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Durham Light Infantry Records

Reference: D/DLI 7 Catalogue Title: Durham Light Infantry Records Area: Catalogue Category: Antiquarian and Composite Records Description: Individual Soldiers - surnames W: Wad to Wan

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2473/350717 Lance-Corporal Frederick John WADE (Ref: Wade D/DLI 7/731/1-37)

'F' Company, 8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born, 1887; enlisted Stanley, 29 March 1914; overseas service 318 days with British Expeditionary Force, France; Private no. 2473, 1/8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry; later Lance-Corporal no. 350717, 2/8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry; later served with 151 Machine Gun Company, 50th Division; wounded, 1916; transferred to Army Reserve, 10 June 1918; discharged, 24 April 1919


Membership certificate of the Volunteer and Territorial Forces Accident Fund, 6 June 1914
(1 paper)


Letter from the Territorial Force Record Office, York, announcing that F.J. Wade is at 13 Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, France, 28 February 1916
(1 paper)


Label stating that F.J. Wade is travelling from 13 Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, France, to Dover, Kent, 4 March 1916
(1 card)


Order from Eastern Command Discharge Centre, Sutton, Surrey, to Lance-Corporal F.J. Wade to report to the South Moor Colliery Company, 7 June 1918
(1 paper)


Pass enabling Lance-Corporal F.J. Wade to travel to South Moor Colliery, 7 June 1918
(1 paper)


Certificate of transfer to the Army Reserve of Lance-Corporal F.J. Wade, 10 June 1918
(1 paper)


Army Reservist change of address card, 28 June 1918
(1 card)


Medical treatment card of F.J. Wade, 29 June 1918
(1 card)


Discharge certificate of F.J. Wade, 14 April 1919
(1 paper and 1 wallet)


Notification of the award of the War Badge to F.J. Wade, 24 October 1919
(1 paper)


Printed letter originally accompanying the 1914 - 1915 Star, n.d., [1919]
(1 paper)


Letter from the Ministry of Pensions, Northern Region, St. Mary's Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, to F.J. Wade, concerning his pension, 16 November 1923
(1 paper)


Notification of the final award of a disablement pension to F.J. Wade, 16 November 1923
(1 paper)


Letter to Ada Wade, 16 Smailes Street, West Stanley, from [her cousin], expressing regret at not having seen Fred [Wade] before he went away, and expressing the hope that Ada has heard from him, 3 May 1915
(2 papers)


Field service postcard from F.J. Wade to Mrs. A. Wade, 16 Smailes Street, West Stanley, 7 June 1915
(1 card)


Field service postcard from F.J. Wade to Mrs. A. Wade, 1 October 1915
(1 card)


Field service postcard from F.J. Wade to Mrs. A. Wade, 11 November 1915
(1 card)


Field service postcard from F.J. Wade to Mrs. A. Wade, 14 November 1915
(1 card)


Field service postcard from F.J. Wade to Mrs. A. Wade, 23 December 1915
(1 card)


Field service postcard from F.J. Wade to Mrs. A. Wade, 31 December 1915
(1 card)


Field service postcard from J. Gardner to A. Wade, 21 July 1916
(1 postcard)


Field service postcard from J. Gardner to A. Wade, 31 November 1917
(1 card)


Christmas card from Lance-Corporal R. Scott Proctor, 1st Royal Montreal Regiment, 1st Canadian Division, France, 25 December 1915
(1 card, printed)


Special notice of travel arrangements for, and programme of the unveiling ceremony of, the 50th (Northumbrian) Division Battlefield Memorial, Wieltje-Ypres, Belgium, on 1 September 1929, issued by Thomas Cook and Son Limited, London, August 1929
(1 paper)


Order of service for the two hundredth anniversary of The Durham Light Infantry, attended by H.R.H. Princess Alexandra, Colonel-in-Chief of the Regiment, Durham Cathedral, 17 May 1958
(1 booklet)


Programme of the British Legion Battlefields Tour, 7 - 12 September 1964
(1 paper)


Order of service held by the British Legion Battlefields Tour at the Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium, 8 September 1964
(1 paper)


Leaflet on St. George's Memorial Church and the British Settlement, Ypres, Belgium, published by The Friends of St. George's Memorial Church, Ypres, Belgium, n.d., [c. 1959]
(1 paper, printed)


Card advertising the Den Arend Coffee House, 29 Rue du Temple, Ypres, Belgium, n.d., [1929]
(1 card, printed)


Map of Belgium and part of France, sheet 28: including Ypres, Menin and Poperinghe, January 1918 (Scale: 1:40,000
(1 plan, 88cm. x 63cm., colour, linen backed)


'The Daily Mail Bird's Eye View Map of the British Front - Section 1' [Ypres and Lille], n.d. [1914 - 1918] Scale: 13/16 inch to 1 mile [19:1,013,760]
(1 plan, 69cm. x 120cm., colour)


Series of photographs of the 'Front Line Ypres Salient, Belgium, 1914 - 1918', containing:


