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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: Tu

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Second Lieutenant Francis Ralph TUBBS (Ref: Tubbs D/DLI 7/712/1-2)

The Durham Light Infantry


Commission of Francis Ralph Tubbs, from 26 August 1939, as Second Lieutenant in the Regular Army Reserve of Officers, The Durham Light Infantry, 15 August 1939
(1 paper)


Map prepared for the invasion of the Shetland Islands, Scotland, based on the Ordnance Survey plan printed on the back of a German map of Belgium, n.d. [1939 - 1945] The map was found in Brussels,Belgium, and had been made up into a bag in which grapes were to be sold No scale
(1 plan)

264/300017 Second Lieutenant George William TUCKER, D.C.M. (Ref: Tucker D/DLI 7/713/1-5)

8th Battalion (T.A.), 3rd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal, 1916; commissioned to 3rd Battalion, May 1918 as a Temporary Second Lieutenant; gained the Italian Medal for Valour. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.


Commission of G.W. Tucker as temporary second lieutenant in the Infantry, 15 May 1918
(1 paper)


Commission of G.W. Tucker as second lieutenant in the Regular Army Reserve of Officers, The Durham Light Infantry, 9 August 1922
(1 paper)


Envelope addressed to G.W. Tucker, The Bungalows, Thinford Road, Coxhoe, 3 September 1923
(1 paper)


Photograph of Private G.W. Tucker, n.d. [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 14cm., black and white)


Army form E.511 discharge certificate from the Territorial Force for Company Sergeant Major George William Tucker, 8th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, discharged on receipt of a commission to the 3rd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, 5 July 1918
(1 paper)

4455602 Private Henry George TUCKER (Ref: Tucker D/DLI 7/714/1-12)

6th Battalion and 10th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Enlisted, 7 May 1938; captured Boulogne, France, 5 May 1940; prisoner of war; discharged, 14 March 1946; died six weeks after repatriation.


Soldier's service and pay book of Private H.G. Tucker, 7 May 1939
(1 booklet)


Soldier's pay book of Private H.G. Tucker, January - May 1940
(1 booklet)


Soldier's release book of Private H.G. Tucker, 14 March 1946
(1 booklet)


Postcard from the International Red Cross to Mrs. Tucker informing her that her son Private Henry Tucker is a prisoner at Stalag XXA, [Germany], 18 June 1940
(1 card)


Army form B104 informing the parents of Private Henry Tucker that he is a prisoner of war in Stalag XXA, Germany, 4 December 1940
(1 paper)


Printed letter from an unidentified writer to an unidentified recipient informing the latter that Private H.G. Tucker has been taken prisoner of war, 23 October 1941
(1 paper)


Postcard from Private Henry Tucker, Stalag XXB, Germany, to his father, The Bungalow, Thinford Road, Coxhoe, 31 July 1944
(1 card)


Newspaper cutting listing the names of casualties in regiments from the North East, including that of Private H.G. Tucker, 14 October 1940
(1 paper)


The Prisoner of War: the official journal of the Prisoners of War Department of the Red Cross and St. John War Organisation, London, vol. 2 no. 14, June 1943
(1 booklet, printed)


The Prisoner of War: the official journal of the Prisoners of War Department of the Red Cross and St. John War Organisation, vol. 3, no. 33, January 1945
(1 booklet, printed)


Military personnel railway ticket, July 1945
(1 paper)


Tobacco coupons, 28 June 1945
(1 paper)

Sergeant Instructor Herbert J. TUFFS (Ref: Tuffs D/DLI 7/715/1-5)

The Durham Light Infantry


Postcard of a group photograph of the sergeants of 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, sent by 'Fred' [Aldershot], Hampshire, to Sergeant Instructor Herbert Tuffs, The Armoury, Nelson Street, King's Lynn, Norfolk, with a humorous greeting, n.d., [5 December 1904?]
(1 postcard, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Postcard of a group photograph of soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry outside their battalion headquarters, sent by 'Fred', [place name illegible], to Herbert J. Tuffs, Britannia Villa, Queen's Avenue, King's Lynn, commenting on the photograph, 8 July 192[3]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Postcard of a group photograph of D.L.I. soldiers [on camp], from 'Fred', Hipswell, Yorkshire, to Herbert J. Tuffs, Britannia Villa, Queen's Avenue, King's Lynn, Norfolk, with the message "we have had a very good camp this year", 28 July 1923
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Postcard of a group photograph of officers of the D.L.I. taken at camp, sent by 'Fred', Sunderland, to 'Bert' Thomas, 29 Belmont Road, Beckenham, Kent, commenting on the photograph, 21 August 1920
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Photograph of the 'D' Company memorial plaque unveiled by Colonel F. Walton, 5 November 1958
(1 photograph, 20cm. x 15cm., black and white, card mounted)

14792792 Private Josef TUMILTY (Ref: Tumilty D/DLI 7/977/1-2)

The Durham Light Infantry
Born Durham City 7 March 1927; at No. 4 Infantry Training Centre (D.L.I.), Brancepeth c.1943; died 15 February 1992


