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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 Y:

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253708 Lieutenant Ernest YATES (Ref: Yates D/DLI 7/1004/1-12)

70th Battalion and 16th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Killed in action 13 October 1943


Copy of part of a letter from Lieutenant Ernest Yates, describing a visit to the regimental depot at Brancepeth Castle, for a dinner in the Armoury, and 'the perfect atmosphere of peace and serenity' despite 'the effluence of khaki that is about the place', August 1942
(2 papers, duplicated)


Letter from Lieutenant E. Yates, The Durham Light Infantry, RNZKW, c/o APO 5175, to Eric [Beardwood] concerning his attempts to read despite the permanent activity on board ship, and his appointment as ship's messing officer; enclosing a poem [not found] expressing his mood at the close of his first parade service on the open deck; and describing the sea 'a magnificent translucent black, and smooth - like liquid black glass', n.d. [1943] (1 paper)


Airgraph letter from 253708 Lieutenant E. Yates, 16th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, British North Africa Force, to Eric Beardwood, 53 Hollincross Lane, Glossop, Derbyshire, expressing his regrets on landing [at Bizerta, Tunisia], following a splendid voyage by sea, and having to leave five, six or seven course meals for corned beef and grapes, 28 August 1943
(1 paper, duplicated)


Air letter from Lieutenant E. Yates, 16th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, British North Africa Force, following his arrival in Italy, reporting that he still has his books although he has lost a lot of kit; considering the progress of the war on other fronts; observations on the French as colonial administrators in North Africa; and sending greetings to Alwyn, an evacuee from Manchester, postmark, 12 September 1943
(1 paper)


Airgraph letter from Lieutenant E. Yates, 16th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Central Mediterranean Force [Italy], to Mr. and Mrs. E. Beardwood, 53 Hollincross Lane, Glossop, Derbyshire, describing his present surroundings 'near Paradise', the plentiful fruit, warm sea and sage-scented hillsides in contrast to the dry dust of Algiers; and unable to say when he will be able to send a long letter, postmark 21 September 1943
(1 paper, duplicated)


Air letter from Lieutenant E. Yates, 16th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Central Mediterranean Force [Italy], to Mr. and Mrs. E. Beardwood, 53 Hollincross Lane, Glossop, Derbyshire, concerning the perfect subject for a photograph, and his regrets at the theft of his camera in Tunis, and requesting a copy of Lytton's Last Days to read, postmark 3 October 1943
(1 paper)


Airgraph letter from Lieutenant E. Yates, 16th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Central Mediterranean Force [Italy], to Mr. and Mrs. E. Beardwood, 53 Hollincross Lane, Glossop, Derbyshire, describing conditions [in the area of La Crocetta, prior to the capture of Cesena], the playing of gramophone music and the terrific reception from the [Italian] people, postmark 12 October 1943
(2 papers, duplicated)


Valedictory poem 'Vale', by Lieutenant E. Yates, 9 August 1943 This poem was requested by Yates' Colonel, for the battalion, to be published when censorship would permit
(1 paper, typescript)


Copy of a poem entitled: 'Salerno Fragment' by Lieutenant E. Yates, n.d. [1943]
(1 paper, typescript)


Copy of a poem entitled: 'Beach Casualty' by Lieutenant Ernest Yates, n.d. [1943]
(1 paper, typescript)


Newspaper cutting containing a copy of the poem 'Parade Service on Deck' by Lieutenant E. Yates, 29 August 1943; received from E. Beardwood, secretary of the Glossop branch of the Workers' Educational Association, n.d. [1943]
(1 paper, printed)


Letter from Lieutentant Ernest Yates, 70th Battalion, the Durham Light Infantry, Emergency Military Hospital, John Street, Barnard Castle, to Eric Beardwood [Glossop, Derbyshire], concerning reading matter during his stay in hospital and opportunities for post war study, n.d. [1943] The newspaper articles, referred to in the letter, were not enclosed
(5 papers)

Second Lieutenant Charles Henry YEAMAN (Ref: Yeaman D/DLI 7/800/1)

3/7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Home address, 36 St. Edmunds Road, Gateshead; educated Bede College, Durham; graduated 1910; assistant schoolmaster; military service 8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry; Durham O.T.C., 1916; nominated for 3/7th Battalion; gazetted Second Lieutenant, 29 January 1916; died during training, aged 25, 15 September 1916


Portrait of Lieutenant C.H. Yeaman, by Ernest Hill, 1922
(1 oil painting, 44cm. x 60cm., coloured)

Second Lieutenant Frederick YOUENS, V.C. (Ref: Youens D/DLI 7/801/1-8)

13th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, 14 August 1893; enlisted as a Private, Royal Army Medical Corps, 1914 - 1915; wounded after the Battle of Loos; commissioned temporary second lieutenant, 25 January 1917; joined 13th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 'C' Company, 13 March 1917; died of wounds, 7 July 1917; awarded posthumous Victoria Cross for his bravery in the trenches at Klein Zillebeke, near Ypres, Belgium, 7 July 1917; London Gazette, 2 August 1917. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.