Postcard photograph of "the battlefield - a graveyard of tanks" at Zillebeke-Hooge, near Ypres, Belgium, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 15cm. x 11cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of "Hill 60 - the battlefield" at Zillebeke near Ypres, Belgium, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 15cm. x 11cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of Gheluvelt near Ypres, Belgium, entitled "after the battle - the shelters", n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 15cm. x 11cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of St. Julien, entitled "the road near Ypres", Belgium, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 15cm. x 11cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of "the road on the ridge", Passchendaele, Belgium, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 15cm. x 11cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of a panorama of Ypres, Belgium, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 15cm. x 11cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of a panorama of Poelcapelle, near Ypres, Belgium, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 15cm. x 11cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of the church and village green of Langemarck, near Ypres, Belgium, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 15cm. x 11cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of a panorama of Moorslede, near Ypres, Belgium, n.d., [1994 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 15cm. x 11cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of "trenches the length of the road to Ypres" at Zonnebeke, Belgium, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 15cm. x 11cm., black and white)


Envelope originally containing D/DLI 7/731/32, c. 1914
(1 envelope)


Booklet of photographs of Ypres, Belgium, before, during and after the War, Series No. 4, containing:


Postcard photograph of the Cloth Hall, Ypres, Belgium, n.d., [before 1914]


Postcard photograph of the ruins of the Cloth Hall, Ypres, Belgium, after the War, n.d., [after 1918]


Postcard containing photographs of the Lille Gate, Ypres, Belgium, "before and after the war", n.d., [after 1918]


Postcard containing photographs of the Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium, "before and after the war", n.d., [after 1918]


Postcard photograph of Lille Street, Ypres, Belgium, during the fire of 22 November 1914


Postcard photograph of Lille Street, Ypres, Belgium, n.d. [after 1918]


Postcard of St. Martin's Cathedral, Ypres, Belgium, n.d., [1914 - 1918]


Postcard photograph of the ruins of St. Martin's Cathedral, Ypres, Belgium, 1915


Postcard photograph of St. Martin's Cathedral, Ypres, Belgium, after the war, n.d., [after 1918]


Postcard photograph of the ruins of St. James' Church, Ypres, Belgium, n.d., [after 1918]
(1 booklet of 9 photographs, black and white)


Souvenir of an Exhibition of British Battle Photographs in Colour, published by the Ministry of Information, n.d., [after 1918]:


Photograph of His Majesty King George V inspecting photographs at an exhibition, post 1918


Photograph of Lieutenant Brooks, c.1918


Photograph of Lieutenant Brooke, c.1918


Photograph of a view of the ruined interior of a church, taken at Ypres, Belgium, c.1918


Photograph of a view of a ruined street, taken at Peronne, France, c.1918


Photograph of soldiers in a captured German trench, taken on the Western Front, 1914 - 1918


Photograph of soldiers tending to a wounded Guards officer at an aid post, taken on the Western Front, 1914 - 1918


Photograph captioned A battered but well-pleased British hero, showing a wounded soldier walking along a track, taken on the Western Front, 1914 - 1918


Photograph of stretcher-bearers carrying wounded soldiers across a battlefield, taken on the Western Front, 1914 - 1918


Photograph captioned Do the Germans shell the Red Cross? Here is the answer, showing an explosion near a Red Cross station, taken on the Western Front, 1914 - 1918


Photograph of stretcher-bearers carrying wounded soldiers across a battlefield, taken on the Western Front, 1914 - 1918


Photograph captioned Where is the pessimist?, showing soldiers marching along a road, taken on the Western Front, 1914 - 1918


Photograph captioned The stable of the monsters, showing rows of tanks on a field, taken on the Western Front, 1916 - 1918


Photograph captioned Dreadnoughts of the Battlefield, showing tanks moving towards a front line, taken on the Western Front, 1916 - 1918


Photograph captioned A terrible thicket, showing a barbed wired German position, taken on the Western Front, 1914 - 1918


Photograph of soldiers taking food at a field kitchen, taken on the Western Front, 1914 - 1918


Photograph of a soldier, with three long service, and one wound stripe on his cuff, holding a baby girl, 1916 - 1918


Photograph of soldiers tending to an artillery gun, taken on the Western Front, 1914 - 1918


Photograph of His Majesty King George V and Their Royal Highnesses Queen Mary and the Prince of Wales arriving at a field hospital, taken on the Western Front, 1914 - 1918


Photograph of soldiers marching across a bridge, taken at Ashar, Mesopotamia, 1917 - 1918


Photograph of a Sepoy on guard at the North Gate, Baghdad, Mesopotamia, 1917 - 1918


Photograph of a nurse supervising at a dressing station, taken at Pervyse, France, 1914 - 1918


Photograph of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, taken in France, 1914 - 1918


Photograph of soldiers bathing in a river, 1914 - 1918


Photograph of a camel train crossing a desert [possibly taken in Mesopotamia], 1914 - 1918


Photograph of a monumental crucifix, 1914 - 1918


Photograph of a tank crew returning to camp, taken at Cambrai, France, November 1917
(1 booklet, printed)


British Memories of Picardy by Paule Roy, describing the history of the role of the British in Picardy, France, n.d., [post 1945]
(1 paper, printed)


Visitors' map of the battlefields of the Somme and Picardy, France, n.d., [post 1945]
(1 paper, printed)

14823 Private Thomas WAISTELL, M.M. and Bar (Ref: Waistell D/DLI 7/732/1-4)

12th Battalion and 15th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Hamsterley; residence Witton-le-Wear; enlisted Newcastle upon Tyne;
killed in action, 22 April 1918


Copy citation for the award of the Military Medal to Private Thomas Waistell, 4 August 1916
(1 paper)


Extract from the supplement to the London Gazette, concerning the award of a Bar to the Military Medal of Private T. Waistell, 16 July 1918
(1 paper)


