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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 A: As to Ay

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INDIVIDUAL SERVICEMEN OF THE DURHAM
LIGHT INFANTRY

Catalogue Contents

9/964 [611891] Private Henry ASHLEY (Ref: Ashley D/DLI 7/21/1-4)

9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born, 1892; enlisted Gateshead, 15 February 1910; served 4 years 207 days with the colours and 4 years 172 days in the Territorial Force; discharged, 27 February 1919
See also: Lance-Corporal F.W. Mumford, his brother-in-law


Certificate of discharge of Private H. Ashley from the Labour Centre N.C. Labour Corps, Nottingham, 27 February 1919
(1 paper)


Photograph of 'A' Company, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Scarborough Camp, Yorkshire, sent to Mrs. E. Ashley, 2 Team Valley Terrace, Gateshead, postmark, 2 August 1912
(1 photograph, 13cm. x 8cm., black and white)


Wedding photograph of Henry (Harry) Ashley and Alice Mumford, of Gateshead, taken by Thirlwell and Company, photographers, n.d., [c. 1914]
(1 photograph, 15cm. x 20.5cm., black and white, card mounted)


Postcard photograph of the wedding of Henry (Harry) Ashley and Alice Mumford, of Gateshead, taken by Thirlwell and Company, photographers, n.d., [c. 1914]
(1 postcard photograph, 8cm. x 13cm., sepia and colour tint)

4451824 Lance-Corporal Wilfred ASHWORTH (Ref: Ashworth D/DLI 7/22/1-14)

1st Battalion and 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry


Christmas card from the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in Tientsin, China, inscribed 'to Jim and Joan from Wilf', December 1938
(1 card)


Four five-lire bank notes of Allied occupation money issued in Italy, 1943
(4 bank notes)


Photograph album of Lance-Corporal Wilfred Ashworth, on service with 'A' Company, 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in Port Sudan, Sudan; and Shankaikuan, China; and with 'A' Company, 2nd Battalion, in Newcastle; Blackdown; Khartoum, Sudan; Gibeil, Egypt; Shanghai, China; and Tientsin, China; n.d., [c. 1934 - 1939]


Photograph of a group of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, on a boat in a flooded street, taken at Tientsin, China, August - October 1939


Photograph of a Chinese man standing on a boat in a flooded street, taken at Tientsin, China, August - October 1939


Photograph of a view of a flooded street, taken at Tientsin, China, August - October 1939


Photograph of a view of a flooded barracks, taken at Tientsin, China, August - October 1939


Photograph of a view of men in boats on a flooded street, taken at Tientsin, China, August - October 1939


Photograph of a view of a gate of a flooded barracks, taken at Tientsin, China, August - October 1939


Photograph of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, watching a gymkhana, taken at Shankaikuan, China, c.1937


Photograph of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, riding donkeys during a gymkhana, taken at Shankaikuan, China, c.1937


Photograph of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in a church during the funeral service of Lieutenant Luard, taken at Tientsin, China, June 1939


Photograph of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, bearing reversed arms, escorting the funeral cortege of Lieutenant Luard, taken at Tientsin, China, June 1939


Photograph of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, bearing the coffin of Lieutenant Luard as they leave a church, taken at Tientsin, China, June 1939


Photograph of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, on parade during the funeral of Lieutenant Luard, taken at Tientsin, China, June 1939


Photograph of three soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in swimming trunks, relaxing on a beach, taken at Shankaikuan, China, 1939


Photograph of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, walking along a track through farmland, taken at Shankaikuan, China, 1939


Photograph of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in swimming trunks, pushing a rowing boat out to sea, taken at Shankaikuan, China, 1939


Photograph of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, escorting the funeral cortege of Private Thomlinson, taken at Tientsin, China, 1939


Photograph of buglers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, playing in a churchyard during the funeral of Private Thomlinson, taken at Tientsin, China, 1939


Photograph of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in a churchyard during the funeral of Private Thomlinson, taken at Tientsin, China, 1939


Photograph of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, bearing the coffin of Private Thomlinson, taken at Tientsin, China, 1939


Photograph of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, escorting the funeral cortege of Corporal Scott, taken at Tientsin, China, 1939


Photograph of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, firing a volley during the funeral of Corporal Scott, taken at Tientsin, China, 1939


Photograph of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, bearing the coffin of Corporal Scott, taken at Tientsin, China, 1939


Photograph of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, with reversed arms, following the funeral cortege of Corporal Scott, taken at Tientsin, China, 1939


Photograph of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, on a boat in a flooded barracks, taken at Tientsin, China, August - October 1939


Photograph of a view of a flooded barracks room, taken at Tientsin, China, August - October 1939


Photograph of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, on a boat in a flooded barracks, taken at Tientsin, China, August - October 1939


Photograph of a view of a flooded barracks room, taken at Tientsin, China, August - October 1939


Photograph of two soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry, n.d.


Photograph of soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry on parade in a barracks [possibly at Tientsin, China], c.1939


Photograph of soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry on parade in a barracks [possibly at Tientsin, China], c.1939


Photograph of an officer of The Durham Light Infantry observing soldiers on a barracks parade ground [possibly at Tientsin, China], c.1939


Photograph of soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry eating at rooftop tables [possibly at the Godown warehouse, Tientsin, China], c.1939


Photograph of soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry eating at rooftop tables [possibly at the Godown warehouse, Tientsin, China], c.1939


Photograph of a dog asleep in a bed [possibly at a makeshift barracks in the Godown warehouse, Tientsin, China], c.1939


Photograph of two soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry, in topees, laying on the ground in the countryside [possibly at Shankaikuan, China], c.1939


Photograph of two lance-corporals and a corporal of The Durham Light Infantry, sitting with a cat in a barracks room, c.1934 - 1939


Photograph of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, boys, and local men, watching a game of cricket (?) [possibly at Shankaikuan, China], c.1939


Photograph of a lance-corporal of The Durham Light Infantry, reading in bed in a barracks room, c.1934 - 1939