Pass for 14792792 Private J. Tumilty, No. 4 Infantry Training Centre (D.L.I.), Brancepeth, to proceed to the nearest medical unit, issued by the Captain of 'H' Company, n.d. [ c.1943]
(1 paper)


The Story of The Durham Light Infantry by Lieutenant E.W. Short, April 1943 Endorsed: 'Josef Tumilty'
(1 booklet, printed)

21790 Lance-Corporal Christopher TURLEY, M.M. (Ref: Turley D/DLI 7/978/1-32)

20th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Born Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, 1895; served with 20th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry in the First World War; awarded the Military Medal for the attack at Menin, Belgium, on 14 - 15 October 1918; served in the Home Guard during the Second World War; died January 1978. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.


Notice from Major-General Sydney Lawford, commanding 41st Division, to 21790 Lance-Corporal C. Turley, The Durham Light Infantry, in appreciation of his gallantry during the operations near Menin on 14 and 15 October 1918, n.d. [1918]
(1 card)


Certificate of service of Christopher Turley in the Home Guard, from 21 April 1942 to 31 December 1944, n.d. [1945]
(1 paper, printed)


Embroidered silk postcard of a butterfly in the colours of the Allied national flags, and the motto 'Souvenir d' Ypres', from Chris [Turley], n.d. [1916 - 1917]
(1 card, 9 cm. x 14 cm., colour)


Postcard illustration captioned: Miss Edith Cavell cowardly murdered, 12 October 1915 , from Chris [Turley], France, to Miss E. Young, Padua, Cornfield Road, Linthorpe, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, postmark 7 June 1916
(1 card, printed)


Embroidered silk postcard of a circlet of flowers and the motto 'I'm thinking of you', sent to Miss Edith Young, Padua House, Cornfield Road, Linthorpe, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, n.d. [ c.1916]
(1 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., colour)


Embroidered silk postcard of the flags of the Allied nations, and the motto '1914 - 1916', and an inserted photograph of Miss Edith Young, from Private C. Turley, 1916
(1 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., colour)


Embroidered silk postcard, of the flags of the Allied nations, and the motto '1914 - 1916', and an inserted photograph of an unidentified young man holding a straw boater, from Private C. Turley, 1916
(1 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., colour)


Embroidered silk postcard of the flags of the Allied nations, and an inserted photograph of an unidentified young woman, from Private C. Turley, n.d. [1916 - 1918]
(1 card, 9 cm. x 14 cm., colour)


Embroidered silk postcard of the flags of the Allied nations, and an inserted photograph of an unidentified young man, from Private C. Turley, n.d. [1916 - 1918]
(1 card, 9 cm. x 14 cm., colour)


Embroidered silk postcard of daisies, the union flag and red ensign flag, and the motto 'I love you', from Chris Turley, n.d. [1916 - 1918]
(1 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., colour)


Embroidered silk postcard of a church, viewed across fields, the motto 'God bless you' and a card insert from Chris [Turley] to his wife, n.d. [1916 - 1918]
(1 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., colour)


Embroidered silk postcard of the flags of the Allied nations and the motto 'Souvenir de Belgique', from Chris [Turley], n.d. [1916 - 1918]
(1 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., colour)


Embroidered silk remembrance card of the Allied national flags and the motto 'God be with you till we meet again', from Chris [Turley] n.d. [1916 - 1918]
(1 card, 10 cm. x 16 cm., colour)


Embroidered silk postcard of four-leafed clover and winter foliage, and the motto ' Christmas', and card insert, from Chris [Turley], December n.y. [1916 - 1918]
(1 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., colour)


Embroidered silk postcard of the flags of the Allied nations, and motto 'On to victory' and card insert, from Chris [Turley] to his wife, n.d. [1916 - 1918]
(1 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., colour)


Embroidered silk postcard of a boat sailing into the sunset, the motto 'We will be happy once again never mind', and card insert, from Chris [Turley], n.d. [1916 - 1918]
(1 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., colour)


Embroidered silk postcard of a British battleship and the motto 'England is watching', from Private C. Turley, n.d. [1916 - 1918]
(1 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., colour)


Embroidered silk postcard of the emblem of The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [1916 - 1918]
(1 card, 9 cm. x 14 cm., colour)


Embroidered silk postcard of the emblem of the 19th Yorkshire Regiment, n.d. [1916 - 1918]
(1 card, 9 cm. x 14 cm., colour)


Embroidered silk postcard of flowers and the motto 'To my dear wife', n.d. [1916 - 1918]
(1 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., colour)


Embroidered silk postcard of roses and the motto 'From a loving heart', n.d. [1916 - 1918]
(1 card, 9 cm. x 14 cm., colour)


Embroidered silk postcard of flowers and the motto 'Sent with love', n.d. [1916 - 1918]
(1 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., colour)


Embroidered silk postcard of forget-me-not flowers and the motto 'Happy Birthday', n.d. [1916 - 1918]
(1 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., colour)


