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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 N: Ni to No

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46042 Private Charles NICHOL, M.M. (Ref: Nichol D/DLI 7/927/1-3)

13th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Born West Hartlepool; enlisted with Tyneside Scottish at Scotswood, Newcastle upon Tyne; transferred to 13th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry n.d.; awarded Military Medal 9 December 1916; died of wounds, Flanders, 7 October 1918. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.


Identification label of 46042 Private Nichol, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [1914 - 1918]
(1 card)


Photograph of Private C. Nichol, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [c. 1916]
(1 photograph, 8 cm. x 13 cm., black and white, framed)


Photograph of the war grave of Private C. Nichol, 13th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, in Doingt Communal Cemetery Extension, France, n.d. [1920]
(1 photograph, 8 cm. x 13 cm., black and white)

251338 Private Richard Albert NICHOLLS (Ref: Nicholls D/DLI 7/500/1-4)

6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Enlisted, 8 December 1915; discharged, 24 November 1917


Copy birth certificate of R.A. Nicholls, 12 June 1876
(1 paper)


Character certificate of Private R.A. Nicholls, 7 November 1917
(1 paper)


Discharge certificate of Private R.A. Nicholls, 24 November 1917
(1 paper)


Photograph of soldiers in a regiment other than The Durham Light Infantry, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)

567 Private E. NICHOLSON (Ref: Nicholson D/DLI 7/501/1)

'C' Company, 18th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry


Postcard photograph of Lambton Park Camp, Chester le Street, sent by 'C. P.', Longview, Low Fell, to Private [G.] Nicholson, Hut 26, 'C' Company, 18th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, South Camp, Ripon, Yorkshire, sending personal greetings, 2 July 1915
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)

Bugler George E. NICHOLSON (Ref: Nicholson D/DLI 7/502/1)

2/9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry


Photograph of Bugler George E. Nicholson, on left, with soldier holding a mascot goat, possibly of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Conway Camp, Caernarvonshire, Wales, July 1914
(1 photograph, 6.5cm. x 8.5cm., sepia)

Second Lieutenant Harold Helstrip 'Harry' NICHOLSON (Ref: Nicholson D/DLI 7/503/1-8)

6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Educated Cambridge; Officer Training Corps; commissioned 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, October 1914; wounded, May 1915; later Professor.


Newspaper cutting from the Teesdale Mercury, concerning the wounding of Second Lieutenant Harry Nicholson of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, while on active service, 5 May 1915
(1 paper, printed)


Trench map of France, part of sheets 57D S.E.2 and 57C S.W.1: Le Sars, edition 2F, 24 September 1916 Scale: 1:10,000
(1 plan, 93cm. x 68cm., colour, linen backed)


Trench map of France, sheet 57C S.W., edition 2D, 24 July 1916 Scale: 1:20,000
(1 map, 90cm. x 65cm., black and white, and red, linen backed)


Map of France, sheet 62D, the Somme, edition 1, 1916 Scale: 1:40,000
(1 plan, 90cm. x 64cm., colour, linen backed)


Map of France, sheets 57D S.E., 57C S.W., 62D N.E., 62C N.W.: Albert, 1915 Scale: 1:40,000
(1 plan, 89cm. x 68cm., colour, linen backed)


Map of Belgium, n.d. Scale: 1:40,000
(1 plan, 90cm. x 65cm. colour, linen backed)


Map of France, sheet 11: Lens, 1916 Scale: 1:100,000 This map has a bullet hole. It was in the right-hand tunic pocket of Second Lieutenant Nicholson and stopped a bullet from wounding him.
(1 plan, 85cm. x 65cm., colour, linen backed)


Map of France, sheet 17: Amiens, 1916 Scale: 1:100,000
(1 plan, 89cm. x 65cm., colour, linen backed)

4447543 Regimental Quartermaster-Sergeant Robert NICHOLSON (Ref: Nicholson D/DLI 7/504/1-12)

1st Battalion and 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Carthorpe, Yorkshire, 1906; enlisted, 1929; served 21 years; twice mentioned in despatches during the Second World War; retired, 1950; awarded the Meritorious Service Medal; died, 1985. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.


