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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 T: Th to Ti

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4900 Sergeant A. or W. THOMAS (Ref: Thomas D/DLI 7/1235/1-5)

Served in India with 2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry; and possibly with 9th (Secunderabad) Division, later Burma Division, the Indian Army


Certificate stating that 4900 Lance Corporal A Thomas, 2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, has passed a course in transport training (India Army regulations), and is qualified for employment as a regimental transport assistant and assistant instructor during peace, or transport sergeant on field service, Poona District, 24 July 1897
(1 parchment)


Certificate stating that 4900 Lance Corporal A Thomas, 2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, has passed courses in discipline, duties in barracks, guards and picquets, camp and on the march, drills, manoeuvre, musketry, for the rank of corporal, signed Lieutenant Colonel FH Whitby, commanding Durham Light Infantry, 23 March 1898
(1 parchment)


Certificate of education, second class, awarded to 4900 Lance Corporal W Thomas, 2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, on the authority of the Director of Military Education in India, by Lieutenant Colonel Colonel A[lwyn] de B[laquiere] V[alentine] Paget, commanding 2nd Durham Light Infantry, 27 March 1899
(1 paper)


Certificate stating that Sergeant W Thomas, 25th Mule Corps [Burma Division, Indian Army], has undergone instruction in transport gear, and is qualified to supervise the repair of [?] gear, signed Major [E Walker] R[oyal] A[rtillery], Superintendent H and S Factory, Cawnpore, 8 November 1907
(1 parchment)


Certificate stating that Sergeant W Thomas, Supply and Transport Corps, has undergone instruction in bakery at Secunderabad on 31 July 1910, and is qualified to perform the duties of Master Baker, with good proficiency, signed Lieutenant Colonel RP Jackson, Divisional Supply and Transport Officer, 9th [Secunderabad] Division, Ootacamund, 23 August 1910
(1 parchment)

1452 Private G.H. THOMPSON (Ref: Thompson D/DLI 7/699/1)

The Durham Light Infantry
Born South Church, Bishop Auckland; enlisted Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, 19 June 1884; transferred to Reserve [1891]; discharged [1896]


Account book of Private G.H. Thompson, including army certificate of education, third class, 17 December 1884, and savings and clothing accounts, 1884 - 1885
(1 booklet)

275049 Sergeant George THOMPSON, M.M. (Ref: Thompson D/DLI 7/700/1-37)

1/7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Transport Section
Born, 28 November 1893; baptised, 20 December 1893, Bishopwearmouth parish; enlisted, 5 October 1910; British Expeditionary Force, 17 April 1915; disembodied on demobilisation, 10 September 1919; re-enlisted with 7th Battalion (T.A.), 30 June 1920 as 4438190 Corporal Thompson; discharged, 29 June 1921; promoted Corporal, 6 March 1916; awarded the Military Medal; mentioned twice in despatches; awarded the Territorial Efficiency Medal; worked at Vaux Brewery, Sunderland, from 1936 as a fermenting room foreman; retired, 1958 - 1959; his grandfather had worked at the brewery for 30 years, and his father for 49 years; home address: 8 Crow Street, Sunderland.


Baptismal record card of George Thompson of Bishopwearmouth parish, 20 December 1893
(1 card)


Soldier's pay book of Private, later Corporal, Thompson, 2 April 1915 - 24 November 1916
(1 booklet, cloth bound)


Soldier's pay book of Corporal Thompson, 20 December 1916 - 26 June 1918
(1 booklet, cloth bound)


Protection certificate and certificate of identity of Sergeant George Thompson, North Camp, Ripon, Yorkshire, 17 January 1919
(1 paper)


Certificate of disembodiment, on demobilisation, of Sergeant G. Thompson, 14 February 1919
(1 card)


Certificate of discharge of 4438190 Corporal G. Thompson from the 7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry (T.A.), after one year's service in the Territorial Force, 29 June 1921
(1 card)


Notification of alteration of soldier's pay to Corporal George Thompson, 4 February 1918
(1 paper)


Soldier's demobilisation account of Sergeant George Thompson, February 1919
(1 paper)


Letter from the Infantry Record Office to George Thompson transmitting the Military Medal for service in the field, 20 May 1919
(1 paper)


Letter from the Infantry Record Office, York, to George Thompson transmitting the Oak Leaf Emblem awarded for services with The Durham Light Infantry, 17 June 1920
(1 paper)


Notebook kept by George Thompson, recording his memories as a transport section driver with 1/7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, delivering rations and ammunition to the Front Line between 1914 and 1919, written for his daughter Gracie Evelyn Thompson who was born on 30 November 1926, n.d., [post 1926] Includes, at end: copy newspaper reports of the battle of Ypres and Hooge, Belgium, April - May 1915; commonplace notes and observations of the weather, 28 November 1928 - 26 February 1934
(1 volume, card bound)


Newspaper cuttings concerning the retirement of George Thompson from Vaux's Brewery, Sunderland, n.d., [1958 - 1959]
(2 papers, printed)


St. George's Memorial Church and British Settlement, Ypres, issued by the Friends of St. George's Memorial Church, Ypres, Belgium, n.d., [post 1959]
(1 paper, printed)


Guide to the City of Mons, Belgium, describing the principal British, Canadian and American centres of interest, n.d., [1962]
(1 booklet, printed)


Certificate presented to Sergeant G. Thompson, M.M., of Sunderland, by the Burgemeester of Ypres, Belgium, on the fiftieth anniversary of the battle of Ypres, 13 June 1964
(1 card, printed, coloured)


Print of a drawing of the 'Last Post' ceremony at the Ypres War Memorial, Belgium, by A. Goethals Van Reck, n.d., [c. 1964]
(1 card, printed)


Letter from the Post Office National Savings Branch, London, to Miss G. Thompson, enclosing savings certificates, 13 April 1935
(1 paper)


Contributions book of the Loyal Victoria Female Lodge, Sunderland, issued to G[racie] Thompson, 25 July 1944 - 11 December 1945 Contributions were made for sickness benefit
(1 booklet, cloth bound)


Photograph of a horse, attended by two boys in a stable yard, possibly at Vaux Brewery stables, Sunderland, n.d., [c. 1900]
(1 postcard photograph, 13.5cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Photograph of an elderly man with two white dray horses, possibly at Vaux Brewery stables, Sunderland, n.d., [early 20th c.]
(1 postcard photograph, 10cm. x 8cm., black and white)


Photograph of an unidentified company of the 7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at an annual training camp [possibly Strensall, Yorkshire], c. 1910 - 1913
(1 postcard photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Photograph of 'C' Company, 7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, possibly at their annual camp, 1912
(1 postcard photograph, 13.5cm. x 8.5cm., black and white)