Embroidered silk postcard of a pansy and the motto 'Birthday greetings', n.d. [1916 - 1918]
(1 card, 9 cm. x 14 cm., colour)


Embroidered silk postcard of the flags of the Allied nations and the motto 'Gloire', and card insert, n.d. [1916 - 1918]
(1 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., colour)


Embroidered silk postcard of bluebirds carrying forget-me-nots, and the motto 'Far from you but thinking of you', and card insert, n.d. [1916 - 1918]
(1 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., colour)


Embroidered silk postcard of a butterfly, and the motto 'Yours always', and a card insert, n.d. [1916 - 1918]
(1 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., colour)


Embroidered silk postcard of a pansy and the red ensign flag, and the motto 'I'm thinking of you', sent from Joe to Edie [Miss Edith Young], n.d. [1916 - 1918]
(1 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., colour)


Postcard containing a humorous poem describing the rats and clay at Rugeley Camp, Staffordshire, n.d. [1916 - 1918]
(1 card, printed)


Photograph of Lance-Corporal Christopher Turley and his wife, n.d. [1918]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)


Group photograph of an unidentified Home Guard unit of thirty two officers and other ranks, taken by Forrest Wompra, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, n.d. [1942 - 1944]
(1 photograph, 32 cm. x 15 cm., black and white, card mounted)


Group photograph of an unidentified Home Guard battalion, taken by Forrest Wompra, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, n.d. [1942 - 1944]
(1 photograph, 32 cm. x 13 cm., black and white, card mounted)

Colonel John TURNBULL, C.M.G., V.D., D.L. (Ref: Turnbull D/DLI 7/716/1-2)

4th Durham Rifle Volunteers, 4th Volunteer Battalion, and 8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Commissioned 4th Durham Rifle Volunteers, 1885; 4th Volunteer Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 13 December 1887; Captain commanding 1st Service Company, 4th Volunteer Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 22 February 1900; served in South African War, 1900 - 1901; commanded 8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1908 - 1912, and 16 October, 1914 - 1917; with British Expeditionary Force, France and Belgium, from 19 April 1915; Honorary Colonel, 21 November 1928 - 1937; died, 16 May 1937


Photograph portrait, full length, of Lieutenant-Colonel John Turnbull, n.d., [c. 1908 - 1912]
(1 photograph, 22cm. x 29cm., black and white, card mounted)


Photograph half portrait of Colonel John Turnbull, C.M.G., V.D., D.L., and his medal ribbons inset into the photograph mount, n.d., [post November 1928]
(1 photograph, 16.5cm. x 23cm., black and white, card mounted)

20/518 Lance-Corporal John TURNBULL (Ref: Turnbull D/DLI 7/717/1)

13th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born West Hartlepool; enlisted Sunderland; killed in action, France and Flanders, 21 October 1917


Memorial card of J. Turnbull, n.d., [c. 1917]
(1 card)

Corporal William Stockburn TURNBULL (Ref: Turnbull D/DLI 7/718/1-16)

22nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Discharged, 18 October 1918


Examination paper in the subject of trench building belonging to Lance-Corporal W. S. Turnbull, 8 April 1916
(2 papers)


Letter from the workmen and officials of the Engineering Department of the Lambton Collieries and Hetton Collieries, Lambton Engine Works, Fence Houses, to an unidentified recipient, expressing the writer's appreciation of the service in the army of local men, and enclosing the gift of a postal order, 9 March 1918
(1 paper)


Printed note concerning the operation undergone by Corporal W.S. Turnbull at the War Hospital, Sunderland, 19 October 1918
(1 paper)


Card outlining the special treatment for W.S. Turnbull at Sunderland Orthopaedic Centre, 29 October 1918
(1 card)


Notes to a Soldier whose Discharge from the Service has been approved at a Central Hospital, n.d., [1918]
(2 papers)


Notes from the Army Pay Department to the Regimental Paymaster of the Durham Light Infantry, York, authorising postal and money orders for Corporal W. S. Turnbull, 25 October and 2 December 1918
(2 papers)


Certificate that W.S. Turnbull has been registered under the National Registration Acts, 2 November 1918
(1 card)


Allowance certificate of W.S. Turnbull, 20 November 1918
(1 paper)


Printed letter from the Ministry of Pensions, Burton Court, King's Road, London, to W.S. Turnbull, concerning his disability pension, 28 August 1919
(1 paper)


Printed letter from the Ministry of Pensions, Northern Region Headquarters, 14 Clayton Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, to W.S. Turnbull, concerning his disability pension, 18 August 1920
(1 paper)


Notification concerning the award of the Silver War Badge, n.d., [1919]
(1 paper)


Printed letter from the Infantry Record Office, York, to W.S. Turnbull, 4 James Terrace, Dubmire, Fencehouses, enclosing the British War Medal riband, 10 September 1919
(1 paper)


Printed letter from the Infantry Record Office, York, to W. Turnbull, Fence Houses, enclosing the Victory Medal riband, 25 March 1920
(1 paper)


Note concerning the distribution of medals, n.d., [1919 - 1920]
(1 paper)


Printed letter from the Infantry Record Office, York, to W.S. Turnbull, concerning the award of the British War and Victory Medals, 3 September 1920
(1 paper)


Printed letter from the Infantry Record Office, York, to W.S. Turnbull, accompanying the British War Medal, 4 November 1920
(1 paper)

[ ] Alistair TURNBULL (Ref: Turnbull D/DLI 7/979/1(1-75))

The Durham Light Infantry
Son of Colonel John Turnbull, 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, of Chester-le-Street.