Memorandum concerning the end of the attachment of Sergeant Robert Nicholson to the Tientsin British Municipal Emergency Corps, China, 12 October 1938
(1 paper)


Letter from Captain [Travers?]-Smith, commanding the Tientsin British Municipal Emergency Corps, [China], to Sergeant Robert Nicholson, congratulating him on his promotion and thanking him for his services on detachment with the corps, 13 October 1939
(1 paper)


Certificates concerning mentions in despatches of Company Sergeant-Major Robert Nicholson, published in the London Gazette, and letters from the War Office enclosing the bronze oak leaf emblem, 15 December 1942 and 14 October 1943
(4 papers)


Army certificate of service of [Sergeant] Robert Nicholson, 28 June 1954
(1 booklet)


Army certificate of education, third class, awarded to Private Robert Nicholson, 28 June 1929
(1 paper)


Army certificate, second class, awarded to Lance-Corporal Robert Nicholson, 25 March 1931
(1 paper)


Army certificate, first class, awarded to Sergeant Robert Nicholson, 22 March 1939
(1 paper)


Certificate of attendance at a training course in the rifle and light automatic gun, at the Small Arms School, Hythe, Kent, issued to Sergeant Nicholson of The Durham Light Infantry Depot, 16 October - 22 December 1933
(1 card)


Report of a small arms course (Vickers Machine Gun and Rangetaking) at the Small Arms School, India, Ahmednagar Wing, attended by Lance-Sergeant R. Nicholson, 11 October 1936
(1 paper)


Photograph of Private R. Nicholson, The Durham Light Infantry, 1934
(1 photograph, 12cm. x 16cm., black and white)


Photograph of Robert Nicholson 'taken in India', n.d. [1936 - 1937]
(1 photograph, 5.5cm. x 8cm., black and white)


Photograph of Robert Nicholson 'taken in the Western Desert', n.d. [1940 - 1943]
(1 photograph, 11cm. x 9cm., black and white)

Captain Thomas NICHOLSON (Ref: Nicholson D/DLI 7/505/1)

68th Regiment
Entry in McGregor; Ensign 57th Foot, 28 August 1756; Lieutenant 23rd Foot, 8 March 1758; 68th Foot, 8 March 1758; Captain Independent Company, subsequently incorporated into 97th Foot, 28 October 1760; half-pay, 1763


Commission of Thomas Nicholson, gent., as lieutenant in the 68th Regiment of Foot, 27 October 1760
(Parchment, 1 membrane)

7131/9070 Company Sergeant-Major Albert Victor NOBLE (Ref: Noble D/DLI 7/506/1-15)

4th Battalion and 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born 1883; served with 4th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in South African War; joined 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1904; served India; served Depot, Newcastle; served First World War, wounded; discharged from 4th Battalion, 1919


Cover of the soldier's small book of [Sergeant] A.V. Noble, n.d. [1914 - 1918]
(1 card)


Discharge certificate of Company Sergeant-Major A.V. Noble, 13 March 1919
(1 paper)


Character certificate of Company Sergeant A.V. Noble, 13 March 1919
(1 paper)


Letters from A.V. Noble to the D.L.I. Museum, accompanying his papers and containing an account of his army career in South Africa with the 4th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1959
(8 papers)


Photograph of the police blockhouse at Orange River Camp, South Africa, n.d. [1902]
(1 photograph, 11cm. x 8cm., black and white)


Photograph of the police blockhouse before the Orange River Bridge, South Africa, n.d. [1902]
(1 photograph, 11cm. x 8cm., black and white)


Photograph of the police blockhouse and the Orange River Bridge, South Africa, n.d. [1902]
(1 photograph, 11cm. x 8cm., black and white)


Photograph of Orange River Camp, South Africa, n.d. [1902]
(1 photograph, 11cm.x 8cm., black and white)