Photograph of a platoon of the 7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at the annual training camp at Conway, Caernarvonshire, sent by George Thompson to Miss Vera Frater, 8 Carter Street, Crowtree Road, Sunderland, postmark, 27 July 1914
(1 postcard photograph, 13cm. x 8cm., black and white)


Photograph of a Vaux Brewery horse and cart, with Private George Thompson holding the bridle, and two unidentified soldiers of the 7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, seated on the cart, while training as transport drivers, n.d., [c. 1914]
(1 postcard photograph, 13cm. x 8.5cm., black and white)


Photograph of Private George Thompson and two unidentified soldiers of the 7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at a military training camp, endorsed 'from George to Nora', n.d., [1914 - March 1915]
(1 postcard photograph, 8cm. x 13cm., black and white)


Photograph of Private George Thompson, seated, right, with a group of newly recruited soldiers of the 7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d., [1914 - March 1915]
(1 postcard photograph, 13cm. x 8cm., black and white)


Photograph of George Thompson and another, unidentified, soldier, at the Co-operative Wholesale Stores stables in Park Lane, Gateshead, while training with the transport section of the 7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, March 1915
(1 postcard photograph, 8cm. x 13cm., black and white)


Studio portrait photograph of Corporal George Thompson and an unidentified sergeant of the 7th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry Pioneers, n.d., [post March 1916]
(1 postcard photograph, 8cm. x 13cm., black and white)


Studio portrait photograph of Corporal George Thompson and an unidentified young woman, endorsed 'from your loving sister Ada', n.d.,. [post March 1916]
(1 postcard photograph, 8cm. x 13cm., black and white)


Studio portrait photograph of Corporal George Thompson and an unidentified young woman, endorsed '1916'
(1 postcard photograph, 8cm. x 13cm., black and white)


Photograph of four soldiers of the 7th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry Pioneers, including Corporal George Thompson, standing left, and Sergeant 'Twankey' Tweddle, seated right, and horse in a field at Marne, France, taken two days before the retreat, sent by Corporal Thompson to Mrs. G. Thompson, 1 Vale Brook Gardens, Sunderland, n.d., [July 1918]
(1 postcard photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Photograph of twelve sergeants of the 7th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry Pioneers, including Sergeant George Thompson, centre back row, possibly taken at Tournai Barracks, Belgium, n.d., [c. November 1918]
(1 photograph, 13cm. x 8cm., black and white)


Photograph portrait of F. Potts, E.S. Thompson, seated, and Sergeant G[eorge] Thompson, 1918
(1 postcard photograph, 8.5cm. x 13.5cm., black and white)


Photograph of Corporal George Thompson and five privates of the 7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, (T.A.), probably taken at Scarborough Camp, Yorkshire, 1920
(1 postcard photograph, 11cm. x 8cm., black and white)


Photograph of Corporal George Thompson seated at the head of a team of horses, at a military camp, possibly Scarborough Camp, Yorkshire, 1920
(1 photograph, 6cm. x 8cm., black and white)


Tintype photograph of George Thompson and two women, probably his wife Ada and her mother, n.d., [1920s]
(1 photograph, 5.5cm. x 6cm., black and white)


Photograph of a group of men and women, including a man and woman both in wheelchairs, possibly taken on the retirement of George Thompson from Vaux's Brewery, Sunderland, c. 1958 - 1959
(1 photograph, 8cm. x 5.5cm., black and white)

Colonel William Douglas Baird THOMPSON, D.S.O., M.C. (Ref: Thompson D/DLI 7/701/1-16)

9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born, 1896; private in No. 21 Provisional Battalion, 7th Northumberland Fusiliers, 1914; officer commanding 'C' Company, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, November 1915 - 1918; 5th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, October 1918 - n.d.; awarded Military Cross as second lieutenant, London Gazette, 18 July 1917; with 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Arras, April 1917; awarded Distinguished Service Order and Croix de Guerre as lieutenant, London Gazette, 16 September 1918, for action in July 1918; disembodied, 13 April 1919; commanding officer, East Riding Yeomanry 1940; captured at Dunkirk; Prisoner of War to 1945; died 1978. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.


Commission of W.D.B. Thompson as second lieutenant in the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 25 November 1915
(1 paper)


Scrapbook of Colonel W.D.B. Thompson recording the service of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in the First World War, including photographs, three field message books and a field service correspondence book, 14 February 1915 - 22 November 1920 Includes: items relating to servicemen from Northumberland:


Envelope addressed to Colonel W.D.B. Thompson, Bridlington, Yorkshire, n.d.


Illustrated card, captioned Rally Round The Flag, showing a soldier standing by a Union Jack, c.1914


Recruitment card of the 7th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, issued to W.D.B. Thompson, c.1914


Newspaper cutting of a verse, in German, entitled 'Hoch Der Kaiser!', c.1914


Postcard photograph of a view of High Church, Morpeth, Northumberland, n.d.


Photograph of a young woman, c.1914


Copy of a verse, entitled 'D'ye Ken John French?', c.1914


Photograph, from a newspaper, of Territorial soldiers and recruits [possibly of the Northumberland Fusiliers] on parade at a recreation ground, taken at Alnwick, Northumberland, c.1914


Photograph of a soldier of the Northumberland Fusiliers [possibly W.D.B. Thompson], c.1914


Photograph, from a newspaper, captioned Office Staff, Territorial Headquarters, showing a group of soldiers [possibly of the Northumberland Fusiliers], and a man in civilian dress, standing on the steps of a building, taken at Fenkle Street, Alnwick, Northumberland, c.1914


Newspaper cutting of an extract from a verse, c.1914


Postcard photograph of a soldier of the Northumberland Fusiliers [possibly W.D.B. Thompson], c.1914


Envelope, with an attached piece of material, addressed to Private W.D.B. Thompson, Grove House, Alnwick, Northumberland, 4 November 1914


Photograph of a soldier of the Northumberland Fusiliers [possibly W.D.B. Thompson], c.1914


Photograph of a soldier of the Northumberland Fusiliers [possibly W.D.B. Thompson], c.1914


Duplicate of D/DLI 7/701/2(9)


Copy of 'Raemaeker's Cartoons', c.1916


Letter to 'Dear Bill', from 'Percy', concerning rumours of an imminent posting, the inoculation of soldiers, and the issue of kit, 5 April 1915


Photograph, from a newspaper, of Captain J. Flint, 7th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, c.1914


Photograph, from a newspaper, of Captain J.R. Lambton, 7th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, c.1914


