion orders, Part I, no. 10, by Lieutenant-Colonel J. Turnbull, V.D. Commanding 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Gateshead, 12 January 1915
(1 paper)


Battalion orders, Part I, no. 11, by Lieutenant-Colonel J. Turnbull, V.D. Commanding 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Gateshead, 14 January 1915
(1 paper)


Battalion orders, Part I, no. 11 [sic ], by Lieutenant-Colonel J. Turnbull, V.D. Commanding 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Gateshead, 15 January 1915
(1 paper)

Records concerning training, 1912 - 1914 (Ref: D/DLI 7/406/49-72)

Operation orders of the 3rd Division and 1st Territorial Division, concerning training exercises in Wiltshire, 24 April - 1 May 1912
(16 papers)


Northern Command Order no. 518 concerning musketry instructions, 2 May 1913
(1 paper)


Operation orders, no. 1, by Lieutenant-Colonel Blackett, Commanding 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Osborne Lodge, Scarborough, Yorkshire, 4 August 1913
(1 paper)


Programme for training at Scarborough, Yorkshire, 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, July 1913
(5 papers)


Remarks concerning the day's training of The Durham Light Infantry Brigade, by Captain E.R. Clayton, Brigade Major, Scarborough, Yorkshire, 31 July 1913
(1 paper)


Messages and signals forms used in signals training exercises, under the command of Lieutenant E.A. Leybourne, 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, at West Ayton Camp, Yorkshire, and Morfa Camp, Merionethshire, 30 July and 9 August 1913, and n.d.
(15 papers)


Messages and signals forms of the 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, 6 August 1913
(4 papers)


Report of the Havelock Allan Cup Competition at Whitburn Range on 23 August, by Captain R.B. Bergne, Leinster Regiment, Adjutant 7th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, and Chief Umpire, Sunderland, 25 August 1913
(5 papers)


Annual balance sheet of the 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry Battalion Shooting Club for 1912, and notice of the Prize Meeting on the Kepier Range, Durham, on 27 September 1913, issued by Captain T.A. Bradford, Honorary Secretary, Battalion Shooting Club, Vigo, Chester-le-Street, 4 September 1913
(1 paper, printed)


Poster concerning the prize scheme for the annual shoot of 'D' (Birtley) Company, 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry on 13 September 1913, issued by Lieutenant E.H. Kirkup, 1913
(1 paper, printed)


'Memorandum on Army Training during the Individual Training Period 1912 - 13', War Office, London, 11 November 1913
(1 booklet, printed)


'Memorandum on Army Training during the Collective Training Period, 1913', War Office, London, 9 January 1914
(1 booklet, printed)


Copy letter from Second Lieutenant [E.A. Leybourne] 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, to Captain Stevens, concerning a certificate of competency and medical certificate for Corporal Kaye, 13 March 1914
(1 paper)


Letter from Sergeant G. Tucker, 17 Kenmir [sic ] Street, Felling, to [Second Lieutenant E.A. Leybourne] concerning new recruits, 20 March 1914
(1 paper)


Notice of the result of the Annual Course of Musketry 1913, for the 3rd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, by Captain H.J. Coddington, Adjutant, Newcastle upon Tyne, 30 April 1914
(1 paper)


Notice from Captain and Adjutant G.A. Stevens, 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, inviting subscriptions from officers to the general history of The Durham Light Infantry recently compiled by Colonel the Hon. W.L. Vane, Durham, 6 May 1914
(1 paper)


Notes concerning training before camp, by Captain and Adjutant G.A. Stevens, 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Durham, 15 May 1914
(2 papers)


Letter from Captain J.R. Ritson, 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Sniperley Hall, Durham, to Second Lieutenant E.A. Leybourne, Bircholme, Gateshead on Tyne, asking if Leybourne can attend camp at Conway from 26 July to 9 August, 6 July 1914
(1 paper)


Memorandum from Captain G.A. Stevens, Adjutant, 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, to Lieutenant Leybourne, detailing him as officer commanding the Baggage Guard for the first train, detraining at Llandudno Junction for camp, [at Conway, Caernarvonshire], Durham, 24 July 1914
(1 paper)


Copy plan of the coastal area between Monkwearmouth and Whitburn, showing 8th Battalion positions, August 1914 Scale: 1:10,560
(1 plan, 20 cm. x 62 cm., duplicated)


Sketch map of the Signalling Section field communications in the area between Hylton Castle and West Boldon, n.d. [September 1914]
(1 paper)


Programme of work for Field Training, 'D' Company, 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, by Captain E.H. Kirkup, n.d. [1912 - 1914]
(1 paper)


Notes concerning the procedure for the reinforcement of coast defences by troops in camp, n.d. [1914]
(1 paper)


Notes on the organisation and uniforms of the German Army, n.d. [1914]
(3 papers)

Records concerning training and Territorial Army organisation, 1938 - 1939 (Ref: D/DLI 7/406/73-78)

Letter from William Johnson, Land Agent, Estate Office, Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, to [Lieutenant-Colonel E.A.] Leybourne, concerning his interest in the [8th] Battalion, and the receipt of application forms from the adjutant, 19 October 1938
(1 paper)


Copy letter from Brigadier J.A. Churchill, Commander, 151st Infantry Brigade, Headquarters, 53 Old Elvet, Durham, to [Lieutenant-Colonel E.A.] Leybourne, concerning the formation of 2nd line units and Territorial Army organisation, 22 May 1939
(1 paper)


'Notes on the expansion of the Army (Field Force)', forwarded by Brigadier J.A. Churchill, Headquarters, 151st (Durham Light Infantry) Brigade, 53 Old Elvet, Durham, to Lieutenant-Colonel E.A. Leybourne, 31 May 1939
(3 papers)


Record of a conference held at Chester-le-Street Drill Hall concerning the distribution of officers of the 8th and 11th Battalions The Durham Light Infantry, 1 August 1939 Includes: a list of the final allocation of officers to the two battalions
(1 paper)


List of the dispositions of the officers of the 8th and 11th Battalions working together, n.d. [1 August 1939]
(1 paper)


Instructions from Brigadier J.A. Churchill, Commanding 151st Infantry Brigade, to the Officers Commanding 6th, 8th and 9th Battalions The Durham Light Infantry, concerning arrangements for training in all weather conditions, Durham, 10 September 1939
(2 papers)

Second Lieutenant P. Hugh B. LYON (Ref: Lyon D/DLI 7/424/2-6)

'D' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Commissioned October 1914; served in France and Belgium, April - December 1915; invalided December 1915 - September 1917; served in France (Captain) September 1917 - May 1918; awarded Military Cross, November 1917; wounded April 1918; prisoner of war May - December 1918


'Diary of Three Months of War', from April to July 1915, compiled by P.H.B. Lyon, 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, 1916


Photograph of part of the ruins of Ypres Cathedral and the Cloth Hall, captioned: Ypres, Belgium, n.d. [May 1915]


Photograph of a soldier of the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry on sentry duty in Bensham, Gateshead, n.d. [winter 1914 - 1915]


Photograph of the band of the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry playing at the billets in Bensham, Gateshead, n.d. [1915]


Photograph of the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry horse transport feeding at Bensham Billets, Gateshead, n.d. [1915]


Photograph of soldiers of the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry with battalion horse-drawn transport in the snow, Bensham Billets, Gateshead, n.d. [1914 - 1915]


Photograph of soldiers of the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry outside their billets in Bensham, Gateshead, captioned: No. 13 Platoon, Sgt. Coates n.d. [1914 - 1915]


Photograph of soldiers of the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry training at their billets in Bensham, Gateshead, captioned: Bayonet Fighting, Second Lieutenant Favell, n.d. [1914 - 1915]


Photograph of various officers of the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry on the ranges, captioned: Officers at Revolver Practice, n.d. [1914 - 1915]


Photograph of a group of soldiers of the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry with pack animals, captioned: 'D' Company's Pack Pony,n.d. [1914 - 1915]


Photograph of a group of soldiers of the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry on exercise, captioned: Rest and Refreshment by the Way, n.d. [1914 - 1915]


Photograph of soldiers of the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry training at Bensham Billets, Gateshead, captioned: No. 13 at Bayonet Drill, n.d. [1914 - 1915]


Photograph of three officers on exercise, captioned: A Field Day at Wrekenton, 1. Lieut. R.V . Hare; 2. Capt. Walton; 3. Capt. Jeffreys of 'B' Company, 'D' Company and adjutant 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry respectively, n.d. [1914 - 1915]


Photograph of an officer outside his billet captioned: Capt. Cummins, 'A' Company, 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [1914 - 1915]


Photograph of an officer practising pistol shooting, captioned: Major Hawdon, second in command, 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [1914 - 1915]


Photograph of two officers their billets captioned: Second Lieutenant Leighton and Second Lieutenant Blenkinsop both of 'A' Company, 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [1914 - 1915]


Photograph of a group of officers of the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry on exercise resting and reading a map, captioned: A Group at Black Callerton. 1. Second Lieutenant Blenkinsop ( 'A' Coy); 2. Capt. Welch ('B' Coy); 3. Capt. Parke ('A' Coy); 4. (seated) Capt. Monkhouse ('C' Coy); 5. Capt. Walton ('D' Coy), n.d. [1914 - 1915]


Photograph of an officer of the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry outside his billet, captioned: Capt. Parke of 'A' Company, n.d. [1914 - 1915]


Photograph of two officers of the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry outside their billets, captioned: Lieut. Thorpe & 2nd Lieutenant Badcock of 'A' Coy and 'B' Coy respectively, n.d. [1914 - 1915]


Photograph of an officer of the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry in a street outside officers' billets, captioned: Capt. Walton, 'D' Company, n.d. [1914 - 1915]


Photograph of Second Lieutenant P.H.B. Lyon, 'D' Company, 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry outside his billet, and autograph, n.d. [1914 - 1915]


Photograph of a non-commissioned officer of the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry with cane standing in a street, captioned: Reg. Sgt. Major Perry, n.d. [1914 - 1915]


Photograph of a non-commissioned officer of the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry with his wife and two children outside a house, captioned: Sgt. Coates, Mrs. Coates and 2 children, n.d. [1914 - 1915]


Photograph of a group of non-commissioned officers of the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, captioned: A group at Bensham, 1. Sgt. Coates (killed May 13); 2. Sgt. Dixon; 3. Cpl Bell (killed May 13); 4. Cpl North; 5. L.Cpl Clayton, all of 'D' Company, n.d. [1914 - 1915]


Photograph of horsemen of the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry riding down a street watched by civilians, captioned: Officers' chargers, n.d. [1914 - 1915]


Photograph of a mule-drawn limber wagon with soldier and non-commissioned officer, captioned: 'D' Coy' s Limber and Coy Q.M.Sgt. Bennison, n.d. [1914 - 1915]


Photograph of three officers of the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry with the pack ponies of the battalion baggage transport in a street, captioned: The Pack Ponies ready to start; 1. Q.M. & Lieut. Hope; 2. Capt. Jeffreys (adjutant); 3. Colonel Watson , (C.O. 6th battalion The Durham Light Infantry), n.d. [1914 - 1915]


Photograph of wagons and animals of Battalion Transport in the streets of Bensham, Gateshead, captioned: Transport lines from roof of officers' mess , n.d. [1914 - 1915]


Photograph of a group of soldiers of the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry standing beside a railway engine, captioned: En route to France, n.d. [1915]


Photograph of a group of soldiers of the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry on guard duty, captioned: Battalion Quarter Guard at Boulogne Camp, France, 20 April 1915


Photograph of soldiers of the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry and French fruit sellers, captioned: Boulogne Camp - The Orange Sellers, France, n.d. [1915]


Photograph of a group of non-commissioned officers and men of the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry outside their tents, captioned: A group of some of 13 Platoon at the Camp and (lying down) Pte. Crawford, France, n.d. [1915]


Photograph of soldiers, pigs and a hen at their billets, France, n.d. [1915]


Photograph of a cart-horse pulling a wagon at a farm, captioned: Two views of Colpaert Farm at Hardifort, France, n.d. [1915]


Photograph of old farm buildings, captioned: The farm at Hardifort where remainder of 'D' Coy were billeted, France, n.d. [1915]


Photograph of a group of soldiers outside a farm building, captioned: 'Office Hour' at the improvised orderly room at Hardifort , France, n.d. [1915]


Photograph of soldiers in full kit parading outside farm buildings, captioned: The alarm parade at Colpaert Farm, no. 13 [Platoon] with Sgt. Coates on left of photograph, France, n.d. [23 April 1915]


Photograph of a group of officers in front of resting soldiers in a field, captioned: The Rendevous at Steenvoord, 1. Capt. Monkhouse (' D' Coy); 2. Capt. Devey ('D' Coy); 3. Lieut. Hope (Battalion Q.M.), Belgium, n.d. [23 April 1915]


Photograph of French Colonial troops driving to the Front in trucks, captioned: Turcos' Going up through Steenvoord to Ypres on April 23rd, Belgium, 23 April [1915]


Photograph of a civilian bus commandeered for military use, captioned: The commonest means of conveyance in Belgium, n.d. [1915]


Photograph of a town house with frontage blown in, captioned: A Ruin in Poperinghe, Belgium, n.d. [1915]


Photograph of two officers of the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry washing in their camp, captioned: Washing outside the huts on April 24th, 1. P.H.B.L.; 2. Major Badcock ('B' Company), Belgium, 24 April 1915


Photograph of three 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry soldiers amidst the ruins of a building, captioned: A Ruined Church in Ypres, Belgium, n.d. [April 1915]


Photograph of the remains of a ruined building hit by shell fire, captioned: Ypres - The work of one 'Jack Johnson', Belgium, n.d. [1915]


Photograph of soldiers of the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry occupying trenches during the Second Battle of Ypres, captioned: The reserve trench, occupied by us on April 25th, looking along the trench northward, Belgium, 25 April 1915


Photograph of British soldiers moving cautiously across a field during the Second Battle of Ypres, captioned: The Northumberland Fusiliers advance to reinforce on April 25th ( shell fire on horizon), Belgium, 25 April 1915


Photograph of damaged farm buildings, captioned: Zevenkote Farm - this farm which was used as an ammunition store was blown up by a shell on May 1st, Belgium, n.d. [1915]


Photograph of three officers in a dug-out shelter, captioned: Shelters near Zevenkote Farm, April 28th; 1. Capt. Townend; 2. Favell; 3. P.H.B.L., Belgium, 28 April 1915


Photograph of a group of soldiers of the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, captioned Some of 'D' Coy in shelter near the farm, Belgium, n.d. [1915]


Photograph of soldiers of the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry digging in, captioned: Temporary trenches near Verlorenhoek, and Pte. McCrone, Belgium, n.d. [1915]


Photograph of a group of officers at the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry camp, captioned: Gen. Martin after his complimentary address to 'A' and 'B' Coys; 1. Gen. Martin; 2 . Bde-Major Clayton; 3. Sgt. Maj. Perry, Belgium, n.d. [1915]


Photograph of Belgian civilians and a dog cart in a village street, Belgium, n.d. [1915]


Photograph of a truck in military use in a village street, captioned: St. Jaus-ter-Biezen, Belgium, n.d. [1915]


Photograph of a farmyard with British soldiers of the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry in residence, captioned: The farm in St. Jaus occupied by part of 'D' Coy, general view, Belgium, n.d. [1915]


Photograph of soldiers of the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry with Belgian civilians in a farmyard, captioned: L'Entente Cordiale, Belgium, n.d. [1915]


Photograph of soldiers of the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry filling up ration pails at a farm billet, captioned: Dinner time, Belgium, n.d. [1915]


Photograph of a group of soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry digging trenches in a wood, captioned: A group of no. 13 Platoon; 1. Pte Crawford, 2. Pte McCrone, Belgium, n.d. [1915]


Photograph of two officers talking in wooded terrain, captioned: Brig.-Gen. J.E. Bush and Capt. Jeffreys, Belgium, n.d. [1915]


Photograph of senior non-commissioned officers of the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry constructing a dug-out in woodland, captioned: C.S.M. McNair, C.S.M. Bousfield, building a home, Belgium, n.d. [1915]


Photograph of an officer, non-commissioned officers and men in woodland, captioned: P.H.B.L., and some of 'D' Coy; 1. Sgt. Coates, 2. C.Q.M.S. Bennison; 3. C.S.M. Bousfield , Belgium, n.d. [1915]


Photograph of soldiers of 13 Platoon, 'D' Company, 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry gathered round an artillery piece in a wood, Belgium, n.d. [11 May 1915]


Photograph of an artillery piece and crew in a wood, captioned: Moving 'Mother' - taking a 9.2 inch gun to pieces, Belgium, n.d. [1915]


Photograph of soldiers of the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry in a trench, captioned: Trenches by Shrapnel Corner May 12th, some of 13 platoon, Belgium, 12 May 1915


Photograph of soldiers of the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry in trenches, captioned: Trenches near Shrapnel Corner, Ptes. Jackson & Pattison in foreground, Belgium, n.d. [May 1915]


Photograph of two graves of soldiers of 13 Platoon, 'D' Company, 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry in a field, captioned: Graves of Sgt. Coates and Cpl. Bell killed in action May 13th 'For a Just cause they fought, and fighting died, paying with cheerfull heart the soldier 's price. Here is no cross of tears; only our pride hath raised this witness of their sacrifice', Belgium, n.d. [May 1915]


Photograph of shell-damaged buildings, captioned: Ypres, the Cathedral Square with the Cloth-Hall and the Cathedral, Belgium, n.d. [14 May 1915]


Photograph of shell-damaged buildings and streets, captioned: Ypres, the Cloth Hall from the west, Belgium, n.d. [14 May 1915]


Photograph of a ruined street with house being demolished by demolition charge, captioned: A house being blown up near the Menin Bridge, Ypres, Belgium, n.d. [14 May 1915]


Photograph of soldiers of the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry in a trench surrounded by their kit, captioned: Reserve trench near Potijze, May 18th, 1. C.Q.M.S. Bennison; 2. Second Lieutenant Ridley, Belgium, 18 May 1915


Photograph of soldiers of the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry off duty in a trench, captioned: Some of No. 13[Platoon] in reserve trench and Pte. McCrone, Belgium, n.d. [May 1915]


Photograph of soldiers working on trench improvements, captioned: Revetting a very 'sticky' trench, May 20 , Belgium, 20 May 1915


Photograph of Second Lieutenant P.H.B. Lyon, 13 Platoon, 'D' Company, 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry in a trench, captioned: P.H.B.L. May 20th,Belgium, 20 May 1915


Photograph of a military encampment near a stream, captioned: View near the huts, Belgium, n.d. [1915]


Photograph of an officer and a soldier, captioned: Second Lieutenant Cook has his hair cut, Belgium, n.d. [1915]


Photograph of a soldier standing in a farm garden near the encampment, captioned: Farm near the huts, Belgium, n.d. [1915]


Photograph of soldiers of the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry in full battledress outside their huts, captioned: Alarm parade 7 am. May 24th, Belgium, 24 May 1915


Photograph of soldiers of the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry moving through streets, captioned: Marching through Ypres to reinforce, May 24th ,Belgium, 24 May 1915


