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 M: Mas to May
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- Durham Light Infantry Records
- Bandsman MASON (Ref: Mason D/DLI 7/460/1-3)
- Company Sergeant-Major William Cecil MASON (Ref: Mason D/DLI 7/461/1)
- Private Arthur Ellis MATTHEWS (Ref: Matthews D/DLI 7/462/1-10)
- Captain Robert MAUCHLEN, M.C. (Ref: Mauchlen D/DLI 7/920/1-15(18))
- Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Gilfrid MAUGHAN, D.S.O. (Ref: Maughan D/DLI 7/463/1-13)
- [ ] 395 Private L. MAUGHAN (Ref: Maughan D/DLI 7/464/1)
- 24796 Private William MAUGHAN, M.M. (Ref: Maughan D/DLI 7/465/1-4)
- 4447130 Private George MAWSON (Ref: Mawson D/DLI 7/921/1)
- Brigadier Peter Harry Mitchell 'Crackers' MAY, D.S.O., O.B.E., M.C. (Ref: May D/DLI 7/466/1-14)
Catalogue Contents
1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Ref: D/DLI 7/460/1The Durham Light Infantry
Born Shildon, 1890; enlisted, 1910; awarded Military Medal in 1916 and Distinguished Conduct Medal in 1919; died, 1962. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.
6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Served in Middle East 1941 - 1943; British North Africa Force, 1943; North West Europe, 1944 - 1945.
9th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Born Newcastle upon Tyne, 1885; occupation architect; commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the 9th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry in October 1914; awarded the Military Cross during the Battle of the Somme on 1 October 1916; spent the later part of the First World War at the Army Lewis Gun School; died 1972. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.
3rd Battalion and 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Entry in McGregor; born Prudhoe on Tyne, 1878; Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1897; Second Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1899; Lieutenant, 1900; Captain, 1904; Adjutant, 2nd Battalion, 1908 - 1911; Major, 1915; Staff, First World War; Distinguished Service Order, London Gazette, 14 January 1916; Lieutenant-Colonel, 1919; retired, 1923, died, 1938
2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Ref: D/DLI 7/464/113th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Gateshead, 1892; awarded the Military Medal in July 1916 for his actions near Pozières, France; died Haswell, in 1982, aged 90. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.
2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Serviced in 'B' Company, attached to Headquarters, Eastern Command, Naini Tal, India
1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Entry in McGregor; born, 1913; Second Lieutenant, 1933 - 1936; Lieutenant, 1936 - 1941; (acting Captain, 1940, temporary Captain, 1940 - 1941); Captain, 1941 - 1946; (acting Major 1948; temporary, Major 1942 - 1944; War Substantive Major, 1944 - 1946); Major, 1946 - 1954; (acting Lieutenant-Colonel, 1944; temporary Lieutenant-Colonel, 1944 - 1946, 1947 - 1948, 1951 - 1954; local Lieutenant-Colonel, 1949-1951), Lieutenant-Colonel, 1954 - 1959; Colonel, 1959 - ; temporary Brigadier, 1959 - ; retired as Honorary Brigadier, 1962; Deputy Colonel Light Infantry, 1976 -