Newspaper cutting concerning a letter, written by Private H. Bell, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, giving an account of trench warfare in France, c.1915


Newspaper cutting announcing the promotion of Private James Herbert Cecil Swinney, 7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, to the rank of second-lieutenant, c.1915


Newspaper cutting announcing promotions within the Northumberland Fusiliers, c.1915


Pass issued to Lance-Corporal W.D.B. Thompson, 21st Provisional Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, 27 September 1915


Discharge Certificate of Lance-Corporal W.D.B. Thompson, 21st Provisional Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, issued 'in consequence of having obtained a Commission in the 9th Durham Light Infantry', 21 November 1915


Note from Holt and Company informing Second-Lieutenant W.D.B. Thompson that his account has been credited with an outfit allowance, 13 December 1915


Newspaper cutting concerning the payment of outfit allowances to Army officers, c.1915


Postcard photograph of the colour party of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, with Colours presented by His Majesty King Edward VII, taken at Windsor, Berkshire, 19 June 1910


Newspaper cutting concerning Regular and Territorial Army promotions, 29 November 1915


Cartoon sketch of Major Waddington, 3/9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1915


Photograph of an officer [possibly of The Durham Light Infantry] standing by a fence, c.1915


Letter to 'Dear Friend', from 'Bill' Scott, expressing pleasure 'that I read your name in the list of appointments of the D.L.I.', 29 November 1915


Photograph of an officer of The Durham Light Infantry, c.1915


Address card of Miss Gladys Gill, Heaton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, c.1915


Photograph of an officer of The Durham Light Infantry, signed 'With best wishes, Harry Potts, Second-Lieutenant, 9th D.L.I.', 28 April 1916


Letter to 'My Dear Bill', from 'Geoff', concerning news of family and friends, 10 January 1916


Illustrated postcard of a view of Christ's College Entrance Gate, Cambridge, n.d.


Certificate issued to Second-Lieutenant W.D.B. Thompson, 3/9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, by the School of Instruction, Cambridge University, on completion of instruction as prescribed by the War Office, 14 March 1916


Card of L.G. Tirrell, 3/6th Essex Regiment, c.1916


Newspaper cutting announcing the death in action of Second-Lieutenant Norman A. Swinney, Northumberland Fusiliers, 1916


Letter from Mr and Mrs James Swinney thanking 'all friends for their many expressions of sympathy [concerning] the death of their eldest son Norman', May 1916


Newspaper cutting announcing the death in action of Second-Lieutenant Norman A. Swinney, Northumberland Fusiliers, 1916


Newspaper cutting of a list of killed and wounded officers, 8 May 1916


Newspaper cutting concerning the death of Second-Lieutenant Norman A. Swinney, Northumberland Fusiliers, 1916


Photograph of a view of soldiers' graves [possibly taken in France], c.1916


Sketch map showing the location of Second-Lieutenant Norman A. Swinney's grave, c.1916


Newspaper cutting concerning the death in action of Second-Lieutenant Norman A. Swinney, Northumberland Fusiliers, 1916


Postcard photograph of an officer of The Durham Light Infantry, c.1916


Telegram addressed to Second-Lieutenant W.D.B. Thompson, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, ordering him to 'report to embarkation commandant Southampton', 12 June 1916


Photograph of an officer [possibly of The Durham Light Infantry] standing by a fence, c.1915


Postcard photograph of a German soldier, c.1914


Illustrated postcard of a young woman adjusting her stockings, c.1914


Postcard photograph of a view of Rouen, France, n.d.


Postcard photograph of a view of the remains of a forest, taken at Mont Kemmel, Belgium, c.1914 - 1918


Postcard photograph of a view of a ruined farm building, taken in France or Belgium, c.1915


Postcard photograph, captioned What is left of the labyrinth, showing a view of ruined woodland, taken at Kemmel, Belgium, c.1914 - 1918


French railway ticket, c.1914 - 1918


Postcard photograph of a view of buildings around a town square, taken in France or Belgium, n.d.


Photograph of French soldiers holding onto a barrage balloon, taken in France, c.1914- 1918


Photograph of a view of ruined buildings on the banks of the River Meusse, taken at Verdun, France, c.1916


Photograph of a biplane flying from a airfield, taken on the 'Italian Front', c.1914 - 1918


Telegram addressed to Mr W.L. Thompson, Eldon Place, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, informing him of the wounding of Lieutenant W.D.B. Thompson, 1916


Medical card of Lieutenant W.D.B. Thompson, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1916


Letter concerning the 'very slight' wound suffered by 'your son', from the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, July 1916


Information leaflet regarding visits of relatives to sick and wounded officers in France, c.1916


Map, from a newspaper, of the 'British Battle Line' in France and Belgium, c.1916


Signed photograph of Lieutenant-Colonel E.G. Crouch, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1916


Note to 'Dear Thompson' concerning a parade by '5' Platoon, and instructions for working parties, c.1916


Travel ticket, 24 June 1917


Pass issued to Second-Lieutenant W.D.B. Thompson, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 23 August 1916


Field Service postcard, c.1914 - 1918


Photograph of a soldier receiving treatment for shell splinters in his buttocks, taken in France or Belgium, c.1914 - 1918


Copy of a map of trench positions, sheet 57c, c.1914 - 1918


Map of the 'British Front Line from Courcelette to High Wood', France, 1916


Illustration of a memorial cross to officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 'who were killed during the great advance', October 1916


Photograph of a view of a ruined town, taken at Craonne, France, 1917


Postcard photograph of a group of soldiers and a woman, taken in a garden [possibly in France or Belgium], c.1914- 1918


Postcard group photograph, captioned Senior Officers' Course, taken at Flexicourt sur Somme, France, November 1916 Back row: Taylor, Cave, Leiper (?), Couper (?), Herepeth (?), O'Callaghan Front row: Bodley, Ogden (?), Field, James, Orn (?), Browning


Photograph of two officers relaxing in a field, c.1914 - 1918


Greetings card of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, December 1916


Postcard photograph of officer Mauchlin, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, on a horse, c.1917


Postcard group photograph of the officers of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1917 Back row: Mackenzie, Herring, Palmer, Bridge, Ridley, Jamieson, Wallace, Box, Marshall, Luke Front row: 'Doc', Mauchlin, James, Marshall, Bowdery, Lieutenant-Colonel Bradford, Gallard, Jolley, Robertson, Hall, Fisher On ground: Tesseyman, unidentified, Braithwaite, Gee, Plummer


Postcard group photograph of a company of The Durham Light Infantry, c.1914 - 1918 Includes: officers Braithwaite, Catcheside, Mauchlin, M[ ], Mackenzie and W.D.B. Thompson