Photograph of soldiers of 13 Platoon, 'D' Company, 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry marching towards the Front, captioned: Entering Ypres en-route for Potijze - May 24th, 1. Pte. Perry (killed in action 1 hour later); and C.Q.M.S. Bennison, Belgium, 24 May 1915


Photograph of graves in a wood, captioned: Grave of Sgt. Hunter and Pte. Perry on May 24th, Potijze Wood, Belgium, 24 May 1915


Photograph of soldiers of 13 Platoon, 'D' Company, 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry waiting in a trench for orders, captioned: Waiting to move to counter-attack May 24th , Belgium, 24 May 1915


Photograph of carts in woodland, captioned: Water-carts in Potijze Wood, Belgium, n.d. [May 1915]


Photograph of a large building and surrounds, captioned: La Maison Blanche in Potijze Wood, now defunct, Belgium, n.d. [May 1915]


Photograph of woodland and nearby stream, captioned: An unexploded shell lodged in a tree in Potijze Wood, Belgium, n.d. [May 1915]


Photograph of waste ground and small explosion some yards distant, captioned: Hales No. 2 grenade exploding on impact, Belgium, n.d. [1915]


Photograph of an explosion in a river, captioned: 'Hairbrush' time-fused grenade exploding under water, Belgium, n.d. [1915]


Photograph of a mule-drawn cart being loaded by soldiers, captioned: Indian transport near Valmertinghe, Belgium, n.d. [1915]


Photograph of Indian soldiers washing behind the lines, captioned: Indian toilet, Belgium, n.d. [1915]


Photograph of soldiers cutting wood by a farm, captioned: French soldiers at work June 4 - 15, Belgium, June 1915


Photograph of a farmyard with soldiers relaxing, captioned: The farm, with a (temporarily) peaceful inhabitant June 4 - 15 , Belgium, June 1915


Photograph of farm building with soldiers working, captioned: Second Lieutenant Peacock thinks about washing, June 4 - 15 , Belgium, June 1915


Photograph of mules and soldiers in woodland, captioned: Felling a tree June 4 - 15, Belgium, June 1915


Photograph of a shell-damaged house, captioned: Valmertinghe - A Ruined House, Belgium, n.d. [June 1915]


Photograph of soldier beside shell-damaged church, captioned: Valmertinghe, The Church, The Crucifix, Belgium, n.d. [June 1915]


Photograph of the inside of a shell-damaged church, captioned: Valmertinghe, The Church, The Great Bells,Belgium, n.d. [June 1915]


Photograph of a wood-lined stream, captioned: A wood south of Ypres June 17, Belgium, 17 June 1915


Photograph of a soldier posing with a statue in woodland, captioned: Lieut. Stephenson (9th DLI) and Artemis, Belgium, n.d. [1915]


Photograph of P.H.B. Lyon standing beside a tree, signed: PHBL, Belgium, n.d. [1915]


Photograph of a windmill and barn, captioned: En-route to Kemmel, Belgium, n.d. [June 1915]


Photograph of a military band playing in a village square, captioned: The Band of 4th Lincolns playing at Dranoutre, Belgium, n.d. [1915]


Photograph of a soldier of the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry with a goat, captioned: Pte. Anderson (6th DLI) and a young kid, Belgium, n.d. [1915}


Photograph of a group of officers and men in a support trench, captioned: Two squads of bombers in 'Regent St.' 1. Lieutenant Saint 8th DLI; 2. Lieutenant Atkinson 9th DLI (killed in action Feb. 1916), Belgium, n.d. [1915]


Photograph of a chateau building in parkland, captioned: The chateau at Kemmel looking east, Belgium, n.d. [June 1915]


Photograph of a stone, balustraded bridge over a moat, captioned: The Bridge over the Moat, Kemmel, Belgium, n.d. [1915]


Photograph of bridge and gardens from the chateau, captioned: View from bedroom window, Kemmel, Belgium, n.d. [June 1915]


Photograph of soldiers of 6th/8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry manning a dug-out in the trenches, captioned: The Railway-crossing the line of trenches, Belgium, n.d. [1915]


Photograph of soldiers of 6th/8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry in part of the trench system near Kemmel, captioned: 'E1', a breastwork 40 yds from German lines; 1. Lieutenant Angus, Belgium, n.d. [1915]


Photograph of 'no-mans land', captioned: Looking towards the German lines from 'E1', Belgium, n.d. [1915]


Photograph of a French officer on horseback, behind the lines, captioned; M. Lavoine, Interpreter, Belgium, n.d. [1915]


Photograph of a house in ruins after shell fire, captioned: Kemmel, ruins in the village, Belgium, n.d. [1915]


Photograph of ruined houses, captioned: Kemmel, ruins in the village, Belgium, n.d. [1915]
(1 volume, containing 109 photographs, black and white, card bound)


'A Diary - Seven Months of Captivity', by Captain P.H.B. Lyon, 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, describing his experiences as a prisoner of war in Germany, from 26 May to 18 December 1918; copy made at Oxford, February 1919


Carbon copy of information relayed to platoon commanders by P.H.B. Lyon just prior to the German attack, Champagne sector, east of Chemin des Dames, France, 26 May 1918


Official postcard issued by Germans to P.H.B. Lyon stating that he is prisoner of war and well, Hirson, France, 1 June 1918


Specimen of a German postcard issued at Rastatt [June 1918]


A money cheque for £10, captioned: Rastatt Cheque,Rastatt, Germany, 7 June 1918


A money cheque for £5, captioned: Cheque signed at Karlsruhe, Germany, 8 June 1918


Specimen of camp money, a 20 pfennig note issued on 11 June 1918 at the Karlsruhe Prisoner of War Camp, Germany, 1918


Example of camp stationery, captioned: Prisoner-of-War correspondence envelope, Karlsruhe, Germany, n.d. [June 1918]


Photograph of P.H.B. Lyon with fellow officer prisoner at Karlsruhe Camp, Germany, captioned: Specimen photograph, I had apparently neglected to clean my boots, n.d. [12 June 1918]


Postcard from P.H.B. Lyon to the Red Cross in Geneva reading: Please send the following wire for me: ' To Mrs. Lyon, Manor House, Limpsfield, Surrey, England - Prisoner well, permanent address: Offizier - Kriegsgefangen - Enlager Graudenz Hugh' From Captain P.H.B. Lyon, Durham L.I., Graudenz, Germany, 18 June 1918


Parole card for P.H.B. Lyon, captioned: My parole card attached, the sentences struck out were deleted as a concession later on, Graudenz, Germany, 20 June 1918


Photograph of large barrack blocks taken in winter with identification written on photograph, captioned: I. The 'Kriegsgefangenenlager' from the S.W. (taken before conversion into a prisoners camp), Graudenz, West Prussia, Germany, n.d. [1918]


Photograph of barrack blocks with P.H.B. Lyon's room identified, captioned: II. another view from s.w., also before conversion, Graudenz Prisoner of War Camp, West Prussia, Germany, n.d. [1918]


Photograph of a close-up of large barrack block, captioned: III. Block I taken from the parade ground (this and following photos taken early in October), Graudenz, West Prussia, Germany, October 1918


Photograph of close-up of large barrack block, captioned: IV. Block II , Graudenz, West Prussia, Germany, October 1918


Photograph of barrack building with prisoners in doorway, captioned: V. The cook-house, also (later) the theatre, entrance to baths on extreme left, Graudenz, West Prussia, Germany, October 1918


Photograph of an open area surrounded by fences with various officer prisoners, captioned: VI. The parade ground, sports attempted included cricket, baseball, football (both codes), hockey, badminton and 'tossing the caber', Graudenz, West Prussia, Germany, October 1918


Photograph of a room with benches and trestle tables with assorted plants, captioned: VII. The 'silence' room, about the noisiest in camp, German papers, games, communiques etc., were obtainable here, Graudenz, West Prussia, Germany, October 1918


Photograph of a camp building with prisoners and German soldiers, captioned: VIII.Outside the tin rooms, German orderlies enlarging the lockers, here all parcels were stacked and issued and tins stored, Graudenz, West Prussia, Germany, October 1918


Menu of food available to the prisoners, captioned: A specimen weekly 'menu'. The jam issues were so small that they were put together and issued once a week, Graudenz, West Prussia, Germany, June 1918


A specimen set of prison camp money notes collected as a souvenir, Graudenz, West Prussia, Germany, n.d. [1918]


A money cheque for £5 from P.H.B. Lyon, Graudenz, West Prussia, Germany, 9 July 1918


Postcard from the Red Cross to P.H.B. Lyon captioned: Postcard which was forwarded to us as confirmation of the wire attached. As a matter of fact this was in my case (and I think in most cases) the first news our people had of our fate, Graudenz, West Prussia, Germany, 9 July 1918


A money cheque for £5 signed by P.H.B. Lyon, Graudenz, West Prussia, Germany, 24 July 1918


A mess food menu written on a scrap of paper, captioned: One of the first of the daily menus of 'mess 94'!, Graudenz, West Prussia, Germany, 29 July 1918


Specimen mess menus from Graudenz Prisoner of War Camp, West Prussia, Germany, 1 and 4 August 1918


Envelope from the Red Cross addressed to the commandant for the attention of P.H.B. Lyon, Graudenz, West Prussia, Germany, 16 July 1918


Letter from the Red Cross addressed to the commandant for the attention of P.H.B. Lyon, Graudenz, West Prussia, Germany, 16 July 1918


Daily mess menu, hand written on card, Graudenz, West Prussia, Germany, 13 September 1918


Photograph of officers of P.H.B. Lyon's room in the camp, captioned: Here we all are: Broadbent, Reid, Arnott, Murray, Ellis, Russell, P.H.B.L., Bytheway, McCann, Jordan, Graudenz, West Prussia, Germany, n.d. [1918]


Ticket for the opening performance of the 'Graudenz Gaiety' concert group, Graudenz Prisoner of War Camp, West Prussia, Germany, 24 October 1918


Programme of performances of the 'Graudenz Gaiety' concert group, including a drawing of Graudenz Prisoner of War Camp, Germany, n.a. [1918]


Front cover of the programme of performances of the 'Graudenz Gaiety' concert group (D/DLI 7/424/3(30a)), Germany, n.d. [1918]


Photograph of four officer prisoners with their names signed on the bottom of the photograph, Graudenz, West Prussia, Germany, n.d. [November 1918]


Photograph of prisoners in concert party dress, captioned: Here is the photo, taken after dinner. I am completely invisible, except for 1 ear and 1 eyebrow, on the floor at the back , Graudenz, West Prussia, Germany, n.d. [1918]


Copy of the 'Graudenz Theatrical Dinner' menu, Graudenz Prisoner of War Camp, West Prussia, Germany, 18 November 1918


List of officers attending a dinner at Room 81, Block 2, Graudenz Prisoner of War Camp, West Prussia, Germany, 22 November 1918


Menu and programme for a dinner at Room 81, Block 2, Graudenz Prisoner of War Camp, West Prussia, Germany, 22 November 1918


Photograph of an iron railway bridge over a river, captioned: Ice-floes on the Vistula near its mouth, West Prussia, Germany, 1918


Paper serviette from the 'Hotel Konigl Hof Graudenz' Graudenz, Germany, n.d. [November 1918]


Group photograph of members of P.H.B. Lyon's room in prison camp, captioned: clock-wise from top : Murray, Arnott, Broadbent, P.H.B.L., Bytheway, Jordan, McCan, Reid, Ellis, Russell, Graudenz Prisoner of War Camp, West Prussia, Germany, n.d. [1918]


Example of a tram ticket and local money from the town of Graudenz, West Prussia, Germany, [November 1918]


Postcard photograph of the view from Schlossberg to the River Vistula, taken pre-war and used by P.H.B. Lyon to illustrate the views seen on walks near Graudenz Prisoner of War Camp, West Prussia, Germany, in December 1918


Postcard photograph of the view over the town of Graudenz, taken pre-war and used by P.H.B. Lyon to illustrate the views seen on a walk near Graudenz Prisoner of War Camp, West Prussia, Germany, in December 1918


Postcard view of Graudenz from the other side of the River Vistula to illustrate the view seen by P.H.B. Lyon on a walk on 7 December 1918, Graudenz, West Prussia, Germany, n.d. [1918]


Photograph of Lieutenant-Colonel Corfe in his quarters, captioned: Corfe the invaluable', Graudenz, West Prussia, Germany, n.d. [1918]


Photograph of Second Lieutenant Broadbent, a member of P.H.B. Lyon's mess in Prisoner of War Camp, captioned: Broadbent (who was later my best man), n.d. [after 1918]


Postcard photograph of the transport ship [BIRMA] used to return prisoners of war, including P.H.B. Lyon, from Gdansk [Danzig], Poland to Leith in Scotland, captioned: The 'Mitau' as it was when it was being used by the Russians during the war, n.d. [December 1918]


Letter to returning prisoners of war from King George V, captioned: A message from the King - this was given to each of us on arrival at Ripon,Yorkshire, n.d. [December 1918]
(1 volume, containing 44 documents and photographs, black and white, cloth bound)


Photograph of [Lieutenant] Hugh B.C. Lyon, Southbrook [ ], February 1916
(1 photograph, 4 cm. x 7 cm., black and white)


Photograph of a sergeant and two men of the 6th Battalion fitting duckboards outside a building reinforced with sandbags, [Ypres, Belgium], n.d. [1915]
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of unidentified officers of the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry in a dugout, [Ypres, Belgium] n.d. [1915]
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)

300009 Sergeant Thomas MARSHALL (Ref: Marshall D/DLI 7/456/33-37)

8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Attested, 1 April 1908 (no. 104); disembodied, 4 June 1919; prisoner of war in Germany, 1916 - 1918. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.


Letter from the Territorial Force Record Office, York, to Mrs. T. Marshall, 9 Claypath, Durham, reporting that 104 Sergeant Thomas Marshall, 1/8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, has been taken prisoner and interned at No. II Lager, Munster, Westphalia, Germany, 16 July 1915
(1 paper)


Field postcard from Sergeant Thomas Marshall, 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Soltau Prisoner of War Camp, Hanover, Germany, to Mrs. A. Marshall, 9 Claypath, Durham, sending Christmas greetings, 18 December 1916
(1 card)


Christmas card from the Committee and Friends of the Durham Light Infantry, to accompany a Christmas parcel sent by Mrs. Berkley, Highfield, Durham [to Sergeant Thomas Marshall], December 1917
(1 card, colour printed)


Souvenir programme of the reception and welcome home of repatriated prisoners of war of Durham City and neighbourhood by the Earl of Durham, the Mayor and Mayoress of Durham, and Mrs. C.D. Shafto, Town Hall, Durham, 29 March 1919 Includes: list of repatriated prisoners of war, and photographs:


Photograph of the Earl of Durham, K.G., G.C.V.O., Lord Lieutenant of the County of Durham, n.d. [1919]


Photograph of Mrs. C.D. Shafto, of South Bailey, Durham, Honorary Secretary of the D.L.I. Prisoners of War Fund, n.d. [1919]


Photograph of Mrs. Procter, Mayoress of Durham, n.d. [1919]


Photograph of Alderman George H. Procter, Mayor of Durham, of Flass House, Durham, n.d. [1919]


Photograph of Durham Cathedral, from the north west, n.d. [early 20th c.]
(1 booklet, colour printed)


Photograph of Sergeant T. Marshall, The Durham Light Infantry, and Sergeant O'Donnell, East Lancashire Regiment, taken in Minden Prisoner of War Camp, Germany, July 1916
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)

Brigadier Peter Harry Mitchell 'Crackers' MAY, D.S.O., O.B.E., M.C. (Ref: May D/DLI 7/466/15)

1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Entry in McGregor; born, 1913; Second Lieutenant, 1933 - 1936; Lieutenant, 1936 - 1941; (acting Captain, 1940, temporary Captain, 1940 - 1941); Captain, 1941 - 1946; (acting Major 1948; temporary, Major 1942 - 1944; War Substantive Major, 1944 - 1946); Major, 1946 - 1954; (acting Lieutenant-Colonel, 1944; temporary Lieutenant-Colonel, 1944 - 1946, 1947 - 1948, 1951 - 1954; local Lieutenant-Colonel, 1949-1951), Lieutenant-Colonel, 1954 - 1959; Colonel, 1959 - ; temporary Brigadier, 1959 - ; retired as Honorary Brigadier, 1962; Deputy Colonel Light Infantry, 1976 -


Correspondence between Feroz Din Karim Baksh, Army Contractor, Qila Didar Singh, District Gujranwala, West Pakistan, and Brigadier P.H.M. May, Hawkwell House, Stamfordham, Northumberland, concerning an application for immigration to the United Kingdom, 31 January - 1 July 1966
(7 papers)

Lieutenant-Colonel Hubert MCBAIN (Ref: McBain D/DLI 7/426/4-181)

2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Entry in McGregor; born India, son of Sergeant-Major Hugh McBain, 2nd Battalion, 19 October 1894; temporary Second Lieutenant, 19 December 1916; Second Lieutenant, 4 November 1917; Lieutenant, 4 May 1919.