Photograph album of Alistair Turnbull, The Durham Light Infantry, covering his service in the United Kingdom and North Africa, c.1940 - 1941:


Photograph of Officer Hugh Burns, The Durham Light Infantry, taken outside an officers' mess at Hartlepool, 1940


Photograph of Officer Jeffrey Harris, The Durham Light Infantry, taken outside an officers' mess at Hartlepool, 1940


Photograph of five soldiers standing on a sports field, captioned: The five stooges, taken at Honiton, Devon, winter 1940 - 1941 Left to right: 'G.B.', 'Chatterbox', 'Ginger', 'G.P.C.', Reynart


Photograph of a group of soldiers in a camp, captioned: Carrier and M.C. Pln, taken at Honiton, Devon, winter 1940 - 1941


Photograph of an officer, 'George', and his bride, 'Puss', standing outside a church, taken at Bristol, Gloucestershire, 1940


Photograph of an officer sitting with his wife, 'Puss', right, and another woman, on a sofa, captioned: Puss's flat - Clifton, taken in Bristol, c.1940


Photograph of an officer, 'me', sitting with 'Puss', right, and another woman, in a flat, taken at Clifton, Bristol, c.1940


Photograph of four soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry, including 'Trotter', left, and Company Sergeant-Major Cockburn, right, standing beside a truck in a camp, Honiton, Devon, 1941


Photograph of a soldier, 'Reg', sitting in a truck, as soldiers Wood, left, and Strickland, right, stand outside, taken in a camp at Honiton, Devon, 1941


Photograph of four officers standing in a camp, taken at Honiton, Devon, 1941 Left to right: 'Tony' Jones, 'Tommy' P., P. Greenwell, Chambers


Photograph of two soldiers, Nattrass, left, and 'Fat' Howard, right, standing outside a doorway in a camp, Honiton, Devon, 1941


Photograph of a group of male and female officers, and a man and a woman in civilian dress, standing outside a public house, captioned: The Dolphin, the regulars, taken in the United Kingdom [possibly Devon], c.1941


Photograph of a group of male and female officers standing in a garden, captioned: The fannery, Honiton, Devon, c.1941 Left to right: Claye, Wendy C., Thompson, 'Hugh', Sheila F.


Photograph of Barbara Cann standing beside a motorcar, taken in the United Kingdom, c.1941


Photograph of two soldiers marching along a road, captioned: 3" and P.G., HQ Coy on the march, taken in the United Kingdom, c.1941


Photograph of Officer John Horsley standing at a roadside, taken at Exeter, Devon, 1941


Photograph of an exterior view of Exeter Cathedral, Devon, c.1941


Photograph of an exterior view of Exeter Cathedral, Devon, c.1941


Photograph of an exterior view of Exeter Cathedral, Devon, c.1941


Photograph of three officers of The Durham Light Infantry standing with a woman outside a public house, taken in the United Kingdom [possibly Devon], c.1941 Left to right: '3"', R.I.P., Peggy W., Ralph W.


Photograph of three soldiers relaxing on the ground [possibly during a march, in Devon], c.1941 Left to right: Company Sergeant-Major Cockburn, R.I.P., Ryman (?)


Photograph of soldiers resting in a field, captioned: R Coy after the battle [possibly taken in Devon], c.1941


Photograph of soldiers resting in a field, captioned: R Coy after the battle [possibly taken in Devon], c.1941


Photograph of an officer sitting with a family in a room, captioned: The Ewens' house - Winterbourne St. Martin, taken in Dorset, c.1941 Left to right: Mr E., 'Betty', unidentified officer, Joan


Photograph of three officers standing with the members of a family by the doorway of a house [possibly in Dorset], c.1941 Left to right: Mrs E., Joan, Officer John Leybourne, 8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 'Lib', 'Betty', unidentified officer, Officer 'Jock'


Photograph of two officers standing with the members of a family by the doorway of a house [possibly in Dorset], c.1941 Left to right: Mrs E., Joan, Officer John Leybourne, 8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 'Lib', 'Betty', unidentified officer


Photograph of Officer John Leybourne, 8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing with a woman, 'Lib', outside a garden [possibly in Dorset], c.1941


Photograph of a woman in a fur coat, captioned: Mater, c.1941


Photograph of Colonel John Turnbull, The Durham Light Infantry, in civilian dress, captioned: Pater, c.1941


Photograph of a family, and a cat, standing in a yard, captioned: The Flynn family, c.1941