Photograph of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, on parade during the funeral of Lieutenant Luard, taken at Tientsin, China, June 1939


Photograph of soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry on parade, c.1934 - 1939


Photograph of officers of The Durham Light Infantry escorting a hearse during a funeral, c.1934 - 1939


Photograph of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in a church during the funeral service of Lieutenant Luard, taken at Tientsin, China, June 1939


Photograph of soldiers of the The Durham Light Infantry, relaxing in the sea [possibly at Shankaikuan, China], c.1939


Photograph of a lance-corporal of The Durham Light Infantry, in shorts and vest, standing in a barracks [possibly in China], c.1939


Photograph of soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry on parade, c.1934 - 1939


Photograph of two soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry in a tractor vehicle [possibly at Blackdown, Hampshire], c.1934


Photograph of two soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry relaxing on a beach [possibly at Shankaikuan, China], c.1939


Photograph of three soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry, with topees, relaxing in a garden [possibly in China], c.1939


Photograph of a group of soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry, in vests and shorts, relaxing on a veranda [possibly in China], c.1939


Photograph of a group of soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry relaxing in the doorway of a barracks hut [possibly in China], c.1939


Photograph of a soldier of The Durham Light Infantry, n.d.


Photograph of soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry, with reversed arms, marching along a road during a funeral [possibly in Egypt], c.1927 - 1930


Photograph of three young soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry standing by a barracks hut, taken in the United Kingdom, c.1934


Photograph of four young soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry, in physical training kit, standing in a yard, taken in the United Kingdom, c.1934


Photograph of four young soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry peeling potatoes, taken in the United Kingdom, c.1934


Photograph of a view of an entrance gate to a park (?), taken in China, c.1939


Photograph of a view of the interior of a church, c.1934 - 1939


Photograph of a soldier of The Durham Light Infantry, n.d.


Photograph of a view of an illuminated castle, taken in the United Kingdom, c.1934


Photograph of a view of a railway station, taken in China, c.1939


Photograph of a steam boat in a harbour [possibly taken in China], c.1939


Photograph of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, boys, and local men, watching a game of cricket (?) [possibly at Shankaikuan, China], c.1939


Photograph of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, pulling horses across a field during a gymkhana, taken at Shankaikuan, China, c.1937


Photograph of soldiers of the The Durham Light Infantry, swimming in the sea [possibly at Shankaikuan, China], c.1939


Photograph of a soldier of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing on a raft, with a dog, in a flooded barracks, taken at Tientsin, China, August - October 1939


Photograph of a young soldier of The Durham Light Infantry, c.1934


Photograph of two soldiers crawling along the ground [possibly taken in China], c.1939


Photograph of a group of soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry, in topees, relaxing in a field [possibly at Shankaikuan, China], c.1939


Photograph of soldiers of the The Durham Light Infantry attending to a railway boagey (?) [possibly in China], c.1939


Photograph of a soldier's corpse [possibly taken in China], c.1939


Photograph of two Chinese men holding a Chinese man [possibly prior to execution], taken in China, c.1939


Photograph of civilian corpses littered on the ground [possibly taken in China], c.1939


Photograph of a soldier of The Durham Light Infantry, in white dress uniform, standing in a barracks, taken in China, c.1939


Photocopy of a Christmas greetings message sent to Sergeant Platt, South Lancashire Regiment (?), India Command, from Mr and Mrs Linskey, Atherton Street, Durham, 2 December 1943


Photograph, with a newspaper cutting containing a verse by Patience Strong, of His Majesty King George VI, and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, c.1938


Incomplete letter from 'Your loving brother, Wilf', including a copy of a verse by Corporal Ditchburn, n.d.
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Photograph of water buffalo, India, n.d. [early 20th c.]
(1 photograph, 12 cm. x 7 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the scene of rioting in Tientsin, China, n.d. [c.1938]
(1 photograph, 13 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of officers of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taking the salute at the funeral of Captain Mason, Shanghai, China, 4 January 1938
(1 photograph, 8 cm. x 6 cm., black and white)


Photograph of funeral service of four soldiers, Shanghai, China, n.d. [c. 1938]
(1 photograph, 10 cm. x 8 cm., black and white)


Photograph of a military funeral procession through the streets of Shanghai, China, n.d. [1938]
(1 photograph, 11 cm x 7 cm, black and white)


Photograph of soldiers on parade presenting arms, [Shanghai, China], n.d. [c. 1938]
(1 photograph, 11 cm. x 6.5 cm., black and white)


Photograph of D.L.I. soldiers on the parade ground, n.d. [early 20th c.]
(1 photograph, 11 cm. x 7 cm., black and white)


Photograph of W. Ashworth and another soldier, in P.E. kit, in barracks, n.d. [early 20th c.]
(1 photograph, 6.5 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of W. Ashworth, and three other soldiers, in khaki dress, seated in a bar in Syria, 1941
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 6.5 cm., black and white)


Photograph of Amelia Earhart, after landing near Khartoum barracks, Egypt, before taking off on her final, fatal, flight, n.d. [June 1937]
(1 photograph, 9.5 cm. x 6.5 cm., black and white)


Photograph of a destroyer, possibly in Newcastle upon Tyne docks, n.d. [early 20th c.]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 6 cm., black and white)

323019 Company Sergeant-Major John Fenwick ATKINSON (Ref: Atkinson D/DLI 7/23/1)

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


Photograph of Company Sergeant-Major Atkinson, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 7 cm. x 16 cm., black and white, card mounted)

Second Lieutenant Ernest William ATKINSON, M.C. (Ref: Atkinson D/DLI 7/24/1-5)

13th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Commissioned 1915; awarded the Military Cross for action at Le Sars, Battle of the Somme, France, 7 October 1916, when he led his platoon well and gallantly and, though wounded, remained with his men until consolidation was complete. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.