Postcard photograph, captioned No 1 Company, P.S. Batt, R.F., showing recruits marching through Ashtead Park Gates, taken in Surrey, 1914


Newspaper cutting concerning fighting around the banks of the Scarpe River, France, 24 April 1917


Newspaper cutting concerning fighting near Arras, France, c.1917


Newspaper cutting concerning fighting around the banks of the Scarpe River, France, c.1917


Ten-Pfennig banknote, 1918


Postcard photograph of officers of The Durham Light Infantry, and other regiments, standing at a doorway, taken in France or Belgium, c.1914 - 1918


Postcard photograph of officer W.D.B. Thompson, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry standing in front of an artificial background [possibly taken in France or Belgium], c.1914 - 1918


Photograph of French soldiers preparing to bury the bodies of French and German soldiers, taken in France, November 1917


Postcard photograph of views of La Rue Saint-Gery, Arras, France, taken before and after the 1914 - 1918 War


Postcard photograph of views of Saint Jean Baptiste Church, Arras, France, taken before and after the 1914 - 1918 War, n.d.


Photograph of the bodies of two soldiers in a ditch, taken in France or Belgium, c.1914 - 1918


Postcard photograph of a mine crater, taken near Bellvue Cabaret, France or Belgium, c.1914 - 1918


Postcard photograph of a view of the ruins of the Ursulines Church, Arras, France, c.1914 - 1918


Photograph, captioned Maiden's prayer, showing soldiers [possibly Italian] launching a reconnaissance balloon, c.1915 - 1918


Photograph of two French soldiers searching the bodies of French and German soldiers at a cemetery, taken at Reims, France, July 1918


Photograph of three men [possibly mechanics and a pilot] standing beside a British biplane on a runway, taken in France or Belgium, c.1914 - 1918


Postcard photograph of a view of the ruins of La Grand' Place, Arras, France, taken after the 1914 - 1918 War, n.d.


Field Service postcard, c.1914 - 1918


Newspaper cutting concerning the death, from wounds, of Private William Reay, Northumberland Fusiliers, c.1916


Notice concerning the award of decorations to officers and non-commissioned officers, including the award of a Military Cross to Second-Lieutenant W.D.B. Thompson, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1916


Newspaper cutting announcing the award of a Military Cross to Second-Lieutenant W.D.B. Thompson, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1916


Newspaper cutting concerning a reception in honour of Lieutenant W.D.B. Thompson, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Second-Lieutenant R.K. Harper, Northumberland Fusiliers, and Sergeant-Major Halliday, Northumberland Hussars, at Morpeth Town Hall, Northumberland, c.1918


Photograph of a young woman, c.1917


Photograph of a young woman, signed by 'Dorothy', 16 April 1917


Programme of a concert organised by the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 27 May 1917


Newspaper cutting concerning military appointments, c.1916


Photograph of a horse standing in a courtyard, c.1914 - 1918


Caricature sketch [possibly of W.D.B. Thompson], c.1915- 1918


Field Message book of Lieutenant W.D.B. Thompson, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, utilised 'After the battle of Arras', 1917


Diet sheet of 'C' Company, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 11 July 1917


'Parade State' of '12' Platoon, 'C' Company, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 9 May 1917


Postcard photograph of officer W.J. Crooks, 8th Battalion, Border Regiment, c.1914 - 1918


Photograph of a naval officer, 'Spug' Swinney, standing in a garden [possibly in the United Kingdom], c.1914 - 1918


Signed postcard photograph of Lieutenant B.C. Donnan, 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade, 16 October 1917


Photograph of officer H. Temple, 5th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment, c.1914 - 1918


Photograph of an officer and a soldier standing outside a building, c.1914 - 1918


Postcard photograph of an officer of The Durham Light Infantry, seated, and an officer of an unidentified regiment, standing, c.1914 - 1918


Card of Mr S.T. Paxton, 3/9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1914 - 1918


Magazine, entitled 'Pelican Pie', 'The Official Organ of a West Riding Division', December 1917


Photograph of a group of soldiers sitting in a trench, taken in France or Belgium, c.1914 - 1918


Photograph of a group of officers standing in a garden, taken in France or Belgium, c.1914 - 1918


Photograph of a group of officers standing outside a building, taken in France or Belgium, c.1914 - 1918


Newspaper cutting announcing the award of a Military Cross to Captain Hubert Shield, Royal Army Medical Corps, 1st Northumbrian Field Ambulance, for 'work done on the Somme', c.1916


Photograph of a group of officers standing in a yard, taken in France or Belgium, c.1914 - 1918


Photograph of an officer standing in a garden, taken in France or Belgium, c.1914 - 1918


Photograph of two officers sitting in a garden, taken in France or Belgium, c.1914 - 1918


Programme of a concert 'given by 'Green Diamonds' and 62nd Division School' at Cambligneul, France, c.1915 - 1918


Newspaper cutting concerning the wedding of Captain Douglas Stewart, Royal Flying Corps, and Louisa Marjory Oliver, at St Mary's Parish Church, Morpeth, Northumberland, c.1917


Photograph of Captain C.A. Marshall, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1917


Photograph, from a newspaper, of Brigadier-General Roland B. Bradford, V.C., in civilian dress, c.1917


Leaflet issued as a memorial to Brigadier-General R.B. Bradford, V.C., 1917


Typewritten letter to Neville Cameron, from Walter Braithwaite, concerning the character and 'genius for War' of Brigadier-General R.B. Bradford, V.C., 11 January 1918


Newspaper cutting concerning the last message issued by Brigadier-General R.B. Bradford, V.C., before his death in action, 1917


Newspaper cutting concerning the death of Brigadier-General R.B. Bradford, V.C., 1917


Greetings card of the 19th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, c.1914 - 1918


Greetings card of the 19th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, 1917 - 1918


Postcard group photograph of officers of various regiments, including Second-Lieutenant W.D.B. Thompson, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, second right, front row, taken in France or Belgium, c.1916 Other named officers: Lieutenant Hunter, 5th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force; Captain Johnstone, 58th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force; Captain Denham, 29th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force; Captain Head, 30th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force; Second-Lieutenant Kirk Brown, 4th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment; Second-Lieutenant Read, 6th Queen's Regiment; Second Lieutenant Johnson, 5th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers


Photograph of two French soldiers surveying the wreckage of a German anti-aircraft gun, taken on the Chemin-des-Dames road, France, August 1917


Newspaper cutting concerning a statement made by French Prime Minister Clemenceau, c.1915 - 1918