Photograph of Private T. Waistell, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 15cm. x 20cm., black and white)


Photograph of the grave of Private T. Waistell, Wijtschate Cemetery, Belgium, n.d., [1918]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 11cm., colour)

Major William Hugh WAISTELL (Ref: Waistell D/DLI 7/733/1)

1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Entry in McGregor; served with 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Tientsin, China, 1938 - 1939; he also served in Peking, China


Photograph print of the Five Embassy Guards, officers of the Great Britain, U.S.A., France, Japan, Italy and Belgium, including Major W.H. Waistell, middle row, third from left, Tientsin, China, n.d. [1938 - 1939]
(1 photograph, 49.7cm. x 32.5cm., black and white)

W.R. WAITE (Ref: Waite D/DLI 7/734/1-7)

Signals Platoon, 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Served in Korea


Korean propaganda leaflets urging British and American soldiers to return home, n.d., [c. 1952]
(6 papers, printed)


Safe conduct certificate issued by United Nations Forces, guaranteeing good treatment to Chinese or North Korean soldiers held as prisoners of war, n.d., [c. 1952]
(1 paper, printed)

4270383 Private Adam Herbert WAKENSHAW, V.C. (Ref: Wakenshaw D/DLI 7/735/1-39)

9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born, 9 June 1914 in Duke Street, Newcastle upon Tyne; residence, Newcastle upon Tyne; enlisted, Gateshead, September 1939; killed in action, 27 June 1942; awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross for his actions at Mersa Matruh, North Africa, on 27 June 1942. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.


Extract from the Egyptian Mail newspaper, entitled 'In the Steps of the Eighth Army, Alamein to Tunis' and mentioning Private Adam Wakenshaw, V.C. of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 10 January 1945
(1 paper)


Newspaper cutting from The Journal concerning Private Adam Wakenshaw, V.C., 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 11 November 1945
(1 paper, printed)


Photograph of the gun manned by Private A. Wakenshaw at Mersa Matruh, Egypt, n.d., [1942]
(1 photograph, 6cm. x 5cm., black and white)


Photograph of the gun manned by Private A. Wakenshaw at Mersa Matruh, Egypt, n.d., [1942]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 6cm., black and white)


Photograph of the grave and anti-tank gun of Private Adam Wakenshaw, V.C., Mersa Matruh, Egypt, 1942
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 6cm., black and white)


Photograph of the grave of Private Wakenshaw and the anti-tank gun, Mersa Matruh, 1942
(1 photograph, 21.5cm. x 12cm., black and white)


Photograph of soldiers firing a salute over the grave of Private A.H. Wakenshaw, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Mersa Matruh Cemetery, Egypt, 1942
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 6cm., black and white)


Photograph of soldiers firing a salute over the grave of Private A.H. Wakenshaw, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Mersa Matruh Cemetery, Egypt, 1942
(1 photograph, 18 cm. x 13.5 cm., black and white)


Photograph of soldiers firing a salute over the grave of Private A.H. Wakenshaw, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Mersa Matruh Cemetery, Egypt, 1942
(1 photograph, 18 cm. x 13.5 cm., black and white)


Photograph of Private Wakenshaw's first grave at Mersa Matruh with anti-tank gun on right-hand side, n.d. [1942]
(1 photograph, 8.5cm. x 6cm., black and white)


Photograph of the grave of Private A.H. Wakenshaw, V.C., 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Mersa Matruh, Egypt, n.d. [1942]
(1 photograph, 6cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Photograph of the grave of Private A.H. Wakenshaw, V.C., 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Mersa Matruh, Egypt, n.d. [1942]
(1 photograph, 6cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Photograph of the grave of Private A.H. Wakenshaw, V.C., 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Mersa Matruh, Egypt, n.d. [1942]
(1 photograph, 21cm. x 28.5 cm., black and white)


Photograph of soldiers escorting a lorry bearing the coffin of Private A.H. Wakenshaw, V.C., 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Mersa Matruh, Egypt, n.d. [1942]
(1 photograph, 6cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Photograph of soldiers escorting a lorry bearing the coffin of Private A.H. Wakenshaw, V.C., 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Mersa Matruh, Egypt, n.d. [1942]
(1 photograph, 6cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Photograph of soldiers escorting a lorry bearing the coffin of Private A.H. Wakenshaw, V.C., 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Mersa Matruh, Egypt, n.d. [1942]
(1 photograph, 9.5 cm. x 15 cm., black and white)


Photograph of soldiers escorting a lorry bearing the coffin of Private A.H. Wakenshaw, V.C., 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Mersa Matruh, Egypt, n.d. [1942]
(1 photograph, 27.5cm. x 20.5cm., black and white)


Photograph of soldiers carrying the coffin of Private A.H. Wakenshaw, V.C., 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Mersa Matruh, Egypt, 1942
(1 photograph, 6cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Photograph of soldiers carrying the coffin of Private A.H. Wakenshaw, V.C., 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Mersa Matruh, Egypt, 1942
(1 photograph, 6cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Photograph of soldiers carrying the coffin of Private A.H. Wakenshaw, V.C., 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Mersa Matruh, Egypt, 1942
(1 photograph, 18cm. x 13.5cm., black and white)


Photograph of soldiers carrying the coffin of Private A.H. Wakenshaw, V.C., 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Mersa Matruh, Egypt, 1942
(1 photograph, 18cm. x 13.5cm., black and white)