Temporary commission of E.W. Atkinson as Second Lieutenant, 6 March 1915
(1 paper)


Citation for the award of the Military Cross to E.W. Atkinson, from the London Gazette, 11 December 1916
(1 card)


Photograph of E.W. Atkinson in uniform, n.d., [1915 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 20 cm., black and white)


Photograph of E.W. Atkinson, 1918
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)


Photograph of E.W. Atkinson, n.d., [1947 - 1948]
(1 photograph, 8 cm. x 13 cm., black and white)

8/2861 [also 300470] Private Joseph ATKINSON (Ref: Atkinson D/DLI 7/25/1/1-4)

1/8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Residence New Brancepeth; enlisted Durham; killed in action, 5 November 1916.


Embroidered postcard sent home by J. Atkinson, n.d., [1914 - 1916]
(1 card)


Embroidered postcard sent home by J. Atkinson, n.d., [1914 - 1916]
(1 card)


Embroidered postcard sent home by J. Atkinson, n.d., [1914 - 1916]
(1 card)


Memorial card of J. Atkinson, n.d., [c. 1916]
(1 card)


Front cover of memorial card of J. Atkinson, n.d., [c. 1916]
(1 card)


Photograph of J. Atkinson enclosed in memorial card, n.d., [c. 1916]
(1 card)


Photograph of J. Atkinson, n.d. [1914 - 1916]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)


Photograph of soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry, including J. Atkinson, n.d., [1914 - 1916]
(1 photograph, 13 cm. x 8 cm., black and white)

Lieutenant-Colonel Reginald Gordon ATKINSON, M.C. (Ref: Atkinson D/DLI 7/26/1(1)-26)

1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Entry in McGregor; Second Lieutenant, 1934 - 1937; Lieutenant, 1937 - 1940; Captain, 1940 - 1942; Major, 1942 - 1955; Lieutenant-Colonel, 1955 - 1964; served in 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1934 - 1936; 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1936 - 1937; 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1937 - [1942]; Second World War, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry; GS02, 50 Infantry Division, 8th Army, 1942; (SD) 13 Corps, 1942 - 1943; (Ops) 2nd Army, 1944; Staff School (Australia), 1945; S.W. District, 1946 - 1947; (Mob) H.Q. Nordis, 1950 - 1951; H.Q. Infantry Division, 1951 - 1952; Berlin, Germany, 1952; Korea, 1952 - 1953; OC, Regimental Depot, 1954 - 1955; OC 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1955 - 1958; Deputy President, Regular Commissions Board, 1959 - 1960; Garrison Commander, Catterick, Yorkshire, 1961 - 1964.


Pocket diary kept by Lieutenant R.G. Atkinson, The Durham Light Infantry, 1934
(1 booklet)


Pocket diary kept by Lieutenant R.G. Atkinson, The Durham Light Infantry, 1935
(1 booklet)


Pocket diary kept by Lieutenant R.G. Atkinson, The Durham Light Infantry, 1936
(1 booklet)


Pocket diary kept by Lieutenant R.G. Atkinson, The Durham Light Infantry, 1937
(1 booklet)


Pocket diary kept by Lieutenant R.G. Atkinson, The Durham Light Infantry, 1938
(1 booklet)


Pocket diary kept by Lieutenant R.G. Atkinson, The Durham Light Infantry, 1939
(1 booklet)


Pocket diary kept by Major R.G. Atkinson, The Durham Light Infantry, 1943
(1 booklet)


Pocket diary kept by Major R.G. Atkinson, The Durham Light Infantry, 1944
(1 booklet)


Pocket diary kept by Major R.G. Atkinson, The Durham Light Infantry, 1945
(1 booklet)


Pocket diary kept by Major R.G. Atkinson, The Durham Light Infantry, 1946
(1 booklet)


Pocket diary kept by Major R.G. Atkinson, The Durham Light Infantry, 1947
(1 booklet)


Pocket diary kept by Major R.G. Atkinson, The Durham Light Infantry, 1948
(1 booklet)


Pocket diary kept by Major R.G. Atkinson, The Durham Light Infantry, 1949
(1 booklet)


Pocket diary kept by Major R.G. Atkinson, The Durham Light Infantry, 1950
(1 booklet)


Pocket diary kept by Major R.G. Atkinson, The Durham Light Infantry, 1951
(1 booklet)


Pocket diary kept by Major R.G. Atkinson, The Durham Light Infantry, 1952
(1 booklet)


Pocket diary kept by Major R.G. Atkinson, The Durham Light Infantry, 1953
(1 booklet)


Pocket diary kept by Major R.G. Atkinson, The Durham Light Infantry, 1954
(1 booklet)


Pocket diary kept by Major R.G. Atkinson, The Durham Light Infantry, 1955
(1 booklet)


Pocket diary kept by Lieutenant-Colonel R.G. Atkinson, The Durham Light Infantry, 1956
(1 booklet)


Pocket diary kept by Lieutenant-Colonel R.G. Atkinson, The Durham Light Infantry, 1958
(1 booklet)


Letters from R.G. Atkinson, Crossways Cottage, Monxton, Andover, Hampshire, to H. Moses, Flodden Edge, 53 Millfields, Aycliffe Village, Newton Aycliffe, concerning regimental news and the history of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, during the Second World War, 3 January - 26 June 1986
(33 papers)


Letters from R.G. Atkinson, Crossways Cottage, Monxton, Andover, Hampshire, to H. Moses, Flodden Edge, 53 Millfields, Aycliffe Village, Newton Aycliffe, concerning regimental news and the history of the 6th Battalion of The Durham Light Infantry, during the Second World War, 28 June - 22 December 1987
(37 papers)


Letters from R.G. Atkinson, Crossways Cottage, Monxton, Andover, Hampshire, to H. Moses, Flodden Edge, 53 Millfields, Aycliffe Village, Newton Aycliffe, concerning regimental news and the history of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, during the Second World War, 25 March 1988 - 7 December 1990
(43 papers)


Letters from R.G. Atkinson, Crossways Cottage, Monxton, Andover, Hampshire, to H. Moses, Flodden Edge, 53 Millfields, Aycliffe Village, Newton Aycliffe, concerning regimental news and the history of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, during the Second World War, 3 January - 4 December 1991
(40 papers)


