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Durham Light Infantry Records

Reference: D/DLI 6 Catalogue Title: Durham Light Infantry Records Area: Catalogue Category: Antiquarian and Composite Records Description: Royal Artillery, Phase 2

Covering Dates: 1900-1969

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Durham Light Infantry Records

Catalogue Description

THE ROYAL ARTILLERY

ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY

Catalogue Contents

Durham Light Infantry Records - Royal Artillery (Ref: D/DLI 6/1-4)Royal Garrison Artillery (Ref: D/DLI 6/1/10-19)Unidentified Durham Artillery Volunteers (Ref: D/DLI 6/1/10)Ref: D/DLI 6/1/10

Group photograph of non-commissioned officers and men in walking-out dress at camp, possibly Durham Artillery Volunteers, n.d. [c.1900]

(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)

No. 2 Medium Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery (Ref: D/DLI 6/1/11)Ref: D/DLI 6/1/11

Photograph of a column of soldiers of No. 2 M.B.R.G.A. [Medium Brigade Royal Garrison Artillery] on a hillside, India, n.d. [early 20th c.]

(1 photograph, 32 cm. x 38 cm., black and white, card mounted)

69th and 135th Siege Battery, 83rd Heavy Artillery Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery (Ref: D/DLI 6/1/12-13)

Records of:
Brazier, 72805 Gunner T.
Son of John and Mary Brazier of New Silksworth; husband of Elizabeth Ann Brazier of New Silksworth; died 12 November 1918; buried in St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France.

Ref: D/DLI 6/1/12

Concert programme of the 83rd Heavy Artillery Brigade, Ayens, France, 11 September 1918 Includes: the performance of a violin solo by Gunner Brazier, 69th Siege Battery

(1 paper)

Ref: D/DLI 6/1/13

Letter from Clement H. Stearn, 10 General Hospital, Rouen, France, to Mrs. Brazier, informing her of the death of her husband on 12 November, and of his burial in St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, on 13 November with full military honours, 13 November 1918

(1 paper)

142nd (Durham) Heavy Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery (Ref: D/DLI 6/1/14-19)

Records of:
Castling, 99923 Gunner John James

Ref: D/DLI 6/1/14

Address book and diary of Gunner John James Castling, covering his service with the Royal Garrison Artillery in France and Belgium, 21 March - 29 November 1917

(1 booklet, in leather wallet)

Ref: D/DLI 6/1/15

Transcript of D/DLI 6/1/14, n.d. [20th c.]

(4 papers)

Ref: D/DLI 6/1/16

Christmas card of the 142nd (Durham) Heavy Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery, including a drawing of a gunner at the front, designed by W. Liley and printed by Messrs. Rutter and King, Sunderland, 1918

(1 card, colour printed)

Ref: D/DLI 6/1/17

Menu of the 4th Annual Reunion Dinner of the Old Comrades of the 142nd (Durham) Heavy Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery (Territorial), at Meng's Restaurant, Fawcett Street, Sunderland, 8 November 1929

(1 card, printed)

Ref: D/DLI 6/1/18

Menu of the 9th Annual Reunion Dinner of the 142nd (Durham) Heavy Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery (Territorial), at Meng's Restaurant, Fawcett Street, Sunderland, 2 November 1934

(1 card, printed)

Ref: D/DLI 6/1/19

Photograph of a group of gunners of the 142nd (Durham) Heavy Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery, including Gunner John James Castling, second from right, France and Belgium, n.d. [c.1917]

(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)

Royal Field Artillery (Ref: D/DLI 6/2/12-13)'D' Battery, 60th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (Ref: D/DLI 6/2/12-13)

Records of:
Bland, 20704 Gunner Thomas
Royal Field Artillery and Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Born c. 1889; sailed from England on 4 July 1915; with British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli, Dardanelles) until December 1915; Egyptian Expeditionary Force, January - July 1916; British Expeditionary Force, France, July - December 1916; hospitalised December 1916 - March 1917; ended service with 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment (no. 43245), on 133rd Brigade Headquarters Staff; died 13 August 1966; medals in D.L.I. Museum.