Photograph of the funeral of Private A.H. Wakenshaw, V.C., 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Mersa Matruh, Egypt, 1942
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 6cm., black and white)


Photograph of the funeral of Private A.H. Wakenshaw, V.C., 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Mersa Matruh, Egypt, 1942
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 6cm., black and white)


Photograph of the funeral of Private A.H. Wakenshaw, V.C., 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Mersa Matruh, Egypt, 1942
(1 photograph, 19.5cm. x 15cm., black and white)


Photograph of the funeral of Private A.H. Wakenshaw, V.C., 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Mersa Matruh, Egypt, 1942
(1 photograph, 19.5cm. x 15cm., black and white)


Photograph of soldiers' graves, taken at Mersa Matruh, Egypt, n.d. [1942]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 6cm., black and white)


Photograph of soldiers' graves, taken at Mersa Matruh, Egypt, n.d. [1942]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 6cm., black and white)


Photograph of soldiers' graves, taken at Mersa Matruh, Egypt, n.d. [1942]
(1 photograph, 19.5cm. x 15cm., black and white)


Photograph of soldiers' graves, taken at Mersa Matruh, Egypt, n.d. [1942]
(1 photograph, 19.5cm. x 15cm., black and white)


Photograph of the coffin of Private Adam Wakenshaw, V.C., being carried at his reburial in the El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt, 1943
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 7cm., black and white)


Photograph of soldiers firing a volley over the grave of Private Adam Wakenshaw, V.C., after his reburial in the El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt, 1943
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 7cm., black and white)


Photograph of the grave of Private Adam Wakenshaw, V.C., in the El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt, 1943
(1 photograph, 15cm. x 20cm., black and white)


Photograph of group of soldiers standing behind the anti-tank gun used by Private Wakenshaw, V.C., n.d. [1942 - 1945]
(1 photograph, 8.5cm. x 6cm., black and white)


Photograph of Private Wakenshaw's grave at El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt, 1944 - 1945
(1 photograph, 8.5cm. x 6cm., black and white)


Photograph of soldier standing next to the anti-tank gun used by Private Wakenshaw, V.C., 1944 - 1945
(1 photograph, 8.5cm. x 6cm., black and white)


Photograph view of graves, El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt, January 1945
(1 photograph, 8.5cm. x 6cm., black and white)


Photograph view of graves, El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt, 1944 - 1945
(1 photograph, 8.5cm. x 6cm., black and white)


Photograph of the anti-tank gun manned by Private Wakenshaw, n.d. [late 20th c.]
(1 photograph, 20.5cm. x 15cm., black and white, card mounted)


Photograph of the Victoria Cross presented to Private Adam Herbert Wakenshaw, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [late 20th c.]
(1 photograph, 13cm. x 19cm., colour)

4463856 Private Ralph WALDOCK (Ref: Waldock D/DLI 7/983/1-5)

1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Son of Joseph Watson Waldock and Annie Waldock of Ashington, Northumberland; killed in action 25 October 1943, aged 23. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.


Photograph of Private Waldock, taken at No. 1 Battle School, No. 1 Infantry Training Depot, Middle East Forces, no location, n.d. [1940 - 1943]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the war grave of Private Ralph Waldock, Durham Light Infantry, at Vathi, Samos, Greece, n.d. [1943]
(1 photograph, 8 cm. x 13 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the war grave of Private R. Waldock, who died 25 October 1943, age 23, plot 2, row B, grave 4, at the British Military Cemetery, Rhodes, Greece, n.d. [after 1946]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)


Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel E.A. Redfern, H.Q. 234 Infantry Barracks, Middle East Forces, to Mrs. A. Imrie, Ashington, Northumberland concerning the death of her son, Private Ralph Waldock, 4 November 1943 Lieutenant-Colonel Redfern was the Officer Commanding Private Waldock's unit when he was killed in action
(1 paper)


Scrapbook page concerning Private Ralph Waldock, 1930s-1940s
(1 paper)


Letter from the Infantry Record Office, York, to Private Waldock's [mother] informing her that her son has been shot in the arm, 26 June 1942
(1 paper)


Airgraph from Private R. Waldock, No. 1 Battle School, No. 1 Infantry Training Depot, Middle East Forces, to his brother, Billy Waldock, Ashington, Northumberland, 24 March 1943
(1 paper)


Photograph of Ralph Waldock in civilian clothes, n.d. [c.1940]
(1 photograph)


Photograph of Ralph Waldock in uniform, n.d. [c.1940]
(1 photograph)


Letter from the Infantry Record Office, York, to Private Waldock's mother informing her that he has been killed in action in the Middle East, 10 November 1943
(1 paper)


Message of sympathy from King George VI, [c.1943]
(1 paper)


Photograph of the temporary grave of Private Ralph Waldock, Vahti Sames [Greece], [1943]
(1 photograph)


Photograph of the final grave of Private Ralph Waldock, British Military Cemetery, Rhodes, [c.1946]
(1 photograph)

660 Drummer [ ] WALES (Ref: Wales D/DLI 7/736/1)

5th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry


Postcard sent from William Heads, Stockton, to his cousin Drummer Wales, 5th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry Camp, Richmond, Yorkshire, with a birthday greeting, 7 July 1910
(1 postcard)

49918 Corporal Alexander WALKER, M. M. (Ref: Walker D/DLI 7/737/1-2)

2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Awarded the Military Medal on 18 September 1918, near St. Quentin, when he captured a German machine gun crew and their weapon. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.