Photograph of the Orange River graveyard, South Africa, n.d. [1902]
(1 photograph, 11cm. x 8cm., black and white)


Photograph of Boer prisoners on their way to Cape Town from Mafeking, South Africa, n.d. [1902]
(1 photograph, 11cm. x 8cm., black and white)


Photograph of a Bengal Lancer and his wife, South Africa, n.d. [1902]
(1 photograph, 11cm. x 8cm., black and white)


Photograph of 'kaffirs', South African men and boys, n.d. [1902]
(1 photograph, 11cm. x 8cm., black and white)


Photograph of Private A.V. Noble and two unidentified soldiers, all of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Lucknow, India, n.d. [1906]
(1 photograph, 11cm. x 16cm., black and white)


Photograph of Lance-Corporal A.V. Noble and another lance-corporal of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Naini Tal, India, n.d. [1906]
(1 photograph, 11cm. x 16cm, black and white)


Photograph of Sergeant A.V. Noble and Lieutenant Cruickshanks in the 'West End' trench outside Ypres, Belgium, n.d. [1915]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 12cm., black and white)

705 Private Joseph NOBLE (Ref: Noble D/DLI 7/507/1)

2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Attested, 20 June 1882; discharged, 19 September 1898


Discharge certificate of Private J. Noble, 19 September 1898
(Parchment, 1 membrane)

Colonel Charles Richard Warrens NORMAN, O.B.E. (Ref: Norman D/DLI 7/509/1-58)

1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Entry in McGregor; born, 5 June 1913; Second Lieutenant, 1933 - 1936; Lieutenant, 1936 - 1940; Captain, 1940 - 1941; Major, 1941 - 1945, [1948 - 1953]; Lieutenant-Colonel, 1945 - 1948, 1953 - 1960; Colonel, 1960 - 1964; retired, 1964


Accounts of the Dinner Fund of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1865 - 1896, and record of the annual dinners of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1860 - 1974
(1 volume, leather bound)


Record of the annual dinners of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1975 - 1986
(12 papers)


Newspaper cuttings concerning the annual dinners of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [1977 - 1987]
(17 papers)


Account book of the Officers' Mess Fund of the Regimental Headquarters of The Durham Light Infantry, 1955 - 1987
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


'Polo Notes' by Major G. Hudson-Kinahan, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1927
(1 booklet)


'Tournament Polo' by General Sir Beauvoir de Lisle, 1930
(1 booklet)


Rules of the Polo Club of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [1930]
(1 booklet and 2 papers)


Rules of the Polo Club of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [1930]
(1 booklet)


Rules of the D.C.M.R.A. [Durham County Rifle Association] winter league, 1947 - 1949
(1 paper)


Programme of a review of the troops of the Aldershot Command by King, George V, Rushmoor Arena, Aldershot, Hampshire, 13 July 1935
(1 booklet)


Programme of the laying up of the colours, and dedication and unveiling of the book of remembrance and memorial to all ranks of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, who were killed between 1900 and 1946, St. Mary's Parish Church, Gateshead, 5 November 1949 Includes: order of service and picture of the memorial, 1949
(2 booklets and 1 paper)


Order of service of the unveiling and dedication of a plaque commemorating those of 'D' Company of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, who died during the two world wars, 5 October 1958
(1 booklet)


Order of service of the farewell and amalgamation of the 6th and 8th Battalions, The Durham Light Infantry, 26 February 1967
(1 booklet)


Order of service of the laying up of the colours of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 12 December 1968
(1 booklet)


Programme of 'the Ceremony of Sounding Retreat' at the tercentenary celebrations of The Light Infantry and the tenth anniversary of the 7th Battalion, The Light Infantry, 1985
(1 paper)


Programme of the Light Infantry Northern Cocktail Party and Sounding Retreat, Brancepeth Castle, 19 May 1990
(1 booklet)


'The Monthly Official Directory of the Aldershot District, Hampshire', July 1900
(1 booklet)


