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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 H: Hal to Han

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Durham Light Infantry Records (Ref: D/DLI)3397/275907 Private Hugh HALCROW (Ref: Halcrow D/DLI 7/276/1-2)

7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry


Christmas card sent by Private H. Halcrow, 25 December 1917
(1 card)


Souvenir programme of the reception and welcome by the Earl of Durham and the Mayor and Mayoress of Sunderland, Alderman W.F. and Mrs. Vint, at Victoria Hall, Sunderland, for the men of Sunderland, prisoners of war, on their return, 8 March 1919 Includes: a roll of names
(1 booklet, printed)

Captain H.M.A. HALES (Ref: Hales D/DLI 7/277/1)

The Durham Light Infantry


Imperial Map of South Africa: Ladybrand, 1st edition, compiled for Field Intelligence Department, Cape Town, April 1900 Scale: 1:250,000
(1 plan, 61cm. x 49cm., coloured, linen backed)

Sergeant C. HALL (Ref: Hall D/DLI 7/278/1-9)

8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry


Group photograph of 'C' Company, 8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d., [1920s]
(1 photograph, 49cm. x 20cm., black and white)


Group photograph of 'C' Company, 8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Stanley, 1930
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Group photograph of the Machine Gun Company of the 8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d., [1920s]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Group photograph of Headquarters Company, 8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1924
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Group photograph of the band of the 8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d., [1920s]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Photograph of the band of the [8th] Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, marching down High Skellgate, Ripon, Yorkshire, n.d., [1920s]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Photograph of the band of the [8th] Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, marching down High Skellgate, Ripon, Yorkshire, n.d., [1920s]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Photograph of soldiers drawn up in front of a building, [Solon, India], 1928
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Photograph of an unidentified bugler of the Durham Light Infantry, n.d., [1920s]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 14cm., black and white)

Temporary Captain (acting Major) Cecil Charles Hatfield HALL, D.S.O. (Ref: Hall D/DLI 7/279/1-3)

22nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Served in The Leicestershire Regiment, 1914 - n.d.; later 22nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry; Captain and Adjutant, September 1916 - March 1918; Major, March - May 1918; killed in action, 27 May 1918.


Copy citation of temporary Captain (acting Major) C.C.H. Hall, [March - May] 1918
(1 paper)


Copy extract from 'Templars' Union - In Memoriam' concerning C.C.H. Hall, 1923
(1 paper)


Photograph of Captain C.C.H. Hall, n.d., [September 1916 - March 1918]
(1 photograph, 13cm. x 20cm., black and white, card mounted)

Second Lieutenant Edwin Lincoln HALL, M.C. (Ref: Hall D/DLI 7/280/1-5)

3rd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Attached 2nd Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment; killed in action, 22 April 1917.


Copy of a letter from Second Lieutenant Edwin Lincoln Hall, 2nd Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, to his father, commenting that "we came out of trenches on Sunday night but do parades as regularly as clockwork", mentioning Captain Hasted, and adding "I had a wash this morning, the first since early Friday morning" and "am quite well and safe although had some narrow shaves yesterday", 15 February 1917; copy made, n.d.
(2 papers, duplicated)


Copy of a letter from Second Lieutenant Edwin Lincoln Hall, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, to his father, describing his actions from 15 February to 3 March 1917, including the battle of Sannaiyat, Mesopotamia, written 21 February [- 3 March] 1917; copy made, n.d.
(5 papers, duplicated)


Copy of a letter from Second Lieutenant Edwin Lincoln Hall, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, to his father, describing his actions from 3 March to 24 March 1917, written 21[-24] March 1917; copy made, n.d.
(7 papers, duplicated)


Copy of a letter from Second Lieutenant Edwin Lincoln Hall, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, to his father, concerning the capture of Baghdad, and commenting that Captain Hasted has been recommended for the Distinguished Service Order, 22 March 1917; copy made, n.d.
(3 papers, duplicated)


Transcript of a letter from Captain J.O.C. Hasted, 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, attached to 2nd Battalion, the Leicestershire Regiment, to [Mr. Hall], describing the death in action of Second Lieutenant Edwin Lincoln Hall, 26 April 1917; transcript made, 2001
(1 paper)

George William Brown HALL (Ref: Hall D/DLI 7/281/1)

6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Formerly 202346 in the 1st Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment; born, 15 June 1895; a miner, single, of Garden Terrace, Cockfield.


