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 C: Ca
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- Durham Light Infantry Records
- 3191131 Colour-Sergeant-Major Alexander CAIRNS, D.C.M., M.M. (Ref: Cairns D/DLI 7/111/1-6)
- 325266 Sergeant Alexander CALDWELL, D.C.M., M.M. (Ref: Caldwell D/DLI 7/112/1)
- 15973 Lance Corporal John T. CALEY (Ref: Caley D/DLI 7/1139/1-7)
- 250961 Lance-Corporal J. CAMPBELL (Ref: Campbell D/DLI 7/843/1)
- 2530, 250228 Private Joseph Alexander CAPP (Ref: Capp D/DLI 7/113/1-16)
- 4450705 W.O. II Walter Edward CARR (Ref: Carr D/DLI 7/844/1-4)
- 4452659 Sergeant William Old CARR, M.M. (Ref: Carr D/DLI 7/1140/1-19)
- 15862 Lance-Corporal Joseph CARTER, M.M. (Ref: Carter D/DLI 7/114/1-2)
- 36961 Private Robinson CARTNER (Ref: Cartner D/DLI 7/845/1-9)
- Second Lieutenant John Digby CARTWRIGHT (Ref: Cartwright D/DLI 7/1141/1)
- Lieutenant Cyril Herbert Barclay CATFORD (Ref: Catford D/DLI 7/115/1-34)
- Lieutenant Cyril Herbert Barclay CATFORD (Ref: Catford D/DLI 7/115/35)
- Captain Herbert Ellis Cyril Barclay CATFORD (Ref: Catford D/DLI 7/116/1-127)
- Private John William CATTERICK (Ref: Catterick D/DLI 7/117/1)
Catalogue Contents
8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Glasgow, 1918; King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 3 September - December 1939; 8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, December 1939 - [12 January 1946]; Warrant Officer in the Royal Army Service Corps (TA) from 3 October 1947; awarded Military Medal, 20 December 1940 (Frankforce attack), and Distinguished Conduct Medal, 24 September 1942 (Battle of Gazala, Libya). Medals in DLI Medal Collection.
1/9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Enlisted Gateshead; killed in action, 14 June 1917.
'B' Company, 12th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
Awarded Silver War Badge
6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Born 12 July 1896; residence 36 Crowley Road, Swalwell; occupation miner; enlisted 12 April 1915; joined British Expeditionary Force 25 December 1916
1/6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Coundon, Bishop Auckland,1897; enlisted, 1914; taken prisoner of war, 27 May 1918; died, 1979, aged 81. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.
1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Born East Boldon, Sunderland, 30 June 1915; enlisted Newcastle upon Tyne, 16 January 1934; promoted Corporal, September 1939, Sergeant September 1940; Colour-Sergeant March 1943, Company Sergeant-Major September 1943; served 1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry 1934 - 1945, 1946 - 1948, 1952 - 1955; King's African Rifles 1945 - 1946; Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1948 - 1952.
11th Battalion and 8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born 1 April 1921; enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, c.1938; British Expeditionary Force, 24 April - 11 July 1940; prisoner of war, 12 July 1940 - 9 May 1945; joined the Royal Engineers as a Sapper; discharged 29 May 1947; re-enlisted in 8th Battalion Durham Light Infantry (T.A.), 1947; awarded the Military Medal and mentioned in despatches, London Gazette, 1946; died 6 March 1989
12th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Ref: D/DLI 7/114/110th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Residence Hare & Hounds Inn, Coundon; served as a Lewis gunner in the First World War; died 23 August 1917, age 35; buried in British Association (Ypres Salient) Cemetery, Belgium.
2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Commissioned 10 November 1914; entered France, June 1915; killed in action 9 August 1915;
brother of Nigel Walter Henry Cartwright, 20th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, attached 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Died of wounds, 5 October 1916
Additional record
Ref: D/DLI 7/115/358th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Ref: D/DLI 7/116/151st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Ref: D/DLI 7/117/1