Letters from R.G. Atkinson, Crossways Cottage, Monxton, Andover, Hampshire, to H. Moses, Flodden Edge, 53 Millfields, Aycliffe Village, Newton Aycliffe, concerning regimental news and the history of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, during the Second World War, 8 January 1992 - 7 May 1993
(34 papers)


Map of Arnhem and Nijmegen, the Netherlands, 1940 Scale: 1:50,000
(1 plan, 47 cm. x 63 cm., printed, colour)


Map of Catania, Sicily, Italy, May 1943
(1 plan, 43 cm. x 64 cm., printed, colour)


Map of Mount Etna, Sicily, Italy, May 1943 Scale: 1:250,000
(1 plan, 43 cm. x 64 cm., printed, colour)


Map of Mount Etna, Sicily, Italy, May 1943 Scale: 1:50,000
(1 plan, 64 cm. x 45 cm., printed, colour)


Map of Catania, Sicily, Italy, showing defences, 17 June 1943 Scale: 1:25,000
(1 plan, 65 cm. x 91 cm., printed, colour)


Map (fragment) of Riposto, Sicily, Italy, 1943 Scale: 1:50,000
(1 plan, 21 cm. x 45 cm., printed, coloured)


Map of Ryes, the Normandy Coast, France, sheet no. 37/18 S.W., second edition, showing defences, May 1944 Scale: 1:25,000
(1 plan, 72 cm. x 54 cm., printed, colour)


Map of Creully, the Normandy Coast, France, sheet no. 37/18 S.E., second edition, showing defences, May 1944 Scale: 1:25,000
(1 plan, 71 cm. x 54 cm., printed, colour)


Map of Ver-sur-Mer, the Normandy Coast, France, sheet no. 83, second edition, showing defences [at Gold Beach], May 1944 Scale: 1:12,500
(1 plan, 64 cm. x 54 cm., printed, colour)


Map of the Ypres Salient, Belgium, 1933 Scale: 1:40,000
(1 plan, 91 cm. x 75 cm., printed, colour)


Map of Ypres, Belgium, n.d. [later 20th c.] Scale: 1:40,000
(1 plan, 57 cm. x 72 cm., printed, colour)


Map of Mareth, Tunisia, June 1957 Scale: 1:50,000
(1 plan, 85 cm. x 58 cm., printed, colour)


Group photograph of 'B' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Nightingale Wood Camp, near Southampton, Hampshire, June 1944
(1 photograph, 30 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Group photograph of officers [of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Nightingale Wood Camp], near Southampton, Hampshire, n.d. [June 1944] Back row: [¿.]; Tyndale; Wedgewood, Signals Officer; Kirk, Carrier; [?]; [?]; Bussan, 'B'; Oldlam, Mortar Officer Commanding; Scott, 'B'; [?]; [?]; Patterson Middle row: [?]; Sandwith, Pioneer (Sapper) Officer Commanding; Fenner, 2nd in Command 'D'; Rome, 2nd in Command 'B'; Attenburg, 2nd in Command 'A'; Dobson, Anti-tank; Daw, Carrier, Officer Commanding; Bowsfield, 2nd in Command 'C'; Short, Motorised Transport Officer; Bell, Intelligence Officer then 'A'; Bateman Front row: Padre Hawksworth; Runciman, Quarter Master; Galloway, Officer Commanding 'A'; Thomlinson, Officer Commanding 'D' (took over command of mobilised column); G.L. Wood, 2nd in Command (took over command from Green before sailing); Green, Commanding Officer (evacuated, sick, from landing craft); Loveridge, Adjutant; Kirkby, Officer Commanding 'C'; Atkinson, Officer Commanding 'B'; Field O.C.S. later P.M.S. Rhodesia, Officer Commanding 'A' Echelon; Murphy, Medical Officer
(1 photograph, 31 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)


Photocopy of two group photographs of Motorised Transport Staff and of 'B' Echelon sergeants, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Nijmegan, Holland, November 1944:


Copy photograph of Motorised Transport Staff, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Nijmegan, Holland, November 1944 Back row: Sergeant Bailey, Technical Sergeant; Sergeant Campbell, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Middle row: Private Beesley, Fitter; Private 'Nobby' Clarke, Batman; Private Hayton Clerk; P.G.T., Motorised Transport Officer; Lance Corporal Hall, Chief Clerk; Lance Corporal 'Brigadier' Bradford, Fitter Front row: Lance Corporal 'Filliper' Clarke, Storman; Sergeant Jack Bruce, Motorised Transport Sergeant; Private Elliot, Storeman Not shown: Sergeant Handley, 2nd Motorised Transport Sergeant; Lance Corporal 'Frank' Hall, R.E.M.E. later became R.E.M.E. Sergeant; Private Charlie Corner, Office Wagon Driver; Private Jimmy Cook, water waggon; Private Joe Greener, petrol waggon


Copy photograph of 'B' Echelon Sergeants, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Nijmegan, Holland, November 1944 Back row: Sergeant Waremouth, Pioneers; Sergeant Campbell, Motorised Transport R.E.M.E.; P.G.T.; Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant Barnes; Sergeant Boyne, R.E.M.E. armourer; Sergeant Bailey, Motorised Transport; Sergeant Chesterton, R.E.M.E.; Sergeant Bruce, Motorised Transport; Sergeant Hunton "Jack Boot" A.P.T.C.
(1 paper, duplicated)


Aerial photograph of La Vieille, Normandy, France, with the positions of 'A', 'B', 'C' and 'D' Companies [6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry] indicated, 2 May 1944
(1 photograph, 18 cm. x 23 cm., black and white)


Aerial photograph of Le Plessis Grimoult, Normandy, France, with stages of advance [of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry], super-imposed, 2 May 1944
(1 photograph, 18 cm x 23 cm., black and white)