Ref: D/DLI 6/2/12

Diary of Gunner Thomas Bland, 'D' Battery, 60th Brigade, 11th Division, Royal Field Artillery, covering his service with the British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Egyptian Expeditionary Force and British Expeditionary Force, in the Dardanelles, Egypt and France, 4 July 1915 - 6 January 1917

(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/DLI 6/2/13

Newspaper notice of the death of Thomas Bland, age 77, in Canada, 13 August 1966

(1 paper, printed)

Royal Artillery 1924-1967 (Ref: D/DLI 6/3/2-8)No. 5 Regimental District (Ref: D/DLI 6/3/2)Ref: D/DLI 6/3/2

Notes concerning a brief historical record, from 1797 to 1967, of the Royal Artillery (T.A.) Batteries in No. 5 Regimental District, comprising P (North Riding) Light Air Defence Battery R.A. (T.A.), Q (Hartlepools) Battery and R (Sunderland) Battery, and copy of a map made c.1906 showing the distribution of Imperial Yeomanry, Militia and Volunteer Units in No. 5 Grouped Regimental District, n.d. [ c.1968]

(8 papers, duplicated)

186th and 219th Medium Batteries Royal Artillery (T.A.) (Ref: D/DLI 6/3/3)Ref: D/DLI 6/3/3

Group photograph of the 186th and 219th Medium Batteries, Royal Artillery (T.A.), taken on the silver jubilee of King George V, 6 May 1935

(1 photograph, 30 cm. x 25 cm., black and white, card mounted)

219th Medium Battery Royal Artillery (T.A.), 54th Medium Brigade R.A. (Ref: D/DLI 6/3/4-6)Ref: D/DLI 6/3/4

Group photograph of the 219th Medium Battery, Royal Artillery, 54th Medium Brigade R.A. (T.A.), Bridlington, Yorkshire, 1935

(1 photograph, 30 cm. x 25 cm., black and white, card mounted)

Ref: D/DLI 6/3/5/1

Group photograph of 219th Medium Battery, Royal Artillery (T.A.), 54th Medium Brigade R.A. (T.A.), winners of the Gunnery and Staff cups, Redesdale, Northumberland, 1936 Includes: front row: W.J. Blackett, third from left, and Major H.L. Lister, sixth from left

(1 photograph, 30 cm. x 25 cm., black and white, card mounted)

Ref: D/DLI 6/3/5/2

Description of photograph D/DLI 6/3/5/1

(1 paper)

Ref: D/DLI 6/3/6

Group photograph of the battery staff of 219th Medium Battery Royal Artillery (T.A.), 54th Medium Brigade R.A. (T.A.), Battery Staff cup winners, Redesdale, Northumberland 1936

(1 photograph, 30 cm. x 25 cm., black and white, card mounted)

187th Heavy Battery, Durham Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery (T.A.) (Ref: D/DLI 6/3/7)Ref: D/DLI 6/3/7

Group photograph of 187th Heavy Battery (9.2" coastal defence gun), Durham Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery (T.A.), cup winners of unidentified trophies, photographed outside a Nissen hut, n.d. [ c.1939]

(1 photograph, 30 cm. x 23 cm., black and white, card mounted)

220th (Durham) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery (T.A.) (Ref: D/DLI 6/3/8)Ref: D/DLI 6/3/8

Newspaper cutting from The Mail, Hartlepool, containing a group photograph of the 220th (Durham) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery (T.A.), taken at Northumberland Bottoms near Gravesend, Kent, 1941, and notes concerning the battery from 1939-1942; 21 February 1989

(1 paper, printed)

6th (Durham) Survey Regiment, Royal Artillery (T.A.) (Ref: D/DLI 6/3/9)Ref: D/DLI 6/3/9

Photograph of ranks and officers of the 6th (Durham) Survey Regiment, Royal Artillery (T.A.), taken on a parade ground by Sidney L. Gorer, Grainger Street, Newcastle, 1939

(1 photograph, 81cm x 20cm, sepia)

Royal Artillery: Miscellaneous (Ref: D/DLI 6/4/39-41)Unidentified photographs (Ref: D/DLI 6/4/39-41)Ref: D/DLI 6/4/39

Photograph of an unidentified sergeant of the Royal Artillery or a cavalry regiment, wearing a medal ribbon, n.d. [c.1910-1912]

(1 photograph, 37 cm. x 46 cm., black and white, card mounted)

Ref: D/DLI 6/4/40

Group photograph of an unidentified artillery unit and two field guns, probably taken in India, n.d. [c.1919]

(1 photograph, 41 cm. x 30 cm., black and white, card mounted)

Ref: D/DLI 6/4/41

Group photograph of officers and men of an unidentified Royal Artillery company, probably taken in the U.K., n.d. [c.1939]

(1 photograph, 24 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)