Personal papers (Ref: D/DLI 7/426/4-8)

The McBains by Lieutenant-Colonel H. McBain, O.B.E., M.C., containing a history of the family, from 1762, and the autobiography of Hubert McBain, February 1970
(1 volume, typescript)


Service record, Army Form B 199A, of Hubert McBain, The Durham Light Infantry, covering his service from 8 March 1916 to 21 February 1946, n.d. [1946]
(1 paper)


Military identity card of Lieutenant-Colonel Hubert McBain, M.C., 14 May 1944 Includes: photograph
(1 paper, including 1 photograph, 5 cm. x 5 cm., black and white)


Regimental diary of Station Staff Officer, later Staff Captain, Hubert McBain, covering his service in India, January - December 1930
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Newspaper article, 'Young Soldiers in the Making', concerning the training of the 70th (Young Soldiers) Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, reprinted from the Durham Advertiser, n.d. [ c.1941] Lieutenant-Colonel Hubert McBain commanded the 70th (Young Soldiers) Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, from 1940 to 1942
(1 paper, printed)

Records concerning No. 4 Infantry Training Centre, Brancepeth (Ref: D/DLI 7/426/9-13)

'The Padre's Letter', an address by the Padre of No. 4 Infantry Training Centre, Brancepeth, to mark the cessation of hostilities, August 1945
(1 paper, printed)


Proposed programme of the Brancepeth Victory Pageant in aid of Durham Light Infantry Regimental Funds, n.d. [1945]
(1 paper, typescript)


Order of service for the offering of thanksgiving, commemoration, penitence and dedication on the occasion of the cessation of hostilities in Europe, Durham Cathedral, n.d. [ 1945]
(1 booklet, printed)


Circular letter from Lieutenant-Colonel H. McBain, president of The Brancepeth I.T.C. [Infantry Training Centre] Dinner Club, Peppermires, Brancepeth, to Club members, concerning the arrangements for the annual reunion dinner, following the disbandment of No. 4 Infantry Training Centre, December 1946
(1 paper, printed)


Print of an ink drawing of 'H.R.H. The Princess Royal at lunch with Lieutenant-Colonel J.O.C. Hasted, D.S.O., and officers of No. 4 I.T.C. [Infantry Training Centre], Brancepeth Castle, October 1941', by Captain Wade, 1941
(1 card, printed)

Records concerning No. 247 German Prisoner of War Camp, Ure Bank, Ripon, North Yorkshire (Ref: D/DLI 7/426/14-18)

Programme of music, signed, for a concert at the Officers' Mess dinner, No. 247 German Prisoner of War Camp, Ure Bank, Ripon, North Yorkshire, 17 July 1946
(1 paper, ink and colour)


Menu of the Officers' Mess dinner at No. 247 Prisoner of War Camp, Ure Bank, Ripon, North Yorkshire, 31 July 1946
(1 card, typescript and colour wash)


Programme of music for the Officers' Mess dinner, Prisoner of War Camp No. 247, Ure Bank, Ripon, North Yorkshire, 31 July 1946
(1 paper, ink, colour wash, and typescript)


Programme of music for the Officers' Mess dinner, Prisoner of War Camp No. 247, Ure Bank, Ripon, North Yorkshire, 28 August 1946
(1 paper, typescript, ink and colour)


Invitation from the prisoners of war at Camp No. 247, Ure Bank, Ripon, North Yorkshire, to Lieutenant-Colonel H. McBain, to attend a concert, 14 September 1946
(1 paper, ink and colour wash)

Records concerning No. 18 German Prisoner of War Camp, Featherstone Park, Haltwhistle, Northumberland (Ref: D/DLI 7/426/19-70)Camp newspapers and newsletters (Ref: D/DLI 7/426/19-35)

Die Zeit am Tyne ,the newspaper of Camp 18, Featherstone Park, no. 6, 15 November 1946
(German, 2 papers, printed)


Die Zeit am Tyne newsletter no. 1, of Camp 18, Featherstone Park, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, January 1947 Contains reprints of English press reports concerning the establishment of a 'freedom' camp at Featherstone Park, the role of German prisoners in saving the Northumberland harvest, and a special thanksgiving service in Hexham Abbey, Northumberland
(1 paper, printed)


Summary of contents of Die Zeit am Tyne newspaper, no. 6, compiled by the editor, Hermann Ziock, 15 November 1946
(2 papers, typescript)


Summary of contents of Die Zeit am Tyne newspaper, no. 6, compiled by the editor, Hermann Ziock, 15 November 1946
(German, 3 papers, typescript)


Summary of contents of Die Zeit am Tyne newspaper, no. 8, 1 February 1947, compiled by the editors, 27 January 1947
(3 papers, typescript)


Summary of contents of Die Zeit am Tyne newspaper, no. 10, Easter 1947, compiled by the editors, April 1947
(3 papers, typescript)


Summary of contents of Die Zeit am Tyne newspaper, no. 11, May 1947, compiled by the editors, May 1947
(4 papers, typescript)


Daily 'News Sheets' published in Camp 18, Featherstone Park, Northumberland, during the week 18 - 25 November, and explanatory note, 19 - 25 November 1946
(German, 6 papers, and English, 1 paper, typescript)


'Billetee Post' no. 6, weekly newsletter of Featherstone Park Camp, Northumberland, sent to prisoners of war in billets, containing short notices of camp entertainment, news from German newspapers and extracts from Pastor Niemoeller's speech in Zurich, Switzerland; and explanatory note, 25 November 1946
(German, 1 paper, and English, 1 paper, typescript)


List of the articles published in the German language at Featherstone Park Camp, Northumberland, during the week 18 - 25 November, n.d. [November 1946]
(2 papers, typescript)


List of the types of visual information published in Featherstone Park Camp, including the monthly newspaper, daily news sheet, the 'Billetee Post', English and German newspapers, and further information displayed in the camp information room; countersigned by Lieutenant-Colonel H. McBain, 26 November [1946]
(1 paper, typescript)


English translation, by 'K. v. S.' of an article 'Policy as Destiny' from Die Weltwoche,Zurich, no. 695, vol. XV, 7 March 1947, corrected by Lieutenant-Colonel H. McBain, 28 March 1947
(2 papers, typescript)


English translation, by 'K. v. S.' of an article 'Who is to Succeed Britain?' from Die Weltwoche , Zurich, n.d. [1947], corrected by Lieutenant-Colonel H. McBain, n.d. [1947]
(2 papers, typescript)


Newspaper article, 'German Prisoners in Britain - Political Enlightenment' describing the work of German prisoner of war camps in Britain, including Featherstone Park Camp, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, reprinted from The Manchester Guardian, 22 May 1947
(1 paper, printed)


Newspaper article 'German Prisoners in Britain, II - Political Enlightenment' concerning the contribution of education and the personal factor to successful German prisoner of war camps, from The Manchester Guardian, n.d. [May 1947]
(1 paper, printed)


Notes on 'Germany and the German Problem', written by Lieutenant-Colonel H. McBain, three months after his posting to command German prisoner of war personnel, November 1946
(2 papers, typescript)


Summary of contents of Die Zeit am Tyne newspaper, no. 9, March 1947, compiled by the editors, March 1947
(2 papers, typescript)

Lecture programme (Ref: D/DLI 7/426/36-37)

Lecture list for the Winter (third) semester, 4 November 1946 - 15 April 1947, of No. 18 Prisoner of War Camp, Featherstone Park, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, presented to the Commandant, Lieutenant-Colonel McBain, in recognition of his interest in the cultural affairs of the camp, 25 June 1947 Includes: lists of lectures in jurisprudence, economics, mathematics and general sciences, engine building and electrical engineering, architecture and civil engineering, natural science and science of forestry, philosophical branches, theatre and film, shorthand, and languages, and the names of the German lecturers
(German and English, 1 file)


Text of a speech on the matriculation examination at Featherstone Park, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, by the Camp spokesman, General F. Heim, n.d. [1946 - 1947]
(2 papers, typescript)

Musical performances (Ref: D/DLI 7/426/38-48)

Programme for a musical evening 'Luntur Abend', at Featherstone Park Camp, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, 13 November 1946
(German, 1 paper, ink and colour wash)


Programme for an evening of sacred music, no. 5, 'God is our Sun and Shield', by the Evangelical Congregation of Camp 18, Featherstone Park, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, n.d. [1946 - 1947]
(1 paper, ink and colour)


Programme for a concert of sacred music by the choir and orchestra of Featherstone Park Prisoner of War Camp, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, at Hexham Abbey, Northumberland, 18 January 1947
(1 paper, printed)


Programme of an organ concert by the men of Featherstone Park Camp, at Westgate Methodist Church, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, 23 February 1947
(1 paper, printed)


Order of service for a joint service of Passiontide music by the Evangelical Congregation of Featherstone Park Camp and the Congregation of Westgate Methodist Church, at Westgate Methodist Church, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, 30 March 1947
(1 paper, printed)


Programme for an evening concert of sacred music for Passiontide in the North Camp Chapel, Camp 18, Featherstone Park, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, n.d. [1947]
(German, 1 paper, typescript)


Programme for a concert of sacred music at Hexham Abbey, Northumberland, performed by members of the Abbey choir, and the choir and orchestra from Featherstone Park Prisoner of War Camp, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, Holy Week, n.d. [April 1947]
(1 paper, printed)


Programme for an evening concert of sacred music for Easter, in Camp 18, Featherstone Park, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, n.d. [1947]
(German, 1 paper, typescript)


Programme and lyrics of a song recital performed by Hans Heim, baritone, and Otto Schutz, piano, in the South Theatre, Featherstone Park Camp, Northumberland, 17 May 1947
(1 booklet)


Programme of music performed by the Instrumental Octet, probably at Featherstone Park Camp, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, 2 June 1947
(1 paper, typescript)


Programme for a vocal concert of the compositions of Emil Sulzbach, performed by Walter Weber, tenor, Hans Heim, baritone, Felix Lamert, cello, and Otto Schultz, piano, at Featherstone Park Camp, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, n.d. [1946 - 1947]
(1 paper, ink and colour wash)

Theatrical performances (Ref: D/DLI 7/426/49-53)

Invitation from Wilhelm Kappler to Lieutenant-Colonel McBain to attend a performance of Hansel and Gretel in the Puppet Theatre, Featherstone Park Camp, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, 20 December 1946
(German, 1 paper, ink and colour wash)


Programme of entertainment for an 'Italian Night Party' at the Officers' Mess, Featherstone Park Camp, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, 8 January 1947
(1 paper, ink and colour wash)


Invitation from the presenter of the Theatre on Tyne to the Commandant and his staff, to attend a magic cabaret at Featherstone Park Camp, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, 22 - 26 March [1947]
(1 paper, ink and colour wash)


Invitation to Lieutenant-Colonel McBain to attend the opening performance of 'Die erste Legion', by Emmet Lavery, in the Theater der Zeit, Featherstone Park Camp, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, 23 March 1947
(1 paper, ink and colour)


Invitation from Herbert Baumann to Lieutenant-Colonel McBain and his staff to a performance of 'Everyman' by the Theater der Zeit, in Featherstone Park Camp, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, 21 May 1947
(German, 1 paper)

Camp churches and the promotion of Christianity (Ref: D/DLI 7/426/54-59)

Christmas greetings card containing an ink and watercolour drawing of the church erected at Featherstone Park Camp, sent to Hubert McBain, camp commandant, by the technical staff of the German prisoners of war who erected the church, signed by Siegfried Bohue [ ], December 1946
(1 booklet, card bound)


Form of service for the dedication of the British Soldiers' Chapel, Featherstone Park Camp, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, by the Bishop of Newcastle, 21 April 1947
(1 booklet, printed)


Certificate presented to Lieutenant-Colonel H. McBain, commandant, by the Catholic community of the prisoners of war at Featherstone Park Camp, Northumberland, on his departure, in recognition of his promotion of the Christian religion in the camp, n.d. [1947] Includes: drawings of a chapel interior and exterior
(1 paper, ink and colour wash)


Certificate presented to Lieutenant-Colonel H. McBain by the Evangelical camp community at Featherstone Park Prisoner of War Camp, Northumberland, in recognition of their joint achievements, signed by Hans Fagar and Reinhardt Witzig, n.d. [1947] Includes: drawing of the interior of the North Compound chapel
(1 paper, ink and crayon, coloured)


Folio from the Officers' Christian Union Newsletter, no. 33, containing a report of the dedication of the British Soldiers' Chapel at Featherstone Park Camp, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, which was constructed by German prisoners of war out of an old Nissen hut, and the promotion of Christianity by the commandant, Lieutenant-Colonel H. McBain, June 1947
(1 paper, printed)


Print of an ink drawing of the congregation seated inside Hexham Abbey, Northumberland, [for a special service of thanksgiving], 17 November 1946
(1 card, 22 cm. x 31 cm., printed)

Christmas messages (Ref: D/DLI 7/426/60-66)

Copy letter from [Lieutenant-Colonel H. McBain], Featherstone Park Camp, Haltwhistle, Northumberland], to General [Ferdinand Heim] conveying a Christmas message to all German members of the camp, December 1946
(1 paper, typescript)


Christmas message broadcast by the Camp Labour Officer, J.F.R.D. [ ] on Christmas Eve, thanking the prisoners of war of Featherstone, Plenmeller, Colwell, Catton and Raylees, Northumberland, for their work on the farms of west Northumberland, 24 December 1946
(1 paper, typescript)


Invitation from [Egon] Marx, spokesman of the Prisoner of War Hostel, Brancepeth, to Lieutenant-Colonel McBain and Mrs. McBain, to attend a Christmas dinner on 24 December, n.y. [1946]
(1 card)


Postcard drawing of Featherstone Castle, Northumberland, containing Christmas greetings, from F. [Ferdinand] Heim, camp spokesman, and the prisoners of war of Camp No. 18, Featherstone Park, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, to [Lieutenant-Colonel H. McBain], n.d. [December 1946]
(1 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., printed)


Christmas card from the German prisoners of no. 18 Prisoner of War Camp, Featherstone Park, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, signed by [Ferdinand] Heim, December 1946
(1 paper, ink and colour wash)


New Year greetings card from F.E. Rommel, to Lieutenant-Colonel McBain, containing an illustration of a Nissen hut, and an illuminated quotation by Stephen Grellett, Featherstone Park, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, 1 January 1947
(1 paper, ink and colour wash)


New Year greetings card from the spokesman, Meyer, and inmates of Catton Hostel, Northumberland, to their commandant, Colonel McBain, January 1947 Includes: a drawing of the camp chapel bell house
(1 paper, ink and colour wash)

Records concerning the departure of Lieutenant-Colonel H. McBain as commandant (Ref: D/DLI 7/426/67-70)

Extract from Headquarters Northern Command letter dated 1 July 1947, concerning the cessation of the system of political gradings [of prisoners of war] with effect from 1 July 1947, issued by Lieutenant-Colonel H. McBain, commandant, Featherstone Park Camp, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, 4 July 1947
(German and English, 1 paper, typescript)


Farewell message from Lieutenant-Colonel H. McBain, O.B.E., M.C., Featherstone Park Camp, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, to the German prisoners of war, on the eve of his departure as commandant, to be succeeded by Lieutenant-Colonel Bartlett of the Royal Artillery, 11 July 1947
(1 paper, typescript)


Copy address of the camp leader, Lieutenant-General Ferdinand Heim, on the departure of Lieutenant-Colonel H. McBain as commandant of Featherstone Park Camp, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, 4 July 1947
(1 paper, typescript)


Transcript of the address of the camp leader, Lieutenant-General Heim, on the departure of Colonel McBain, commandant of Featherstone Park Prisoner of War Camp, 4 July n.y. [1947]
(2 papers, typescript)

Letters from Lieutenant-Colonel H. McBain to Lieutenant-General Ferdinand Heim (Ref: D/DLI 7/426/71-76)

Note from 'Mac' [Lieutenant-Colonel H. McBain], probably to Ferdinand Heim, in response to an unidentified article, commenting on the qualities and characteristics of the German nation, and the prospects for a favourable political outlook with Russia, 28 October 1946
(1 paper, typescript)


Note from Lieutenant-Colonel H. McBain to Lieutenant-General F. Heim, enclosing papers (D/DLI 7/426/73-75), for Heim's information, and expressing the desire to see Horst Kiesewetter to inform him of the Colonel-in-Chief's remarks; and, endorsed, Heim's acknowledgement, 4 February [1947]
(1 paper)


Letter from Lieutenant-General Sir A.F. Christison, Bt., K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O., M.C., Headquarters, Scottish Command, Edinburgh, to Lieutenant-Colonel H. McBain, O.B.E., M.C., Officers' Mess, Featherstone Park Camp, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, concerning General Heim's letter, forwarded by McBain; assuring that Heim's point of view is being given full consideration at a high level; and commenting favourably on the prisoners of war working with Christison at Claxton Hall, especially their spokesman, Horst, 3 February 1947
(1 paper, typescript)


Observations by Lieutenant-General Ferdinand Heim concerning the political screening of German prisoners of war, and the two categories of prisoner who consider their classification as category 'C' to be unjust, submitted to Lieutenant-Colonel H. McBain, 5 December [1946]
(1 paper)


Memorandum from Lieutenant-Colonel H. McBain, Commandant, Featherstone Park Camp, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, to Headquarters, Northumbrian District, 'Hollyhurst', Woodlands Road, Darlington, concerning the political screening of German prisoners of war, written following the Army Commander's inspection of the camp on 4 December, and his interview with Lieutenant-General Ferdinand Heim, the War Office appointed spokesman for the camp, 6 December 1946
(2 papers, typescript)


Copy letter from Lieutenant-Colonel H. McBain, O.B.E., M.C., Commandant of No. 18 Prisoner of War Camp, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, to Lieutenant-General Ferdinand Heim, camp spokesman, on relinquishing command, thanking Heim for his co-operation and friendship and considering the achievements of the past ten months in turning the camp into a model Christian democratic village, 9 July 1947
(1 paper, typescript)

Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel H. McBain to Hugo von Lamezan (Ref: D/DLI 7/426/77-78)

Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel H. McBain, O.B.E., M.C., Commandant, No. 18 Prisoner of War Camp, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, to Herr von Lamezan, Schoenmoor, Post Fehren-boetel, Neumunster-Land (24a), British Zone, Germany, concerning the latter's kind remarks in his recent letter about his old prisoner of war camp; McBain's hope that many of the officers who have left [Camp 18] for Germany will continue to strive for better and higher things; the end of McBain's time in command on 14 July, and his hopes for the future, 24 June 1947
(1 paper)


German translation of D/DLI 7/426/77, 1947
(German, 1 paper, typescript)

Letters from John Bartels (Ref: D/DLI 7/426/79-88)

Letter from John Bartels, 'former Colonel and boss of the joiner shop [Camp] 18', Rahlstedt, Hamburg, Germany, to Lieutenant-Colonel H. McBain, Peppermires, Brancepeth, concerning Bartels' return to Germany on 21 July; his marriage, for the second time, at the end of August and a real home for his three girls; his son, a professional farmer, still a prisoner of war in France, and working on a farm near Epinal, Lorraine; his employment as an architect at the 216th English D.C.R.E. in Hamburg; overcrowding in his house, and [food] rations which do not compare with those of the camp, 9 December 1947
(2 papers)


Letter from John and Lisa Bartels, Rahlstadt, Hamburg, Germany, to [Colonel H. McBain and Mrs. McBain] thanking them for the parcel of food, especially the rendered fat, 13 March n.y. [ c.1948]
(1 paper)


Letter from John Bartels, Hamburg, Germany, to Colonel H. McBain, Peppermires, Brancepeth, concerning the gift of a small oak cupboard made by Bartels' best apprentice, a submarine officer; news of comrades recently repatriated from Camp 18; the effects of fuel and food shortages on his family; his continuing work with the Royal Engineers (2nd D.C.R.E.); and news that Mr. von Visbahn, a Y.M.C.A. employee will visit Camp 18 as a civilian and that Colonel Wilch, the former Lagerfuhrer is engaged there too, 15 March 1948
(3 papers)


Letter from John Bartels, Rahlstadt, Hamburg, Germany, to [Lieutenant-Colonel H. McBain] concerning McBain's letter and advice of the despatch of a parcel from England; his satisfaction with his job at the Royal Engineers, and other work repairing the English church of [Saint] Thomas a' Becket in Hamburg; continuing food shortages despite newspaper reports to the contrary; the many letters received from his prisoner of war comrades of Featherstone and Windermere [camps], most of whom are back in Germany, including General Heim, Bartels' former commander at Boulogne, France; and family news, 4 May 1948
(1 paper)


Letter from John Bartels, Rahlstadt, Hamburg, Germany, to [Lieutenant-Colonel H. McBain] concerning the currency changes in Germany and his good fortune to be working with the Royal Engineers; his meetings with former comrades from Camp 18, the memories of the good time and the food [at Featherstone Park Camp, Northumberland], and the desire of many to return to Camp 18 for a month, 2 July 1948
(1 paper)


Letter from John Bartels, Hamburg, Germany, to Colonel H. McBain, Peppermires, Brancepeth, concerning his work with the Royal Engineers and for his own office as an architect; his contact with the English Church, Seamen's Mission and Seamen's Club; observations on the favourable treatment of prisoners of war by the English and Americans; fears of the Russians and a new war, and the desire of former German officer prisoners of war to return to England, 18 October 1948
(3 papers)


Letter from John Bartels, Hamburg, Germany, to Colonel H. McBain, Peppermires, Brancepeth, concerning living conditions in Germany, the poverty affecting the mass of the population, his job with the Royal Engineers and acquaintances in Hamburg, including Sulzbach, 8 March 1949
(3 papers)