Gallant conduct card awarded to Lance-Corporal Alexander Walker, 5 April 1918
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


Gallant conduct card awarded to Corporal Alexander Walker, 1 November 1918
(Parchment, 1 membrane)

Private Frederick WALKER (Ref: Walker D/DLI 7/738/1-4)

18th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Enlisted, 23 September 1914; wounded on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916; transferred to Army Reserve, 6 March 1918


Account of the army service of Private F. Walker, 23 September 1914 - 22 February 1919
(1 notebook)


Photograph of [Private] F. Walker, 18th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 8cm. x 14cm., black and white)


Photograph of the band of the 18th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, including Private F. Walker [not identified], n.d., [1914 - 1916]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Photograph of buglers of the 18th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, on the march, including Private F. Walker [not identified], n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)

4/10498 Sergeant George WALKER (Ref: Walker D/DLI 7/739/1-2)

10th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Wakefield, Yorkshire; enlisted Durham; killed in action, 10 April 1917


Certificate that Lance-Corporal G. Walker was mentioned in a despatch, dated 13 November 1916, from General Sir Douglas Haig, for gallant and distinguished services in the field, 1 March 1919
(1 paper)


Letter from Lieutentant-Colonel H.H.S. Morant, 10th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, to Mrs. Walker, expressing his condolences on the death of Sergeant Walker, 15 April 1917
(1 paper)

4126 Sergeant John WALKER (Ref: Walker D/DLI 7/740/1)

68th Light Infantry
Enlisted, 23 June 1855; discharged, 26 October 1877


Discharge and character certificate of Sergeant J. Walker, 16 April 1878
(Parchment, 1 membrane)

4/8691 Private Robert WALKER (Ref: Walker D/DLI 7/741/1-2)

2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Barnard Castle; enlisted Barnard Castle; killed in action, 8 January 1915


Letter from the Infantry Record Office, York, to Mrs. B. Walker, Cappin Yard, Bridgegate, Barnard Castle, enclosing the effects of Private Robert Walker, 15 July 1915
(1 paper)


Letter to accompany the memorial scroll of Private Robert Walker, n.d., [1919]
(1 paper, printed)

4448420 Private Albert Edwin WALKER (Ref: Walker D/DLI 7/984/1)

1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry


Photograph of Private A.E. Walker, 'C' Company, 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Mons Lines, Catterick Camp, Yorkshire, n.d. [c.1930]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)

4449740 Corporal Arthur Horswell WALKER (Ref: Walker D/DLI 7/985/1)

2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Served in the U.K. 1932 - 1939


Certificate presented to Corporal Arthur Horswell Walker, 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, in recognition of his service, from 27 October 1932 to 26 October 1939, on leaving the regiment, Woking, Surrey, 8 March 1939
(1 card, colour printed)

6871 Private J.W. WALKER (Ref: Walker D/DLI 7/986/1)

The Durham Light Infantry
Possibly the father of Private Robert Walker (D/DLI 7/987)


Photograph of Private J.W. Walker, n.d. [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 6 cm. diameter, black and white)

Private Robert WALKER (Ref: Walker D/DLI 7/987/1-3)

1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry


Photograph of Private Robert Walker, 1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, 1935
(1 photograph, 8 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)


Group photograph of the Inkerman Squad, 1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, including Private Robert Walker, n.d. [1934] Back row: Alfie Branigan, Johnny McGongle, 'Fatty' Addison, Fred Porter, 'Darky' Allen, Harold Wood, 'Jocker' Noble, Third row: Bill Morrison, Jimmy Dodds, Bob Walker, Bill Scott, Pte.Wilkinson, Harry Clark, 'Dickie' Roberts, 'Ginger' Wright Second row: Jackie Close, 'Geordie' Bamborough, 'Nat' Gould, Pte. O'Neill, Jim Elger, Pte. Hay, Pte. Embledon Front row: John Ireland, Johnny Giles, Harry Medforth, Lance-Sergeant 'Nobby' Hall, Sergeant Tommy Potter, Lance-Corporal Ridley, Joe Carr, Jackie Lax
(1 photograph, 13 cm. x 9 cm., black and white, and 1 card)


Photograph of [Private] Kenneth Stanley Lewis, The Durham Light Infantry, taken outside the transit camp at Toulon, France, on his way to Greece, 1947 Kenneth Stanley Lewis was the nephew of Robert Walker and grandson of J.W. Walker
(1 photograph, 8 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)

Second Lieutenant Robinson WALLACE (Ref: Wallace D/DLI 7/988/1)

8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Died of wounds 2 October 1916


The Bede magazine of Bede College, Durham, the Durham Training College, vol. XIII no. 1, December 1916 Includes: notice of the death of Second Lieutenant Robinson Wallace, student at the college from 1914 to 1916
(1 booklet, printed)

3718643 Sergeant Stephen Prescott WALLBANKS, M.M. (Ref: Wallbanks D/DLI 7/742/1-9)

8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Lincolnshire; residence Cheshire; awarded the Military Medal for his actions on 10 June 1944; killed in action off the Albert Canal at Gheel, Belgium, 9 September 1944. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.