'Dress Regulations for Officers of The Durham Light Infantry', n.d. [1953]
(1 volume, card bound)


The Story of The Durham Light Infantry by Captain E.W. Short, n.d. [1945 - 1947]
(1 booklet)


History of the Light Infantry Brigade, 1948
(1 booklet)


The Story of the Bugle Horn, November 1972
(1 booklet)


Guidebook of The Durham Light Infantry Museum, 1975
(4 papers)


The Durham Light Infantry by William Moore, 1975
(1 volume, card bound)


Guidebook to an exhibition of the paintings, silver and artefacts of The Light Infantry held at The Durham Light Infantry Museum, 1982
(1 booklet)


Letter [incomplete] from [C. Simpson], 117 Shottery Road, Stratford-upon-Avon, to [the Secretary of The Durham Light Infantry Association], enclosing an extract from The Transvaal War Album concerning the march past on the occasion of Queen Victoria's birthday in 1899, 28 December 1949
(1 paper)


Extract from The Transvaal War Album concerning the officers and non-commissioned officers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [1899 - 1900]


Group photograph of the non-commissioned officers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, from The Transvaal War Album, c.1899


Photograph of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, relaxing during a training exercise, taken near Aldershot, Hampshire, from The Transvaal War Album, c.1899


Group photograph of the officers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, from The Transvaal War Album, c.1899
(1 paper)


Letter from W.H. Lowe, Secretary of The Durham Light Infantry Association, 13 Elvet Bridge, Durham, to C. Simpson, 117 Shottery Road, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, thanking him for the extract from The Transvaal War Album and discussing the march-past on the occasion of Queen Victoria's birthday in 1899, 5 January 1950
(1 paper)


Letter from the editor of The Durham Light Infantry Regimental Journal, Brancepeth Castle, to the Honorary Secretary of The Durham Light Infantry Association, returning two photographs [D/DLI 7/509/29-30], 5 April 1951
(1 paper)


Photograph of a temporary memorial of crosses and poppies to The D.L.I., endorsed 'Plot in Field [ ] Remembrance [ ]minster Abbey, 1950'
(1 photograph, 7cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Photograph of an ex-serviceman laying a wreath at The Durham Light Infantry memorial, Durham Cathedral, n.d. [1950]
(1 photograph, 12xcm. x 16cm., black and white)


Letter from the Imperial War Graves Commission, Wooburn House, Wooburn Green, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, to Lieutenant-Colonel W.H. Lowe, The Durham Light Infantry Regimental Fund, 13 Elvet Bridge, Durham, enclosing photographs of The Durham Light Infantry Memorial at Catania, Sicily, Italy, 11 March 1954 The photographs were not found
(1 paper)


Photograph of five soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry [during the South African War], n.d. [1899 - 1902]
(1 photograph, 17cm. x 12cm., sepia)


Photograph of five soldiers, wearing solar topees, of [The Durham Light Infantry] with the colours, 1 January 1919
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 6cm., black and white)


Photograph of the colour party of the 17th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, receiving the colours, n.d. [1948]
(1 photograph, 15cm. x 13cm., black and white)


Photograph of the colour party of the 17th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, having received the colours, n.d. [1948]
(1 photograph, 16cm. x 13cm., black and white)


Newspaper photograph of Captain C.W. Alder, Regimental Sergeant-Major H. Thompson, and other members of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, "who will represent the Battalion in the Coronation parade", 29 May 1953
(1 paper)


Newspaper photograph of members of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, including Colonel T.H. Miller and Lieutenant-Colonel G. K.C. Lister-Todd, n.d. [1950 - 1958]
(1 paper)


Group photograph of officers of The Durham Light Infantry at a camp, n.d. [early 20th c.]
(1 photograph, 26cm. x 13cm., black and white)


Photograph of an unidentified Chelsea pensioner, n.d. [later 20th c.]
(1 photograph, 16cm. x 22cm., black and white)