Photograph, from a newspaper, of French Prime Minister Clemenceau, right, and the cure of Massevaux, left, leaving a church, taken in Alsace, France, c.1915 - 1918


Programme of a concert by the Green Diamond Concert Party, 27 January 1918


Photograph of a group of officers standing outside a dugout, taken in France or Belgium, c.1914 - 1918


Photograph of a group of officers standing outside a dugout, taken in France or Belgium, c.1914 - 1918


Photograph of a group of officers of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken in France or Belgium, June 1918 Back row: Gibson, Dodds, Johnson, Chisholm Front row: 'Doc', Meikle, Gibson, Robinson On ground: Burn, Tesseyman, Weightman


Photograph of Captain T.B. Jameson, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Vimy, France, March 1918


Extract from Routine Orders concerning the award of a Distinguished Service Order to Lieutenant W.D.B. Thompson, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, and the award of Military Crosses to Captain T.B. Jameson, Lieutenant J.G. Weightman, and Lieutenant H. Johnson of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 20 May 1918


Newspaper cutting concerning accounts of fighting on the Western Front, c.1917


Letter to 'My Dear Thompson', from Major T.B. Jameson, offering 'heartiest congratulations on your very well deserved honour', 21 May 1918


Field Service postcard, signed by 'Billy', 29 March 1918


Field Service postcard, signed by 'Billy', 28 March 1918


Field Service postcard, signed by 'Billy', 30 March 1918


Field Service postcard, signed by 'Billy', 31 July 1918


Photograph of officer W.G. Wylie, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, March 1918


Photograph of an officer, 'Geoff', standing beside crates of beer, taken in France or Belgium, c.1914 - 1918


Newspaper cutting announcing the award of a Distinguished Service Order to Lieutenant W.D.B. Thompson, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1918


'Combined Leave and Railway Ticket', issued August 1918


Photograph of a soldier standing in a studio, c.1914 - 1918


Field Service postcard, signed by 'Billy', 25 July 1918


Field Service postcard, signed by 'Billy', 24 July 1918


General Order, in French, issued 9 August 1918


Photograph of a view of French soldiers in a ruined town, taken on the Chemin-des-Dames, France, August1917


Photograph of a view of a ruined bridge over the River Aisne, taken in France, November 1917


Photograph of a view of a ruined cathedral, taken at Reims, France, c.1914 - 1918


Photograph of a group of Italian soldiers standing beside a machine gun [possibly taken in Austria], c.1915 - 1918


Photograph of a convoy of Italian soldiers travelling along a road [possibly taken in Austria], c.1915 - 1918


Photograph of Italian soldiers constructing defences [possibly taken in Austria], c.1915 - 1918


Photograph of Italian soldiers resting in a camp [possibly taken in Austria], c.1915 - 1918


Photograph of Italian soldiers constructing defences [possibly taken in Austria], c.1915 - 1918


Photograph of Italian soldiers constructing defences [possibly taken in Austria], c.1915 - 1918


Photograph of Italian soldiers constructing defences [possibly taken in Austria], c.1915 - 1918


Photograph of a view of ruined buildings in a town, taken in France or Belgium, c.1914 - 1918


Photograph of Italian soldiers at a parade, c.1915 - 1918


Postcard photograph of a German man, in civilian dress, standing beside a chair, c.1914


Postcard photograph of a German soldier standing outside a garden, 1914 - 1915


Postcard photograph of a view of the Portal of Saint Anne, Notre Dame Cathedral, taken at Paris, France, n.d.


Postcard photograph of a panoramic view of Paris, France, n.d.


Map of Havrincourt and environs, France, 9 September 1918


Field Message book covering the 'attack in Havrincourt', France, September 1918


Special Order of the Day, issued by Major-General Sir R.D. Whigham, Commanding 62nd (West Riding) Division, September 1918


Field Service postcard signed by 'Billy', 14 September 1918


Newspaper cutting announcing a forthcoming marriage between Captain Hubert Shield, Royal Army Medical Corps, Northumberland Field Ambulance, and Mademoiselle Leontine Maesen, c.1918


Photograph of an officer sitting beside a woman on a garden seat [possibly taken in France], c.1918


Newspaper cutting, headlined 'Northern Soldiers Mentioned in Despatches', c.1914 - 1918


Newspaper cutting of a list of British officers awarded the Croix de Guerre, c.1914 - 1918


Newspaper cutting concerning a presentation, at the Playhouse, Morpeth, Northumberland, in honour of Captain W.D.B. Thompson, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Regimental Sergeant-Major J. Donnelly, Highland Light Infantry, and Private James McLevy, Royal Fusiliers, c.1918


Cutting of the cast list of a production of Yes, Uncle, n.d.


Inventory of military equipment [possibly issued to Captain W.D.B. Thompson, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry], c.1918


Field message, signed by Lieutenant J.R. Armstrong, 'A' Company, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, certifying 'that 'B' Company was handed over properly by Captain W.D.B. Thompson', 8 October 1918


Postal order [or cheque] to Holt and Company, signed by Captain W.D.B. Thompson, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 10 October 1918


Letter to Captain W.D.B. Thompson, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, from Captain R. Mathews, Staff Captain for Military Secretary, ordering the recipient to join the 5th (Reserve) Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 30 October 1918


Field Message book concerning activities around the Marne, France, July 1918


Greetings card of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1918


Greetings card of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1918


Newspaper cutting concerning a presentation, at the Playhouse, Morpeth, Northumberland, in honour of Captain W.D.B. Thompson, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Regimental Sergeant-Major J. Donnelly, Highland Light Infantry, and Private James McLevy, Royal Fusiliers, from the Morpeth Chronicle, 8 November 1918


Letter to 'Dear Thompson', from E.G. Crouch, concerning celebrations at the end of the war, 18 November 1918


Letter from Private J. Donkin [possibly to W.D.B. Thompson] offering thanks for a previous letter, news of his recuperation in hospital, and the best of luck for the future, 17 May 1919


Newspaper cutting concerning celebrations at the Newcastle Exchange following the end of the war, November 1918


Commendation of the gallantry of Second-Lieutenant Lloyd, Lancashire Fusiliers, signed by Captain W.D.B. Thompson, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1918


Commendation of the gallantry of Private C. Nobes, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, signed by Captain W.D.B. Thompson, c.1918


Note to the Adjutant, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, from Captain W.D.B. Thompson, enclosing recommendations for awards, 29 July 1918


Photograph of an officer of The Durham Light Infantry [possibly Captain W.D.B. Thompson, 5th (Reserve) Battalion] standing outside a hut, taken at Hull, November-December 1918


Photograph of a man standing on a tennis court [possibly taken in the United Kingdom], 1919


Illustrated postcard of a view of the Via Appia, Rome, Italy, postmarked 31 July [possibly 1919]


Postcard photograph of a view of the Temple of Athena Nike, Athens, Greece, c.1919


Postcard photograph of a group of German soldiers [possibly prisoners-of-war] standing around a doorway, c.1918


Card of Captain Frederick Shelford, Royal Marines, n.d.