Copy printed letter from the Infantry Record Office, York, to [Mrs. Mary D. Wallbanks] informing her of the death of Sergeant Stephen Prescott Wallbanks, 24 September 1944; Copy newspaper cutting concerning the posthumous award of the Military Medal to Colour Sergeant-Major Selby Wardle, 8th Battalion, the Durham Light Infantry, n.d., [1944]; Copy printed letter from the Under-Secretary of State for War covering the campaign medals awarded to Sergeant S.P. Wallbanks, n.d., [1945]
(1 paper, duplicated)


Copy letter from Major I.R. English, North Leam, Heworth, Gateshead, to Mrs. Wallbanks, offering his condolences on the death of her husband, Sergeant Stephen Wallbanks, n.d., [1944]; Copy printed letter from the Infantry Record Office, York, to [Mrs. Wallbanks], informing her that Corporal S.P. Wallbanks has been wounded, 3 September 1943
(3 papers, duplicated)


Copy citation for the award of the Military Medal to Corporal (acting Sergeant) Stephen Prescott Wallbanks, n.d., [after 10 June 1944]
(1 paper, duplicated)


Photocopy letter from the War Office, Whitehall, London, to Mrs. Mary D. Wallbanks, 48 Moss Lane, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, concerning the presentation of the Military Medal awarded to the late Sergeant Stephen P. Wallbanks, 6 April 1945
(1 paper, duplicated)


Photograph of Sergeant Stephen Wallbanks, n.d., [1939 - 1944]
(1 photograph, 10cm. x 15cm., black and white)


Group photograph of 'D' Company, 8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d., [1939 - 1944]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 6cm., black and white)


Group photograph of 'D' Company, 8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d., [1939 - 1944]
(1 photograph, 7cm. x 6cm., black and white)


Group photograph of 'D' Company, 8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d., [1939 - 1944]
(1 photograph, 8cm. x 6cm., black and white)


Group photograph of 'D' Company, 8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d., [1939 - 1944]
(1 photograph, 6cm. x 9cm., black and white)

Second Lieutenant Austen Bowen WALLIS (Ref: Wallis D/DLI 7/989/1-29)

3rd Battalion and 12th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Residence Whitley Bay, Northumberland; wounded 8 October 1916


Letter from Austen Wallis, 'B' Company, 12th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, British Expeditionary Force, France, to his father, describing his whereabouts since leaving the Somme on 8 July, and his present location at Millencourt, waiting to return to the line, 12 September 1916
(4 papers)


Telegram from Austen Wallis, Amiens, France, to Robert Wallis, Woodgate House, Holywell Avenue, Whitley Bay, Northumberland, reporting that he is progressing well, 15 October 1916
(1 paper)


Telegram from Austen Wallis to [Mr. & Mrs.] Wallis, Woodgate House, Whitley Bay, Northumberland, concerning his progress at No. 8 General Hospital, Rouen, France, and anticipated embarkation for England, 20 October 1916
(1 paper)


Telegram from [Austen] Wallis to [Mr.] Wallis, Woodgate [House], Whitley Bay, Northumberland, concerning his forthcoming embarkation for England, 24 October 1916
(1 paper)


Telegram from Austen Wallis, Southampton, Hampshire, to Mr. Wallis, Woodgate [House], Whitley Bay, Northumberland, concerning his arrival at Southampton, 27 October 1916
(1 paper)


Telegram from Austen Wallis, Manchester, to [Mr.] Wallis, Woodgate, Whitley Bay, Northumberland, concerning his stay at No. 2 Western General Hospital, Manchester, 27 October 1916
(1 paper)


Telegram from the Secretary to the War Office, London, to [Mr.] Wallis, Woodgate [House], Holywell Avenue, Monkseaton, Northumberland, informing that Second Lieutenant A.B. Wallis was reported dangerously ill on 8 October, in 45 Casualty Clearing Station, with gunshot wounds to both thighs, and requesting details of next of kin, 10 October 1916
(2 papers)


Telegram from the Secretary to the War Office, London, to [Mr.] Wallis, Holywell Avenue, Monkseaton, Northumberland, regretting that permits cannot be issued to visit Casualty Clearing Stations, 10 October 1916
(1 paper)


Telegram from the Secretary to the War Office, London, to Robert Wallis, Woodgate House, Holywell Avenue, Monkseaton, Whitley Bay, Northumberland, confirming that permits to visit Casualty Clearing Stations will not be issued, 11 October 1916
(1 paper)


Telegram from the Secretary, War Office, London, to R. Wallis, Woodgate House, Holywell Avenue, Monkseaton, Northumberland, advising that no further reports or authority to visit have been received, 14 October 1916
(1 paper)


Telegram from the Secretary to the War Office, London, to R. Wallis, Woodgate [House], Holywell Avenue, Monkseaton, Northumberland, concerning the admission of Second Lieutenant A.B. Wallis to No. 8 General Hospital, Rouen, France, and the amputation of his right leg, 20 October 1916
(1 paper)


Letter from the Military Secretary, War Office, London, to Mr. R. Wallis concerning the progress report on Second Lieutenant A.B. Wallis, reported dangerously ill, 20 October 1916
(1 paper)


Telegram from the Secretary to the War Office, London, to [Mr.] Wallis, Woodgate [House], Monkseaton, Whitley Bay, Northumberland, concerning the conditions for the grant of a hospital visiting permit, 21 October 1916
(1 paper)


Letter from the Military Secretary, War Office, London, to Mr. Wallis, reporting that Second Lieutenant A.B. Wallis was not progressing satisfactorily on 22 October, 28 October 1916
(1 paper)