Photograph of a woman, captioned: Jean, c.1941


Photograph of two officers standing with two women, c.1941 Left to right: 'Ma', Colonel Leybourne, Jean, 'Pa' [Colonel John Turnbull, The Durham Light Infantry]


Photograph of two officers with two women beside a motorcar, c.1941 Left to right: 'Mater', 'Self' [Officer A. Turnbull, The Durham Light Infantry], Jean, 'Pater' [Colonel John Turnbull, The Durham Light Infantry]


Photograph of a local woman, in traditional dress, carrying a sack on her head [possibly taken in Egypt], c.1941


Photograph of a group of officers relaxing beside 'the Sphinx', Egypt, c.1941 Left to right: Buck, John Scott, Rumbles (?), 'Ian'


Photograph of officers Buck, left, and A. Turnbull, The Durham Light Infantry, in swimwear, relaxing on inflatable beds on the sea, captioned: At the Lido I.B.O. [possibly in Egypt], c.1941


Photograph of two local men with a camel, captioned: Modern transport [possibly taken in Egypt], c.1941


Photograph of officers relaxing in a bar, captioned: Heliopolis Club - Cairo, taken in Egypt, c.1941 Left to right: Ian P., Allison, 'Scotty'


Photograph of a view of people relaxing at a beach, captioned: The Lido [possibly in Egypt], c.1941


Photograph of officers Buck, left, and 'Ted' Venn, right, in swimwear, relaxing on inflatable beds on the sea [possibly in Egypt], c.1941


Photograph of officers 'Tom' Allison, left, and Douglas Caldwell, right, sitting in a garden [possibly in Egypt], c.1941


Photograph of a group of officers standing in a camp [possibly in Egypt], c.1941 Left to right: 'Ted' Venn, Buck, 'Scratcher', Worthington


Photograph of three officers talking together in a camp [possibly in Egypt], c.1941 Left to right: 'Ted' Venn, Whiggham, 'Man under hat'


Photograph of an officer sitting in a tent [possibly in Egypt], c.1941


Photograph of an officer standing by a fence near some emaciated cattle [possibly in Egypt], c.1941


Photograph of an officer standing outside a tent [possibly in Egypt], c.1941


Photograph of a group of officers, including Walter Clasper, centre, back row, and 'Pat' Hoon, right, front row, sitting on the sand outside a tent [possibly in Egypt], c.1941


Photograph of an officer standing near some emaciated cattle [possibly in Egypt], c.1941


Photograph of an officer standing on a beach [possibly in Egypt], c.1941


Photograph of two officers standing in a camp [possibly in Egypt], c.1941


Photograph of a view of a building with a tower [possibly in Egypt], c.1941


Photograph of an officer standing with three uniformed women [possibly in Egypt], c.1941


Photograph of a partial view of two buildings [possibly in Egypt], c.1941


Photograph of an officer sitting on a wall [possibly in Palestine], c.1941


Photograph of a view of a church [possibly in Palestine], c.1941


Photograph of a view of a church basilica [possibly in Palestine], c.1941


Photograph of two local boys standing and leaning against a wall [possibly in Palestine], c.1941


Photograph of a view of a valley, showing a town in the distance [possibly in Palestine], c.1941


Photograph of a view of a valley, showing a town in the distance [possibly in Palestine], c.1941


Photograph of a view of buildings in a valley, showing a town in the distance [possibly in Palestine], c.1941


Photograph of a view of a church basilica in a valley, showing a town in the distance [possibly in Palestine], c.1941


Photograph of a view of a valley [possibly in Palestine], c.1941


Photograph of a view of a valley [possibly in Palestine], c.1941


Photograph of a view of a building surrounded by trees, showing local people walking down a road [possibly in Palestine], c.1941


Photograph of an alleyway between buildings in a valley [possibly in Palestine], c.1941


Photograph of a view of a gateway [possibly in Palestine], c.1941


Photograph of a man in civilian dress [possibly an officer] sitting in a folding chair, c.1941


Photograph of two local men posing for the camera [possibly in Palestine], c.1941


Photograph of worshippers at the 'Wailing Wall', taken at Jerusalem, Palestine, c.1941


Photograph showing local people at a bus stop outside the walls of a city [possibly in Palestine], c.1941


Photograph of a soldier [possibly 'Fat' Howard] standing in a camp, taken in North Africa, c.1941


Photograph of Officer A. Turnbull, The Durham Light Infantry, standing in a camp, taken in North Africa, c.1941


Duplicate of D/DLI 7/979/1(21)


Photograph of Officer A. Turnbull, The Durham Light Infantry, left and Officer 'Tony' Jones, standing outside a mess tent, taken in North Africa, c.1941


Photograph of Officer A. Turnbull, The Durham Light Infantry, centre, sitting with two officers in a tent, taken in North Africa, c.1941
(1 volume, card bound)

31062 Captain & Adjutant Roland Rockliffe TURNBULL, M.C. (Ref: Turnbull D/DLI 7/980/1-9)

18th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Residence South Shields; joined 18th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry as Second Lieutenant; adjutant in 1919; died 1986