Certified copy of attestation of George William Brown Hall on his enlistment for service with the Territorial Force, in the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d., [c. 1920]
(1 paper)

19292 Lance Sergeant, later Second Lieutenant Norman Bodger HALL, M.C. (Ref: Hall D/DLI 7/282/1-5)

12th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Later served in 68th Trench Mortar Battery; killed in action, 2 November 1918.


Copy marriage certificate of N.B. Hall and Mildred Chadwick, 2 August 1917
(1 paper)


Citation for the award of the Military Cross to N.B. Hall, 16 August 1917
(1 paper)


Copy probate of the will of N.B. Hall, 29 April 1919
(1 paper)


Letter from the War Office, London, to Mrs. N.B. Hall, Branksome Lodge, Godley Lane, Buxton, Derbyshire, enclosing N.B. Hall's Military Cross, 25 June 1919
(2 papers)


Copy letter from George B. Hall, "Glen Fruin", Lyndhurst Grove, Low Fell, Gateshead, to Mildred Hall, concerning the will of N.B. Hall, 21 January 1946
(1 paper)

18/284 Regimental Quartermaster-Sergeant Wilfred HALL, M.S.M. (Ref: Hall D/DLI 7/283/1)

18th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry


Copy of commemorative award presented by the citizens of Bishop Auckland to Regimental Quartermaster-Sergeant Wilfred Hall, of the 18th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, to celebrate his Meritorious Service Medal, n.d., [c. 1918]
(1 paper, 40.7cm. x 53cm., coloured, mounted on card)

S/4455836 Stanley HALL (Ref: Hall D/DLI 7/887/1-2)

The Durham Light Infantry
Born 25 April 1922; residence 126 Danes Drive, Scotstown, Glasgow; occupation clerk; enlisted Durham 1 May 1939; served as staff, orderly room and chief clerk in 70th Infantry Brigade, The Durham Light Infantry, 49th Division and Military Commander's Brigade, 1939 - 1945; died 18 June 2002. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.


Soldier's service and pay book of S/4455836 Stanley Hall, 1 May 1939 - 2 May 1946
(1 booklet)


Photograph of Stanley Hall, wearing battledress, seated, and another unidentified soldier, possibly taken outside an Army headquarters building, n.d. [1939 - 1945]
(1 photograph, 6 cm. x 8 cm., black and white)

Possibly A. HAMILTON (Ref: Hamilton D/DLI 7/284/1-3)

2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Left the 2nd Battalion in April 1928.


A Pictorial Souvenir and History of the Second Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Ahmednagar, India, 1923:


Photograph captioned The Officer Commanding, showing Lieutenant-Colonel J.W. Jeffreys, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, on horseback, taken at Ahmednagar, India, 1923


Group photograph of the officers of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ahmednagar, India, 1923


Group photograph of the warrant officers, staff sergeants, and sergeants of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ahmednagar, India, 1923


Group photograph of the corporals of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ahmednagar, India, 1923


Photograph of the silver trophies of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ahmednagar, India, 1923


Group photograph of the staff of 'A' Company, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ahmednagar, India, 1923


Group photograph of 'A' Company, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ahmednagar, India, 2 March 1921


Group photograph of the band of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ahmednagar, India, 1923


Group photograph of the staff of 'B' Company, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ahmednagar, India, 1923


Group photograph of 'B' Company, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ahmednagar, India, 1923


Group photograph of the buglers of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ahmednagar, India, 1923


Group photograph of the staff of 'C' Company, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ahmednagar, India, 1923


Group photograph of 'C' Company, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ahmednagar, India, 1923


Group photograph of the staff of 'D' Company, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ahmednagar, India, 1923


Group photograph of 'D' Company, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ahmednagar, India, 1923