Photograph, captioned 210 Commercial Road, Portsmouth, [Hampshire] showing an unidentified soldier, n.d.


Newspaper cutting concerning a visit to the Newcastle Exchange by Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, c.1918


Telegram addressed to Captain W.D.B. Thompson, 5th (Reserve) Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, from the Lord Chamberlain's Office, requesting his attendance at an investiture at Buckingham Palace, London, 11 February 1919


Telegram to the Lord Chamberlain's Office, from Captain W.D.B. Thompson, 5th (Reserve) Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, offering regrets for being unable to attend an investiture at Buckingham Palace, London, February 1919


Protection Certificate of Captain W.D.B. Thompson, 5th (Reserve) Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, issued 12 April 1919


Disembodiment notice of Captain W.D.B. Thompson, 5 May 1919


Newspaper cutting announcing that Lieutenant (acting Captain) C.A. Marshall, and Lieutenant (acting Captain) W.D.B. Thompson, of The Durham Light Infantry, have relinquished their rank of acting captain, 1919


Newspaper cutting announcing the award of the Croix de Chevalier to Captain (Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) E. Crouch, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, attached The Durham Light Infantry, and the award of the Medaille Militaire to Private C.S. Reid, late of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1919


Newspaper cutting of a list of honours won by the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 'in the present war', c.1918


Card for the Saint Mark's Races at Morpeth, Northumberland, 24 April 1919


Invitation, issued by the Lord Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to a dinner at the County Hotel, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 28 April 1919


Signed menu card of a dinner held at the County Hotel, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 28 April 1919


Postal order [or cheque] to Holt and Company, signed by Captain W.D.B. Thompson, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 10 June 1919


Letter to 'My Dear Thompson', from E.G. Crouch, concerning news of the 'old Battalion', 19 April 1919


Letter from the Foreign Decorations Section, War Office, London, enclosing the Croix de Guerre awarded to Captain W.D.B. Thompson, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 24 May 1919


Toasts and Programme for a re-union dinner of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at the Town Hall, Gateshead, 18 July 1919


Telegram to Captain W.D.B. Thompson requesting his attendance at Buckingham Palace, London, December 1919


Ticket to an investiture, by His Majesty King George V, at Buckingham Palace, London, 17 December 1919


Photograph of an officer of The Durham Light Infantry [possibly W.D.B. Thompson], right, and a man in civilian dress, left, standing in a street, c.1915 - 1919


Photograph, from a newspaper, of Colonel Henderson, The Durham Light Infantry, signing a menu at a re-union dinner of the regiment, taken in London, dated 21 January 1921


Newspaper cutting of a letter, by George Gill, Honorary Secretary, Gateshead War Honours Recognition Committee, concerning the record of service of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 14 November 1919


Photograph, from a newspaper, of the Mayor of Gateshead handing a flag to an officer of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken during a colours ceremony at Saltwell Park, Gateshead, c.1918


Photograph, from a newspaper, of the colour party of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, on parade with soldiers of the Battalion, taken at Saltwell Park, Gateshead, c.1918


Newspaper cutting concerning a colours ceremony of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at St Mary's Parish Church, Gateshead, c.1918


Newspaper cutting concerning a colours ceremony of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Saltwell Park, Gateshead, c.1918


Note, written on a card, to 'Dorothy', reading 'This is to present the Bearer, Captain W.D.B. Thompson', n.d.


Newspaper cutting announcing the engagement of Captain John Lambton, late of the Northumberland Fusiliers, and Diana Farquhar, c.1919


Newspaper cutting announcing that Major-General Sir P.S. Wilkinson 'will officiate at a presentation of military honours' at Gateshead Town Hall, c.1919


Newspaper cutting of a recruitment notice of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1919


Newspaper cutting concerning the extension of the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Henderson, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1920


Farewell Order, issued by Colonel H.R. Cumming, 22 November 1920


Field Service correspondence book containing recommendations for awards to officers and soldiers of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, including Private Thomas Young, c.1918


The Pow-Wow, 19 February 1915


Postcard photograph of two German machine gun crews, c.1914 - 1918


Ration book of Captain W.D.B. Thompson, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1918


Newspaper cutting concerning the will of Thomas William Thompson, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1920


Newspaper cutting concerning the will of Thomas William Thompson, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1920


Newspaper cutting concerning estates purchased by Councillor Munro Sutherland, Lord Mayor of Newcastle, c.1920


Newspaper cutting concerning a sale of property, conducted by T.B. Waters, at the Borough Hall, Morpeth, Northumberland, c.1920


Newspaper cutting announcing the marriage of William Stewart and Louisa Marjory Oliver, c.1920


Newspaper cutting concerning the death of Alexander Crossman, c.1920
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Newspaper cutting concerning the award of the Military Cross to Second Lieutenant W.D.B. Thompson, n.d., [1915 - 1918]
(1 paper)


Newspaper cutting concerning the award of the Distinguished Service Order to Lieutenant W.D.B. Thompson, n.d., [1915 - 1918]
(1 paper)


The Statutes of the Distinguished Service Order, 1 April 1918
(1 booklet)


Copy of the Fifth French Army General Order awarding L'Ordre de L'Armée to Captain W.D.B. Thompson, 9 August - 9 September 1918
(4 papers)


Note from Major Saunders that certain officers may now wear the Croix de Guerre avec Palme, 2 October 1918
(1 paper)


Christmas card of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, sent by Regimental Sergeant-Major W. Johnstone, in the field, to Captain Thompson, D.S.O., M.C., congratulating the latter on his mention in despatches, 2 January 1919
(1 card, colour printed)


Letter from the War Office, Whitehall, London, to Lieutenant W.D.B. Thompson, accompanying the royal warrant appointing him a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, 15 March 1919
(1 paper)


Commission of W.D.B. Thompson as a second lieutenant in the Home Guard, 25 April 1952
(1 paper)


Appointment of Colonel W.D.B. Thompson, The Grange, Bridlington, Yorkshire, as Deputy Lieutenant for the East Riding of the County of York and for the City and County of Kingston-upon-Hull, 16 October 1952
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


Programme of the bicentenary parade to commemorate the raising of the Durham Light Infantry, held at Brancepeth Castle, 17 May 1958
(1 card)