Aerial photograph of Tilly sur Seulles, Normandy, France, with the positions of 'A', 'B', 'C' and 'D' Companies [of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry], indicated, 12 June 1944
(1 photograph, 19 cm. x 23 cm., black and white)


Aerial photograph of Normandy, France, including Hottot and the Chateau de Cordillier, 17 June 1944
(1 photograph, 19 cm. x 23 cm., black and white)


Aerial photograph of Villers-Bocage, Normandy, France, 3 July 1944
(1 photograph, 19 cm. x 23 cm., black and white)

8/2679 [300390] Private Richard ATKINSON (Ref: Atkinson D/DLI 7/27/1-5)

1/8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry


Soldier's small book of R. Atkinson, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 booklet, card bound)


Soldier's pay book of R. Atkinson, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 volume, card bound)


Photograph, possibly, of R. Atkinson, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 5 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph, possibly, of R. Atkinson, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)


Group photograph of soldiers, possibly, 8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)

Regimental Sergeant-Major Thomas ATKINSON (Ref: Atkinson D/DLI 7/28/1-8)

1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry


Photograph of The Durham Light Infantry returning to barracks after a route march, 1925
(1 photograph, 13 cm. x 8 cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of World's End Camp, Ballykinler, County Down, Ireland, sent by [Private] T. Atkinson, Ballykinler, to Mrs. F. Atkinson, 56 Dale Street, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, discussing his new posting, 13 July 1925
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of H.M.T. City of Marseilles, sent by [Private] T. Atkinson, concerning his journey from Southampton, to Alexandria, Egypt, between 5 and 18 November 1927, 1927
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of H.M.T. Somersetshire, sent by [Private] T. Atkinson, discussing his journey from Alexandria, Egypt, to Southampton, between 8 and 21 April 1930, 1930
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of H.M.T. Somersetshire, sent by [Private] T. Atkinson, Gibraltar, to Mrs. F. Atkinson, 56 Dale Street, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, discussing his journey from Alexandria, Egypt, to Southampton, 22 April 1930
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of Colonel C.L. Matthews, n.d., [1925 - 1930]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 12 cm., black and white)


Group photograph of the band of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in Egypt, and list of names, 1927 - 1930
(1 photograph, 31 cm. x 26 cm., black and white, and 1 paper)


Group photograph of buglers of The Durham Light Infantry, including [Private] T. Atkinson, middle row, second from left, n.d., [1925 - 1930] Back row: Kelly; Williams; Ovenall; Matthews; Scott; Milson Middle row: Dane; Atkinson; Smart; Culler; Lindores Front row: Corporal Wright; Bugle Major Bond; Captain Dryden (Adjutant); Corporal Young
(1 photograph, 23 cm. x 18 cm., black and white)

William ATKINSON (Ref: Atkinson D/DLI 7/29/1)

The Durham Light Infantry


Photograph, possibly, of the Durham Light Infantry Football Club at Ripon, Yorkshire, 1927
(1 photograph, 27 cm. x 17 cm., black and white)

[Private] Robert ATKINSON (Ref: Atkinson D/DLI 7/817/1-9)

2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry


Christmas card of the 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, The Barracks, Cork, Co. Cork, 1908
(1 card)


German postcard containing an illustration of a document being signed, captioned: Zeichne!, sent from 'Bob' to his brother Mr. D. Atkinson, 14 Milling Street, Teams, Gateshead on Tyne, 21 December n.y. [1918]
(1 card, 9 cm. x 14 cm., colour printed)


German postcard photograph of the village of 'Grandpre', France, n.d. [ c. 1918]
(1 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


German postcard photograph of the military cemetery at 'Grandpre', France, n.d. [ c.1918]
(1 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


German postcard photograph of hospital buildings in a street in Grandpre, France, n.d. [ c.1918]
(1 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


German postcard photograph of a village pond and church at 'Grandpre', France, n.d. [ c.1918]
(1 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


German postcard photograph of a large building with a round turret at Grandpre, France, n.d. [ c.1918]
(1 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


German postcard containing views of 'Hamptstrasse' and 'Muhle mit Schloss' at 'Gruss aus Niederrodern i. Els'; sent from a German soldier, Nadel, in the Field, to Fritz Stempfer, Germany, postmark 30 August 1918
(German, 1 card, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)


German field postcard with a pencil drawing of a soldier in profile on the reverse side, n.d. [1914 - 1918]
(1 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm.)

Captain Jehu Fosbrooke Gerrard AUBIN, D.S.O., M.C. and Bar (Ref: Aubin D/DLI 7/30/1-10)

6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Killed in action, 9 April 1918.


Note that J.F.G. Aubin has been awarded a bar to his Military Cross, 25 March 1918
(1 paper)


Note that J.F.G. Aubin has been awarded the Distinguished Service Order, n.d., [c. 8 November 1918]
(1 paper)


Letter from J.F.G. Aubin, 151st Infantry Brigade, to his sister, Doris, concerning his appointment as Brigade Bombing Intelligence Officer, and other personal news, 24 August 1916
(1 paper)


Letter [incomplete] from J.F.G. Aubin to his sister, Doris, concerning his return to France, 31 December 1916
(2 papers)


Letter from J.F.G. Aubin, 151st Infantry Brigade, to his sister, Doris, asking for a ribbon for his Military Cross, 10 January 1917
(2 papers)


Letter from J.F.G. Aubin [to his sister, Doris], with personal news and thanking her for the ribbon, n.d., [1917]
(1 paper)


Letter from [J.W.] Robson to J.F.G. Aubin, congratulating him on the bar to his M.C., 2 December 1917
(1 paper)


Copy of award given by the citizens of Bishop Auckland to Second Lieutenant J.F.G. Aubin, M.C., of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, to celebrate his Military Cross, awarded in recognition of honours gained in the Great War, n.d., [c. 1918]
(1 card, 34 cm. x 49.5 cm.)


