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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 R: Ru to Ry

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24610 Private Owen RUDDY (Ref: Ruddy D/DLI 7/604/1-3)

17th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Middlesbrough, Yorkshire; enlisted Barnard Castle, 25 March 1915, aged 29; occupation: steel worker.


Soldier's small book of Private O. Ruddy, 1915
(1 booklet)


National registration card of Owen Ruddy, discharged soldier, of 15 Monsell Street, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, 20 January 1917
(1 card, printed)


Death certificate of Owen Ruddy, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, 21 March 1957
(1 paper)

Captain Thomas RUSHWORTH, M.C. (Ref: Rushworth D/DLI 7/605/1-7)

7th Battalion, later 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry


Commission of T. Rushworth as second lieutenant in the 7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 6 August 1915
(1 card)


Citation for the award of the Military Cross to Lieutenant T. Rushworth, 27 May 1918
(1 paper)


Recommendation that Lieutenant T. Rushworth be awarded the Military Cross for his actions, on 27 May 1918, at Concevreux, France, 5 June 1918
(1 paper and 1 envelope)


Note concerning the ranks engraved on the British War and Victory Medals, n.d., [1919]
(1 paper)


Telegraph from Buckingham Palace, London, concerning the award of the Military Cross to Lieutenant T. Rushworth, 15 May [1920]
(1 paper and 1 envelope)


Card from 'The General', 53 Old Elvet, Durham, to Grace [Rushworth], enclosing the recommendation for the Military Cross awarded to Captain T. Rushworth, 18 September 1937
(1 card and 1 envelope)


Group photograph of officers of The Durham Light Infantry in camp, n.d. [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 30cm. x 25cm., black and white, card mounted)

1615 acting Colour-Sergeant-Major W. RUSSELL (Ref: Russell D/DLI 7/606/1)

2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry


Printed message from Brigadier-General S.G. Crawford, commanding the 18th Infantry Brigade, to each soldier on demobilisation, n.d., [19 March 1919]
(1 paper)

18/1393 Corporal Sydney RYDER, M.M. (Ref: Ryder D/DLI 7/607/1-28)

18th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, attached to the 93rd Trench Mortar Battery
Enlisted, 10 February 1915; transferred to Army Reserve, 20 March 1919


Standing orders of The Durham Light Infantry, 1914
(1 booklet)


Letter from Private S. Ryder, 21st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Wensley Camp, Leyburn, Yorkshire, to his father, asking for certain details to pass on to the military paymaster at York, n.d., [c. 1915]
(1 paper)


Trench standing orders, 22 September 1915
(1 booklet)


Message from Field-Marshal Kitchener to each soldier of the British Army, n.d., [1915]
(1 paper, printed)


Field medical card of Private S. Ryder, 1 July 1916
(1 card)


Letter from the Infantry Record Office, York Station, Yorkshire, to Mr. R. Ryder, Hollycroft, Cockton Hill, Bishop Auckland, informing him that Private S. Ryder has been wounded, 20 July 1916
(1 paper)


'Instructions for Officers and Men proceeding on leave', n.d., [1916]
(1 paper)


Letter from Brigadier-General J.D. Ingles, commanding the 93rd Infantry Brigade, to the officer commanding [operation] 'Hammer', expressing his appreciation of the action of the battery in repulsing an enemy raid, 31 August 1917
(1 paper)


Leave or duty ration book of Corporal S. Ryder, [16 September 1918]
(1 booklet)


Copy of correspondence between the Headquarters of the 93rd Infantry Brigade and the officer commanding the 93rd Light Trench Mortar Battery, concerning a course at the Light Trench Mortar School, Chisledon, Wiltshire, to be attended by Corporal S. Ryder, 21 - 24 October 1918
(1 paper)


Notes made by Corporal S. Ryder on the use of trench mortars, n.d., [1918]
(1 volume, card bound)


National Health Insurance leaflet concerning the insurance of discharged soldiers and airmen, December 1918
(1 paper)


The Demobilisation and Resettlement of the Army, a pamphlet in the 'Reconstruction Problems' series, published by the Ministry of Reconstruction, 1918
(1 pamphlet)


Protection certificate and certificate of identity of Corporal S. Ryder, 20 February 1919
(1 paper and 1 envelope)


Certificate of employment during the war of Corporal S. Ryder, 5 May 1916 - February 1919
(1 paper)


Certificate of transfer to reserve, on demobilization, of Corporal S. Ryder, 20 March 1919
(1 card and 1 envelope)


Unit register card of Corporal S. Ryder, n.d., [1919]
(1 card)


Out-of-work donation policy of Corporal S. Ryder, 17 March 1919 - 19 March 1920
(1 booklet)


Order of service of the consecration, presentation and laying up of the colours of The Durham Light Infantry in Durham Cathedral, 11 November 1920
(1 paper)


Cards giving the times of Easter celebrations of Holy Communion for the 18th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 30 April 1916
(2 cards)


Christmas card from Lance-Corporal Ryder, [25 December] 1917
(1 card)


Blank Christmas cards, [25 December] 1917
(2 cards)


Christmas card from Corporal S. Ryder, n.d., [25 December 1918]
(1 card)


Map of Belgium and part of France, January 1918 Scale: 1:40,000
(1 plan, 87cm. x 63cm., printed)


Trench map of Belgium: Ploegsteert, 19 September 1918 Scale: 1:10,000
(1 plan, 88cm. x 56cm., printed)


Fragment of map of the trench system around Arleux-en-Gohelle, n.d., [1914 - 1918] No scale
(1 plan, 16cm. x 12cm., waxed linen)


Photograph of Lance-Corporal S. Ryder, n.d., [1917]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 14cm., black and white)


Photograph of soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry in camp [in Chester-le-Street], n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)