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 R: Ri
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- Durham Light Infantry Records
- Reverend David Edmund RICE, M.C. (Ref: Rice D/DLI 7/562/1)
- Captain Norman Dwyer RICE (Ref: Rice D/DLI 7/563/1-89)
- 4208709 Private John Morgan RICHARDS (Ref: Richards D/DLI 7/564/1-5)
- 1482 Corporal Bertie RICHARDSON (Ref: Richardson D/DLI 7/565/1)
- 45665 Private John Thomas RICHARDSON (Ref: Richardson D/DLI 7/566/1)
- 21600 Regimental Sergeant-Major Ralph RICHARDSON (Ref: Richardson D/DLI 7/567/1-3)
- 2910 Private Thomas RICHARDSON (Ref: Richardson D/DLI 7/568/1-3)
- [ ] J.W. RICHARDSON (Ref: Richardson D/DLI 7/943/1-3)
- 4459243 Warrant Officer II David Greenwell RIDLEY, D.C.M. (Ref: Ridley D/DLI 7/944/1-10)
- Private [ ] RIDLEY (Ref: Ridley D/DLI 7/945/1)
- 53691 Sergeant Walter RIGG, D.C.M. (Ref: Rigg D/DLI 7/569/1-3)
- 36543 Private J. RIPLEY (Ref: Ripley D/DLI 7/570/1)
- 270043 Charles E. RITCHINGS (Ref: Ritchings D/DLI 7/571/1)
- Company Sergeant-Major RITSON (Ref: Ritson D/DLI 7/572/1-3)
- Lieutenant John Ridley RITSON (Ref: Ritson D/DLI 7/573/1)
- Private Thomas RITSON (Ref: Ritson D/DLI 7/574/1)
Catalogue Contents
Reverend David Edmund RICE, M.C. (Ref: Rice D/DLI 7/562/1)
2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Chaplain to 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1940 - 1946
Photograph of memorial to Reverend D.E. Rice, M.C., Chaplain of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1940 - 1946, n.d. [c. 1983]
Inscribed on back: 'In Loving Memory of David Edmund Rice, M.C., Rector of St. John Lee, 1970 - 1975. Given by the Parishioners - Dedicated by the Bishop of Newcastle, 15 September 1983'
Includes: explanatory notes concerning the memorial, 1983
(2 papers and 1 photograph, 9cm. x 13cm., colour)
Captain Norman Dwyer RICE (Ref: Rice D/DLI 7/563/1-89)6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Served with 6th Battalion, c. 1940 (no. 33663); The Devonshire Regiment, 1916 - 1917; The Gloucestershire Regiment, 1917 - 1919; attached to 45th and 2/15th Sikhs, 1920 - 1921; The Somerset Light Infantry 1918, 1939 - 1945.
Officer's record of services of N.D. Rice, 26 March 1917 - 17 January 1919
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/2Character certificates of N.D. Rice, 26 June 1917
(4 papers)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/3Certified copy commission of N.D. Rice as second lieutenant in the Territorial Army, 12 July 1917; copy made, 10 October 1921
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/4Standing orders of the 4th Reserve Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment, 7 March 1918
(1 booklet)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/5Protection certificate of N.D. Rice, 19 January 1919
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/6Note from the Army Council to N.D. Rice, 50 Manor House Road, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, informing him of his disembodiment, 11 March 1919
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/7Letter from the War Office, London, to N.D. Rice, 53 Manor House Road, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, giving information on obtaining a permanent commission in the Regular Army, 17 March 1919
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/8Letter from the War Office, London, to N.D. Rice, 53 Manor House Road, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, informing him that he will be considered for a permanent commission in the Regular Army when such grants are resumed, 11 July 1919
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/9Letter from the India Office, Whitehall, London, to N.D. Rice, Factory House, Harrabridge, South Devon, giving instructions relating to his temporary appointment to the Indian Army, 2 January 1920
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/10Articles of agreement as a temporary officer in the Indian Army signed by N. D. Rice, 5 January 1920
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/11Sailing orders issued by the India Office, London, to N.D. Rice, instructing him to sail from Marseilles, France, to Bombay, India, 3 March 920
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/12Memorandum from the Headquarters of the 4th (Quetta) Division to N.D. Rice, informing him of his posting to the 2/15th Sikhs at Quetta, India, 14 April 1920
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/13Temporary commission of N.D. Rice as lieutenant in the Indian Army Reserve Forces, 23 November 1920
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/14Certificate, issued on his discharge, stating that N.D. Rice has undergone a course of anti-rabies treatment at the Pasteur Institute of India, Kasauli, 22 March 1921