Map of France, sheet 36B including St. Pol and Bethune, January 1918 Scale: 1:40,000
(1 plan, 88cm. x 63cm., colour, linen backed)


Trench map of France, sheet 62C, N.W.3: Vaux, edition 2B, 8 April 1916 Scale: 1:10,000
(1 plan, 93cm. x 68cm., colour, linen backed)


Map of France, sheet 21 N.W.: Montdidier N.W., 1938 Scale: 1:50,000
(1 plan, 84cm. x 58cm., black and white and red, linen backed)


Map of France, sheet 3a and 8: Cherbourg and Caen, 1943 Scale: 1:250,000
(1 plan, 78cm. x 91cm., colour)

5746 Private Robert P. THOMPSON (Ref: Thompson D/DLI 7/974/1-39)

The Durham Light Infantry
Residence Hartlepool; served in 11 Platoon, 63rd (Northumbrian) Division Cyclist Company, 1915 - n.d., and in The Durham Light Infantry; gassed n.d. [1917 - 1918]. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.


Pass for 143 Private R. Thompson, 11 Platoon, 63rd (Northumbrian) Divisional Cyclist Company, stationed at East Walker Schools, Newcastle upon Tyne, to be absent from his quarters from 9 November 1915 to [ ] November 1915, for the purpose of proceeding to Sunderland or West Hartlepool on special leave, 9 November 1915
(1 paper)


Letter from Rtn. R. Thompson, 307241 A.P.O. S60, 'K' Company, Convalescent Depot, British Expeditionary Force, France, to his wife, concerning his move to convalescent camp after being gassed, 'I have been shifted from one hospital to another, I have been all over the globe since I got the gas', France, n.d. [1914 - 1918]
(1 paper)


Postcard photograph of the gardens at the Casino, Fleurie, France, sent from Private Robert Thompson to his daughter, Miss F.M. Thompson, 2 Blandford Street, Hartlepool, postmark 5 September 1917
(1 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of the Pantheon, Napoleon's Tomb, Paris, France, sent from Private Robert Thompson while he was 'in Paris for the test', n.d. [c.1917]
(1 card, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of the Palace of Justice and the Conciergerie, Paris, France, from 'Bob' [Thompson] to his wife Mary, n.d. [c.1917]
(1 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of Sacre Coeur, Montmartre, Paris, from 'Bob' [Thompson], n.d. [c.1917]
(1 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of the Place de la Republique, Paris, France, from Robert Thompson to his wife, n.d. [c.1917]
(1 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of Le Petit Palais, Paris, France, from 'Bob' [Thompson] to his wife, Mary, n.d. [c.1917]
(1 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of a steam train arriving in the railway station, Conches, France, from 'Bob' [Thompson] to his wife, Mary, n.d. [c.1917]
(1 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of the Boys' School, Conches, France, from Robert Thompson, n.d. [c.1917]
(1 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of a civilian cyclist and huntsman in the woods at Conches, France, from 'Bob' [Thompson] to his wife, Mary, n.d. [c.1917]
(1 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Postcard depicting a French soldier dreaming of his sweetheart at home, Paris, France, sent from 'Bob' [Thompson] to his wife, Mary, n.d. [c.1917]
(1 card, 9 cm. x 14 cm., colour)


Postcard depicting a French soldier dreaming of his sweetheart at home, Paris, France, sent from 'Bob' [Thompson] to his wife, Mary, n.d. [c.1917]
(1 card, 9 cm. x 14 cm., colour)


Embroidered silk birthday card from 'Bob' Thompson to his wife, Mary, n.d. [c.1917]
(1 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., colour)


Embroidered silk postcard containing a Royal Army Medical Corps design, and birthday greetings from 'Bob' [Thompson] to his wife, Mrs. R. Thompson, 2 Blandford Street, Hartlepool, n.d. [c.1917]
(1 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., colour)


Greetings card containing a verse and a letter from Robert Thompson to his wife, Mary, concerning home news and a proposal to take in lodgers (front), n.d. [c.1917]


Greetings card containing a verse and a letter from Robert Thompson to his wife, Mary, concerning home news and a proposal to take in lodgers (inside), n.d. [c.1917]


Embroidered silk postcard, bearing the motto 'Souvenir of the Great War', from Robert Thompson to his son, R. Thompson, 2 Blandford Street, Hartlepool, n.d. [c.1917]
(1 card, 14 cm., x 9 cm., colour)


Embroidered silk postcard bearing the motto 'To my dear children', from Robert Thompson to his children, Bobby, Joe and Dolly, n.d. [c.1917]
(1 card, 9 cm. x 14 cm., colour)


Birthday card, from Robert Thompson, n.d. [early 20th c.]
(1 card, embossed, colour)


Embroidered silk greetings card 'to my dear daughter', n.d. [1914 - 1918]
(1 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., colour)


Embroidered silk postcard bearing the motto 'To my dear Father', from Bobby and Joe Thompson to their father, Robert Thompson, sending Christmas greetings, December, n.y. [c.1917]
(1 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., colour)


Christmas card 'To my boy, now serving his King and Country', sent to R. Thompson, 7 Montague Street, Hartlepool, n.d. [1914 - 1918]
(1 card, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white, printed)


Birthday card from Stanley to Uncle Bob, n.d. [early 20th c.]
(1 card, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white, printed)


Invitation for R.P. Thompson and Miss M. Hooton to attend the wedding of J.W. Thompson to Eva Whitton in St. Columba's church, Sunderland, on 11 January 1906, 1906
(1 card, printed)


Christmas card, from M.H. to R.T. [Mary Hooton to Robert Thompson] n.d. [c. 1906]
(1 card, embossed, colour)


Christmas card, from Mary [to Robert Thompson], n.d. [early 20th c.]
(1 card, colour, printed)


Christmas card, from Mary and Bob, n.d. [early 20th c.]
(1 card, embossed, colour)


Postcard photograph of Roman Catholic priests on a balcony, entitled 'The Children's Procession, watched from the Archbishop's House', from Mrs. Mary Thompson, Hartlepool, to her sister, Mrs. R. Thompson, 14 Eglington, Sunderland, postmark 26 October 1908
(1 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Embroidered silk postcard from Mark Hill, Belgium, to his sister, Miss Hill, Hartlepool, December n.y. [1914 - 1918]
(1 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., colour)


Christmas greetings card, n.d. [early 20th c.]
(1 card, embossed, colour)


Greetings card containing applied floral decoration, France, n.d. [1914 - 1918]
(1 card, colour, and 1 envelope)


Photograph of three soldiers, including Private Robert Thompson, left, n.d. [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)


