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 W: Wils to Win
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- Durham Light Infantry Records
- 4442 Private Henry WILSON (Ref: Wilson D/DLI 7/777/1-11)
- Captain Hugh Russell WILSON, M.C. (Ref: Wilson D/DLI 7/778/1-22)
- 22618585 Private J. WILSON (Ref: Wilson D/DLI 7/779/1-2)
- Private J. WILSON (Ref: Wilson D/DLI 7/780/1)
- Captain John WILSON, M.C. (Ref: Wilson D/DLI 7/781/1-7)
- 14944915 Private John Thomas WILSON (Ref: Wilson D/DLI 7/782/1)
- 833 Sergeant W. WILSON, D.C.M. and Bar (Ref: Wilson D/DLI 7/783/1)
- 32138 Corporal William WILSON (Ref: Wilson D/DLI 7/784/1-2)
- 13526 Private William Arthur WILSON (Ref: Wilson D/DLI 7/785/1)
- 32276 Private William Herbert WILSON (Ref: Wilson D/DLI 7/786/1-4)
- 14814 Private J.A. WILSON (Ref: Wilson D/DLI 7/997/1)
- 14590989 Lance-Corporal Willie Rennard WILSON (Ref: Wilson D/DLI 7/998/1-45)
- 275320 Sergeant Thomas Henry WILTSHIRE (Ref: Wiltshire D/DLI 7/787/1-3)
- 100772 Private Henry WINTER (Ref: Winter D/DLI 7/999/1-2)
- 22563 Private Joseph WINWOOD (Ref: Winwood D/DLI 7/788/1-3)
Catalogue Contents
2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Shildon, St. John; attested, 21 March 1892; discharged, 30 May 1899
5th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Served in the ranks in 14th Company Imperial Yeomanry, in South Africa, 27 February 1900 - 23 May 1901; commissioned, 30 April 1909; Lieutenant, 15 July 1910; Captain, 24 October 1913; killed in action, 11 September 1916
'D' Company, 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Served in Korea
3rd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Ref: D/DLI 7/780/112th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Cheshire, 1891; enlisted as a Private in the King's Royal Rifle Corps; commissioned as Second Lieutenant, 1917; awarded the Military Cross and Italian Croce di Guerra for gallantry during the crossing of the River Plate, Northern Italy, on 27-28 October 1918; died 1954. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.
possibly The Durham Light Infantry
Born, 14 May 1922; enlisted Carlisle, 1 March 1945
The Durham Light Infantry
Born Gateshead, 1892; gained the Distinguished Conduct Medal in February 1917 for commanding a platoon in flooded trenches and under constant fire; he gained the Bar to his Distinguished Conduct Medal in a raid on German trenches at Locke, 27 July 1918; died 1968, aged 76. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.
The Durham Light Infantry
Served in First World War. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.
15th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Durham; enlisted Durham; died of wounds, 2 October 1915
12th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Penshaw; residence Shiney Row; enlisted Newcastle; killed in action, 16 December 1916
10th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Residence Newcastle upon Tyne; killed in action 16 September 1916
1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Born 7 November 1906; residence Leeds, Yorkshire; enlisted 15 April 1943; General Service Corps 15 April - 26 May 1943; West Yorkshire Regiment 27 May - 27 November 1943; joined 1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry as Orderly Room Clerk, November 1943; served in The Durham Light Infantry 28 November 1943 - 9 October 1946
1/7th Battalion, later 5th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Discharged as result of gassing and shell shock, 9 October 1918
13th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Born Benton, Newcastle upon Tyne, 27 June 1897; residence Forest Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne; served in the First World War, discharged January 1919; served as A.R.P. warden during Second World War; died 6 October 1980. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.
13th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Enlisted, 15 December 1914; killed in action, 7 October 1916