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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 K: Ki to Kn

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Durham Light Infantry Records

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Private Albert KILLINER (Ref: Killiner D/DLI 7/904/1-5)

9th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Born Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria; enlisted in King's Own (Lancaster) Regiment c. 1939; transferred to 9th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry before the Battle of El Alamein in 1942, as stretcher bearer; taken prisoner of war at Nijmegen, Holland.

Ref: D/DLI 7/904/1

Copy articles from The News,a Barrow-in-Furness newspaper, concerning the war service of Albert Killiner, 10 - 24 November 1978

(3 papers, duplicated)

Ref: D/DLI 7/904/2

Photograph of Albert Killiner beside the D.L.I. Memorial Garden, The College, Durham, 1998

(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour)

Ref: D/DLI 7/904/3

Photograph of Dicky Atkinson and Albert Killiner, right, at a Durham Light Infantry Association reunion, Durham City, 1998

(1 photograph, 7 cm. x 10 cm., colour)

Ref: D/DLI 7/904/4

Photograph of Albert Killiner and Dick Atkinson, right, at a Durham Light Infantry Association reunion, The College, Durham, 1998

(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour)

Ref: D/DLI 7/904/5

Photograph of Arthur Killiner at a reunion of the 'White Cliffs of Dover Veterans', Dover, Kent, 2000

(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., black and white)

Sergeant Frederick Leonard KING (Ref: King D/DLI 7/375/1)

The Durham Light Infantry
Born, 1890; enlisted, 1908; retired after 23 years of service, 1931; re-enlisted, August 1940; served with the Royal Engineers in the Middle East until 1945; died Catterick, Yorkshire, 1953. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.

Ref: D/DLI 7/375/1

Photograph of Sergeant F.L. King and his wife on their wedding day, 10 August 1921

(1 photograph, 11cm. x 19cm., black and white, card mounted)

Joseph KING (Ref: King D/DLI 7/376/1)

7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry

Ref: D/DLI 7/376/1

Certificate of a tribute of honour, issued to Joseph King, 7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, for serving his country during the Great War, Town Hall, Sunderland, October 1919

(1 paper, printed, colour)

4462957 Company Sergeant-Major Russell KING (Ref: King D/DLI 7/377/1)

16th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry

Ref: D/DLI 7/377/1

Group photograph of 'D' Company, 16th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Winchelsea, Sussex, n.d., [1942]

(1 photograph, 33cm. x 16cm., black and white, card mounted)

3063 Private William KINGDON (Ref: Kingdon D/DLI 7/378/1)

106th Regiment, The Durham Light Infantry
Enlisted, 26 July 1859; discharged, 18 October 1867

Ref: D/DLI 7/378/1

Certificate of enlistment and discharge of Private W. Kingdon, 1 January 1870

(Parchment, 1 membrane)

582 Lance-Corporal Charles Robert KINGHORNE (Ref: Kinghorne D/DLI 7/379/1)

2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Enlisted, 26 August 1880; also no. 2663 of the 2/5th Regiment of Fusiliers

Ref: D/DLI 7/379/1

Account book of Lance-Corporal C.R. Kinghorne, 1880 - 1886 Includes: fourth and third class certificates of education, 28 February 1882 and 25 September 1884

(1 booklet, leather bound)

Sergeant-Major Arthur KINSON (Ref: Kinson D/DLI 7/905/1-3)

3rd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Enlisted 1884; served as bugler 1884 - 1886; corporal 1887 - 1901; reserve and militia 1901 - 1907; Gibraltar 1907; training reserve, militia and Territorial Army 1909 - 1917; wounded at Loos, Belgium, with The Durham Light Infantry; awarded Queen's South Africa medal, King's South Africa medal and Khedive's Star.

Ref: D/DLI 7/905/1

Summary of the military services of Sergeant Arthur Kinson from 1884 to 1917, n.d. [compiled c.2000]

(2 papers)

Ref: D/DLI 7/905/2

Copy photograph of Arthur Kinson, 3rd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [ c.1902 - 1907]

(1 photograph, 10 cm. x 15 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/DLI 7/905/3

Copy photograph of Captain Samuel Messiter Rowlandson and the non-commissioned officers of 'H' Company, 3rd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, including Sergeant Arthur Kinson, front row, left, n.d. [ c.1907]

(1 paper, duplicated)

23087 Private George Leonard KIRBY, M.M. (Ref: Kirby D/DLI 7/380/1-11)

10th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Easington; enlisted, 30 December 1914; awarded the Military Medal for bravery, 1917; wounded, 28 October 1917; discharged, 21 September 1918; died 1973, aged 77. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.

