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 J: Ja to Je
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- Durham Light Infantry Records
- Captain Harold JACKS (Ref: Jacks D/DLI 7/347/1-17)
- Private George JACKSON (Ref: Jackson D/DLI 7/348/1)
- Lieutenant John Barclay JACQUES, M.C., A.F.C. (Ref: Jacques D/DLI 7/349/1-10)
- 3418 Sergeant H. JEFFERIES (Ref: Jefferies D/DLI 7/898/1-3(14))
- Lieutenant-Colonel John William JEFFREYS, D.S.O. (Ref: Jeffreys D/DLI 7/899/1-11)
- Brigadier Peter John JEFFREYS, D.S.O., O.B.E. (Ref: Jeffreys D/DLI 7/900/1)
- Captain Thomas JENKINS (Ref: Jenkins D/DLI 7/350/1)
- 4463919 Private Wilfred JENNISON (Ref: Jennison D/DLI 7/901/1-4(2))
Catalogue Contents
7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Elder son of Robert Jacks of South Shields, solicitor, to whose practice he succeeded in 1913; at the outbreak of the First World War he was an officer in 7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry; went to France, April 1915, as Assistant Military Landing Officer to the Northumbrian Division; severely wounded at the second battle of Ypres, Belgium; on recovery became Adjutant and Captain to 3/7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry; attached to Headquarters Staff, Northern Command, York, August 1915; appointed Staff Captain to the 208th (R ) Infantry Brigade, Doncaster, Yorkshire, November 1916; appointed to the 4th Nigeria Regiment, on active service, c. June 1918; on the staff of the West African Frontier Force; died of septicaemia, Lagos, Nigeria, 27 January 1919
3rd Volunteer Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Ref: D/DLI 7/348/112th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Later Flying Officer in the Royal Air Force; killed while flying from England to Egypt, August 1919
2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Served in India with 2nd Battalion c.1892 - early 1900s; later joined Indian Ordnance Department; retired as Captain in 1925; died 21 March 1949; buried Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.
6th Battalion, 8th Battalion, 9th Battalion and 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Entry in McGregor; born 25 September 1876; commanded 6th Battalion 13 September - 20 December 1915, 26 April - 25 September 1916 and 2 March - 18 April 1917; died 1962.
1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Entry in McGregor; born 18 November 1909; served in the Korean War; commanded 1st Battalion.
68th Regiment
Entry in McGregor; born, c. 1737; Second Lieutenant 23rd Foot, 8 August 1755; First Lieutenant, 31 August 1756; Lieutenant 68th Foot, 31 August 1756; Captain New Independent Company, subsequently incorporated into 96th Foot, 28 October 1760; deceased by 7 June 1762
The Durham Light Infantry
Born 4 November 1913; occupation butcher; enlisted 24 June 1940; discharged 10 April 1946; served in North Africa as a long-range desert driver; captured by the Italians in 1940; prisoner of war until 1944 when the Italians capitulated and he escaped; recaptured by the Germans in Italy, and imprisoned in Germany for the remainder of the war.