Letter from Captain Stanley Wickenden, Royal Army Medical Corps, officer in charge of Officers' Division, No. 45 Casualty Clearing Station, British Expeditionary Force, to Mr. Wallis, concerning the wounds and treatment of his son, Second Lieutenant R.A. Wallas [ sic], 10 October 1916
(1 paper)


Typescript copy of D/DLI 7/989/15, n.d.
(1 paper)


Letter from Captain Stanley Wickenden, No. 45 Casualty Clearing Station, [France], to Mr. Wallis, acknowledging the latter's news of Lieutenant Wallis's recovery, n.d. [1916]
(1 paper)


Telegram from Colonel Feehr, Amiens, France, to [Mr.] Wallis, Woodgate House, Holywell Avenue, Whitley Bay, Northumberland, concerning the progress of Second Lieutenant A.B. Wallis and his expected removal to Base, 14 October 1916
(1 paper)


Telegram from [Colonel] Feehr, Amiens, France, to [Mr.] Wallis, Woodgate House, Whitley Bay, Northumberland, advising of Second Lieutenant Wallis' move to Rouen, France, and satisfactory progress, 22 October 1916
(1 paper)


Copy telegram message from Robert Wallis to the War Office, London, giving details of the next of kin of Second Lieutenant A.B. Wallis, and requesting permission to see him, 10 October 1916
(1 paper, typescript)


Copy telegram message from Robert Wallis, Woodgate House, Holywell Avenue, Monkseaton, Whitley Bay, Northumberland, to the War Office, requesting permission to visit Second Lieutenant A.B. Wallis, reported dangerously ill, 10 October 1916
(1 paper, typescript)


Copy telegram message from [Robert] Wallis, Woodgate House, Holywell Avenue, Whitley Bay, Northumberland, to the Senior Medical Officer, No. 45 Casualty Clearing Station, British Expeditionary Force, France, requesting a report on the progress of Second Lieutenant A.B. Wallis and the likelihood of him being removed to England, 11 October 1916
(1 paper, typescript)


Copy telegram message from Robert Wallis to Second Lieutenant A.B. Wallis, 45 Casualty Clearing Station, British Expeditionary Force, France, requesting news, 12 October 1916
(1 paper, typescript)


Copy telegram message from [Robert] Wallis, Woodgate House, Whitley Bay, Northumberland, to Colonel Feehr, No. 45 Casualty Clearing Station, British Expeditionary Force, France, requesting a further report on the progress of his son Second Lieutenant A.B. Wallis, n.d. [October 1916]
(1 paper)


Copy telegram message from [Robert] Wallis, Woodgate [House], Whitley Bay, Northumberland, to Captain Stanley Wickenden, Royal Army Medical Corps, No. 45 Casualty Clearing Station, British Expeditionary Force, requesting news of Second Lieutenant A.B. Wallis, 20 October 1916
(1 paper)


Copy telegram message from Mr. Wallis, Woodgate [House], Whitley Bay, Northumberland, to the War Office, requesting a permit to visit Second Lieutenant A.B. Wallis, 20 October 1916
(1 paper)


Copy telegram message from [Robert] Wallis, Woodgate [House], Whitley Bay, Northumberland, to Second Lieutenant A.B. Wallis, The Durham Light Infantry, No. 8 General Hospital, Rouen, France, anticipating his son's return to England, n.d. [October 1916]
(1 paper)


Newspaper cutting from The Newcastle Daily Journal concerning honours for North Country soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry, Northumberland Fusiliers and King's Own Scottish Borderers for gallantry in the field, 10 July 1917
(1 paper, printed)


Photograph half-portrait of Second Lieutenant Austen B. Wallis, taken by Messrs. Warren, photographers, South Shields, n.d. [1914 - 1916]
(1 photograph, 12 cm. x 16 cm., black and white, card mounted)

252129 Sergeant Ernest William WALTON (Ref: Walton D/DLI 7/743/1-17)

3rd Battalion, later 2/6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born 1882; attested, 29 November 1915; sent to 3rd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 7 June 1916; transferred to 2/6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 11 October 1916; promoted Lance-Corporal, 13 July 1916; demobilised, 19 March 1919; home address: 20 Worm Hill Terrace, North Biddick, Washington.


Memorandum book of Sergeant E.W. Walton, covering his activities while on active service, 29 November 1915 - 2 March 1918 Includes at end: a roll of No. 13 Platoon [2/6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry], giving number, rank and name, n.d.
(1 volume, leather bound)


Diary of Sergeant E.W. Walton, 2/6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 28 February 1918 - 31 January 1919
(1 volume, leather bound)


Pictorial lettercard containing views of Colchester, Essex, sent by Sergeant E.W. Walton to Mrs. Minnie Walton, 20 Worm Hill Terrace, North Biddick, Washington, containing personal news, 4 April 1917:


Photograph of a view of Colchester High Street, Essex, n.d.


Photograph of a view of Colchester Castle, Essex, n.d.


Photograph of soldiers on parade at Sobraon Barracks, Colchester, Essex, n.d.


Photograph of soldiers training at Colchester Artillery Barracks, Essex, n.d.