Ref: D/DLI 7/380/1

Postcard from [Private G.L. Kirby] to his father, Mr. J.L. Kirby, 7 Twelfth Street East, Easington Colliery, [damaged], 8 May 1915

(1 card)

Ref: D/DLI 7/380/2

Card showing the north east corner of Delville Wood, France, n.d., [27 August 1916]

(1 card)

Ref: D/DLI 7/380/3

Christmas card of the 14th Division, 25 December 1916

(1 card)

Ref: D/DLI 7/380/4

Pensions Appeal Tribunal (Entitlement) form of Elizabeth Kirby, giving the medical history, from 30 December 1914 to 24 January 1922, of G.L. Kirby, 18 February 1975

(3 papers)

Ref: D/DLI 7/380/5

Newspaper cutting, concerning the retirement of G.L. Kirby, 9 December 1961

(1 paper)

Ref: D/DLI 7/380/6

Extract from The Luton News, concerning the retirement of G.L. Kirby, 14 December 1961

(1 paper)

Ref: D/DLI 7/380/7

Newspaper cutting concerning the golden wedding anniversary of G.L. Kirby and Elizabeth Kirby, n.d., [25 October 1969]

(1 paper)

Ref: D/DLI 7/380/8

Magazine cutting concerning the golden wedding anniversary of G.L. Kirby and Elizabeth Kirby, n.d., [25 October 1969]

(1 paper)

Ref: D/DLI 7/380/9

Photograph of Private G.L. Kirby, n.d., [1914 - 1917]

(1 photograph, 10cm. x 15cm., black and white, mounted on card)

Ref: D/DLI 7/380/10

Photograph of the graves of soldiers of the 10th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, killed near the Langemarck road in the Ypres Salient, Belgium, n.d., [3 February 1916]

(1 photograph, 14cm. x 8cm., black and white, card mounted)

Ref: D/DLI 7/380/11

Photograph of G.L. Kirby with his retirement gift, 9 December 1961

(1 photograph, 16cm. x 21cm., black and white)

300215 Lance-Corporal Henry Marshall KIRKUP (Ref: Kirkup D/DLI 7/381/1)

5th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Discharged, 2 May 1918

Ref: D/DLI 7/381/1

Discharge certificate of Lance-Corporal H.M. Kirkup, 2 May 1918

(1 card)

Brigadier Philip KIRKUP, M.C. (Ref: Kirkup D/DLI 7/382/1-6)

8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Medals in DLI Medal Collection.

Ref: D/DLI 7/382/1

Appointment of Captain (acting Major) P. Kirkup as a member of the Distinguished Service Order, 16 September 1918

(1 paper)

Ref: D/DLI 7/382/2

Group photograph of the officers of the [8th] Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at camp at Filingdales, Scarborough, Yorkshire, [including Colonel P. Kirkup], n.d., [1930s]

(1 photograph, 26cm. x 14cm., black and white)

Ref: D/DLI 7/382/3

Photograph of the award of medals by [Colonel P. Kirkup] at Filingdales, Scarborough, Yorkshire, n.d., [1930s]

(1 photograph, 16cm. x 11cm., black and white)

Ref: D/DLI 7/382/4

Photograph of Winston Churchill inspecting troops, including Colonel P. Kirkup on the left, n.d., [1940 - 1945]

(1 photograph, 21cm. x 16cm., black and white)

Ref: D/DLI 7/382/5

Photograph of Brigadier Philip Kirkup, left, Mrs. Kirkup and Colonel G.L. Wood, Durham Light Infantry, on Palace Green, Durham, n.d., [after 1945]

(1 photograph, 16cm. x 22cm., black and white)

Ref: D/DLI 7/382/6

Photograph of British and [Greek] soldiers on the march, n.d., [1939 - 1945]

(1 photograph, 18cm. x 12cm., black and white)

21908 Sergeant John KIRKUP, M.M. (Ref: Kirkup D/DLI 7/906/1)

13th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Husband of Agnes Kirkup of 19 Sherburn Road, Gilesgate, Durham; died 5 October 1918, age 31; buried Guizancourt Farm Cemetery, Le Catelet, France.

Ref: D/DLI 7/906/1

Copy photograph of Sergeant John Kirkup, 13th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [1914 - 1918]

(1 photograph, 10 cm. x 15 cm., black and white)

Private J. KNOWLSON (Ref: Knowlson D/DLI 7/383/1)

11th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Served as stretcher-bearer

Ref: D/DLI 7/383/1

Group photograph of Headquarters Company, llth Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Velindre, Cardiganshire, after return from Iceland, including Private J. Knowlson, marked, n.d., [1942]

(1 photograph, 27cm. x 14cm., black and white)