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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: To to Tr

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18/615 Lance-Corporal Charles Ernest TODD (Ref: Todd D/DLI 7/706/1)

18th Battalion, 14th Battalion and 22nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Browney; residence Browney; enlisted Durham, 9 September 1914; 18th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Somme, France, 1916; 14th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Cambrai, France, 1917; 22nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, killed in action, 26 April 1918


Diary of the war written by the mother of Lance-Corporal C.E. Todd, 1914 - 1919
(33 papers)

26574 Private Elkanah William TOFT (Ref: Toft D/DLI 7/976/1-5)

15th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Born Barnsley, Yorkshire; occupation miner; enlisted Sunderland 7 September 1914, aged 28 years 8 months; discharged as unfit for war service 29 December 1917


Letter from No. 1 Section, Infantry Record Office, York, to Mrs. A.C. Toft, concerning a report that Private E.W. Toft, 15th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, was admitted, to the Lord Derby War Hospital, Warrington, Cheshire, on 2 October 1915, suffering from gas poisoning, 11 October 1915
(1 paper)


Character certificate of Private Elkanah William Toft, The Durham Light Infantry, York, 11 December 1917
(1 paper)


Certificate of discharge of Private Elkanah William Toft, The Durham Light Infantry, as no longer physically fit for war service, York, 29 December 1917
(1 paper)


Copy photograph of 'Sergeant Anson and twelve Murton lads, 15th D.L.I.', taken at a training camp, n.d. [1914 - 1915 Includes: front row, second from right, Private E.W. Toft, and right, Private J. Carmichael
(1 photograph, 18 cm. x 13 cm., black and white)


Photograph of three soldiers at a training camp, including, centre, Private J. Carmichael, and right, Private E.W. Toft, both of the 15th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [1914 - 1915]
(1 paper, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)

4034267 Private Leslie Charles Edward TOWNSEND (Ref: Townsend D/DLI 7/707/1)

The Durham Light Infantry
Born Shropshire; residence Shropshire; King's Shropshire Light Infantry, 1 September 1939; died on active service with The Durham Light Infantry, Middle East, 28 June - 5 July 1942, aged 24


Photograph of the grave of Private L.C.E. Townsend, who died in 1942, in Tobruk War Cemetery, Libya, 1959
(1 photograph, 8cm. x 12cm., black and white)

276034 Private John TROTTER (Ref: Trotter D/DLI 7/708/1-10)

1/7th and 2/7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
No. 3754 2/7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, later no. 276034 1/7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry; enlisted, 25 May 1915; discharged, 16 February 1918


Soldier's small book of Private J. Trotter, 1916
(1 booklet)


Clinical charts of J. Trotter, 23 June - 29 July 1917
(2 papers)


Printed letter from the Secretary of the Territorial Force Association, the Drill Hall, Durham, to Mrs. Hannah E. Trotter, 10 Nelsons Bank, South Shields, concerning her army allowance, 31 January 1918
(1 paper)


Discharge certificate of Private J. Trotter, 16 February 1918
(1 paper)


Memorandum to Private John Trotter concerning his pension, n.d., [1918]
(1 paper)


Printed note that John Trotter has been awarded the War Badge, 3 May 1918
(1 paper)


Printed letter from the Ministry of Pensions, Burton Court, King's Road, London, to Mr. J. Trotter concerning his pension, 16 December 1919
(1 paper)


Printed letter from the Surgeon-in-Charge, Limbless Centre, Ministry of Pensions Hospital, Castle Leazes, Newcastle upon Tyne, to Mr. J. Trotter, 10 Nelson Bank, South Shields, instructing him to report to the hospital concerning his artificial leg, 27 July 1921
(1 paper)


Photograph of Private J. Trotter, n.d., [1915 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 17cm. x 30cm., black and white)


Photograph of J. Trotter and other wounded men outside South Shields Town Hall, n.d., [1918 - 1921]
(1 photograph, 13cm. x 9cm., black and white)

Sergeant John William TROTTER, D.C.M. (Ref: Trotter D/DLI 7/709/1)

10th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Darlington, 1882; served with 1st Battalion during the Boer War; awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal in 1918 for 'conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty on many occasions. His coolness and courage under fire, and in trying circumstances, were most marked, and he has consistently done excellent work'; during the Second World War he was an Ambulance Officer in Bishop Auckland; died 1955. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.


Copy of commemorative award given by the citizens of Bishop Auckland to Sergeant J.W. Trotter, 10th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, to celebrate the award of the Distinguished Conduct Medal in recognition of honours gained in the First World War, n.d., [c. 1918]
(1 card, 41cm. x 53.5cm. colour)

2762, later 4018, later 252689 Corporal Michael Richardson TROTTER (Ref: Trotter D/DLI 7/710/1-6)

3rd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
No. 2762, 3rd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 29 April 1892 - 29 April 1902, [3 April 1918 -n.d.]


Discharge certificate of Private M.R. Trotter, 29 April 1902
(1 card)


Change of address postcard for 4018 Lance-Corporal M.R. Trotter on being transferred to the Reserve, 23 August 1916
(1 card)


Notice for reservists to join the Army for permanent service, sent to 252689 Corporal M.R. Trotter, 30 March 1918
(1 paper)


Photograph of Private M.R. Trotter, n.d., [1899]
(1 photograph, 11cm. x 17cm., black and white, card bound)


Photograph of Private M.R. Trotter, n.d., [1902]
(1 photograph, 10cm. x 15cm. black and white, card mounted)


Photograph of Lance-Corporal M.R. Trotter, n.d., [1918]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 14cm., black and white)

4459330 Corporal William Preston W. TROTTER (Ref: Trotter D/DLI 7/711/1)

11th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry


Photograph of the boxing team of the 11th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Iceland, 1941
(1 photograph, 16cm. x 11cm., black and white)