Group photograph of the machine-gun detachment of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ahmednagar, India, 1923


Group photograph of 'H.Q.' Company, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ahmednagar, India, 1923


Group photograph of the signallers of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ahmednagar, India, 1923


Group photograph of the regimental office staff of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ahmednagar, India, 1923


Group photograph of the regimental police of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ahmednagar, India, 1923
(1 album, cloth bound)


Photograph of a detachment of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Kailanu Hill Depot, India, 16 August 1925 Originally enclosed in D/DLI 7/284/1
(1 photograph, 28cm. x 20.5cm., black and white)


Note of the address of A. Hamilton, 36 Chitty's Lane, Dagenham, Essex, and date of departure from the 2nd Battalion, 1928
(1 paper)

Lieutenant John HAMILTON (Ref: Hamilton D/DLI 7/285/1-12)

3/9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, and 139th Brigade, Trench Mortar Battery


The New Company Drill at a Glance by Lieutenant M.G. Monk, 1915
(1 booklet)


Handbook for the Stokes Trench Mortar, 1916
(1 booklet)


Range table for the Stokes' Trench Howitzer, 26 February 1916 (1 paper) 7/285/4 Leaflet describing the Stokes' Trench Howitzer, n.d., [1916]
(1 booklet)


Ranging and Registration of Targets with Trench Mortar Batteries, n.d., [1916]
(1 booklet)


Field almanac, 1918
(1 booklet)


Map of northern France and Belgium, with the line of the Western Front marked for 25 June and 8 October 1916 Scale: 1:320,000
(1 plan, 98cm. x 68cm., printed, coloured)


Map of France, Sheet 11, Lens, 1916 Scale: 1:100,000
(1 plan, 85cm. x 65cm., printed, coloured)


Trench map of France, Sheet 36C, South West, 10 February 1917 Scale: 1:20,000
(1 plan, 90cm. x 66cm., printed, coloured)


Trench map of France, Sheet 36C, South West 1, Lens, 10 February 1917 Scale: 1:10,000
(1 plan, 93cm. x 68cm., printed, coloured)


Fragment of a map of the German trenches around Essarts, France, n.d., [1914 - 1918] No scale
(1 plan, 33cm. x 20cm., coloured)


Cover for Army Book 153, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 card wallet)

Quartermaster-Sergeant John Lovick HAMMOND (Ref: Hammond D/DLI 7/286/1-16)

68th Light Infantry and 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Enlisted, 23 January 1871 (68th Light Infantry, no. 1554); Corporal, 25 February 1874; Sergeant, 15 January 1876; [Hospital] Sergeant, 15 January 1876; Colour-Sergeant, 21 September 1878; Quartermaster-Sergeant, 31 December 1888 (1881 no. 11, 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry); discharged, 30 April 1894; re-enlisted, 10 June 1900 (Royal Eastern Reserve Regiment, no. 1424, Quartermaster-Sergeant); discharged, 17 June 1901; re-enlisted, 28 March 1915 (The Rifle Brigade, no. S/9288, Quartermaster-Sergeant); discharged, 26 September 1919.


Record of service of J. Hammond, 24 January 1871 - 30 April 1894
(1 paper)


Account book of J. Hammond, 1878 - 1892
(1 volume, leather bound)


Soldier's small book of J.L. Hammond, 1900
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Certificate of education, second class, of Corporal J. Hammond, 22 October 1875
(1 paper)


Certificate of discharge of Quartermaster-Sergeant J.L. Hammond, 30 April 1894
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


Certificate of character on discharge of Quartermaster-Sergeant J.L. Hammond, 30 April 1894
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


Certificate of discharge of Quartermaster-Sergeant J.L. Hammond, 17 June 1901
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


Certificate of character on discharge of Quartermaster-Sergeant J.L. Hammond, 17 June 1901
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


Certificate of discharge of Quartermaster-Sergeant J.L. Hammond, 26 September 1919
(1 paper)


Character certificate of Quartermaster-Sergeant J.L. Hammond, 26 September 1919
(1 paper)