Letter from E.G. Wells, Chaplain to the 68th Infantry Brigade, to Mrs. Youens, expressing his sympathy on the death of her son, Second Lieutenant F. Youens, 12 July 1917
(1 paper)


Letter from Major J.A.L. Downey, officer commanding the 13th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, to Mrs. Youens, concerning the death of her son, Second Lieutenant Frederick Youens, 12 July 1917
(2 papers)


Newspaper cutting concerning the posthumous award of the Victoria Cross to Second Lieutenant F. Youens, 10 August 1917
(1 paper)


Magazine cutting concerning Frederick Youens, V.C., n.d., [20th c.]
(1 paper, printed)


Copy of the entry in a sale catalogue of Sotheby and Company concerning the Victoria Cross awarded to Second Lieutenant F. Youens, 5 February 1975
(2 papers)


Newspaper photograph of Second Lieutenant F. Youens, n.d., [1917]
(1 paper)


Photograph of Second Lieutenant F. Youens, n.d., [1917] On reverse: newspaper cutting describing the action for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross, n.d.
(1 photograph, 7cm. x 12cm., black and white, card mounted)


Photograph of Second Lieutenant Frederick Youens, V.C., [25 January - 7 July] 1917
(1 photograph, 10cm. x 15cm., black and white)

270048 Private George Oates YOUNG (Ref: Young D/DLI 7/802/1-4)

12th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Later 55799 (9th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment)


Form granting furlough to G.O. Young from East Leeds War Hospital, Yorkshire, 9 November 1916
(1 paper)


Form notifying Mr. J. Young that G.O. Young has been wounded, 28 June 1918
(1 paper)


Form notifying Mr. J. Young that G.O. Young has been transferred to the York and Lancaster Regiment, 22 January 1919
(1 paper)


Demobilization papers of G.O. Young, 24 January - 15 February 1919
(8 papers)

9/1975, later 203590 Private Thomas YOUNG, V.C. (Ref: Young D/DLI 7/803/1-3)

9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Thomas Morrell, at Boldon Colliery, 28 January 1895; used Young, his stepmother's surname, when he enlisted with 9th Battalion at Gateshead in 1914, aged 19; served as a stretcher-bearer; wounded near High Wood on the Somme, 16 September 1916 and evacuated to England; returned to Western Front, May 1917; awarded the Victoria Cross for the rescue from no-man's-land of wounded soldiers on nine separate occasions at Bucquoy, near Arras, France, from 26 to 31 March 1918; London Gazette, 4 June 1918; served to the end of the First World War; rejoined 9th Battalion as sergeant, 1920; discharged, 1921; re-enlisted in a National Defence Company, 1939; died Whickham, 15 October 1966. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.


Photocopy of typewritten extract from the London Gazette, concerning the award of the Victoria Cross to Private Thomas Young, 4 June 1918
(1 paper)


Programme for the presentation to, and reception for, Private Thomas Young, V.C., 1/9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Saltwell Park, Gateshead, by the Gateshead War Honours Recognition Committee, 30 June 1918
(1 paper, printed)


Photograph of Sergeant Thomas Young, V.C., n.d. [1920 - 1921]
(1 photograph, 17cm. x 24cm., black and white)

22507666 [ ] Donald YOUNG (Ref: Young D/DLI 7/1005/1-12)

1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Residence Whinney Hill, Durham City; served with the 1st Battalion in the Korean War


Certificate proclaiming Donald Young as an 'Ambassador for Peace', in recognition of his service in preserving the democracy of the Republic of Korea, presented by Tae-wan Chang, president of The Korean Veterans Association, 21 April 1997
(Korean and English, 1 file containing 2 papers)


Menu of a dinner given by Lieutenant-General Choi Kap-Jin, retired, vice-president of The Korean Veterans Association, in honour of Korean War veterans from Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, at the Hotel Sofitel Ambassador, Seoul, Korea, 21 April 1997
(1 card and 1 paper)


Membership card of The British Korean Veterans Association, issued to Donald Young, 62 Whinney Hill, Durham City, 1992 - 1999
(1 card)


Life membership card of The Society of Friends of The Durham Light Infantry Regimental Museum, issued to Donald Young, n.d. [1990s]
(1 card)


Korean propaganda leaflet 'Christmas Home, Happiness.... It's no disgrace to quit fighting in this unjust war', containing a photograph of a soldier holding frozen rations, and an illustration of Christmas at home, n.d. [1952]
(1 paper, colour printed)


Korean propaganda leaflet 'You risk your life, Big Business rakes in the dough', containing contrasting photographs of Americans at Christmas, in Florida, U.S.A., and in Korea, n.d. [1952]
(1 paper, colour printed)


Regiments at a Glance by Lieutenant-Colonel Frank Wilson, n.d. [c. 1955]
(1 volume, printed)


Map of Majon-Ni, Korea, sheet 6528 II, sixth edition, Army Map Service, 1951 Scale: 1:50,000
(1 plan, 50 cm. x 57 cm., colour printed)


Postcard photograph of Kaiser Wilhelm Gedachtniskirche, Berlin, Germany, n.d. [after 1945] Endorsed: note concerning the shelling of the church by the Russians after the end of the Second World War
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of the Siegessaule monument, Berlin, Germany, n.d. [after 1945] Endorsed: note concerning the theft of the monument from France by the Germans during the war, and recent calls for its destruction
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of the stadium main arena, Sommergarten am Funkturm, Berlin, Germany, n.d. [after 1945]
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of the arena Die Waldbuhne, Berlin, Germany, n.d. [after 1945]
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)