Letter from the War Office, 27 Pilgrim Street, London, to Mr. J.J. Aubin enclosing the 1914 - 15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal, which would have been conferred upon J.F.G. Aubin, 29 May 1923
(1 paper)


Photograph of Second Lieutenant J.F.G. Aubin, M.C., 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 34 cm. x 49 cm., sepia)

[Possibly Bandsman] John 'Ginger' AVERY (Ref: Avery D/DLI 7/31/1)

6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Medals in DLI Medal Collection.


Photograph of John 'Ginger' Avery, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Pictoria Studios, The Esplanade, Redcar, Yorkshire, n.d. [July 1938]
(1 photograph, 8.5 cm. x 13.5 cm., black and white)

4/9480 Private Reginald George AVERY (Ref: Avery D/DLI 7/32/1-30)

2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Rothbury, Northumberland; enlisted Stanley, 7 September 1914;killed in action, 20 December 1915


Letter from the Infantry Record Office, York, to Mrs. M.E. Avery, 1 Beaconsfield Street, Stanley, informing her of the death of Private R.G. Avery, 3 January 1916
(1 paper)


Letter from Mrs. Mary Avery, 1 Beaconsfield Street, West Stanley, to her sister, Mrs. W. Proudlock, Link Hall Cottage, Chathill, Northumberland, concerning the death of her husband, Private R.G. Avery, 16 January 1916
(2 papers)


Letter from the Infantry Record Office, York, to Mrs. M.E. Avery, informing her that her husband, Private R.G. Avery, has been buried fifty yards north of Ypres prison [in Ypres Reservoir Cemetery], Belgium, 2 February 1916
(1 paper)


Letter from the Infantry Record Office, York, to Mrs. M.E. Avery informing her where Private R.G. Avery is buried, 2 February [1916]
(1 paper)


War Office death certificate of Private R.G. Avery, 29 February 1916
(1 paper)


Letter from the War Office, London, to Mrs. Avery, informing her that she has been awarded a pension, 24 June 1916
(1 paper)


Note concerning the grave of Private R.G. Avery, n.d., [1916]
(1 card)


Letter from Mary Avery to her sister-[in-law], concerning the death of her husband, Private Avery, n.d., [1915]
(1 paper)


Letter from Mary Avery, 1 Beaconsfield Street, West Stanley, to her sister-[in-law], Eliza (Mrs. W. Proudlock), Page Croft, Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, containing personal news, 2 March 1916
(1 paper and 1 envelope)


Newspaper cutting, concerning the death of Private R.G. Avery, n.d., [20 - 31 December 1915]
(1 paper)


Copy photograph of Private Reginald George Avery, n.d., [1914 - 1915]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)


Copy photograph of Private R.G. Avery, n.d., [1914 - 1915]
(1 photograph, 10 cm. x 16 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the grave of Private Reginald George Avery, Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, Belgium, n.d., [after 1915]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 15 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the grave of Private R.G. Avery, n.d., [1916]
(1 photograph, 7 cm. x 13 cm., black and white, card mounted)


Photograph of the grave of Private R.G. Avery, n.d., [after 1918]
(1 photograph, 16 cm. x 18 cm., black and white)


Postcard photographs from Daily Mail Official War Pictures, Series 22, n.d. [1914 - 1918]


An Attack: Over the Top, no. 170


Crossing No Man's Land, no. 171


Reserves Moving Up, no. 172
(3 postcards, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Postcard illustration of a blinded soldier and dog, entitled: 'Pals', addressed to Walter Avery, 1 Beaconsfield Street, West Stanley, n.d., [c. 1918]
(1 card, colour printed)


Postcard illustration of a blinded British soldier being led from the battlefield, issued on behalf of The National Institute for the Blind, n.d. [1914 - 1918]
(1 card, colour printed)


Postcard illustration of a British Army Officer holding a Bible, and underneath the first verse of the hymn, 'Abide with me', Bamforth and Company 'Hymn' Series no. 4867/1, n.d. [1914 - 1918]
(1 card, colour printed)


Extract, made 11 July 1904, from the marriage register of Rothbury, parish, Northumberland, recording the marriage of Walter William Shanks Proudlock and Eliza Jane Avery (sister of Reginald George Avery), 1 June 1904
(1 paper)


Copy photograph of Trooper Walter William Shanks Proudlock, Yorkshire Hussars, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 8 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)


Photograph of Walter and Eliza Jane Proudlock on their fiftieth wedding anniversary, with their daughter, Mary, and son-in-law, Thomas Abbott, 1954
(1 photograph, 21 cm. x 16 cm., black and white)


Programme of an entertainment for the Yorkshire Hussars, March 1917
(1 paper)


Certificate of registration, under the National Service Acts, of Lachlan Lomax, [son-in-law of Private R.G. Avery], n.d., [1940]
(1 card)


Air Raid Warden's card of L. Lomax, 15 April 1941
(1 card)


Certificate of the Royal Life Saving Society that Lachlan Lomax has passed an examination in artificial respiration, December 1942
(1 card)


Certificate presented to Lachlan Lomax in gratitude for his membership of the Civil Defence Wardens Service, 31 July 1945
(1 paper)


Photograph of Lachlan and Eileen Lomax, 1942
(1 photograph, 6 cm. x 8 cm., black and white)


Note on 'How to Challenge an Invader', n.d., [1939 - 1945]
(1 card)


The Battle of Flanders, 1940, by Ian Hay, 1941
(1 volume, paper bound)

20/464 Private Arthur Fletcher AYERS (Ref: Ayers D/DLI 7/33/1-49)

20th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born, 1896; Signaller; served 3 years 6 months; service in the field 2 years 11 months.