Group photograph of The Durham Light Infantry team at the N.I.D. Rifle Meeting, [1905]
(1 photograph, 20cm. x 15cm., black and white)


Photograph of a football team of The Durham Light Infantry, 1913
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Group photograph of the polo team of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, which won the 'Gordon Cup', n.d. [1929 or 1930] Front row: Captain Percy; Colonel Matthews Back row: Second Lieutenant Poett; Lieutenant [?]
(1 photograph, 23cm. x 17cm. black and white)


Group photograph of the football team of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [1927 - 1931] Front row: Private Green; Corporal Fulton; Corporal Cowell; Bugler Machin; Private Murray Second row: Private White; Regimental Sergeant-Major; Commanding Officer; Lieutenant Slattan; Private Boyle Back row: Lance Sergeant Coleman (Trainer); Private Taylor; Private Riddle; Private Storey; Private [Selby?]; Private Cope
(1 photograph, 23cm. x 17cm., black and white)


Photograph of a carving of the D.L.I. emblem, n.d. [20th c.]
(1 photograph, 24cm. x 29cm., black and white)


Photograph of a march past at the annual reunion of The Durham Light Infantry Association, 1950
(1 photograph, 16cm. x 12cm., black and white)


Photograph of a march past at the annual reunion of The Durham Light Infantry Association, 1950
(1 photograph, 16cm. x 12cm., black and white)


Photograph of the ex-servicemen of The Durham Light Infantry Association, outside Brancepeth Castle, before a march past, taken by the Northern Echo, n.d. [1950]
(1 photograph, 16cm. x 22cm., black and white)


Photograph of a march past outside Brancepeth Castle at the annual reunion of The Durham Light Infantry Association, n.d. [1950]
(1 photograph, 16cm. x 12cm., black and white)


Photograph of The Durham Light Infantry Association being inspected at their annual reunion, n.d. [1950]
(1 photograph, 16cm. x 11cm., black and white)


Photograph of The Durham Light Infantry Association being inspected at their annual reunion, n.d. [1950]
(1 photograph, 16cm. x 12cm., black and white)


Photograph of two ex-servicemen of The Durham Light Infantry Association receiving the colours, n.d. [1950]
(1 photograph, 16cm. x 21cm., black and white)


Group photograph of the ex-servicemen of the South Shields branch of The Durham Light Infantry Association, n.d. [1950]
(1 photograph, 22cm. x 16cm., black and white)


Group photograph of the South Shields branch of The Durham Light Infantry Association at their annual reunion, 1950
(1 photograph, 16cm. x 12cm., black and white)


Photograph of ex-servicemen at a reunion dinner, taken by Fillinghams Photographers, 12, Elvet Bridge, Durham, n.d., [1950]
(1 photograph, 16cm. x 12cm., black and white)


Photograph of three ex-servicemen of The Durham Light Infantry Association at their annual reunion, taken by Graine, Hoche & Co., 30, Chilton Street, Baker Street, London, n.d., [1950]
(1 photograph, 21cm. x 15cm., black and white)


Photograph of the members of the London branch of The Durham Light Infantry Association at an annual reunion, taken by United Photographers, 260, Clapham, Road, London, n.d., [1950]
(1 photograph, 17cm. x 22cm., black and white)


Group photograph of the annual Light Infantry reunion in London, 25 October n.y. [1950]
(1 photograph, 21cm. x 16cm., black and white)


Group photograph of ex-servicemen, taken by Geo. Fillingham, 12, Elvet Bridge, Durham, n.d., [1950]
(1 photograph, 16cm. x 12cm., black and white)

14194 Sergeant Robert NORMAN (Ref: Norman D/DLI 7/928/1)

15th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Residence Murton Colliery


Letter from Sergeant Robert Norman, 'D' Company, 15th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, British Expeditionary Force, France and Belgium, to Mary Alice Bainbridge (born 24 September 1907) thanking her for the pair of socks which she knitted and sent out to the Front, 22 March 1917
(1 paper)