Photograph of views of Colchester Military Hospital and Middlewick Rifle Range, Essex, n.d.
(1 paper)


First Army Musketry Camp report on Sergeant E.W. Walton, 13 December 1918
(1 paper)


Certificate of employment during the war of Sergeant E.W. Walton, 19 March 1919
(1 paper)


Protection certificate and certificate of identity of Sergeant E.W. Walton, 22 April 1919
(1 paper)


Certificate of transfer to the Reserve, on demobilization, of Sergeant E.W. Walton, 24 April 1919
(1 paper)


Soldier's demobilization account of Sergeant E.W. Walton, n.d., [c. 1919]
(1 paper)


Letters from the Regimental Paymaster, No. 2, York, to Sergeant E.W. Walton to accompany postal drafts of further payments due on demobilization, 17 April - 9 May 1919
(3 papers)


Change of address card for an Army Reservist, n.d., [1919]
(1 card)


Menu and programme of music of the Sergeants' Mess of 2/6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 23 July 1917
(2 papers)


Programme of the Grand Charity Concert given by the concert party of the 2/6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at the Town Hall, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, 14 December 1917
(1 paper, printed)


Christmas dinner menu of 'B' Company, 2/6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 25 December 1917
(1 card)


Letter from W. Ratcliff, 79 Gilbey Road, Tooting, London, to Sergeant E. W. Walton, saying that he has been demobilised following fourteen weeks in hospital with trench fever, and recalling their acquaintance and his admiration of Walton's 'broad mind and clean soul which unfortunately was almost an unknown quantity in our Battalion', 7 March 1919
(2 papers)


Embroidered Christmas card, inscribed"from Daddy to Mary", n.d.
(1 card)


New Year greetings card of the 17th Division, inscribed from "Tom" to his parents, 1 January 1918
(1 card)


Bank note worth twenty five centimes, issued by the Compagnie de Bathune, 31 October 1917
(1 paper)

Captain Henry Eland WALTON (Ref: Walton D/DLI 7/744/1)

6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Killed in action Sicily, Italy, July 1943; son of Colonel F. Walton of 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.


Letter to Captain H.E. Walton enclosing medals, n.d. [1946]
(1 paper)

Lieutenant Herbert WALTON (Ref: Walton D/DLI 7/745/1-14)

7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Mobilized, 4 August 1914; demobilized, March 1919


'Herbert Walton, 1892 - 1968 : a Memory' by Ernest Walton, 1998 Includes: a transcript of 'A Short Personal Record of my Experiences in the 1914 - 1918 War' by Herbert Walton
(31 papers)


"A Short Personal Record of my Experiences in the 1914 - 1918 War" by Herbert Walton, 1968
(11 papers)


Telegram from the Adjutant of the 7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Sunderland, to Private H. Walton, Allendale Cottages, Hamsterley, containing the mobilisation order, 4 August 1914
(1 paper)


Telegram from the commanding officer of the 5th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Catterick Camp, Yorkshire, to Second Lieutenant H. Walton, 23 Oak Street, Allendale Cottage, Hamsterley, ordering him to proceed to Folkestone, Kent, 18 November 1916
(1 paper)


Telegram from Territorials Records, York, to Mr. J. Walton, Allendale Cottage, 23 Oak Street, Hamsterley, informing him that Second Lieutenant H. Walton has been wounded, 25 April 1917
(1 paper)


Letter from the Matron, No. 1 General Hospital, to Mr. Walton, informing him that Herbert Walton is badly wounded but is in no pain and is fairly comfortable, 2 May 1917
(1 paper)


Telegram from Territorial Records, York, to Mr. J. Walton, Allendale Cottage, 23 Oak Street, Hamsterley, stating that Second Lieutenant H. Walton is seriously ill, 3 May 1917
(1 paper)


Telegram from Territorial Records, York, to Mr. J. Walton, Allendale Cottage, 23 Oak Street, Hamsterley, informing him that Second Lieutenant H. Walton has been admitted into No. 1 General Hospital, Havre, France, 3 May 1917
(1 paper)


Letter from Captain H. Glen Davison, M.D., Officers' Hospital, No. 1 General Hospital, British Expeditionary Force, to Mrs. Walton, informing him that Herbert Walton is better, but his name will be put on the 'dangerously ill' list so that his parents will be allowed to see him, 7 May 1917
(1 paper)


Letter from 'Bert' [Herbert Walton], No. 1 General Hospital, Etretat, France, to 'Jack' [John Walton], saying that he very nearly died but has now improved considerably, and will be coming back to Britain shortly, 17 May 1917
(2 papers)


Letter from the Colonel in command of Territorial Force Records, 9 Clifton, York, to J. Walton, stating that Second Lieutenant H. Walton is now no longer seriously ill, 23 May 1917
(1 paper)


Telegram from the Colonel In Command of Territorial Force Records, York, to J. Walton, 23 Oak Street, Hamsterley, informing him that Second Lieutenant H. Walton has been admitted to the Southern General Hospital, Birmingham, Warwickshire, 5 June 1917
(1 paper)


Printed letter from the Ministry of Pensions, 2 Sanctuary Buildings, London, to Lieutenant Herbert Walton, School House, Pickering Nook, Burnopfield, granting a disability pension, 11 October 1924
(1 paper)


Printed letter from the Ministry of Pensions, 2 Sanctuary Buildings, London, to Lieutenant Herbert Walton, School House, Pickering Nook, Burnopfield, notifying him of the final award of his disability pension, 11 October 1924
(1 paper)

20/47 Private Thomas WANDLESS (Ref: Wandless D/DLI 7/746/1-2)

20th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Esh Winning; residence Haswell Moor; enlisted Sunderland;
killed in action, 6 November 1916


Memorial card of Private T. Wandless, n.d., [after 6 November 1916]
(1 card)


Memorial card of George Wandless, n.d., [after 16 July 1918]
(1 card)