Copy citation for the award to 18/509 Sergeant Isaac Harbron, of the Distinguished Conduct Medal for gallantry, 18 July 1917; copy made, n.d.
(1 paper, duplicated)


Notes by R. Turnbull, late Captain and Adjutant of the 18th (Service) Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, concerning the formation and war service of the battalion, 9 November 1964
(2 papers)


Copy letter from R. Turnbull to the editor of the Daily Mail newspaper, concerning his posting to France, after the demobilization of the rest of the 18th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, to command Prisoner of War Company No. 337 [from 1919 to 1920] prior to the repatriation of prisoners, 29 November 1976
(1 paper)


Letters to Captain R. Turnbull, 135 Osborne Road, South Shields, from Lieutenant-Colonel J.A.G. Arnot, M.C., D.L., Regimental County Secretary; Harry Moses, Aycliffe Village, and Tom Middleton, Langley, Southampton, concerning the history of the 18th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, 23 September 1985 - 24 January 1987
(5 papers)


W.D. Lowe, War History of the 18th (S.) Battalion Durham Light Infantry, 1920, signed by Captain and Adjutant Roland R. Turnbull, 1 January 1921
(1 volume)


Trench map of Beaulieu Farm, near Vieux Berquin, France, 11 June 1918 Scale: 1:10,000 Endorsed: notes by Second Lieutenant R. Turnbull, 'B' Company, 18th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, concerning the (unsuccessful) attack by 'B' Company on [La] Plate Beque Farm on 19 July 1918
(1 plan, 40 cm. x 33 cm., colour printed)


Group photograph of the 18th (Service) Battalion The Durham Light Infantry (1st County), outside Shire Hall, Old Elvet, Durham City, n.d. [1 January 1919] Includes: Major C.G. Killick, acting Second in Command; Lieutenant-Colonel W.D. Lowe, D.S.O., M.C., Commanding Officer, and Captain R.R. Turnbull, M.C., Adjutant
(1 photograph, 26 cm. x 20 cm., black and white)


Group photograph of officers of the 18th (Service) Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry (1st County) outside Shire Hall, Old Elvet, Durham City, 1 January 1919
(1 photograph, 25 cm. x 20 cm., black and white)


Portrait full length photograph of Captain R.R. Turnbull, adjutant of the 18th (Service) Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [1919]
(1 photograph, 12 cm. x 22 cm., black and white, card mounted)

22536 Private Alfred TURNER (Ref: Turner 1 D/DLI 7/719/1-7)

17th Battalion, later 11th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Low Fell, Durham; enlisted Gateshead; died of wounds, 2 October 1915


Soldier's small book of Private A. Turner, 15 December 1914 - 2 October 1915
(1 booklet)


Letter from the Infantry Record Office, York Station, to J.W. Turner, 10 Windermere Street, Coatsworth Road, Gateshead, informing him of the death of his brother, Private A. Turner, 11 October 1915
(1 paper)


Note from the Infantry Record Office, York Station, to Mrs. A.L.H. Turner, 192 Coatsworth Road, Gateshead-on-Tyne, concerning the death of Private A. Turner, 13 October 1915
(1 paper)


Letter from the War Office, Imperial Institute, South Kensington, London, to Mrs. A.L.H. Turner, 192 Coatsworth Road, Gateshead-on-Tyne, informing her that she will receive £3 due on the settlement of the accounts of Private A. Turner, 8 July 1919
(1 paper)


Letters from the Record Office, York, to Mrs. A.L.H. Turner, accompanying the 1914 - 1918 Star and the British War Medal, awarded to Private A. Turner, 5 May 1920 - 9 February 1921
(2 papers)


Receipt for a payment by Mrs. A.L.H. Turner to the Imperial War Graves Commission for engraving a personal inscription on the headstone of Private A. Turner, 24 October 1923
(1 paper)


Photograph of Private Alfred Turner, Durham Light Infantry, seated with another DLI soldier, n.d. [1914 - 1915]
(1 photograph, 6.5cm x 10cm, sepia)

3281 Private Thomas TURNER (Ref: Turner 2 D/DLI 7/720/1)

106th Regiment of Foot
Born Birmingham, Warwickshire; re-engaged at Birr, County Offaly, Ireland, 15 May 1863; overseas service, East Indies, 12 years 3 months; awarded Persian War Medal; discharged Sunderland, on completion of 21 years service, aged 37, on 28 August 1873


Copy discharge certificate, by Regimental Board, of Private Thomas Turner [The National Archives WO97/2126], 16 September 1873
(3 papers, duplicated)

22536 Private Alfred TURNER (Ref: Turner D/DLI 7/981/1-2)

11th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Born Low Fell; enlisted Gateshead; died of wounds, France and Flanders, 2 October 1915


Memorial scroll from King George V commemorating Private Alfred Turner, Durham Light Infantry, sent to Mr. C. Turner, 13 Denham Terrace, Wallsend-on-Tyne, n.d. [ c.1919]
(1 paper)


Letter from King George V, Buckingham Palace, London, to accompany D/DLI 7/981/1, n.d. [1919]
(1 paper, printed)

Major Garry Alexander TURNER (Ref: Turner D/DLI 7/1011/1-8)

2nd Battalion, 1st Battalion and 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Entry in McGregor; born 23 May 1931; National Service 1954; commissioned into regulars, Durham Light Infantry, 1954; attached Somaliland Scouts 1955 - 1958; served with 1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry in Cyprus 1958 - 1959; adjutant 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry 1960 - 1962; served in The Light Infantry 1968 - 1969.