Letter from John Bartels, Wilhelmstrasse 25, Hamburg,-Rahlstedt, Germany, to Colonel H. McBain, Peppermires, Brancepeth, referring to his daily work with the Royal Engineers, work in his own office as an architect; the desire of old Camp 18 inmates to return there for a fortnight; deploring the poor relations with the English occupation forces in Hamburg owing to the dismantling of the Hamburg shipyards; the improvement in living conditions, and the first election to the German government, 8 August 1949
(3 papers)


Letter from John Bartels, Rahlstedt, Hamburg, Germany, to Lieutenant-Colonel H. McBain, Peppermires, Brancepeth, sending Christmas greetings; recalling the Christmas Eve at Camp 18, and its chivalrous commander, three years previously; reporting that living conditions are the same as before the war, and that he is still working with the Royal Engineers and as an architect, 18 December 1949
(2 papers)


Letter from John Bartels, architect, Rahlstedt, Hamburg, Germany, to Lieutenant-Colonel H. McBain, Peppermires, Brancepeth, concerning his hard work as an architect and the thrift of his wife and children, which ensures an adequate existence; the dangerous political situation and the inability of the West European states to come to any conclusion with their endless conferences, until it is too late; and his delight to see belief in God returning to a large part of the German population, 17 December 1950
(2 papers)

Letter from Professor Markus Barth (Ref: D/DLI 7/426/89)

Letter from Professor Markus Barth, Bubendorf, Germany, to [Lieutenant-Colonel H. McBain], concerning Barth's report on his visits to prisoner of war camps in the United Kingdom, and the hope that his description of Camp 18 is a fair one; suggesting that the report should not be shown to Captain Sulzbach, interpreter, but to General Heim, camp spokesman; his request to the Oecumenical Committee in Geneva, Switzerland, for a spiritual man to help with the German problem; and remarks on McBain's difficult position 'complete isolation of a man with good ideas', 1 April 1947
(1 paper)

Letters from Dieter [Peter] Brauns (Ref: D/DLI 7/426/90-91)

Letter from Dieter Brauns, of Messrs. Adolf Brauns, contractors to the German State Railway, Kaiser Wilhelmstrasse, Bremerhaven, Germany, to Lieutenant-Colonel H. McBain, Brancepeth, sending Christmas greetings as a former prisoner of war, 2 December 1947
(2 papers, typescript)


Letter from Peter Brauns, of Messrs. Adolf Brauns, contractors to the German State Railway, Bremerhaven, Germany, to [Colonel H. McBain] recalling his position as labour officer in the south sector, and aide to the sector spokesman, [in Featherstone Park Camp, Northumberland], and his acquaintance with McBain at the farewell ceremony before repatriation on 19 January 1947; describing work in his father's firm, the denazification programme, and housing conditions in Bremerhaven; and regretting the loss of parts of the British Empire, 3 June 1948
(2 papers)

Letters from Lieutenant-General Ferdinand Heim (Ref: D/DLI 7/426/92-110)

Letter from Ferdinand Heim to Colonel H. McBain, expressing his interest in McBain's thoughts on the German problem, and offering his remarks on the same, 6 December 1946
(1 paper)


Letter from Ferdinand Heim to Colonel [H. McBain] concerning suggestions for the content of McBain's forthcoming lecture on his service in India; requesting reference to India's political and economic evolution, and informing him of the prevailing prejudice towards Rudyard Kipling in Germany, 12 January 1947
(1 paper)


Letter from Ferdinand Heim, [Featherstone Park Camp, Haltwhistle, Northumberland] to Colonel H. McBain thanking him for his letter concerning messing arrangements, 13 June 1947
(1 paper)


Letter from Ferdinand Heim, Prisoner of War Camp 18, Featherstone Park, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, to Colonel H. McBain, Peppermires, Brancepeth, describing a five day visit to London, organised by Captain Sulzbach, and referring to the forthcoming exhibition of toys manufactured in the camp and the possibility of sending toy parcels to Germany, 4 August 1947
(3 papers)


Letter from Ferdinand Heim, Camp 18, Featherstone Park, Haltwhistle, Northumberland to Colonel H. McBain, regretting that he missed McBain on his visit to Brancepeth and thanking him for his care of the prisoners of war at Brancepeth; also referring to another influx of nine hundred prisoners of war from [Camp] 184 [Llanmartin, Magor, Newport, Wales] due to arrive in November, and his fear of overcrowding the huts, were it not for the evidence that Camp 18 will be the last officers' camp to be closed, 14 October 1947
(2 papers)


Letter from Ferdinand Heim, Ulm, Germany, to Colonel H. McBain, Peppermires, Brancepeth, concerning his transfer in mid-January from London to Nuremberg, Germany, and his sudden release; the first meeting with his son for five years; the city of Ulm reduced to a heap of rubble; his marriage to an old friend of the family; and the difficulty in getting a job, 'a 'General' is anathema', 9 June 1948
(2 papers)


Postcard containing a snow scene and New Year greetings, from Ferdinand Heim, Ulm, Germany, to Colonel McBain, Peppermires, Brancepeth, 12 December 1948
(1 card, 11 cm. x 15 cm., colour printed)


Letter from Ferdinand Heim, Ulm, Germany, to Colonel H. McBain, concerning a recent meeting with Markus Barth, the Swiss pastor who once visited Camp 18 [Haltwhistle, Northumberland] and was annoyed by Sulzbach's angry report to P.I.D. [ ]; an account of Barth's visit to the War Criminals Prison at Werl/Westfalen, Germany, following information that the commandant was a former commandant of Camp 18, and his disappointment on meeting Colonel Vickers instead of Colonel McBain, as anticipated; Heim's dissatisfaction with his job, 'soldiers are not fit for mercantile transactions'; and recalling the hospitality of Brancepeth, 4 December 1949
(1 paper)


Letter from Ferdinand Heim, Ulm, Germany, to Colonel H. McBain, Peppermires, Brancepeth, concerning his son, Karl's journey to England and his visit to Peppermires, and reflecting on the dark political situation in Europe, 3 December 1950
(2 papers)


Postcard containing an Easter illustration by Anneliese Tesdorpf, from Ferdinand Heim, Ulm, Germany, to Colonel H. McBain, Peppermires, Brancepeth, sending greetings from Heim and his son, 23 February 1951
(1 card, 11 cm. x 15 cm., colour printed)


Letter from Ferdinand Heim, Burgsteige 7, 79 Ulm-Donau, Germany, to Colonel H. McBain, to accompany a book on the medieval and new city of Ulm as rebuilt after the war, 15 December 1964
(1 paper, typescript)


Christmas card from Ferdinand Heim to Colonel McBain 'to assure I shall never forget the noble commandant of Camp 18', 12 December 1966
(1 card, colour printed)


Postcard photograph of Ulm Town Hall and Cathedral, from Ferdinand Heim, Ulm, Germany, to Colonel McBain, The Old Stables, Langton, Blandford, Dorset, sending Christmas greetings, 18 December 1974
(1 card, 10 cm. x 15 cm., black and white, printed)


Christmas card containing a photograph of Ulm Cathedral, and the River Danube, Germany, in winter; from Ferdinand Heim [to Colonel H. McBain], n.d. [1950s - 1960s]
(1 card, containing 1 photograph, 10 cm. x 7 cm., black and white)


Christmas card containing a drawing of Ulm, Germany, in 1600; from Ferdinand Heim [to Colonel H. McBain], n.d. [1960s - 1970s]
(1 card, printed)


Christmas cards from Ferdinand Heim [to Colonel H. McBain], 110 n.d. [1960s - 1970s]
(4 cards, colour printed)

Letter from Karl Heim (son of Lieutenant-General Ferdinand Heim) (Ref: D/DLI 7/426/111)

Letter from Karl Heim, N.U.S. Camp, Moor Lane, Sherburn-in-Elmet, Leeds, Yorkshire, to Mr. McBain, Peppermires, Brancepeth, describing his hard work picking potatoes and sugar beet at camp; hoping to see the McBains when he has finished; and considering the contact with English families as the most important part of his visit to England, 29 October 1950
(2 papers)

Letters from Walter Ingber (Ref: D/DLI 7/426/112-118)

Ingber was Lieutenant-Colonel H. McBain's chief clerk in Featherstone Park Camp


Letter from Walter Ingber, c/o Eden Grange, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, to Lieutenant-Colonel H. McBain, concerning his translation of an official letter from the German camp spokesman to McBain; his pleasure to be the last one of the 'old' staff to leave the camp [in Northumberland] on its closure on 11 June; the arrival of permission for his re-entry into Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique] and his job as manager of the Lourenco Marques branch of the Sociedade Imperio Colonial Ltd., 6 June 1948
(1 paper, typescript)


Letter from Walter Ingber, No. 186 Prisoner of War Camp, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, to Colonel H. McBain, concerning the Foreign Office rejection of Ingber's application to join his next-of-kin [in Portugal]; the efforts of [F.E.] Rommel and his firm of lawyers, Baker, Warburg and Company, London, and of Major Braun, connected with the War Office, to have Ingber's compulsory repatriation to Germany stopped; and the mental depression caused by the delay in obtaining Foreign Office permission to emigrate to Portugal, 24 August 1948
(2 papers, typescript)


Letter from Walter Ingber to Colonel H. McBain, giving news of his impending release, and his intention to travel to Newcastle upon Tyne to meet McBain, 13 September 1948
(1 paper)


Letter from Walter Ingber, [London] to Colonel H. McBain, [Brancepeth] concerning Ingber's release on 24 September, business appointments with the Board of Trade and others in London, his plans to proceed to Newcastle upon Tyne on 15 October to renew old friendships, and contacts with Captain Atkinson and Captain Meikel, 10 October 1948
(1 paper)


Letter from Walter Ingber, c/o Sociedade Imperio Colonial Limitada, importers and exporters of colonial products, Lourenco Marques, Mozambique, to Colonel H. McBain, concerning Ingber's departure from England on 24 November and arrival in Lourenco Marques, via Lisbon, Portugal, on 10 December [1948]; his hard work there, exceeded only by the last weeks in Featherstone Park disbanding the camp; the difficulties of his private life and financial situation; the warm reception on his return to Mozambique and the restoration of personal effects left behind in 1939; and inquiring how to contact [F.E.] Rommel, 6 March 1949
(2 papers, typescript)


Postcard photograph of the Mouzinho de Albuquerque statue and cathedral, Lourenco Marques, Mozambique; from Walter Ingber, Lourenco Marques, to Colonel H. McBain, Peppermires, Brancepeth, containing a message from F. Rommel concerning his meeting with Ingber on his arrival in East Africa, via Egypt, while travelling for his firm, the Telephone Manufacturing Company Limited of London, 28 August 1950
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white, printed)


Letter from Walter Ingber, Condor Limited, manufacturers' representatives, Lourenco Marques, Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique] to Lieutenant-Colonel H. McBain, Peppermires, Brancepeth, enclosing a photograph celebrating Ingber's meeting with Rommel; hoping to see McBain in May; and promising to entertain McBain's sister and brother-in-law when they pass through Lourenco Marques, travelling on board the Landovery Castle, 10 November 1950 For enclosure see D/DLI 7/426/181
(2 papers, typescript)

Letter from Hugo von Lamezan (Ref: D/DLI 7/426/119)

Letter from Hugo von Lamezan, Schonmoor, Post Fehrenbo tel uber Neumunster-Land, Germany, to Lieutenant-Colonel H. McBain, concerning the newspaper article in the Manchester Guardian, dated 22 May 1947, concerning Featherstone Park Camp, 6 June 1947
(German, 5 papers, typescript)

Letter from Rudolph Schwarze (Ref: D/DLI 7/426/120)

Letter from Rudolf Schwarze, 24b Heidl, Holstein, Germany, to Colonel H. McBain, Peppermires, Brancepeth, sending Christmas greetings; recalling with pleasure the battle to better the life of the senior officers [prisoners of war] in Plenmellor Camp, Northumberland; and referring to his time spent in retirement, unable to find the 'right job..... in this overcrowded country' 13 December 1948
(2 papers)

Letters from Egon Marx (Ref: D/DLI 7/426/121-126)

Letter from German Prisoner of War no. 434040 Egon Marx, Featherstone Park Camp 18, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, to Colonel McBain, Peppermires, Brancepeth, informing that his visit to the War Office in London to obtain permission for release directly to the Argentine was unsuccessful; that he will leave Featherstone Park for Germany (Itzehoe, British Zone) with a transport of about five hundred prisoners of war on 4 May; thanking McBain for his kindness and influence chaperoning Brancepeth Hostel, and requesting a brief testimonial of his services as interpreter in Colwell and Raylees, and later as spokesman in Raylees and Brancepeth [Hostels, Featherstone Park Camp], 20 April 1948
(1 paper)


Letter from Egon Marx, 24 Itzehoe/Holstein, Germany, to Lieutenant-Colonel McBain, Peppermires, Brancepeth, describing his impressions on his return to Germany, following his release on 11 May, the political divisions and tensions between the Western and Eastern Zones; plans for housing in the Russian zone on Marxist principles, currency reform, the economic situation; his plans to marry a British schoolmistress from Church High School, Newcastle upon Tyne, whom he met during his stay at Brancepeth, and to volunteer for work in England, unless his plans for going to the Argentine are realised, 1 August 1948
(3 papers)


Letter from Egon Marx, Edendorferstrasse 15, 24b Itzehoe/ Holstein, Germany, to Colonel H. McBain, Peppermires, Brancepeth, acknowledging McBain's letter; describing his plans for marriage to a Newcastle upon Tyne schoolmistress, and a new life together in South America, or failing that, his return to a modest job in England; his situation in the British Zone working for a forwarding agency in Hamburg, Germany; discussing the German political situation and the dismantling of German industries; and giving recent news from Mr. Rommel in London, 8 September 1948
(1 paper, typescript)


Letter from Egon Marx, Hamburg, Germany to Colonel McBain, Peppermires, Brancepeth, acknowledging McBain's letter of 29 September, reporting some development in the situation in Germany since the famous currency reform; that he is tackling the problem of his marriage to Miss Vint of Blackhall Mill near Newcastle upon Tyne, and his return to England in order to start a new life; and requesting McBain's advice and assistance with his application for employment in England, 27 October 1948
(1 paper, typescript)


Letter from Egon Marx, Edendorferstrasse 15, 24b Itzehoe/ Holstein, and Hamburg, Germany, to Lieutenant-Colonel McBain, Peppermires, Brancepeth, acknowledging receipt of a letter, reporting that he has been travelling five hours daily between Itzehoe and Hamburg, thanking McBain for his willingness to provide a testimonial, and hoping to return to England in March or April to seek employment, 18 December 1948
(2 papers)


Christmas card from Egon and Audrey Marx [to Colonel H. McBain] containing a note concerning their son's studies at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, n.d. [1970s]
(1 card, colour printed)

Letters from F.E. Rommel (Ref: D/DLI 7/426/127-130)

Letter from F.E. Rommel, 25 Plympton Road, Brondesbury, London, to Colonel McBain, concerning the case of Mr. Ingber, who was transferred to Wilton Park, [Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire], when Camp 18 [Featherstone Park, Haltwhistle, Northumberland], was closed, and whose application to be released to Portuguese East Africa was turned down; his own position following his release to London in February, employment by a consulting engineer, his struggle to have his family flown over from the Russian Zone in June, and their lodging with the dentist at Carlisle, Cumberland, whom Rommel visited from the Camp [at Featherstone Park], 6 August 1948
(1 paper, typescript)


Letter from F.E. Rommel, The Old Gate House, Lincoln's Inn, London, to Colonel H. McBain, concerning hopes of a future visit to the McBains with his family; the progress of Mrs. Rommel and his children, who are still in Carlisle, with the English language since their arrival in June; advice from the Education Authorities about schooling; uncertainty over Ingber's future and the uncomfortable conditions in Camp 186; and his move to Lincoln's Inn, in the same building as the offices of his employer, where he proposes to stay until he can find suitable quarters for the whole family, 27 August 1948
(1 paper, typescript)


Letter from F.E. Rommel, 25 Balfour Road, Ilford, Essex, to Colonel McBain, concerning his improving prospects following the difficulty of providing for his wife and children after bringing them out of the Eastern Zone to England over a year ago; his employment as a senior apparatus designer with the Telephone Manufacturing Company Limited, and his election as an associate member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers; his purchase of a house by mortgage; the family attendance at the local Presbyterian Church, and the enrolment of his daughters in the Girl Guides organisation; and appreciation of the McBains' assistance and encouragement in years gone by, 10 July 1949
(1 paper)


Letter from F.E. Rommel, 25 Balfour Road, Ilford, Essex, to Colonel McBain, concerning the letter to Mrs. Rommel which inadvertently followed him to Africa; his absence for three months on business during which he visited Egypt, Uganda, Southern Rhodesia, Portuguese East Africa and the Union of South Africa; the knowledge gained in the 'new' countries, of the trend towards independence from Europe and the lack of understanding of fundamental local problems by European governments; the conservative outlook of these peoples being the secret of their relative prosperity and success; an interesting meeting with Zugber at Lourenco Marques, [Mozambique] where he is trying to establish himself as an independent business; the retrieval of the remnants of the family's household effects from the Eastern Zone of Germany; and his recent meeting with Egon Marx, now employed with a London firm of forwarding agents and resident at Chingford, Essex, 13 December 1950
(1 paper)

Letter from Teddy Schott (Ref: D/DLI 7/426/131)

Letter from Teddy Schott to the Commandant, Lieutenant-Colonel H. McBain, expressing his pleasure on receiving McBain's letter of thanks, and on playing with his orchestra before such attentive and grateful listeners, and acknowledging the lasting impression made by his acquaintance with real English gentlemen, 26 March 1947
(1 paper)

Letters from Gunther Wollert (Ref: D/DLI 7/426/132-135)

Letter from Gunther Wollert, Ellhofen 14a, Krs. Heilbron, U.S. Zone, Germany, to Colonel H. McBain, Peppermires, Brancepeth, concerning his arrival in Germany and release in Ulm; the difficulties of life in Germany, especially the food situation; and plans to visit his brother and start work as an electro and radio engineer, 23 August 1947
(2 papers)


Letter from Gunther Wollert, Auf dem Emmerberg 24, Hanover, British Zone, Germany, to Colonel H. McBain and Mrs. McBain, Peppermires, Brancepeth, recalling their hospitality of the previous Christmas, and describing the difficulties and disappointments of his present life in Germany, 14 December 1947
(3 papers)


Letter from Gunther Wollert, Cranachstrasse 3, British Zone, Hanover, Germany, to Colonel H. McBain, Peppermires, Brancepeth, advising that he has found a job as an electrician, and commenting on the gloomy world situation, 20 March 1948
(2 papers)


Cartoon drawing of an Army Officer, [Lieutenant-Colonel McBain] his wife and a kitchen maid surveying chicks emerging from a newly-opened crate of eggs; bearing an Easter greeting, from Gunther [Wollert], n.d. [1946 - 1947]
(1 paper, 27 cm. x 18 cm., ink and ink wash)

Letter from an unidentified former prisoner at Featherstone Park Camp, Northumberland (Ref: D/DLI 7/426/136)

