In Aldershot barracks, 1904

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Credit: Image © Durham Record Office (D/DLI 2/2/136(41))

Description

This photograph of 'H' Company was taken in 1904, when the 2nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry had returned to England from India, and was stationed at the Corunna Barracks in Aldershot. The battalion moved to England in December 1902 and remained there until October 1905, when it travelled to Ireland. Jimmy is part of Captain R M Tyler's 'H' Company and is aged about 19. Again, the Company is pictured with the Best Shooting Companies Shield. Jimmy is standing on the left of the third row.

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Notes

Aldershot barracks is a major garrison town in Hampshire, established in 1854 as a permanent training camp for the British Army.

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