Note that Quartermaster-Sergeant J.L. Hammond appears in a list of mentions for war service, 4 November 1918
(1 paper)


Note of the award of the War Badge to Quartermaster-Sergeant J.L. Hammond, 21 October 1919
(1 paper)


Letter from The War Office, London, to J.L. Hammond, 'Narcunda', Morn Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, informing him that he has been given an annuity of £10, 25 July 1924
(1 paper)


Extract from Army Orders stating that Quartermaster-Sergeant J.L. Hammond has been awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, July 1924
(2 papers)


Battalion orders by Colonel S.H. Sadler, commanding the 1st Volunteer Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Stockton on Tees, 12 October 1891
(1 paper)


Photograph of Regimental Quartermaster-Sergeant J.L. Hammond and Mrs. Hammond, October 1943
(1 photograph, 22cm. x 29cm., black and white, framed)

1025 Private John HAMPSON (Ref: Hampson D/DLI 7/287/1-2)

8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry


Photograph of J. Hampson wearing his medals, 9 July 1936
(1 photograph, black and white, 9cm. x 13cm.)


The New Testament, signed by J. Hampson, 17 March 1916
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Captain Eric Richard HANBY-HOLMES (Ref: Hanby-Holmes D/DLI 7/288/1-13)

6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Later served in Durham Home Guard


Estimate of the cost of uniform and equipment for [Second Lieutenant E. R. Hanby Holmes in the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry], by Bartholomew Thomas and Company, 54 Park Street, Bristol, 6 May 1907
(1 paper)


Invoice from the Wilkinson Sword Company, 27 Pall Mall, London, to E. R. Hanby Holmes, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 4 - 28 July 1908
(1 paper)


Extract from a Command Order, concerning the award of a proficiency certificate to Second Lieutenant [Barkas] and Second Lieutenant E.R. Hanby Holmes, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 14 September 1908
(1 paper)


Extract from a Command Order, concerning the pay and allowances for a proficiency certificate course, 5 October 1908
(1 paper)


Report of Second Lieutenant E.R. Hanby Holmes, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, concerning an exercise at Legs Cross, 21 November 1908
(2 papers)


Battalion orders, Parts I and II, for the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 29 April 1910
(2 papers)


Battalion orders, Parts I and II, for the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 28 May 1910
(3 papers)


Drill notices for the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 8 June - 16 November 1912
(14 papers)


Letter from Captain J.L. Parker, Mess President of 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Post Office Chambers, Newcastle upon Tyne, to the officers of the 6th Battalion, concerning the new belt badge, 30 August 1912
(1 paper)


Lists of officers and men of the 7th Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d., [1907 - 1912]
(4 papers)


Index cards giving details on the army career of non-commissioned officers of the 6th Battalion: J.E. Bailey; W. Barnes; A.J. Bell; G.N. Bell; J. Brass; J.E. Chatt; J. Finn; J. Gregory; G.W.B. Hall; R. Hillery; R.C. Hunter; H. Jones; R. Jones; J. Kelly; R.T. Key; A. Layton; W. Lindsley; G.W. Parkinson; [E] Proctor; A.C. Smith; P. Stout; B. Tinkler; E. Walker; T. Walker; J.H. Winter; T. Winter; W. Winter; W. Wright; n.d., [1922]
(29 cards and 1 envelope)


The Durham Light Infantry: Battle Honours borne on the Colours, containing a brief history of the regiment, London, H.M.S.O., 1910
(1 booklet)


Order of service to celebrate the two hundredth anniversary of The Durham Light Infantry, Durham cathedral, 17 May 1958
(1 booklet)

3369 Private Harry HANNAH (Ref: Hannah D/DLI 7/289/1-19)

1/9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Enlisted Chopwell, Durham; killed in action, 15 September 1916.


Front page from the soldier's small book of Private H. Hannah, n.d., [1915 - 1916]
(1 paper)


Embroidered postcards sent by Private H. Hannah, to his sister, Kitty Hannah, 38 Tweed Street, Chopwell, 10 July - 4 September 1916
(18 cards)