English translation of a letter from an unidentified German correspondent, a former prisoner of war of Featherstone Park Camp, Northumberland, to [Lieutenant-Colonel H. McBain], concerning a newspaper article about Featherstone Park Camp in the Manchester Guardian,dated 22 May 1947 referring to McBain and Mr. Sulzbach; the lessons which could be learned from Camp 18; the ways to safeguard peace in the world; and hoping to meet McBain at Schoenmoor, Germany, n.d. [ c.1947 - 1948]
(3 papers)

Letters from H. Faulk (Ref: D/DLI 7/426/137-143)

Letter from H. Faulk, Laighcrosshill, Baillieston, Lanarkshire, to Colonel H. McBain, concerning Faulk's research for his contribution to a German official history of German prisoners of war, in the form of a book on the re-education of prisoners of war, from a British point of view, and his desire to include the Commandant's view of the German prisoner of war, 10 October 1965
(1 paper)


Letter from H. Faulk, Laighcrosshill, Baillieston, Lanarkshire, to Colonel H. McBain, The Old Stables, Langton, Blandford, Dorset, thanking the latter for his long and interesting report, and asking to borrow papers and correspondence, 20 October 1965
(1 paper, typescript)


Letter from H. Faulk, Laighcrosshill, Baillieston, Lanarkshire, to Colonel H. McBain, The Old Stables, Langton, Dorset, concerning the use of McBain's papers in the history, and acknowledging receipt of the papers, 26 October 1965
(1 paper, typescript)


Letter from H. Faulk, Laighcrosshill, Baillieston, Lanarkshire, to Colonel H. McBain, The Old Stables, Langton, Dorset, advising that he is finding McBain's material of absorbing interest, 4 November 1965
(1 paper, typescript)


Letter from H. Faulk, Laighcrosshill, Baillieston, Lanarkshire, to Colonel H. McBain, O.B.E., M.C., The Old Stables, Langton, Dorset, commenting on the impression which McBain created in the minds of the prisoners of war in his charge, and enquiring about a report by the priest Marcus Barth from Bubendorf, Germany, 6 December 1965
(1 paper, typescript)


Letter from H. Faulk, Laighcrosshill, Baillieston, Lanarkshire, to Colonel H. McBain, The Old Stables, Langton, Dorset, returning an article from the Manchester Guardian newspaper, and anticipating the receipt of copies of 'Zeit am Tyne', the [Featherstone] camp newspaper which was well known in its day and distributed to other camps, 20 December 1965
(1 paper, typescript)


Letter from H. Faulk, Laighcrosshill, Baillieston, Lanarkshire, to Colonel H. McBain, O.B.E., M.C., The Old Stables, Langton, Dorset, returning McBain's papers and expressing his thanks, 10 January 1966
(1 paper, typescript)

Letters between Matthew Barry Sullivan and Lieutenant-Colonel H. and Mrs. McBain (Ref: D/DLI 7/426/144-147)

Letter of thanks from Matthew Barry Sullivan to the contributors of material for his forthcoming book Thresholds of Peace: A Study of Defiance and Change among German Prisoners of War in Britain, 1944 - 48 , to be published by Hamish Hamilton, December 1977
(1 paper, duplicated)


Letter from Matthew B. Sullivan, Nine Elms, Jordans, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, to Colonel H. McBain, requesting information on McBain's time as commandant of Featherstone Park Camp, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, for his forthcoming book about German prisoners of war in Britain, 30 January 1978
(1 paper, typescript)


Letter from Matthew B. Sullivan, Nine Elms, Jordans, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, to Mrs. McBain, acknowledging receipt of the collection of papers about Featherstone Park [Prisoner of War Camp, Haltwhistle, Northumberland], and commenting on the important role played by her husband, 28 March 1978
(1 paper)


Copies of letters from Mrs. McBain to Mr. Sullivan, concerning the papers of her late husband, and of her replies to queries about Lieutenant-Colonel H. McBain and the Featherstone Park camp, n.d. [after 30 January 1978]
(4 papers)

Letters from Frau B. Ploeger to Mrs. McBain (Ref: D/DLI 7/426/148-149)

Letter from B. Ploeger [Germany], to Mrs. McBain, thanking her for the parcel, received while the writer's husband was a prisoner of war in Northumberland; enquiring how Mrs. McBain got her address, and describing her family, n.d. [ c.1947]
(1 paper, typescript)


Letter from Frau B. Ploeger, Bad Pyrmont, Germany, to Mrs. McBain, thanking her for her parcel, sent on behalf of Frau Ploeger's husband, a prisoner of war in England, 29 July 1947
(German, 1 paper)

Letter from Wilhelm Kappler, possibly to Mrs. McBain (Ref: D/DLI 7/426/150-151)

Letter from Wilhelm Kappler, puppet show manager, Featherstone Park Camp, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, to an unidentified woman, thanking her for the gift of cloth remnants for making puppet costumes, and inviting her to see the results, 1 April 1947
(1 paper)


Newspaper article concerning an exhibition in Haltwhistle Library, Northumberland, recalling life, from 1942 to 1948, in the German Prisoner of War Camp 18, Featherstone Park, Northumberland, from The Journal, 17 July 1996
(1 paper, colour printed)

Photographs (Ref: D/DLI 7/426/152-181)

Photograph album of Lieutenant Hubert McBain, concerning his family in Malta and his service with the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1916 - 1923


Photograph of father [Hugh McBain] and Hughie [brother of Hubert McBain], n.d. [ c.1916]


Photograph of Connie [Constance McBain, sister, born 31 January 1889], n.d. [ c.1916]


Photograph of May [McBain, sister, born 5 May 1892], n.d. [ c.1916]


Photograph of Wilfred [McBain, brother, born 2 October 1896], n.d. [ c. 1916]


Photograph of mother [Mary McBain] rowing a boat, n.d. [ c.1916]


Photograph of a statue on a street corner, Malta, n.d. [ c.1916]


Photograph of a sailing boat near Dragonara, Malta, n.d. [ c.1916]


Photograph of buildings and people on the Strada Reale, Malta, n.d. [ c. 1916]


Photograph of fishermen in a fishing boat in St. Julian's Bay, Malta, n.d. [ c.1916]


Photograph of warships of the French fleet and merchant ships in the Grand Harbour, Malta, January 1916


Photograph of local people washing their horses in St. Julian's Bay, Malta, n.d. [ c.1916]


Photograph, from a magazine, of Gidea Hall, Romford, Essex, the Cadet School of the Artists Rifles Regiment, Hubert McBain was posted there for ten months, 1915 - 1916, for officer training with the 2nd Battalion, n.d. [1916]


Photograph of men billeted in hut 13 of the Artists Rifles Camp at Romford, Essex, [1916] Includes: Hubert McBain, centre row, fourth from left


Photograph of officer cadets H. McBain and Jim King at the Artists Rifles Camp, Romford, Essex, n.d. [1916]


Photograph of officer cadet H. McBain outside a barrack hut with Lance-Corporal Ball in the background, Romford, Essex, n.d. [1916]


Photograph of officer cadet H. McBain lying on a camp bed outside camp huts, Romford, Essex, n.d. [1916]


Photograph of H. McBain in full battledress with rifle, doing sentry duty, Romford, Essex, n.d. [1916]


Photograph of Dorothy and Ivy King in a garden, Ilford, Essex, n.d. [1916]


Photograph of Wally, Dorothy, Wood, unidentified and Jim King (front row) and Mr. King, H. McBain, Ivy and Mrs. Welch (back row), Ilford, Essex, n.d. [1916]


Photograph of a woman called Pearson, Appledore, Kent, n.d. [1916]


Photograph of a woman on horseback outside Park House, Appledore, Kent, n.d. [1916]


Photograph of Nancie Pearson in highland dress with sheep, Appledore, Kent, n.d. [1916]


Photograph of a group in a field, including Second Lieutenant H. Alexander, far right, who was taken prisoner by the Germans on 21 March 1918, n.d. [ c.1916]


Studio photograph of Private A. Rowell, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Darlington, signed 'your devoted servant', (killed in action in the German attack at Morchies, France, on 21 March 1918), n.d. [ c.1916]


Photograph of two young children, including Hughie [McBain], right, n.d. [early 20th c.]


Photograph of Lieutenant H. McBain and No. 13 Platoon Lewis Gun Team posing with the Lewis Light Machine Gun, Le Brebis, France, 1917 Back row: Lieutenant Corporal Coyne, Private Hinton, Private Baker, Corporal Marriot, Private Rud Front row: Private Reay, Lieutenant McBain, Private Currie, Hirst


Photograph of Lieutenant Arthur Cave, 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry (died, Netley Hospital, Hampshire, 10 November 1918) and Lieutenant Moss Cohen, 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry (killed 24 July 1918), taken at Gosnay, France, May 1917


Photograph of Jessie Potter behind the wheel and four other women in a car, Kitchener, Canada, n.d. [ c.1917]


Photograph of Nancie Pearson in a garden, August 1917


Photograph of Hubert McBain and Mrs. Cavell, Orpington, Kent, August 1917


Photograph of Hubert McBain in a garden in Orpington, Kent, August 1917


Photograph of Mrs. Yeoman, seated, and a young boy called Willie, with two other young women, Brixton, Surrey, August 1917


Group photograph of four officers and 16 other ranks, members of the 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry concert party 'The Pineapples', taken at Noeux Les Mines, France, September 1917 Second row: Captain [Arthur] Cave; [Lieutenant George] Fillingham; [Second Lieutenant Basil] Simpson; and Captain [Eric] Dryden


Photograph of May McBain [sister of Hubert] with Hughie McBain as a small child, Malta, n.d. [ c.1917]


Photograph of the River Dart and rowing boat below Totnes, Devon, n.d. [ c. 1918]


Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Collier, with H. McBain and Lieutenant Digby of the Dorset Regiment, Maidencombe, Devon, n.d. [1918]


Photograph of Miss Alexander [Lady Alexander, daughter of Lord and Lady Cable, who ran the 'Everest Convalescent Hospital' Teignmouth, Devon], Devon, n.d. [ c.1918]


Photograph of the River Dart and river bank, Devon, n.d. [ c.1918]


Photograph of six British Army officers in the doorway to a hut at the Command Depot in Ripon, North Yorkshire, June - July 1918


Photograph of a group of British officers with Hubert McBain on the right, in a vegetable plot at the Command Depot, Ripon, Yorkshire, June - July 1918


Photograph of five British Army officers at the Command Depot, Ripon, Yorkshire, June - July 1918 Left to right: Dunham, Smith, Timms, unidentified and Whitehouse


Photograph of the McBain family, Malta, August 1918 Back row: Hubert McBain, Mary McBain (mother), Constance McBain, Hugh McBain (father), Front row: May McBain, Hughie McBain, Wilfred McBain


Photograph of a tennis party, Imtarfa, Malta, August 1918 Includes: Miss Ross, Mrs. Corner and W. McBain


Photograph of Mary McBain (mother) and Hubert McBain beside a well, Boschetto, Malta, August 1918


Photograph of Wilfred, Hubert, and Hugh McBain bathing in the sea, St. Julian's Bay, Malta, August 1918


Photograph of two nurses, Hubert McBain, Connie (McBain), an unidentified man, Miss Dickson, and W. McBain, outside a hospital building, Imtarfa, Malta, August 1918


Photograph of two nurses, Miss Corner and Miss Dickson, beside an arched doorway at Imtarfa, Malta, August 1918


Photograph of a tennis group at Imtarfa, Malta, August 1918 Back row: Miss Dickson, Hubert McBain, Miss Wellings Front row: Miss Corner, W. Gribble


Photograph of nurses and tennis group, Imtarfa, Malta, August 1918 Back row: Miss Corner, unidentified, Hubert McBain, Connie McBain, May McBain Front row: W. Gribble and W. McBain


Photograph of Miss Wylie, Hubert McBain, May and Connie at Mimosa, Malta, n.d. [1918]


Photograph of May McBain, Mr. Wiseley and Miss Geoghegan sitting outside a house, Malta, n.d. [ c.1918]


Photograph of Connie McBain, Hubert McBain, and May McBain standing on the roof of 'The Haven', the parental home, Malta, n.d. [1918]


Photograph of the Schloss, Lechenich, Germany, January 1919


Photograph of the colour party of the 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, with the Rhine Army, Germany, January 1919 Left to right: Sergeant Willis, Lieutenant Francis Cawley (Kings Colour), C.S.M. Waters, Sergeant Gould and Second Lieutenant Hubert McBain, M.C. (Regimental Colour)


Photograph of Lieutenant Peacock and Hubert McBain ice-skating near the Schloss, Lechenich, Germany, January 1919


Photograph of four German or 'Bosche' Boys playing on the ice and snow, Lechenich, Germany, January 1919


Photograph of Hubert McBain and Lieutenant Arderne (D.L.I.) ice skating on the moat of the Schloss, Lechenich, Germany, January 1919


Photograph of Lieutenant Pratt and Lieutenant Arderne (D.L.I.) taking a tumble while ice skating on the moat of the Schloss, Lechenich, Germany, January 1919


Photograph of Second Lieutenant Hubert McBain standing on the ice of the moat, Lechenich, Germany, January 1919


Photograph of Hughie McBain, as a toddler, n.d. [1919]


Photograph of service personnel and families on the beach in St. Paul's Bay, Malta, on Easter Monday, 1919


Photograph of the McBain family with friends from the services beside a monument in St. Paul's Bay, Malta, on Easter Monday, 1919


Photograph of Connie McBain, Mrs. Ferguson, and 'Nic' aboard a sailing boat off Dragonara, Malta, n.d. [ c.1919]


Group photograph of a tennis party, Connie McBain, Mrs. Ferguson, May McBain, Wilfred McBain, Nic, Pickett and Miss Pratt, Malta, n.d. [ c.1919]


Group photograph of Miss Pratt, Rae Edwards, May McBain, Mrs. Ferguson, and Mrs. Harrison, Malta, n.d. [ c.1919]


Photograph of Hubert McBain, Connie McBain and Mrs. Ferguson, aboard a sailing boat, Malta, n.d. [ c.1919]


Photograph of Mrs. Ferguson, Nic, and Connie McBain having tea, sitting on rocks beside the sea at Dragonara, Malta, n.d. [ c.1919]


Photograph taken from the sea of a large colonnaded building on the cliffs at Dragonara, Malta, n.d. [ c.1919]


Photograph of Connie McBain looking out of a window at 'Mimosa', Malta, n.d. [ c.1919]


Group photograph of May McBain, Connie McBain, Sister Edwards and Hughie McBain, playing on the roof of their home, Malta, n.d. [ c.1919]


Group photograph of various servicemen having a picnic at the Hagia Kim prehistoric ruins, Malta, n.d. [1918]


Photograph of the McBain family: Hugh McBain, Connie, Wilfred, May, Hughie, Mary McBain, and Hubert McBain, Malta, August 1918


Group photograph of members of the McBain family and their staff at the 'Haven', Boschetto, Malta, n.d. [1918] Back row: Two unidentified girls, Hugh McBain, Dorothy & Kathleen Westlake, Connie McBain Middle row: Miss Glover, Mrs. McBain, Miss Bibby Front row: Sister Workman, Wilfred McBain, Sister Ross


Photograph of a naval gun team, including Spurgeon, marked, loading the gun aboard H.M. Sloop Cyclamen, blockading the Adriatic, 1918


Photograph of Hubert and Wilfred McBain, Miss Banks, Connie McBain and Miss Banks, May 1919


Photograph of Wilfred McBain, Miss Banks, Connie and Miss D. Banks, on a visit to Loch Eck, Argyll, May 1919


Photograph of Mrs. Banks, Hubert McBain, Connie McBain, Wilf McBain, and Miss Banks, having a picnic at Loch Eck, Argyll, May 1919


Photograph of Hubert McBain, the Misses Banks and Connie McBain, sitting overlooking Loch Eck, Argyll, May 1919


Photograph of Kelsick and Dacre Alexander with Hubert McBain at Edington, Berwickshire, May 1919


Photograph of the Misses Banks and Wilfred McBain beside Loch Eck, Argyll, May - July 1919


Photograph looking down the length of Loch Eck, Argyll, July 1919


Photograph of Hubert McBain and The Alexanders in a rowing boat on Derwentwater, Cumberland, n.d. [1919]


Photograph of the crowds on the Champs Elysee during the Victory Day celebrations, Paris, July 1919


Panorama photograph of a hutted encampment forming The Durham Light Infantry Barracks, Batoum, South Russia, December 1919


Panorama photograph of the view to the west of The Durham Light Infantry barracks, Batoum, Russia, showing a large house at the base of a steep hillside, December 1919


Photograph of 'The Cove' on the Black Sea, Pavlov, Anatolia, Turkey, August 1920


Photograph of a dinghy off the cove, Pavlov, Anatolia, Turkey, August 1920


Photograph of the dinghy beached at Pavlov, Anatolia, Turkey, August 1920


Photograph of the Pavlov coastline taken from offshore, Anatolia, Turkey, August 1920


Photograph of [James] Law, Lieutenant Quartermaster of the 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Anatolia, Turkey, n.d. [1920]


Photograph of a collection of bell tents forming the camp of the Valley Guard, Anatolia, Turkey, n.d. [1920]


Photograph of [Robert] Turner, D.S.O., Major, 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Anatolia, Turkey, on the Rocky Coast, n.d. [1920]


Photograph of a group of Kemalists, possibly under guard, Anatolia, Turkey, n.d. [1920]


Photograph of [Charles] Phillips, M.M., Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, after bathing at the coast, Anatolia, Turkey, 1920


Photograph of Hughie McBain 'gardening' with the Mali boy, Campbellpore, India, n.d. [1920s]


Photograph of Jack, and Hughie McBain on a motor cycle in the snow, Sunny Bank, the Murrie Hills, India, n.d. [1920s]


Photograph of May McBain standing in snow with Murrie Church in the background, India, n.d. [1920s]


Photograph of May McBain and Hughie McBain standing in snow in the Murrie Hills, India, n.d. [1920s]


Photograph of Hughie McBain, probably taken in Malta, n.d. [ c.1919]


Photograph of May and Hughie McBain, taken in Malta, n.d. [ c.1919]


Photograph of Wilfred McBain, Miss Litton, Mrs. Wisely and Hubert McBain, Orpington, Kent, n.d. [ c.1917]


Photograph of Doctor and Captain Wisely, friends of the McBains, Orpington, Kent, n.d. [ c.1917]


Photograph of Paget's sailing dinghy beached in a cove, Pavlov, Turkey, n.d. [1920]


Photograph of the 'Boschetto' House, with the McBain family in the background, Malta, n.d. [ c.1920]


Photograph of Hughie McBain with children from the Hammond family in a garden, Khanspur, India, July 1921


Photograph of the 68th Light Infantry regimental crest, painted on a cliff face at Gharadaka, 'Motive Bridge', India, n.d. [1921]


Photograph of May McBain sitting in a motorcycle sidecar on the Kohala Road, India, n.d. [1921]


Photograph of a bungalow at Khyragali, India, June 1921


Photograph of Hubert, Hughie and May McBain on the Kashmir State Boundary, India, n.d. [1921]


Photograph of a birthday party for Hughie McBain, India, 28 July 1921


Photograph of the River Jhelum at the village of Kohala, India, n.d. [1921]


Photograph of Hubert McBain and Bratton at Satara, India, n.d. [ c.1922]


Photograph of Hutchie [Lieutenant Miles Hutchinson] 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry at the Ahmednagar Station, India, n.d. [ c.1922]


Photograph of pet dog 'Whiskey', India, n.d. [ c.1922]