Programme of the Sounding Retreat by the massed bands and bugles, The Light Infantry, in the 75th anniversary year of the Territorial Army, in the presence of Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra, Raby Castle, 17 June 1983
(1 booklet, colour printed)


Programme of the Sounding Retreat ceremony for the tercentenary celebrations of The Light Infantry and the tenth anniversary of the 7th Battalion The Light Infantry, at Stockton; Palace Green, Durham, and the Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, 28 - 30 June 1985
(1 paper, printed)


Programme of the Sounding Retreat ceremony by The Light Infantry Corunna Band, The Light Infantry Burma Band and the bugles of the 3rd Battalion and the 7th Battalion The Light Infantry, at Stockton-on-Tees, Palace Green, Durham, and the Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, 15 - 17 July 1988
(1 paper, printed)


Programme of The Light Infantry Northern Cocktail Party and Sounding Retreat, Brancepeth Castle, 19 May 1990
(1 booklet, colour printed)


'Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Colonel in Chief 1927 - 2002, A Tribute', a booklet commemorating in photographs the role of the Queen Mother as colonel in chief of The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and The Light Infantry, n.d. [2002]
(1 booklet, colour printed)


Photograph of Lieutenant Garry Turner, attached Somaliland Scouts, and his pet cheetah, taken in the fort at Burao, Somaliland, early 1956
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 20 cm., black and white)


Photograph of Captain Garry Turner, parade adjutant, on horseback, leading 'B' Company, 1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, at the Queen's birthday parade, Berlin, Germany, 1962
(1 photograph, 24 cm. x 18 cm., black and white)


Copy of a photograph of soldiers of 'C' Company, 1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, disembarking from a Royal Navy helicopter on an inter-service exercise at Tai Po Tsai, Hong Kong, n.d. [1963 - 1965]
(1 paper, 20 cm. x 19 cm., colour printed)

8915 Warrant Officer Class II (Company Sergeant-Major) Joseph TURTON, M.M. (Ref: Turton D/DLI 7/721/1-16)

'C' Company, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Hetton; residence Wheatley Hill; enlisted Newcastle upon Tyne; killed in action, 21 March 1918


Printed message from the commanding officer of the 6th Division to Sergeant J. Turton, expressing appreciation of his distinguished service during the campaign, 29 March 1916
(1 card)


Warrant appointing Joseph Turton as a Warrant Officer, Class II, from 15 October 1917, given 3 December 1917
(1 card)


Letter from the Enquiry Department for Wounded and Missing, the British Red Cross and Order of St. John, 18 Carlton House Terrace, London, to Mrs. Turton, 110 West View, Byers Green, Spennymoor, giving details of the death of Company Sergeant-Major Joseph Turton, 10 December 1918
(1 paper)


Printed letter from the Infantry Record Office, York, to Mrs. M. Turton, West View, Byers Green, Spennymoor, informing her of the death of Company Sergeant-Major Joseph Turton, 9 May 1919
(1 paper)


Commemorative scroll of Company Sergeant-Major Joseph Turton, M.M., of The Durham Light Infantry, n.d., [1919]
(1 paper)


Printed message from King George V accompanying a memorial of a brave life given for others in the Great War, n.d., [1919]
(1 paper)


Printed message from Winston S. Churchill, Secretary of State for War, expressing condolences to the relations of those killed during the War, n.d., [1919]
(1 paper)


Printed letter from the Ministry of Pensions, Westminster House, Millbank, London, to Mrs. M. Turton, concerning her alternative pension, 25 August 1919
(1 paper)


Printed letter from the Infantry Record Office, York, to Mrs. M. Turton, 110 West View, Byers Green, Spennymoor, originally enclosing the 1914 Star, 15 December 1919
(1 paper)


Printed form from the Infantry Record Office, York, to [Mrs. Turton], originally enclosing the Military Medal which would have been awarded to Company Sergeant-Major Joseph Turton, 22 December 1919
(1 paper)


Printed note stating that Victory Medals have not yet been received for distribution from the War Office, n.d., [1919]
(1 paper)


Printed letter from the [Infantry] Record Office, York, to Mrs. M. Turton, originally enclosing the Victory Medal which would have been awarded to Company Sergeant-Major Joseph Turton, 2 June 1921
(1 paper)