Soldier's pay book of A.F. Ayers, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 booklet, card bound)


Statements of accounts and receipts concerning the pay of A.F. Ayers, 6 May 1919
(5 papers)


Christmas card from A.F. Ayers, 1915
(1 paper)


Letter from A.F. Ayers to his mother, enclosing photographs, 30 March 1919
(1 paper)


Newspaper cutting headed 'War Diary of 1915', 1 January 1916
(1 paper)


Newspaper cutting, describing the departure of the 20th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d., [c. 3 January 1916]
(1 paper)


Newspaper cutting, including a photograph of Captain A. Pumphrey, D.S.O., The Durham Light Infantry, n.d., [c. 1916]
(1 paper)


Front page of the Illustrated Chronicle newspaper, featuring the photographs, and details, of sixty servicemen from the North East of England who were killed, wounded or missing, 17 August 1917


Photograph of Sapper J. Stafford, Royal Engineers, c.1914


Photograph of Seaman T. Robson, c.1914


Photograph of Rifleman C.R. Reed, in civilian dress, c.1914


Photograph of Private D. Monaghan, The Durham Light Infantry, in civilian dress, c.1914


Photograph of Private M. Alexander, Northumberland Fusiliers, c.1914


Photograph of Private W.G. Lancaster, Northumberland Fusiliers, c.1914


Photograph of Private A. Wilson, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1914


Photograph of Private W. Harold, Northumberland Fusiliers, c.1914


Photograph of Driver M.C. Mathison, Army Service Corps, c.1914


Photograph of Rifleman J. Bell, in civilian dress, c.1914


Photograph of Sergeant H. Barnett, Royal Garrison Artillery, c.1914


Photograph of Lance-Corporal E.B. Haswell, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1914


Photograph of Private A. Stephenson, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1914


Photograph of Corporal O. Hanson, Royal Engineers, c.1914


Photograph of Private J. Bell, Northumberland Fusiliers, c.1914


Photograph of Private F. Foggin, Northumberland Fusiliers, c.1914


Photograph of Private D. Wallace, Northumberland Fusiliers, c.1914


Photograph of Corporal W.J. Craig, Northumberland Fusiliers, c.1914


Photograph of Sergeant R. Layton, Royal Field Artillery, c.1914


Photograph of Private F. Hardy, c.1914


Photograph of Bombardier F. Smith, Royal Field Artillery, c.1914


Photograph of Private A. Gardner, Northumberland Fusiliers, c.1914


Photograph of Private T.W. Taylor, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1914


Photograph of Private J. Brownley, Northumberland Fusiliers, c.1914


Photograph of Lance-Corporal W. Sharpe, c.1914


Photograph of Lance-Corporal J. Duffell, Royal Garrison Artillery, c.1914


Photograph of Private J.B. Cooper, Northumberland Fusiliers, c.1914


Photograph of Private C. Fisher, Yorkshire Regiment, in civilian dress, c.1914


Photograph of Private J. Wilson, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1914


Photograph of Corporal W.D. Bell, Northumberland Fusiliers, c.1914


Photograph of Private A. Straker, Northumberland Fusiliers, c.1914


Photograph of Private C. Ager, Northumberland Fusiliers, c.1914


Photograph of Private J.F. Wooton, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1914


Photograph of Corporal S. McMillan, Northumberland Fusiliers, c.1914


Photograph of T. Walker, Royal Naval Division, c.1914


Photograph of Private J. Chantler, Northumberland Fusiliers, c.1914


Photograph of Private A. Brown, Northumberland Fusiliers, c.1914


Photograph of Lance-Corporal W. Belshaw, Northumberland Fusiliers, c.1914


Photograph of Private G. Keith, Northumberland Fusiliers, c.1914


Photograph of Signaller W.T. Stamp, Royal Naval Division, c.1914


Photograph of Lance-Corporal C. Buckley, Northumberland Fusiliers, c.1914


Photograph of Petty Officer J. Armstrong, Royal Naval Division, c.1914


Photograph of Private R. Comerford, The Durham Light Infantry, in civilian dress, c.1914


Photograph of Private J. Comerford, Northumberland Fusiliers, c.1914


Photograph of Private J.R. Spence, Royal Marines Light Infantry, c.1914


Photograph of Private J.H. Tyson, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1914


Photograph of Sapper G. Young, Royal Engineers, c.1914


Photograph of Private A. Rinson, Northumberland Fusiliers, c.1914


Photograph of Corporal W. Davison, Northumberland Fusiliers, c.1914


Photograph of Private J. Spottiswood, Yorkshire Regiment, c.1914


Photograph of Private T.W. Houlison, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, c.1914


Photograph of Private S. Hall, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1914


Photograph of Private J. Robson, Northumberland Fusiliers, c.1914


Photograph of Private R.J. Heslop, c.1914


Photograph of Corporal G.E. Hunter, Northumberland Fusiliers, c.1914


Photograph of Signaller M. Duffy, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1914


Photograph of Private J. Harman, York and Lancaster Regiment, c.1914


Photograph of Private W.G. Thompson, Northumberland Fusiliers, c.1914


Photograph of Private G.W. Purvis, c.1914


Photograph of Private M. Hay, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1914
(1 paper, printed)


Printed note from Field Marshal Kitchener, given to every soldier, on embarkation to France, n.d., [c. 1914]
(1 paper)


Blank field service postcard, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 paper)


Printed note from Brigadier-General J.E. Metcalf, given to each soldier on demobilization, c. 1919
(1 paper)


Soldier's guide to 'Demobilization and Civil Employment', n.d., [c. 1919]
(1 booklet)


List of addresses, n.d., [c. 1919]
(1 paper)


Unit register card for demobilization of 20/464 Private A.F. Ayers, VI Corps, 20th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, France, n.d., [1919]
(1 card)


Postcard photograph of Private A.F. Ayers, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d., 1914 - 1918
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of Private A.F. Ayers, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d., 1914 - 1918
(1 photograph, 8.5 cm. x 13.5 cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of three soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry, including Private A.F. Ayers, first on left, n.d., 1914 - 1918
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of Private 'Bill' Bailey of The Durham Light Infantry, n.d., 1914 - 1918
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of Harold Brown, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers and Durham Light Infantry, n.d., [1940 - 1946] Harold Brown served in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers from 26 July 1940 to 27 September 1944; and in The Durham Light Infantry from 28 September 1944 to 24 April 1946
(1 photograph, 7.5 cm. x 12.5 cm.,. black and white)