Photograph of the officers' mess, Ahmednagar, India, n.d. [ c.1922]


Photograph of The Bungalow, officers' residence, Ahmednagar, India, n.d. [ c.1922]


Photograph of Lieutenant Frederick Hall and Hubert McBain on the polo ponies 'Kuwi' and 'Rajah', Ahmednagar, India, n.d. 1922


Photograph of Watt and polo pony 'Rajah', Ahmednagar, India, 1922


Photograph of polo pony 'Rajah', Ahmednagar, India, 1922


Photograph of polo pony 'Kuwi' with Indian groom, Ahmednagar, India, 1922


Photograph of Hubert McBain with bicycle, Ahmednagar, India, July 1922


Photograph of Lieutenant Phillips with bicycle on the way to Bartodi Park, Ahmednagar, India, July 1922


Photograph of Lieutenant Phillips with pet dogs, Ahmednagar, India, July 1922


Photograph of Lieutenant Phillips brewing tea, Ahmednagar, India, July 1922


Photograph of Hubert McBain with picnic, Ahmednagar, India, July 1922


Photograph of May McBain and Connie McBain swimming in the sea, Malta, August 1922


Photograph of Hugh McBain, Mary McBain, May, Connie and Hughie McBain swimming in the sea, Malta, August 1922


Photograph of May and Wilfred McBain in the sea, Malta, August 1922


Photograph of 'Jenny', H. McBain's horse, Ahmednagar, India, 1923


Photograph of H. McBain riding 'Jenny', Ahmednagar, India, 1923


Photograph of 'Jenny' grazing, Ahmednagar, India, 1923


Photograph of ponies, 'Jenny', 'Mona', and 'Rajah' with H. McBain and Indian grooms, Ahmednagar, India, 1923


Photograph of H. McBain riding 'Rajah' on the polo field, Ahmednagar, India, 1923


Photograph of piled arms (Lee-Enfield rifles) and personal kit with soldiers of the 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry near Ahmednagar, India, n.d. [ c.1923]


Photograph of soldiers of 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry resting and bathing in a river, near Ahmednagar, India, n.d. [ c.1923]


Photograph of tents and camp site at Vilad near Ahmednagar, India, n.d. [ c.1923]


Photograph of [Lieutenant-Colonel] Manger outside a bungalow, Ahmednagar, India, n.d. [ c.1923]


Photograph of Hubert McBain in civilian dress, Ahmednagar, India, n.d. [ c.1923]


Photograph of Hugh McBain at Boschetto, Malta, 1923


Photograph of a grigale (storm) at St. Julian's, Malta, n.d. [ c.1923]


Photograph of Hubert McBain and his mother in the drawing room of the family home, Malta, n.d. [ c.1923]


Photograph of the 2nd Battalion polo players at Ahmednagar, India, n.d. [ c. 1923]


Photograph of Hubert McBain and the Alexanders, at Keswick, Cumberland, n.d. [ c.1923]


Photograph of Hubert McBain, E.J. Stevens (husband of May McBain), May and Hughie McBain, in the Murrie Hills, India, n.d. [ c.1923]


Photograph of Hughie, May and Connie McBain in a garden, England, n.d. [ c.1923]


Photograph of a McBain family bathing group at St. Julian's, Malta, n.d. [ c.1923]


Photograph of Hubert McBain and Hughie sitting on a pony called 'Punch', India, n.d. [ c.1923]


Photograph of Lieutenant Hubert McBain outside a hut in Anatolia, Turkey, 1920


Photograph of Hugh sitting on pony 'Punch' with May, India, n.d. [ c. 1923]


Photograph of the dining room at 'The Haven', Malta, n.d. [1920s]


Photograph of the dining room at 'The Haven', Malta, n.d. [1920s]


Photograph of the drawing room at 'The Haven', Malta, n.d. [1920s]


Photograph of the drawing room at 'The Haven', Malta, n.d. [1920s]


Photograph of the reading room at 'The Haven', Malta, n.d. [1920s]


Photograph of Lieutenant and Quartermaster James Law, 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [ c.1920]


Photograph of Lieutenant Charles Phillips, M.M., 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry outside barracks, Germany, n.d. [1919]


Photograph of Lieutenant Charles Phillips in civilian dress, n.d. [ c.1920]


Photograph of Captain Percival A. Smith, n.d. [ c.1920]


Copy photograph, from a magazine, of the football team of 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, 1921 Includes Lieutenant Hubert McBain, 4th from left, middle row
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)


Photograph album of Lieutenant Hubert McBain, 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, covering his service in China, 1927


Photograph view of a ship in harbour, captioned: Hong Kong, China, n.d. [1927]


Photograph of buildings on the waterfront, captioned: Hong Kong, China, n.d. [1927]


Photograph, captioned: H.M.S. Hawkins (Flagship) lying off the Bund', Shanghai, China, n.d. [1927]


Photograph of warships and merchantmen captioned: The Whangpoo River at Shanghai, China, n.d. [1927]


Photograph of city lights, captioned: Shanghai by Night, China, n.d. [1927]


Photograph of sampans and river boats, on the riverfront, captioned: The Soochow Creek, China, n.d. [1927]


Photograph of riverboats captioned: Another view of the Soochow Creek, China, n.d. [1927]


Photograph of local people crossing over a river, captioned: Markham Road Bridge, Shanghai, China, n.d. [1927]


Photograph of soldiers in tropical kit, captioned: The Durham Light Infantry on board H.M.T. 'Takliwa ' arriving at Shanghai, China, 12 February 1927


Photograph from transport of the quayside, captioned: Disembarkation commences, n.d. [12 February 1927]


Photograph of a street scene, captioned: Nanking Road, Shanghai, China, n.d. [1927]


Photograph of Chinese people and rickshaws, captioned: A street scene at the Settlement Boundary, Shanghai, China, n.d. [1927]


Photograph, captioned: Chinese Motor Garage in Bubbling Well Road, Shanghai, China, n.d. [1927]


Photograph of a soldier and Chinese civilians on a street, captioned: A Cantonese soldier, Shanghai, China, n.d. [1927]


Photograph, captioned: Settlement Barrier, Dixwell Road, police and Punjabi sentries on duty, Shanghai, China, n.d. [1927]


Photograph, captioned: Cantonese soldiers and Chinese Municipal Police fraternizing, Shanghai, China [1927]


Photograph, captioned: Cantonese soldiers, showing armed soldiers in greatcoats beside sentry-box, Shanghai, China, n.d. [1927]


Photograph of soldiers on sentry duty, captioned: Punjabi sentries at the North Sczechuen Road Barricade, Shanghai, China, n.d. [1927]


Photograph of two sentries on guard duty, captioned: Italian Marine Sentries, Dixwell Road, Shanghai, China, n.d. [1927]


Photograph of soldiers, captioned: Men of 'B' Company, 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry putting up barbed wire entanglements on the Settlement perimeter at Soochow Creek, Shanghai, China, n.d. [1927]


Photograph of soldiers, captioned: Durham Light Infantry sentries with a Sikh municipal policeman at Range Road, Shanghai, China, n.d. [1927]


Photograph of Durham Light Infantry soldiers in battledress making a barbed wire fence on the river front, captioned: More Barbed Wire, Shanghai, China, n.d. [1927]


Photograph, captioned: Reinforced concrete pill boxes made at the perimeter road junctions by British troops, Shanghai, China, n.d. [1927]


Photograph of Chinese civilians in front of boarded up shops, captioned: Range Road after Chinese troops attempted to rush the Settlement, Shanghai, China, 22 March 1927


Photograph of Chinese civilians on Range Road, divided by barbed wire fence, and strewn with military caps, captioned: Range Road where over 1,000 Cantonese and Northern troops were captured on 22 March 1927 after their attempt to break the barricades, Shanghai, China, n.d. [1927]


Photograph of an armed soldier and Chinese civilians in a city street, captioned: A Cantonese sentry, Shanghai, China, n.d. [1927]


Photograph of Chinese soldiers and civilians, captioned: The Municipal P.W.D. compound where 3,000 Cantonese prisoners were placed after their capture on 22 March 1927, Shanghai, China, n.d. [1927]


Photograph, captioned: Cantonese soldiers on parade, Shanghai, China, n.d. [1927]


Photograph of Cantonese soldiers on a parade ground, captioned: Stand at Ease, Shanghai, China, n.d. [1927]


Photograph of sailors with rifles, captioned: Our Gallant Allies, Japanese sailors training in Hongkew Park, Shanghai, China, n.d. [1927]


Photograph of a line of British soldiers in tropical kit on parade in Hongkew Park, captioned: Thomas Atkins on parade, Shanghai, China, n.d. [1927]


Photograph of a Japanese officer observing Durham Light Infantrymen at drill in Hongkew Park, captioned: A Japanese officer is interested, Shanghai, China [1927]


Photograph of Durham Light Infantrymen training, captioned: Sergeant Major Pearson taking Young Soldiers at drill, Hongkew Park, Shanghai, China, [1927]


Photograph looking down on a British Army band playing to military and civilians, captioned: D.L.I. Billets - Public School for Boys; Hongkew Park, Shanghai, China, n.d. [1927]


Photograph of an ornamental lake and wooden footbridge, captioned: Hongkew Park, Shanghai, China, n.d. [1927]


Photograph of a rickshaw in a flooded street, captioned: After Heavy Rain, Shanghai, China, n.d. [1927]


Photograph of troops seated at trestle tables in a courtyard, captioned: Mess tables, 'B' Company, 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Sinza Water Tower billets, China, n.d. [1927]


Photograph of a Durham Light Infantry soldier examining rows of boots, captioned: New boots arrive, Shanghai, China, n.d. [1927]


Photograph of Chinese labourers carrying a large load, captioned: Making Yantzepoo Camp, Shanghai, China, n.d. [1927]


Photograph of a road between billet huts, captioned: Main Road, Yantzepoo Camp, Shanghai, China, n.d. [1927]


Photograph looking down across camp huts to industrial buildings in the background, captioned: Yantzepoo, Shanghai, China, n.d. [1927]


Photograph of two soldiers with bayonets fixed, guarding a gateway in a barricade across a city street, and Chinese civilians passing, captioned: D.L.I. Sentries, Shanghai, China, n.d. [1927]


Photograph of a saddled pony and Chinese stable hand in a courtyard, captioned: Chinese pony, Shanghai, China, n.d. [1927]


Photograph of an old Chinese man sitting at a desk in a street, captioned: The Letter Writer, Shanghai, China, n.d. [1927]


Photograph of a soldier in fatigue dress in a garden, captioned: Private Smith 'B' Company, 2nd Battalion D.L.I., Shanghai, China, n.d. [1927]


Photograph of soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry, with bayonets fixed, at a street barricade crossing point, captioned: A lady and two sentries, Shanghai, China, n.d. [1927]


Photograph of two Japanese officers and three officers of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, captioned: Staff officers, Japanese Landing Force, [Captain] Hall, [Captain] DeBunsen, and Self [ Lieutenant H. McBain] on parade ground, China, n.d. [1927]


Photograph of a Durham Light Infantry Officer [DeBunsen] shaking hands with a Japanese naval officer, and Hall and McBain looking on, captioned: Entente Cordiale, Shanghai, China, n.d. [1927]


Photograph of Chinese civilians in a city street, captioned: After the storming of the barricades, Shanghai, China, n.d. [1927]


Photograph of Lieutenant Hubert McBain mounted on a horse, captioned: Self on 'Brown Bread', Shanghai, China, n.d. [1927]
(1 volume, card bound)


Photograph half-portrait of Lieutenant-Colonel H. McBain, The Durham Light Infantry, taken by Sydney H. Wood, Darlington, n.d. [1940 - 1947]
(1 photograph, 11 cm. x 16 cm., black and white, card mounted)


Group photograph of 13 Platoon, 'D' Company, 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, including Second Lieutenant Hubert McBain, taken behind the line at Loos, France, 1917
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of an unidentified soldier standing beside a motorcycle and sidecar in snow, probably in France, n.d. [c.1917]
(1 photograph, 11 cm. x 13 cm., black and white)


Print of a photograph of the football team of the 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, 1921 Back row: Smith, Shaw, Beattie, Brammer, Healy Middle row: Corporal Taylor, Sergeant Br. Holland, Lieutenant-Colonel Moore, Mr. McBain, Allison Front row: Rymell, Robinson, Corporal Hawkesley, Anderton, Morgan
(1 paper, printed)


Photograph of Hubert McBain, Edmund Fergusson, Leslie Wisely, Captain Wisely, Mr. and Mrs. Roshier, at Ches[ ], Glen Lyon, Perthshire, 1923
(1 photograph, 11 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of Hubert McBain, Edmund Fergusson and [? Kidfrey], dressed for a shooting expedition, Scalpay, Skye, Inverness-shire, 1923
(1 photograph, 11 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of Lieutenant Hubert McBain in polo kit at Naini Tal, Himalayas, India, 1926
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)


Group photograph of an unidentified platoon of the 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, including Lieutenant Hubert McBain, wearing a black armband, India, n.d. [1920s] Several soldiers are wearing a band marked 'G.M.' on the left sleeve of their tunics
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of Lieutenant Hubert McBain meeting Lord Goschen, acting Viceroy of India, accompanied by Brigadier Pope and H.E. staff, at the Razmak Bazaar, India, October 1929
(1 photograph, 13 cm. x 8 cm., black and white)


Group photograph of the officers of the 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry and the Viceroy of India, Lord Irwin, and Sir Norman Bolton, Chief Commissioner, North West Frontier, n.d. [ c.1929 - 1930] Back row: Lieutenant [ ]; Lieutenant E. Shields; Second Lieutenant Murphy; Second Lieutenant Harmer; Lieutenant Townsend; Colonel Harvey, Military Secretary to His Excellency; Lieutenant Sebag Montefiore; Lieutenant C Phillips; Second Lieutenant Pratt; Second Lieutenant Robertson; Captain Alexander, Aide de Camp to His Excellency; Captain and Adjutant S. Gibbons Front row: Captain M.M. Hutchinson; Captain T. Taylor; Mr. Howell, Foreign Secretary; Major Grey Wilson; His Excellency the Viceroy of India, Lord Irwin; Lieutenant-Colonel R.V. Turner; Sir Norman Bolton, Chief Commissioner, North West Frontier; Captain E.L. Lysaght Griffin; Lieutenant H. McBain; Captain C.W. Beart; Captain O. Paget
(1 photograph, 29 cm. x 23 cm., black and white)


Group photograph of Captain Hubert McBain and the hockey team of 'B' Company, 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Barrackpore, India, 1934
(1 photograph, 12 cm. x 10 cm., black and white)


Photograph of Lieutenant-Colonel Hubert McBain, Brancepeth Castle, n.d. [1942 - 1945]
(1 photograph, 8 cm. x 13 cm., black and white)


Photograph of ex-servicemen marching past Lieutenant-Colonel H. McBain, Brancepeth, n.d. [ c.1943 - 1945]
(1 photograph, 13 cm. x 8 cm., black and white)


Photograph of Lieutenant-Colonel H. McBain talking to ex-servicemen, Brancepeth, n.d. [ c.1943 - 1945]
(1 photograph, 13 cm. x 8 cm., black and white)


Photograph of ex-servicemen on parade [before Lieutenant-Colonel H. McBain], Brancepeth, n.d. [c. 1943 - 1945]
(1 photograph, 13 cm. x 8 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the exterior of the church, looking towards the porch and hexagonal bell tower, at Featherstone Park Camp, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, n.d. [1946 - 1947] The church occupied a converted Nissen hut
(1 photograph, 13 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the interior of the church, looking towards the altar, Featherstone Park Camp, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, n.d. [1946 - 1947]
(1 photograph, 13 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the interior of the church, looking towards the entrance door, Featherstone Park Camp, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, n.d. [1946 - 1947]
(1 photograph, 13 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the interior of a Nissen hut used as a workshop, viewed from the entrance door, Featherstone Park Camp, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, n.d. [1946 - 1947]
(1 photograph, 13 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the interior of a Nissen hut used as a workshop, looking towards the entrance door, Featherstone Park Camp, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, n.d. [1946 - 1947]
(1 photograph, 13 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of an electric drill mounted on a drill stand, possibly in the workshop at Featherstone Park Camp, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, n.d. [1946 - 1947]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 13 cm., black and white)


Photograph of fourteen pieces of communion plate and a candelabrum made by prisoners of war for the church at Featherstone Park Camp, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, n.d. [1946 - 1947]
(1 photograph, 13 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of a selection of tools and kitchen utensils made by prisoners of war in the workshop at Featherstone Park Camp, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, n.d. [1946 - 1947]
(1 photograph, 13 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of a display of objects made by German prisoners of war in Great Britain, captioned 'P/W Exhibition, Friends House, London, Yearly Meeting, May 1947'; taken for the Aliens Section of the Friends Committee for Refugees and Aliens, Bloomsbury House, Bloomsbury Street, London, 1947
(1 photograph, 13 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the Teddy Schott Entertainment Orchestra, Featherstone Park Camp, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, 1945 - 1947 Endorsed: dedication from Teddy Schott to Lieutenant-Colonel H. McBain
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of Martin Munster, in civilian dress, dedicated to Colonel McBain, 13 November 1946 Originally enclosed in D/DLI 7/426/89
(1 photograph, 7 cm. x 10 cm., black and white)


Photograph of John Bartels, his wife, son and three daughters, probably taken in Hamburg, Germany, n.d. [1949] Originally enclosed in D/DLI 7/426/87
(1 photograph, 11 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of F. Rommel and Walter Ingber, Lourenco Marques, Mozambique, n.d. [August 1950]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 13 cm., black and white)

512 Quartermaster Sergeant-Major Hugh MCBAIN (Ref: McBain D/DLI 7/427/3-4)

2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Edinburgh 1857; enlisted Sunderland 28 February 1882 (originally enlisted fraudulently as James Forbes); promoted Quartermaster Sergeant 24 October 1890; served in Mediterranean, 1882 - 1885, Egypt 1885 - 1887, India, 1887 - 1902, and home 1902 - 1905; discharged 27 February 1905; married Mary Elizabeth Diver, Cairo, Egypt, 21 December 1886; father of Hubert McBain.


Copy of notes by John Bilcliffe concerning the career of Sergeant-Major Hugh McBain, and his six children and two grandsons, n.d. [written after 1975; copy made n.d.]
(4 papers, duplicated)


Postcard photograph of Regimental Sergeant-Major Hugh McBain and his wife, taken in Florence, Italy, n.d. [1933]
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)

4447125 Sergeant James Brown MCROY (Ref: McRoy D/DLI 7/444/6-12)

2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Residence 12 Melville Road, Bispham, Blackpool, Lancashire; served in India 1930 - 1931, and in the Second World War. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.


