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 B: Br
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- Durham Light Infantry Records
- 98034 Colonel Thomas Andrews BRADFORD D.S.O. (Ref: Bradford D/DLI 7/1137/1)
- 2538 Private John Thomas BRADLEY (Ref: Bradley D/DLI 7/834/1-2)
- 4465369 Lance-Corporal William BRADY (Ref: Brady D/DLI 7/835/1-14)
- 12685 Sergeant (later Second Lieutenant) William BRAMMER (Ref: Brammer D/DLI 7/83/1-2)
- Lieutenant-Colonel John BRAMWELL (Ref: Bramwell D/DLI 7/84/1-33)
- Lieutenant-Colonel John BRAMWELL (Ref: Bramwell D/DLI 7/84/34)
- 22402 Private John BRAZIER (Ref: Brazier D/DLI 7/836/1)
- Captain Robert Jefferson BREWER (Ref: Brewer D/DLI 7/85/1-69)
- Colonel Charles James BRIGGS (Ref: Briggs D/DLI 7/86/1)
- Captain Leonard Scott BRIGGS (Ref: Briggs D/DLI 7/87/1-5)
- Colonel William Hilton BRIGGS (Ref: Briggs D/DLI 7/88/1(1-81))
- [ ] Ernest BRIGGS (Ref: Briggs D/DLI 7/837/1-7)
- 22494723 Corporal Ronald BRIMER (Ref: Brimer D/DLI 7/89/1-91)
- 19302 Private William BRIMER, M.M. (Ref: Brimer D/DLI 7/90/1)
- 102960, 4436618 Captain (Quartermaster) William George BRITTON-STRAY, M.B.E. (Ref: Britton-Stray D/DLI 7/91/1)
- 28723 Private Albert BROOKS (Ref: Brooks D/DLI 7/92/1-5)
- 22678 Private James BROOKS (Ref: Brooks D/DLI 7/93/1)
- 4441928 Regimental Sergeant-Major William Charles BROOKS, M.M. (Ref: Brooks D/DLI 7/94/1-3)
- 17750 Sergeant Michael BROUGH, D.C.M., M.M., and Bar (Ref: Brough D/DLI 7/95/1-2)
- 4459668 Sergeant David T. BROWN (Ref: Brown D/DLI 7/96/1-11)
- 6583 Private John BROWN (Ref: Brown D/DLI 7/97/1-11)
- 1312, 201278 Company Sergeant-Major, later Lieutenant Norman Ernest BROWN, M.M., M.I.D. (Ref: Brown D/DLI 7/98/1-3)
- 4469090 Private Stanley BROWN (Ref: Brown D/DLI 7/99/1-4)
- 22/367 Lance-Corporal Joseph BROWN (Ref: Brown D/DLI 7/838/1-4)
- 105245 Private Thomas BROWN (Ref: Brown D/DLI 7/839/1-19)
- 4449242 [Boy] John Ridley William BRUCE (Ref: Bruce 1 D/DLI 7/100/1)
- 11373, later 4435491 Sergeant William James BRUCE (Ref: Bruce 2 D/DLI 7/1138/1-9)
- 1936 Corporal, later Lieutenant William Joseph BRUCE (Ref: Bruce 3 D/DLI 7/101/1-8)
- 96062 Private Charles Henry BRUNSKILL (Ref: Brunskill D/DLI 7/102/1)
Catalogue Description
INDIVIDUAL SERVICEMEN OF THE DURHAMLIGHT INFANTRY
Catalogue Contents
4th Volunteer Battalion, 8th Battalion, and 11th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, and 17th Battalion The Parachute Regiment
Second Lieutenant, 4th Volunteer Battalion, 1906; Captain, 8th Battalion, 1910; commanded 'D' Company; served overseas April - July 1915; wounded; resigned commission, 4 April 1919; Honorary Colonel, 11th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry (T.A.), 1940-1949; Honorary Colonel, 17th Battalion Parachute Regiment (T.A.), 1947-1955; knighted 1939; High Sheriff of County Durham, 1942; died 30 December 1966; McGregor index card
5th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Born Great Ayton, Yorkshire; enlisted Stockton-on-Tees; residence Thornaby-on-Tees; killed in action 30 July 1915
The Durham Light Infantry
Born 25 September 1911; residence Edinburgh and Blackhill; occupation steel works labourer; served in The Durham Light Infantry 24 July 1940 - 6 October 1944, and Corps of Military Police 7 October 1944 - 16 November 1945; embarked for India 14 April 1942; appointed P/Lance-Corporal and W.P. to 125 YPP Unit, Corps of Military Police, 4 February 1944; transferred to Corps of Military Police 6 October 1944
22nd Battalion, later 14th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Ref: D/DLI 7/83/18th Battalion (WW1) and 11th Battalion (WW2), The Durham Light Infantry
Ref: D/DLI 7/84/1Additional record
Ref: D/DLI 7/84/3415th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Residence Wheatley Hill; died 27 September 1915
9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Ref: D/DLI 7/85/13rd Battalion (later 4th Battalion),The Durham Light Infantry
Honorary Colonel of the 3rd Battalion, 1888 - 1893.