Photograph of four cooks and a sergeant of The Army Cyclists Corps, taken during training, probably at York, n.d. [c.1915] Possibly includes Private Robert Thompson, second left
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of a brick field oven stacked with firewood at an Army training camp; taken by Avison and Company, York, n.d. [c.1915]
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of a double chamber brick field oven at an Army training camp; taken by Avison and Company, York, n.d. [c.1915]
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of a brick field oven with sealed opening at an Army training camp, taken by Avison and Company, York, n.d. [c.1915]
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of trays of meat after cooking in a brick field oven at an Army training camp, taken by Avison and Company, York, n.d. [c.1915]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)


Photograph of a field kitchen brick range for cooking pots at an Army training camp, taken by Avison and Company, York, n.d. [c. 1915]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)


Photograph of a field kitchen range and brick ovens at an Army training camp, taken by Avison and Company, York, n.d. [c.1915]
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)

Private Richard THOMSON (Ref: Thomson D/DLI 7/702/1)

The Durham Light Infantry
Medals in DLI Medal Collection.


Photograph of Private Richard Thomson, n.d. [1939 - 1945]
(1 photograph, 6cm. x 8cm., black and white)

20147 Private W. THORNTON (Ref: Thornton D/DLI 7/975/1)

7th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Served in 'C' Company, 12th Platoon; killed in action 26 March 1918


Front cover from the family bible recording Private Thornton's death, n.d. [c.1918]
(1 card)

79826 Lance-Corporal George THORPE (Ref: Thorpe D/DLI 7/703/1-26(2))

2/6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Enlisted, 29 January 1917; promoted to Lance-Corporal, 15 September 1918; discharged, 12 March 1919


Enlistment notice, 29 January 1917
(1 paper)


Medical classification certificate of G. Thorpe, 30 January 1917
(1 card)


Attestation card of G. Thorpe, 31 January and 9 May 1917
(2 cards)


National Health insurance leaflet, December 1918
(1 paper)


Certificate that Lance-Corporal G. Thorpe 'is free from vermin and infection' and that 'his clothing and boots are in a serviceable and clean condition', 7 February 1919
(2 papers)


Protection certificate and certificate of identity of Lance-Corporal G. Thorpe, 13 February 1919
(1 paper)


National Health insurance card of G. Thorpe, 14 February 1919
(1 card)


Demobilization account of Lance-Corporal G. Thorpe, 7 March 1919
(1 paper)


Certificate of transfer to reserve, on demobilization, of G. Thorpe, 13 March 1919
(1 card)


Letter from the Regimental Paymaster, York, to Lance-Corporal G. Thorpe, enclosing a further payment due on demobilization, 10 April 1919
(1 paper)


Certificate of employment during the war of Lance-Corporal G. Thorpe, 1919
(1 paper)


Out-of-work donation policy of Lance-Corporal G. Thorpe, 1919
(1 booklet)


Unit register card of Lance-Corporal G. Thorpe, [1919]
(1 card)


'Scoring Book for General Course of Musketry and Judging Distance', 1918
(1 booklet)


Notebook of Private G. Thorpe concerning Lewis gun training, 1918
(1 volume, paper bound)


French exercise book of Lance-Corporal G. Thorpe, [1919]
(1 volume, paper bound)


Accounts by George Thorpe of life on the Western Front during the First World War, n.d., [1959 - 1993]
(61 papers)


Printed anecdotes by G. Thorpe concerning the relief of Lille, [France], 18 October 1918; manoeuvres in Flanders in 1918; and character sketches of the Padre, Sergeant Jack Griffiths, and Lieutenant Osbourne, 1968
(32 papers)


Cartoon of 'a D.L.I. [infantryman] "ganging y'ame" ' after demobilization, c. 1919
(2 papers)


Postcard photograph of young French miners, sent by George Thorpe to Mrs. Thorpe, 'Woodville', Dunton Bassett, near Lutterworth, Leicestershire, 23 January 1919
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Cartoon concerning the demobilization of the 59th Division, n.d., [1919]
(1 paper)


Two ten-centime banknotes, 1917
(2 papers)


Blank field service postcard, n.d., [1917 - 1919]
(1 card)


Photograph of [Private or Lance-Corporal] George Thorpe, n.d., [1917 - 1919]
(1 photograph, 19cm. x 28cm., sepia, card mounted)


Note by George Thorpe describing his recollection of the armistice of 1918, n.d., [1990s]
(1 paper)


Newspaper cuttings from the Leicester Mercury, containing a photograph of George Thorpe and a report of his reminiscences of the First World War, 6 November 1991:


Photograph of George Thorpe, from the Leicester Mercury, 6 November 1991


Photograph of soldiers in a trench, taken on the Western Front, 1914 - 1918, from the Leicester Mercury, 6 November 1991
(2 papers, printed)

79785 Private R.H. TILLEY (Ref: Tilley D/DLI 7/704/1-2)

The Durham Light Infantry
Served in First World War; prisoner of war.


Programme for Jingle Jankers, a Christmas Revue given by The Durham Light Infantry at St. Margaret's Hall, Dalton-in-Furness, Cumberland, 27 - 30 December [1942]
(1 paper)


Envelope belonging to Private R.H. Tilley, originally containing a message from the King, n.d. [1914 - 1918]
(1 paper)

5555 Band Sergeant Philip TILSON (Ref: Tilson D/DLI 7/705/1-8)

1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born London, 1880; 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1895 - 1918; 1/25th Battalion, London Regiment 1918 - n.d; retired, November 1919; died, 1947. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.


Soldier's small book of Sergeant P. Tilson, 1903 - 1919
(1 booklet)


Soldier's pay book of Band Sergeant P. Tilson, 10 December 1915 - 21 May 1919
(1 booklet)


Copies of army references for Sergeant P. Tilson, 9 August 1895 - November 1919
(1 paper)


Reference by Bandmaster S.F. Fricker, 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, for Bandmaster P. [Tilson], 20 October 1919
(1 paper)


Photograph of Bandmaster Philip Tilson, [1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry], Nasirabad, [Rajastan], India, n.d. [1909]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 20cm., black and white)


Photograph of the boys' football team of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, including Sergeant P. Tilson, top right, n.d., [1895 - 1919]
(1 photograph, 20cm. x 15cm., black and white, mounted)


Photograph of the band, probably of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, including Sergeant P. Tilson, far right, n.d., [1911 - 1919]
(1 photograph, 29cm. x 21cm., black and white)


Photograph of the band, probably of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d., [1895 - 1919]
(1 photograph, 28cm. x 21cm., black and white)