Certificate of the award of the Somme Battles commemorative medal to Sergeant James Brown McRoy, 'J' Half Corps, for his service in the battles of 1914 - 1918 and 1940, 1 July 1956
(1 card)


Photograph of James Brown McRoy as a young man in overseas service dress, taken 21 April n.y. [1930 - 1940]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)


Photograph of James Brown McRoy, probably of The Norfolk Yeomanry (The King's Own Royal Regiment), in battledress uniform, n.d. [1939 - 1945]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 12 cm., black and white)


Photograph of three soldiers in overseas service dress, including Sergeant James Brown McRoy, left, n.d. [1939 - 1945]
(1 photograph, 6 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of James Brown McRoy in unidentified uniform, n.d. [after 1945]
(1 photograph, 10 cm. x 15 cm., black and white)


Photograph of James Brown McRoy in old age, n.d. [late 20th c.]
(1 photograph, 4 cm. x 5 cm., black and white)


Photograph of James Brown McRoy in old age, n.d. [late 20th c.]
(1 photograph, 4 cm. x 5 cm., colour)

4438949 Platoon Sergeant-Major George PINKNEY, D.C.M. (Ref: Pinkney D/DLI 7/539/9(1-92))

2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Enlisted, c. 1919 - 1920; Lance-Corporal, c.1923; Corporal, 'D' Company, 1926; Sergeant, 2nd Battalion, 1930; taken prisoner of war at St. Venant, France, 1940; P.O.W. no. 2895 at Stalag XXIB, Germany. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.


Photograph album of Sergeant George Pinkney, 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, covering his service in India, including a journey, from 10 July to 6 August 1930, by mobile column from Razmak to Tauda China, Dwatoi and Ladha, and returning to Razmak, North West Frontier Province, India, 1928 - 1930


Photograph of soldiers of the 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry in Tauda China camp, North West Frontier Province, India, 1930


Photograph of Indian troops captioned: escorting prisoners at Ladha, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of soldiers of the 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry wearing mackintoshes and equipment covered by tarpaulins, captioned: during the rains at Ladha, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of soldiers in camp, captioned: issuing of blankets at Ladha,North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of officers in conversation while walking, captioned: after the Jirga at Ladha, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of prisoners being escorted by Indian guards at Ladha, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of Indians 'assembling for the Jirga, Ladha', North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of Lieutenant Montefiore, 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, left, and native tribesmen, Ladha, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of Colour Sergeant Williams, 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, walking in camp, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of soldiers preparing for dinner at Ladha, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of two army trucks, captioned: lorry leaves the road, supplies for the column, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of the 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry officers' mess tent, Ladha, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph view of Camp Ladha, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of soldiers of the 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry crossing a river, captioned: returning to Dwatoi, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph view of the Tochi Valley, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph view of landscape, captioned: Suredar in the distance, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of a 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry machine gun team, captioned: testing positions at Ladha, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of soldiers and mules at 'Dwatoi Camp, twelve miles from Razmak', North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of three motor cars driving beside a river, captioned: leaving all behind at Dwatoi, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of soldiers crossing a river, captioned: returning to Dwatoi, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph view of the Tochi Valley, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of soldiers of the 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry washing their feet in a river, captioned: bathing parade at Dwatoi, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of a group of soldiers of the 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry in the foreground, and a mule column lined up in the background, captioned: all the Grease leaving Tauda China, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of officers of the 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry standing outside camp, captioned: discussing the tactical situation of the picquets at Dwatoi, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph view towards Ramzan village, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of Captain F. Taylor, 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, standing beside a machine gun post, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of Second Lieutenant Fox-Davis and Captain Ware, 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, seated in front of their tent, Dwatoi, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of the 2nd Battalion officers' mess cookhouse, Ladha, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of Second Lieutenant Sebag Montefiore, 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, captioned: Sebag after a hard day's work, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of two Indian tribesmen, captioned: Khassadar, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of the Commanding Officer and P.R.I. looking at a small river, captioned: water question, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of Colour Sergeant Berry, Captain Griffin, O.B.E., and Colour Sergeant Williams, 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, in conversation, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph view towards Tauda China village, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph view across a valley, captioned: snapshooting took place from here, Tauda China, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of cooks at work, captioned: tea up for the troops, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of soldiers of the 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry checking supplies beside a cart, captioned: after a hard day's work?, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of a group of South Waziristan Scouts at rest, captioned: good workers, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of troops taken during a halt, captioned: P. and A. at rest, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of troops lined up, captioned: waiting to move out, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of Indian troops digging with pickaxes, captioned: digging in Ladha, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of non-commissioned officers seated outside tents taking notes, captioned: Quartermaster's detail, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of Major Grey-Wilson, M.C., 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, walking past tents in camp, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of Indian soldiers guarding a cache of arms laid out on the ground, captioned: after the Jirga, arms handed over by the tribesmen, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of a machine gun post at Tauda China, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of soldiers of the 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry in camp, captioned: after the trouble and dinner, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of two non-commissioned officers of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry eating in camp, captioned: how we did not dine on column, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of Indian troops marching off, captioned: Frontier Force returning to camp, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of Indian riflemen beside a stone wall, captioned: F[rontier] Force Rifles, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of Captain Anderson, Lieutenant Shields and Lieutenant Murphy, 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, in camp, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of Colour Sergeant Berry, 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, in camp, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of three soldiers of the 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, manning a machine gun post, Tauda China Camp, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of soldiers of the 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry using a pick and shovel beside a partly erected tent, captioned: positioning only, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of soldiers of the 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry erecting tents in camp, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of soldiers of the 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry marching across a river, captioned: How we suffered on the return to Dwatoi, keep your feet cool, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of soldiers wading across a river, captioned: tiptoeing thro the tulips, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of a single storey building around three sides of a square, captioned: officers' mess garden, Razmak, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of officers of the 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry resting in camp, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of a colour party bearing the regimental colours, possibly taken at Razmak, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph looking towards a square observation tower at Ramzan, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of the demolition of the tower at Ramzan, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph view overlooking the camp at Ladha, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of two tennis courts near an unidentified camp, possibly at Ladha, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph view of Ramzan village, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph view of Ramzan village, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph view overlooking the camp at Ladha, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of a triangular shaped rock outcrop, probably near Ladha or Ramzan, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of an army column moving across hill terrain, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of a stone building, captioned: Wazir graves, Wana, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of Indian tribesmen riding on mules, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of the Frontier Cinema building at Bannu, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of a square building and tents at Camp Wana, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of George Pinkney, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, using an axe outside barracks buildings at Razmak, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of George Pinkney, 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, in civilian dress, standing outside tents at Sialkot, India, 23 December 1928


Photograph of a group of Indian tribesmen and boys, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of a large palm tree at an unidentified location, India, n.d. [ c.1930]


Photograph of a soldier of the 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, probably George Pinkney, standing under the arched gateway to a fort erected in 1805, India, n.d. [ c.1930]


Photograph of George Pinkney, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, wearing a leather jerkin used for bayonet practice, outside barracks buildings at Ramzak, North West Frontier Province, India, November 1929


Photograph of Sergeant George Pinkney, 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry in uniform, taken at Sialkot, India, 23 December 1928


Photograph of two non-commissioned officers of the 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Kasauli, India, September 1927


Photograph of George Pinkney in civilian dress, and three young children, n.d. [ c.1930]


Photograph of an unidentified church, India, n.d. [ c.1930]


Photograph of an unidentified church, India, n.d. [ c.1930]


Photograph of Sergeant George Pinkney, 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, wearing ceremonial dress and sword, India, n.d. [ c.1930]


Photograph of the exterior of the railway station at Bannu, India, n.d. [ c. 1930]


Photograph of soldiers in the garden outside the cookhouses at Razmak, North West Frontier Province, India, 10 August 1930


Photograph of a group of non-commissioned officers, 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, taken prior to a staff parade, Razmak, India, 5 October 1930


Photograph of a group of non-commissioned officers of the 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, captioned: some of the boys,and including Company Sergeant-Major Green, marked third left, Razmak, North West Frontier Province, India, 4 October 1930


Photograph of the staff parade for the visit of the Bishop of Lahore, Razmak Camp, North West Frontier Province, India, 5 October 1930


Photograph of three unidentified soldiers in football kit and civilian dress, Razmak, North West Frontier Province, India, n.d. [1930]


Photograph of the grave of 7809093 Sergeant G.E. Wood, 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, who died at Razmak on 12 January 1930, aged 34 years, 17 August 1930


Photograph of an unidentified soldier and George Pinkney, right, in informal dress in camp, captioned: Monday, bath day, Razmak, North West Frontier Province, India, 6 October 1930


Photograph of George Pinkney, 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, wearing running kit, Razmak, North West Frontier Province, India, 19 August 1930
(1 volume, containing 92 photographs, 11 cm. x 7 cm., and 7 cm. x 11 cm., black and white, card bound)

10963 Company Quartermaster-Sergeant Isaac PLEWS (Ref: Plews D/DLI 7/541/30)

2nd Battalion and 3rd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born, 1891; enlisted 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 7 July 1910; served overseas, 1915 - 1916 (Battle of Hooge); invalided home; Company Sergeant-Major, 3rd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry; discharged, 19 April 1919. Medals in DLI Medal Collection. Had a younger brother, Albert Edward Plews.


Photograph of an unidentified sergeant, possibly 10963 Company Sergeant-Major Isaac Plews, 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [early 20th c.]
(1 photograph, 7 cm. x 11 cm., black and white)

19/649 Regimental Quartermaster-Sergeant John Chanley PROUD, M.S.M. (Ref: Proud D/DLI 7/549/10)

19th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born 1892; enlisted, 10 March 1915; transferred to the Army Reserve, 30 May 1919; awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in 1919 for 'services in the field' died 1960. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.


Photograph of two unidentified company sergeants, wearing steel helmets, France and Belgium, n.d. [1916 - 1918] Endorsed: To my dear wife, John
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)

Lieutenant-Colonel George Cecil REAY, M.B.E. (Ref: Reay D/DLI 7/558/224-238)

22nd Battalion, later 8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Stranton, West Hartlepool, 20 June 1894; enlisted Durham Royal Garrison Artillery, no. 5713, 10 August 1914; took part in the Hartlepool bombardment; commissioned, 30 November 1915; 22nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1915 - 1918; awarded the Croix de Guerre; transferred to Regular Army Reserve, 1921; recalled for service, c. June 1940; 8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, August 1940 - 1941; Staff College course, Oxford 1941 - 1942; Staff Captain A/Q, Maidstone Sub-Area, 1941 - 1945; various staff posts in Algeria, North Africa, and Italy 1943 - 1945; seconded to the Allied Commission for Austria, 1945 - 1946; died, 29 July 1954. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.


Airgraph letter containing a drawing of Christmas greetings, from Major G.C. Reay, The Durham Light Infantry, Headquarters 207 Sub Area, Central Mediterranean Forces, to Master G.C. Reay, 'Sherwood', Over Silton, Thirsk, Yorkshire, December 1944
(1 paper)


Passing It On: Short Talks on Tribal Fighting on the North-West Frontier of India by General Sir Andrew Skeen, K.C.B., K.C.I.E., C.M.G., 4th edition, February 1939
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Regimental History Flash by Captain W.A. Vaughan, Army Education Corps, August 1943 Contains a copy of the talks on aspects of Army history, traditions and customs given at the Army School of Education
(1 booklet, printed)


Air mail edition of The Times newspaper, weekly edition, 17 November 1943
(1 booklet, printed)


Programme of the final dance of the season of the Warrant Officers' and Sergeants' Mess S.M.E. Training Wing, Chatham, held in the Royal Engineers' Theatre, Brompton Barracks, Kent, 25 April 1941
(1 card, printed, colour)


Menu of a dinner held at the Headquarters Maidstone Sub-Area, Kent, 30 October 1941
(1 card)


Menu of a dinner held at the Officers' Mess, Bougie [possibly La Bougie Hotel, Folkestone, Kent] and humorous orders for Operation Bellyful, issued by S/Captain Quartermaster F.L.H. Burton, Royal Engineers, to Major G. Reay, The Durham Light Infantry, and others, 31 December 1943
(1 paper)


Programme of music played by the band of the Corps of Royal Engineers at an unidentified guest night, n.d. [1939 - 1945]
(1 card)


Christmas card of the Infantry Training Centre, The Durham Light Infantry, from Lieutenant-Colonel J.O.C. Hasted and the officers, December 1940
(1 card, printed)


Christmas card of The Durham Light Infantry Home Forces containing a silhouette photograph of a sentry on coastal guard, from the officers of the 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, December 1940
(1 card, printed)


Christmas card of The Durham Light Infantry Home Forces, containing a silhouette print of a sentry on coastal guard, from the sergeants and men of the 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, December 1940
(1 card, printed)


Christmas card of the 15th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, containing a photograph of the full battalion on parade, from Lieutenant-Colonel C.T. Heslop and officers, n.d. [December 1940]
(1 card, printed)


Christmas card from the officers of the 18th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, containing an illustration of a Durham Light Infantryman wearing the uniform of 1840; December 1940
(1 card, colour printed)


Christmas card of the Headquarters, 70th Infantry Brigade, from Brigadier P. Kirkup and officers, n.d. [ c.1940]
(1 card, printed)


Christmas card from the Territorial Army and Air Force Association of the County of Durham, containing an illustration of Durham City, viewed from Pelaw Wood, n.d. [ c.1940]
(1 card, printed)

50971 Captain Gerard Brian Chipchase ROBERTS (Ref: Roberts D/DLI 7/576/263)

2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Yorkshire; residence County Durham; entry in McGregor; Second Lieutenant, 1932 - 1935; Lieutenant, 1935 - 1939; acting Captain 1939; temporary Captain, 1939 - 1940; Captain 1940; Barrackpore, India 1932 - 1934; Bombay, India, 1934 - 1936; Khartoum, Sudan, 1936 - 1937; Great Britain, 1937 - 1939; France, 1939 - 1940; killed in action, May 1940.


Bayonet Training, 1916, issued by the General Staff, War Office, 21 November 1916
(1 booklet)

Quartermaster and Captain James Robert ROBINSON, M.B.E., T.D. (Ref: Robinson D/DLI 7/585/9)

5th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Joined the DLI before World War One; returned home because of ill health, March 1918; during the Second World War, a Major in Thornaby Home Guard; died 1948, aged 71. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.


Photograph of Quartermaster and Captain J.R. Robinson, M.B.E., 5th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [ c.1924]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white, card mounted)

Brigadier-General Sir Walter Charteris ROSS (Ref: Ross D/DLI 7/597/15)

68th Light Infantry and 1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry


Map of Hoopstad, South Africa, 1st edition, compiled for Field Intelligence Department, Cape Town, March 1900 Scale: 1:250,000
(1 plan, 61 cm. x 50 cm., colour printed, linen backed)

Colonel Christopher ROWLANDSON (Ref: Rowlandson D/DLI 7/600/3)

1st Administrative Battalion Durham Rifle Volunteer Corps and 4th Volunteer Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Joined 1860; honorary colonel, 5 July 1885 - 23 February 1894. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.


Photograph of a group of soldiers, including, middle row, fourth from left, Christopher Rowlandson, 7th Durham City Rifle Volunteer Corps, n.d. [ c.1863] Originally identified as possibly taken at the School of Musketry, Hythe, Kent; now identified as the Fleetwood School of Musketry, Lancashire, which operated from 1861 to 1867 in the building now known as the North Euston Hotel
(1 photograph, 18 cm. x 15 cm., black and white)

Major Samuel Messiter ROWLANDSON (Ref: Rowlandson D/DLI 7/602/20-25)

4th Battalion, later 3rd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Durham, 1887; second lieutenant, 13 April 1898; temporary lieutenant, 7 May 1900; captain [by 3 November 1901]; major commanding 3rd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, [by 11 November 1918]; served in South African War with 4th Battalion, 1901; First World War with 3rd Battalion, 1914 - 1918. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.


Group photograph of a company of the 4th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, wearing slouch hats, and including Lieutenant S.M. Rowlandson, second row, seventh from left, n.d. [ c.1900]
(1 photograph, 28 cm. x 16 cm., black and white)


Group photograph of officers and men of the 4th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, including Lieutenant S.M. Rowlandson, second row, first left, n.d. [1900 - 1902]
(1 photograph, 24 cm. x 10 cm., black and white)


Group photograph of officers of the 4th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, similar to D/DLI 2/3/32, n.d. [1900 - 1904]
(1 photograph, 23 cm. x 11 cm., black and white)


Group photograph of officers of various regiments at the School of Musketry, Hythe, Kent, including Captain S.M. Rowlandson, 3rd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, third row, fourth from left, n.d. [before 1914]
(1 photograph, 22 cm. x 17 cm., black and white)


Group photograph of officers of The Durham Light Infantry and a Fusilier regiment, including Major S.M. Rowlandson, 3rd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, middle row, third from left, Malta, n.d. [ c.1915]
(1 photograph, 26 cm. x 10 cm., black and white)


Photograph panorama view of the coastline, showing St. Julian, Sliema, Fort Tigne and a lighthouse, near Valetta, Malta, n.d. [ c.1900]
(1 photograph, 68 cm. x 20 cm., black and white)

9547 Lance-Corporal Frederick SAWYER (Ref: Sawyer D/DLI 7/610/9)

2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Enlisted, 8 March 1906 in the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, (no. 9547) [until after 7 June 1918]; discharged, 31 March 1920 from the Labour Corps (no. 611357)


Photograph of three soldiers looking out of an open window, one holding a printed programme for 'Ragtime Cowboy Joe' featuring Grant Clarke, Lewis F. Muir and Maurice Abrahams; sent to Miss Millicent Harding, Waterworks House, Balkerne Hill, Colchester, Essex, from 'Fred' [Frederick Sawyer], n.d. [ c.1920]
(1 postcard photograph, 13 cm. x 8 cm., sepia)

Major Willas SEDMAN (Ref: Sedman D/DLI 7/619/4-5)

1st Battalion and 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Private in 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry 1923; captain, 1940; major, 1945; retired; served with 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry; died 1982


Group photograph of the football team of the 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Shanghai Defence Force, China, n.d. [1927]
(1 photograph, 11 cm. x 7 cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of an unidentified lance-corporal of The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [ c.1914] Endorsed: Mrs. Webb, Hall Cottages, Cloughton, near Scarborough, Yorkshire
(1 postcard, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)

16897 Private Percy Harold Mapley SEWELL (Ref: Sewell /DLI 7/622/7)

15th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born 10 July 1892; enlisted in 15th (Service) Battalion, 5 September 1914; served throughout the First World War; discharged, March 1920; died 1978. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.


Copy photograph of Percy Sewell, n.d. [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 10 cm. x 15 cm., black and white)

4444748 Private Sydney SLEE (Ref: Slee D/DLI 7/641/8-11)

6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
[6th] Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1925 - 1941; Somerset Light Infantry, 1941 - 1945


Photograph of six soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry, including a cook and three soldiers dressed as Arabs, at camp, no location, n.d. [1920s - 1930s]
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of six soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry at camp, no location, n.d. [1920s - 1930s]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)


Photograph of a group of soldiers relaxing outside a corrugated iron building, probably taken at camp, n.d. [1920s - 1930s]
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of a group of soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry, including several wearing cook's uniform, behind four machine guns mounted on tripods, at camp, n.d. [1920s - 1930s]
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)

Sergeant J.G. TEASDALE (Ref: Teasdale D/DLI 7/693/2)

8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry


Postcard photograph of six soldiers, including two bandsmen, of the 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry at camp; from Jack [Teasdale], 'B' Company, 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Victoria Road, Gateshead, to Mrs. J.G. Teasdale, 70 Pease Street, Darlington, n.d. [August 1914]
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)

79785 Private R.H. TILLEY (Ref: Tilley D/DLI 7/704/3)

The Durham Light Infantry
Served in First World War; prisoner of war. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.