Postcard photograph of Private Burns, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 8.5 cm. x 13.5 cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of [Private] Tom Dempsey, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of Bob Hooker, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 8.5 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of 19/742 Private J. Naylor, 19th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 8.5 cm. x 13.5 cm., black and white)


Photograph of 76534 Lewis Henry Peel, Army Duty Bugler, 7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 17 cm. x 23 cm., black and white, card mounted)


Postcard photograph of [unidentified rank] Snelgar, 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d., [late 19th or early 20th century]
(1 photograph, 10.5 cm. x 15.5 cm., black and white, card mounted)


Postcard photograph of five soldiers and dog, 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, sitting in front of tent, sent to 'Bob' from 'Fred' [Snelgar], 30 August 1907
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 8.5 cm., sepia)


Postcard photograph of 496 Private H.W. Swan, [20th] Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d., 1914 - 1918
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 13 cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of 17471 Private Jim Traynor, n.d., [1914 - 1916] 11th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, killed in action, 25 August 1916, France and Flanders
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of Lance-Corporal Thomas Wilson, 5 December 1918
(1 photograph, 8.5 cm. x 13.5 cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of a soldier of The Durham Light Infantry, signed 'W. Wilson', n.d., 1914 - 1918
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of Private Thomas 'Sniper' Young, n.d., [1914 - 1916] 20/840, 20th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, killed in action 1 October 1916, France and Flanders
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 4 cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of group of seven soldiers, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, including W.H. Wilson, at an unknown location, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 8.5 cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of seven soldiers of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, including W. H. Wilson, standing on railway line by a tunnel entrance, c. 1918 - 1919'
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of soldiers of the 18th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in swimming costumes, n.d. [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 13.5 cm. x 8.5 cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of an unidentified soldier of The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of an unidentified Durham soldier with a bugle, sent 'from Dick to Harold, Souvenir de la Guerre', 28 January 1919
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 13.5 cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of two unidentified soldiers and a civilian, n.d., 1914 - 1918
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 8.5 cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of an unidentified corporal of The Durham Light Infantry, inscribed from 'your old chum, Gordon', 31 October 1918
(1 photograph, 8.5 cm. x 13 cm., black and white)


Photograph of a group of buglers of 7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, from 'Bugler [Reg], Tournai, Belgium, British Expeditionary Force', December 1918
(1 photograph, 13 cm. x 8 cm., black and white)


Group photograph of the band of the 7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Tournai, Belgium, including a message from an unidentified writer to Mrs. D.A. [Cul], [1] December 1918
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Group photograph of the band of the 7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Tournai, Belgium, [1] December 1918
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Group photograph of soldiers of 'A' Company, 2/7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Colchester, Essex, March 1917
(1 photograph, 80 cm. x 20 cm., black and white)


Group photograph of sergeants of the 8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Annual Camp, Alnwick, Northumberland, 1938 Back row: Sergeant Leask; Lance Sergeant Foggo; Lance Sergeant Walker; Sergeant Collie; Lance Sergeant Gowland; Lance Sergeant Suddes; Lance Sergeant Clarke; Sergeant Peacock; Sergeant Mould; Lance Sergeant Mould; Lance Sergeant Henderson; Lance Sergeant Fisher; Sergeant Watson Third row: Lance Sergeant Bradley; Sergeant Bond; Sergeant Stonehouse; Sergeant Hill; Sergeant Grenfell; Sergeant Thomas; Sergeant Lynn; Sergeant Cordon; Sergeant Cumiskey; Sergeant Watts; Lance Sergeant Rowntree; Sergeant Armstrong; Sergeant Thomas; Lance Sergeant Hourigan; Sergeant Stoker Second row: Lance Sergeant Lawton; Sergeant Bell; Sergeant Lewis; Lance Sergeant Bills; Colour-Sergeant Miller; Colour-Sergeant Taylor; Colour-Sergeant Fothergill; Acting Company Sergeant-Major James (P.S.I.); Colour-Sergeant Lightfoot; Colour-Sergeant Wilson; Bugle Master Carr; Sergeant Ashman; Sergeant Coxon; Sergeant Mulholland Front row: Acting Company Sergeant-Major Curry (P.S.I.); Company Sergeant-Major Rogers; Company Sergeant-Major Rickaby; Company Sergeant-Major Hoe (P.S.I.); Captain E.N. Everett (Adjutant); Band Master Clatworthy; Colonel J. Turnbull, T.D. (Hon. Col.); Regimental Sergeant-Major Ritson; Lieutenant-Colonel E.A. Leybourne, T.D. (Commanding Officer); Regimental Quartermaster-Sergeant Marshall; Major J. Bramwell, T.D. (Second in Command); Company Sergeant-Major Welsh; Company Sergeant-Major Tate; Acting Company Sergeant-Major Golightly (P.S.I.); Company Sergeant-Major Henderson
(1 photograph, 38 cm. x 30 cm., black and white, card mounted)


Group photograph of soldiers of No. 12 Platoon, C. Company, 18th (Service) Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, November 1915
(1 photograph, 36 cm. x 29 cm., black and white)


Group photograph of soldiers [20th] Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, including H.W. Swan, top row left, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 23 cm. x 18 cm., black and white, card mounted)


Group photograph of soldiers of the 20th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, including H.F. Ayers, second row from back, fourth from right, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 32 cm. x 29 cm., black and white, card mounted)


Group photograph of soldiers of the 51st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, British Army of the Rhine, July 1919
(1 photograph, 112 cms. x 20 cm., black and white)


Group photograph of a band, described as "Notts. Volunteers", n.d. [1914 - 1916]
(1 photograph, 13 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of two memorials to the gallant officers and men of the 6th and 8th Battalions, The Durham Light Infantry, who died at the Butte de Warlencourt, France, 5 - 6 November 1916
(1 photograph, 36 cm. x 33 cm., black and white, card mounted)


Cutting from the Chilliwack Times, concerning George Newton, formerly of the 3rd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 7 November 1989
(1 paper)