2nd Battalion, later 3rd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Entry in McGregor; born Northumberland, 1895; enlisted, 1914; awarded Military Cross, 9 August 1915 for action at Hooge, Belgium; mentioned in despatches, 30 November 1915; died 1974. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.
3rd Battalion and 4th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Hylton Castle, Sunderland, 13 June 1871; commissioned Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, 25 February 1891; Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel of 3rd Battalion, July 1908, and of 4th Battalion, 1908 - 1912; Lieutenant-Colonel of the 4th (Special Reserve) Battalion, 1912 - 1918; Investigation Officer, 1918 - 1919; served in South African War with Mounted Infantry and Imperial Yeomanry, and in First World War; died 27 November 1941.
13th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Residence Heath View, Wingate
1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Served in Germany, Dortmund, 6 January 1949 - 4 April 1951, and in Berlin, Germany, 4 April 1951 - 1 June 1952; the United Kingdom in Brancepeth, 1 June - 28 July 1952;and Bellerby, 1952; Korea, September 1952 - September 1953
See also: Private William Brimer, 2nd Battalion, his father
2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
See also: Corporal Ronald Brimer, 1st Battalion, his son
2nd Battalion, later 8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Enlisted as bugler, 1919; awarded MBE, 1945; retired, 1946; died Woking, Surrey, 1978. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.
15th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Enlisted, 28 June 1915; discharged, 4 September 1917
15th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Ref: D/DLI 7/93/12nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born, 1901; served in Royal Navy, 1917-1919; enlisted in the DLI, 1922; awarded Military Medal for bravery near Tauda China camp, India; retired, 1945; died Farnham, Surrey, 1981. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.
13th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born, Stanley, 1897; enlisted, August 1914; awarded the Military Medal, August 1916 for bravery near Munster Alley, battle of the Somme, France; the bar to his Military Medal on 7 October 1916 during an attack on Le Sars, Battle of the Somme, France; the Distinguished Conduct Medal on 13 May 1917 at Hill 60, Ypres, Belgium; later wounded and discharged; Special Constable during World War II; died 1973. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.
The Durham Light Infantry
Enlisted, 15 February 1940; discharged, 31 May 1946
1st Battalion, later 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Spennymoor; enlisted Spennymoor; killed in action, 9 August 1915; served with 1st Battalion, 1898 - 1906; 2nd Battalion, 1914 - 1915
5th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Served in First World War; wounded.
11th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Darlington; residence Darlington; killed in action, 28 June 1944
22nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Born Byers Green; son of Henry and Rebecca Brown of 6 Prospect Place, Willington; enlisted Bishop Auckland; killed in action 30 November 1917
52nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Born 25 April 1898; enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 25 May 1918; served in Germany; demolibized January 1920
2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Ref: D/DLI 7/100/12nd Battalion, later 8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born 1896; enlisted Sunderland, 15 April 1912; served in France, Russia and India; discharged 10 June 1935. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.
5th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Second Lieutenant, 11 September 1918; Lieutenant, 11 March 1920; resigned, 15 Jul 1920; British Army of the Black Sea. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.
2nd Battalion, later 13th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Ref: D/DLI 7/102/1