Letter from King George V, Buckingham Palace, London, to 79785 Private R.H. Tilley, Durham Light Infantry, welcoming him on his release from captivity, 1918
(1 paper)

Major Albert Howard WATON (Ref: Waton D/DLI 7/752/14-16)

18th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Later Brigade Major at Headquarters 87th Infantry Brigade


Group photograph of soldiers and officers [not Durham Light Infantry], possibly in Germany, [1918 - 1919]
(1 photograph, 12 cm. x 9.5 cm., black and white)


Photograph of a soldier [not Durham Light Infantry] with a horse, standing in front of a building, possibly in Germany, n.d. [1918 - 1919]
(1 photograph, 12 cm. x 9.5 cm., black and white)


Standing Orders, The County Battalion, [18th] The Durham Light Infantry, 9 December 1914
(1 booklet)

38402 Private George William WATSON (Ref: Watson D/DLI 7/753/4-7)

2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Sunderland; enlisted Seaham Harbour; killed in action, 25 August 1917


Memorial card to Private George W. Watson, 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, son of Elizabeth and the late Robert Watson of 18 Candlish Terrace, Seaham Harbour, killed in action in France on 25 August 1917, aged 36 years and 5 months, n.d. [1917]
(1 card, printed)


Memorial scroll from King George V commemorating Private George William Watson, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [1919]
(1 paper, printed)


Letter from King George V, Buckingham Palace, London, to accompany the memorial scroll to Private George William Watson, n.d. [1919]
(1 paper)


Photograph of Private George William Watson, 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [1914 - 1917]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)

Lieutenant-Colonel William Innes WATSON, T.D., D.L. (Ref: Watson D/DLI 7/756/75-95)

6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Barnard Castle, 1906; commissioned, 1926, as Second Lieutenant; commanded 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1942 - 1943 and 1947 - 1950; Honorary Colonel of 6th Battalion, 1959 - 1962; Regimental Secretary; Chairman of the Regimental Fund and Museum Committee; member of the Durham Light Infantry Regimental Committee; member of Durham County Territorial, Auxiliary and Volunteer Reserve Association; his interests included the history of the militia and volunteer forces, the history of the 6th Battalion, and of the regiment, and territorial forces in general; awarded the O.B.E. in 1973; died 25 July 1988. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.


'A Militia Battalion and its Colours', Parts I and II; offprints of two articles by Lieutenant-Colonel W.I. Watson, concerning the Militia of County Durham, from The Wish Stream , the journal of The Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, Spring 1959 and Autumn 1959
(1 file)


Descriptive notes concerning the uniforms worn in the diorama of the 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry ( see D/DLI 2/6/12(197)), n.d. [1957]
(1 card, printed)


Part of a copy letter from Colonel W.I. Watson concerning the acquisition of uniform items for display in the Regimental Museum, 20 August 1968
(1 paper)


Notes concerning the service of 8880 Private G.W. Clark, 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, from 1904 to 1913, n.d. [1960s]
(1 paper)


Programme of The Durham Light Infantry subscription ball in aid of disabled ex-soldiers of the Regiment, at the Town Hall, Durham, 4 November 1937
(1 paper, printed)


The Truth about Iran and Britain's Relations with Moslem States , information booklet no 79, issued by the British Government, n.d. [September 1941]
(1 booklet, printed)


Badge identification chart for comparative ranks within the Red Army, Red Air Force, Iraq Army and Iraq Air Force, and their British Army and R.A.F. equivalents, n.d. [ c.1941]
(1 paper, printed)


Newspaper cutting from The Durham Advertiser concerning Colonel W.I. Watson's annual report on the operation of the D.L.I. Museum and the Regimental Fund, 9 April 1971
(1 paper, printed)


Newspaper cuttings concerning the history of The Durham Light Infantry, from The Journal newspaper, 9 - 12 December 1968
(4 papers, printed)


Newspaper cutting concerning the end of The Durham Light Infantry and its merger with three other regiments to become the 4th Battalion The Light Infantry, n.d. [1968]
(1 paper)


Newspaper article from the Sunderland Echo commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of The Durham Light Infantry's invasion of Sicily at Avola, 10 July 1973
(1 paper, printed)


Newspaper article from The Journal concerning the 68th Regiment in the West Indies, by Dick Godfrey, 10 October 1981
(1 paper, printed)


Newspaper article from The Journal concerning a 'mutiny' in the British Army at Salerno, Italy, on 20 September 1943, by 192 soldiers of the Eighth Army, including three Sergeants of The Durham Light Infantry, by Dick Godfrey, n.d. [1981]
(1 paper, printed)


Postcard photograph of a military camp at Deerbolt Camp, Barnard Castle, sent to Miss Minnie Parkin, Sherburn Hospital, Durham, by her sister in Barnard Castle, postmark 1 March 1907
(1 postcard, 14 cm. x 9 cm., colour printed)


Group photograph of fifty nine officers and men of The Durham Light Infantry, possibly at Barnard Castle, n.d. [ c.1910]
(1 postcard photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of The Durham Light Infantry band performing in the open air, with houses in the middle distance, probably at Barnard Castle, n.d. [ c.1910 - 1914]
(1 postcard photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the band of an unidentified battalion of The Durham Light Infantry, probably taken at Deerbolt Camp, Barnard Castle, n.d. [ c.1910 - 1914]
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of a recruiting meeting of The Durham Light Infantry at Rokeby, North Yorkshire, Whit Sunday, 23 May 1915
(1 postcard photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of an aeroplane (biplane no. A1266) which landed on the Demesnes, Barnard Castle, being guarded by three members of the Volunteer Training Corps, 31 March 1917
(1 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry and Royal Army Medical Corps, 50th (Northumbrian) Division on an inspection parade, at an unidentified location, n.d. [1960s]
(1 photograph, 20.5 cm. x 15.5 cm., black and white)


Photograph of an unidentified ex-serviceman at a commemorative military ceremony, possibly at Bishop Auckland, n.d. [ c.1967]
(1 photograph, 15.5 cm. x 20.5 cm., black and white)

Captain A. J. Bertram WEARE (Ref: Weare D/DLI 7/757/15-16)

17th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
17th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry; and Staff, 123rd Imp. Brigade, 41st Division, n.d. [First World War]


Photograph of a man and three women in the countryside, captioned: La Rochester Mexico, n.d. [early 20th c.]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 6 cm., black and white)


Photograph of a woman on a beach holding seaweed, n.d. [early 20th c.]
(1 photograph, 5 cm. x 6 cm., black and white)

18/1020 Private Alfred Arthur WHITE (Ref: White D/DLI 7/764/4-12)

18th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born West Hartlepool; enlisted West Hartlepool; killed in action, 16 August 1916. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.


Photograph of Alfred A. White as an infant, aged about 2 years; taken by A. & G. Taylor of Stockton and West Hartlepool, n.d. [1890s]
(1 photograph, 17 cm. x 22 cm., black and white, card mounted)


Group photograph of Standard 3, Elwick Road Junior Boys' School, Hartlepool, n.d. [1900 - 1905] Includes: back row, centre, Alfred A. White
(1 photograph, 16 cm. x 12 cm., black and white, card mounted)


Photograph of Private Alfred A. White, as a new recruit of The Durham Light Infantry, standing; taken by Thomas A. Cornall, Station Studio, Harrogate, Yorkshire, n.d. [ c.1915]
(1 photograph, 17 cm. x 23 cm., black and white, card mounted)


Photograph of Private Alfred A. White, as a new recruit of The Durham Light Infantry, seated; taken by Thomas A. Cornall, Station Studios, Harrogate, Yorkshire, n.d. [ c.1915]
(1 photograph, 17 cm. x 23 cm., black and white, card mounted)


Photograph of soldiers of the 18th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry marching along a road near Ripon, Yorkshire; taken by The West Park Studios Limited, Ripon, n.d. [1915] Includes: Private Alfred A. White, centre front, wearing a handkerchief on his head
(1 photograph, 20 cm. x 15 cm., black and white)


Photograph of a group of soldiers of the 18th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry outside a wooden hut, probably in Yorkshire, n.d. [ c.1915] Includes: front row, second left, Private Alfred A. White
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of a group of soldiers of the 18th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, dressed for cleaning duties; taken by J. Simonton & Sons, Balby, Doncaster, Yorkshire, n.d. [ c.1915] Includes: back row, second from left, Private Alfred A. White
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the war grave of Private Alfred A. White, 18th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, killed in action, 16 August 1916, at Le Touret Military Cemetery, France, forwarded by the Director of Graves Registration and Enquiries, War Office, London, n.d. [1920s]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., card mounted)


Photograph view across Plot 2 at Le Touret Military Cemetery, France, n.d. [1920s]
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)

Captain Arthur Reginald WILLIAMSON, M.C. (Ref: Williamson D/DLI 7/776/95-126)

7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry


Copy letter from Trevor Hill, Secretary, Northern Region, Ministry of National Service, 47 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, to the secretary of Middlesbrough Recruiting Area, informing of the appointment of Captain A.R. Williamson as Chief National Service Representative for Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, from 1 June, 31 May 1918
(1 paper)


Letter from R.A. Ledgard, Director of Accounts, Ministry of National Service, Westminster, London, to the Secretary, Ministry of National Service, Wesley Hall, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, concerning an increase to Captain A.R. Williamson's salary, 11 July 1918
(1 paper)


Letter from the Secretary, Northern Region, Ministry of National Service, 47 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, to Middlesbrough Area, enclosing a form of appointment [not found] for Captain A.R. Williamson, 19 November 1918
(1 paper)


Draft history of the 151st Company of the Machine Gun Corps, 1915 - 1916, by Ernest H. Veitch, and letters from Ernest H. Veitch, 24 North Road, Durham, to W.F. Laing, and from W.F. Laing, 59 John Street, Sunderland, to A.R. Williamson, enclosing the draft and requesting further information, n.d. and 9 - 10 May 1934
(15 papers)


Tickets from Ypres railway station, Belgium, 1915 The tickets were collected immediately before the station was destroyed
(8 cards)


Menu, autographed, of the Officers' Mess Dinner, 7th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, at the Grand Hotel, Sunderland, 30 August 1919 Includes: guest list and seating plan
(1 card, printed)


Menu, autographed, of the eleventh Officers' Reunion Dinner, 7th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, at the Drill Hall, Livingstone Road, Sunderland, 11 January 1930
(1 card, printed)


Menu of the thirteenth Officers' Reunion Dinner, 7th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, at the Drill Hall, Livingstone Road, Sunderland, 9 January 1932
(1 card, printed)


Menu, autographed, of the fifteenth Officers' Reunion Dinner, 7th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, at the Drill Hall, Livingstone Road, Sunderland, 6 January 1934
(1 card, printed)


Menu of the sixteenth Officers' Reunion Dinner of the 7th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, at the Drill Hall, Livingstone Road, Sunderland, 12 January 1935
(1 card, printed)


Menu of the seventeenth Officers' Reunion Dinner of the 7th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, at the Drill Hall, Livingstone Road, Sunderland, 11 January 1936
(1 card, printed)


Menu of the twentieth Officers' Reunion Dinner of 7th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry and the 47th (Durham Light Infantry) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers (T.A.), at the Seaburn Hotel, Sunderland, 25 March 1939
(1 card, printed)


Menu of the twenty-third Officers' Reunion Dinner of the 7th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry and affiliated regiments, at the T.A. Centre, Dykelands Road, Sunderland, 7 March 1953
(1 card, printed)


Menu of the twenty-fourth Officers' Reunion Dinner of the 7th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry and affiliated regiments, at the T.A. Centre, Dykelands Road, Sunderland, 13 March 1954
(1 card, printed)


Menu of the twenty-sixth Officers' Reunion Dinner of the 7th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, the 47th (D.L.I.) Anti-Aircraft Battalion Royal Engineers, T.A.; the 112th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery (D.L.I.) T.A.; 55th (Northumbrian) Medium Brigade Royal Artillery, T.A.; 63rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery, T.A.; 125 Field Regiment Royal Artillery, T.A.; and 463 (7th D.L.I.) Light Anti-Aircraft/Search Light Regiment Royal Artillery, T.A. at the T.A. Centre, Dykelands Road, Sunderland, 24 March 1956 Includes: a list of previous dinners from 1919 to 1955
(1 card, printed)


Menu of the twenty-seventh Officers' Reunion Dinner of the 7th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, the 47th (D.L.I.) Anti-Aircraft Battalion Royal Engineers, T.A.; the 112th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery (D.L.I.) T.A.; 55th (Northumbrian) Medium Brigade Royal Artillery, T.A.; 63rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery, T.A.; 125 Field Regiment Royal Artillery, T.A.; and 463 (7th D.L.I.) Light Anti-Aircraft/Search Light Regiment Royal Artillery, T.A. at the T.A. Centre, Dykelands Road, Sunderland, 23 March 1957


Precis of a lecture given to Local Defence Volunteers Commanders (Derbyshire), concerning defence against enemy tanks, July 1940
(3 papers, printed)


The Daily Mirror newspaper, commemorating the burial of the unknown soldier in Westminster Abbey, London, 12 November 1920
(5 papers, printed)


The Daily Mirror newspaper, Menin Gate Memorial: Special Souvenir Number, 23 July 1927
(5 papers, printed)


Trench map of High Wood and the area to the south west, marked to show the Corps boundary, Sanderson Trench, Kerry Alley, Northampton Street, Clarks Trench, Bethell Sap, Junction Trench, Sutherland Trench and Argyle Trench, France, n.d. [1916] No scale: [1:10,000]
(1 plan, 32 cm. x 20 cm., duplicated)


Trench map of Bazentin le Petit and Mametz Wood, marked to show the Corps boundary, Royal Avenue, Scotch Alley and King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Redoubt, n.d. [1916] No scale: [1:10,000]
(1 plan, 33 cm. x 20 cm., duplicated)


Trench map of Warlencourt, the Butte de Warlencourt and Eaucourt L'Abbaye, France, issued by 50th Division, 29 October 1916 Scale: 1:10,000
(1 plan, 20 cm. x 33 cm., duplicated)


Trench map of Warlencourt, the Butte de Warlencourt and Le Sars, France, issued by 50th Division to 7th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [1916] Scale: 1:10,000
(1 plan, 20 cm. x 33 cm., duplicated)


Photograph of eight officers of the 7th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, wearing black armbands, at camp, n.d. [1910]
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of officers and men of the 7th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry in camp, taken during the reading of the Army Act , Scarborough, Yorkshire; sent by A.R. Williamson to H.S. Williamson, Camp End, North Shields, 30 July 1913
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of officers and men of the 7th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry in camp, taken during the reading of the Army Act , Scarborough, Yorkshire; sent by A.R. Williamson to Miss C.M. Williamson, Camp End, North Shields, 30 July 1913
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of Lieutenant Arthur Reginald Williamson, taken at Morden, n.d. [1913 - 1914]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the officers and non-commissioned officers of 'C' Company, 7th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [1913 - 1914] Includes: Lieutenant Arthur Reginald Williamson, front row,, right
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of Lieutenant A.R. Williamson seated on a horse, beside a group of officers of the 7th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, and transport wagons preparing to move, probably taken at camp, n.d. [1913 - 1914]
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of officers of the 7th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry and a man in civilian dress on steps outside an unidentified building, probably taken near Hull, Yorkshire, n.d. [1913 - 1914] Includes: Lieutenant A.R. Williamson, seated, front, centre
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of nine officers of the 7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, probably taken in France, n.d. [1915 - 1916]
(1 photograph, 8 cm. x 5 cm., black and white)


Photograph of four officers of the 7th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry outside a hut in France, n.d. [1915 - 1916]
(1 photograph, 8 cm. x 5 cm., black and white)

4442 Private Henry WILSON (Ref: Wilson D/DLI 7/777/12)

2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Shildon, St. John; attested, 21 March 1892; discharged, 30 May 1899


Copy group photograph of No. 3 Section, 'E' Company, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken outside the Regimental Institute, Mhow, India, 4 October 1895
(1 photograph print, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white; and 1 paper)

Captain Hugh Russell WILSON, M.C. (Ref: Wilson D/DLI 7/778/23)

5th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Served in the ranks in 14th Company Imperial Yeomanry, in South Africa, 27 February 1900 - 23 May 1901; commissioned, 30 April 1909; Lieutenant, 15 July 1910; Captain, 24 October 1913; killed in action, 11 September 1916


Commission of Hugh Russell Wilson as Second Lieutenant in the 5th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Territorial Force, 14 July 1909
(1 paper)

833 Sergeant William WILSON, D.C.M. and Bar (Ref: Wilson D/DLI 7/783/2)

19th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Born Gateshead, 1892; gained the Distinguished Conduct Medal in February 1917 for commanding a platoon in flooded trenches and under constant fire; he gained the Bar to his Distinguished Conduct Medal in a raid on German trenches at Locke, 27 July 1918; died 1968, aged 76. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.


Photograph of [Sergeant] William Wilson, D.C.M., The Durham Light Infantry, wearing a steel helmet, in a trench in France and Belgium, n.d. [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 10 cm., black and white)

Lieutenant-Colonel George Leslie WOOD, D.S.O., M.C., T.D. (Ref: Wood D/DLI 7/789/3)

9th Battalion, 6th Battalion and 8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Joined 9th Battalion as a Second Lieutenant in 1933, aged 21; gained the Military Cross in the battles before Dunkirk, 1940; commanded 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, November 1944 - October 1945; commanded 8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1947 - 1950; awarded the Order of the British Empire; died in Newcastle in 1969, aged 57. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.


Copy of 'An Account of the actions of 6 DLI in the Normandy Campaign, 1944' by Colonel G.L. Wood and others, n.d. [1984] Contains a summary of sections 1-11, and the text of sections 1-11. The sections are entitled: 1. Thoughts & Impressions...¦ 2. A trip to the Continent 3. Advance to Conde sur Selles June 6/7 4. Joint Post Conde sur Selles June 7/10 5. First Counter-Attack June 10 6. Attack on high ground N.W. of Tilly June 13 7. Attack on Verrieres... Les le Gallois June 14-16 8. Attack at Pont de la Guillette June 17 9. Entry into Brussels and Battle of Gheel 10. Battle of Gheel by Major W.J. Field M.B.E. 11. From Oct. to Dec. 1944 by Lt. J.A. Wedgwood
(20 papers, duplicated)

9/1975, later 203590 Private Thomas YOUNG, V.C. (Ref: Young D/DLI 7/803/4)

9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Thomas Morrell, at Boldon Colliery, 28 January 1895; used Young, his stepmother's surname, when he enlisted with 9th Battalion at Gateshead in 1914, aged 19; served as a stretcher-bearer; wounded near High Wood on the Somme, 16 September 1916 and evacuated to England; returned to Western Front, May 1917; awarded the Victoria Cross for the rescue from no-man's-land of wounded soldiers on nine separate occasions at Bucquoy, near Arras, France, from 26 to 31 March 1918; London Gazette, 4 June 1918; served to the end of the First World War; rejoined 9th Battalion as sergeant, 1920; discharged, 1921; re-enlisted in a National Defence Company, 1939; died Whickham, 15 October 1966. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.


Copy photograph of Sergeant Thomas Young, V.C., 9th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [1918]
(1 photograph, 21 cm. x 26 cm., black and white)