Letter from Cara Andrews, The Regent Palace Hotel, Piccadilly Circus, London, to Mrs. Turton, offering her condolences on the death of her husband and commenting, on the approaching Christmas season, that 'a happy one it cannot be for any of us', 22 December 1918
(1 paper)


Photograph of four soldiers, including Sergeant Joseph Turton, second from left, of the Durham Light Infantry, with a horse, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 14cm., black and white)


List of the names on Byers Green War Memorial, including that of Joseph Turton, n.d., [1919]
(1 card)


Two envelopes addressed to Mrs. M. Turton, 110 West View, Byers Green, Spennymoor, [1919 - 1921]
(2 envelopes)

246000 Corporal Percy William TUTCHER (Ref: Tutcher D/DLI 7/722/1-20)

1/6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Peckham, Surrey; enlisted Peckham, December 1915; no. 203432, 5th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment, December 1915 - 20 April 1918; 1/6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 20 April - 27 May 1918; killed in action, 27 May 1918


Short service notice and certified copy of attestation of P.W. Tutcher on enlistment, December 1915
(1 paper)


Certificate that P.W. Tutcher has been registered under the National Registration Act, December 1915
(1 card)


Notice from the City of London Valuation and Rating Department, The Guildhall, London, to P.W. Tutcher, 12 Kinsale Road, Peckham Rye, London, that there are not sufficient grounds for allowing postponement [of the payment of rates], 17 February 1916
(1 paper)


Notice sent to P.W. Tutcher after his attestation and transfer to the Army Reserve, ordering him to rejoin for service, 11 March 1916
(1 paper)


Telegram from P.W. Tutcher to his wife, Mrs. L.E. Tutcher, 4 Kinsale Road, Peckham Rye, London, saying that he is going to Kingston, 28 March 1916
(1 paper)


Certificate that P.W. Tutcher is exempted from being called up until 8 July 1916 on the grounds that the national interest requires that he should be retained in his present employment, 20 April 1916
(1 card)


Note from the Paymaster of the East Surrey Regiment to Mrs. L.E. Tutcher that the pay of P.W. Tutcher has increased, 19 April 1918
(1 paper)


Note from Corporal P.W. Tutcher to his wife, Mrs. L.E. Tutcher, 4 Kinsale Road, Peckham Rye, London, that he has been transferred to the 1/6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 20 April 1918
(1 card)


Newspaper cutting concerning the fighting around Rheims, France, 31 May [1918]
(1 paper)


Letter from the Infantry Record Office, York Station, to Mrs. L.E. Tutcher, 4 Kinsale Road, Peckham Rye, London, informing her that no casualty notice of Corporal P.W. Tutcher has been received, 21 June 1918
(1 paper)


Letter from the Infantry Record Office, York Station, to Mrs. L.E. Tutcher, 4 Kinsale Road, Peckham Rye, London, informing her that Corporal P.W. Tutcher has been posted as 'missing', 27 June 1918
(3 papers)


Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel [J. Watson], officer commanding the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in the field, to Mrs. L.E. Tutcher, 4 Kinsale Road, Peckham Rye, London, informing her that Corporal P.W. Tutcher has been posted as 'missing', 5 July 1918
(1 paper)


Notes by Mrs. L.E. Tutcher, giving details about Corporal P.W. Tutcher, and her address if there is any news about him, n.d., [27 May - 14 October 1918]
(2 papers)


Internal correspondence between Mr. Bickle and Mr. Hobbs of the C/2 Casualties Department of the War Office, Finsbury Court, London, concerning Corporal P.T. Tutcher, who has been reported missing, n.d., [27 May - 14 October 1918]
(3 papers)


Cards from the Red Cross Enquiry Department for the Wounded and Missing, 18 Carlton House Terrace, London, Geneva, [Switzerland], and Frankfurt, [Germany], to Mrs. L.E. Tutcher, 4 Kinsale Road, Peckham Rye, London, in response to her enquiries about her husband Corporal P.W. Tutcher, 9 July - 20 September 1918
(3 cards)


Letter from the International Committee of the Red Cross, International Agency of Prisoners of War, British Section, Geneva, Switzerland, to Mrs. L.E. Tutcher, 4 Kinsale Road, Peckham Rye, London, informing her that Corporal P.W. Tutcher has been killed, 14 October 1918
(1 paper)


Letter from the Ministry of Pensions, 45 Grosvenor Road, London, to Mrs. L.E. Tutcher, 4 Kinsale Road, Peckham Rye, London, concerning her pension application, 15 November 1918 - 8 January 1919
(2 papers)


Letter from the Infantry Record Office, York, to Mrs. L.E. Tutcher, 4 Kinsale Road, Peckham Rye, London, informing her that Corporal P.W. Tutcher is dead, and enclosing a message of sympathy from the King and Queen, 11 March 1919
(2 papers)


Printed note from the War Office concerning the registration and care of graves, 23 January 1917
(1 paper)


Letter from the Record Office, York, to Mrs. L.E. Tutcher, accomanying the British War and Victory Medals which would have been conferred on Corporal P.W. Tutcher, 9 June 1922
(1 paper)