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/15References for N.D. Rice by Major Macleod, commanding 2/15th (Ludhiana) Sikhs, Fort Sandeman, India, 20 April 1921
(3 papers)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/16Record of the services of N.D. Rice while attached to the 2/15th Sikhs, 6 April 1921
(1 booklet)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/17Protection certificate of N.D. Rice, 25 August 1921
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/18References for N.D. Rice, written by Lieutenant-Colonel W. Parkes, late commanding 8th (S) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, and Major V. H.B. Majendie, late commanding 1st Battalion, Somersetshire Light Infantry, 26 September - 8 October 1921
(6 papers)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/19Letter from Captain Newbolt, Downing Street, Westminster, London, to N.D. Rice, informing him on the behalf of Mr. Churchill that his application for employment in the Colonial Service has been noted, 13 December 1921
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/20Letter from Captain Newbolt, Downing Street, Westminster, London, to N.D. Rice, informing him on behalf of Mr. Churchill that his application for employment in the Colonial Service has been unsuccessful, 19 January 1922
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/21Reference for N.D. Rice, written by Lieutenant-Colonel F.S. Keen, commanding 45th Rattray's Sikhs, 21 March 1922
(3 papers)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/22Letter from N.D. Rice, 'Parkside', 1 Woodland Terrace, Mutley, Plymouth, Devon, to the Judicial and Public Department of the India Office, Whitehall, London, enclosing his application form and references, 8 March 1923
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/23Commission of N.D. Rice as second lieutenant in the Supplementary Reserve of Officers of the Somerset Light Infantry, 17 November 1924
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/24Note from the India Office, Whitehall, London, to N.D. Rice, enclosing his formal commission in the Indian Services, 14 April 1925
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/25Letters from the War Office, London, to N.D. Rice, instructing him to give details of any specialised qualifications which may be of value in the event of mobilization, 16 February and 1 December 1938
(2 papers)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/26Letter from the War Office, London, to N.D. Rice, 198 Peverell Park Road, Peverell, Plymouth, Devon, giving instructions to be followed in the event of mobilization, 15 February 1939
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/27Calling up notice sent to N.D. Rice, 1 September 1939
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/28Field message book of N.D. Rice, c. 20 July - 7 November 1940
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/29Instructions issued by the Adjutant, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, concerning a battalion training exercise on 10 August near Weymouth, Dorset, 8 - 9 August 1940
(4 papers)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/30Memorandum from Major [Watson] to all officers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, concerning the Army Savings Association, 24 October 1940
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/31Memorandum from the Adjutant to all companies of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, concerning the manning of telephones, 26 October 1940
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/32Administrative Order, No. 2, of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 19 November 1940
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/33Operation Instruction, No. 14, of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, concerning the move to Uffculme, Devon, 20 November 1940
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/34Certificate of inoculation against yellow fever of N.D. Rice, 12 March 1942
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/35Order from Captain F.A. Onslow-Free, Adjutant at G.H.Q., Middle East Forces, to N.D. Rice, instructing him to move from Jerusalem, Palestine, to Baghdad, Mesopotamia, 10 August 1942
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/36Order from Captain F.A. Onslow-Free, Adjutant at H.Q., Palestine, to N. D. Rice, instructing him to move from Jerusalem, Palestine, to Cairo, Egypt, 18 August 1942
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/37British Forces identification card of N.D. Rice, 22 July 1943
(1 card)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/38Permit for plain clothes of N.D. Rice, 22 July 1943
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/39Military identity card of N.D. Rice, 22 April 1944
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/40Certificate that N.D. Rice has been inoculated against yellow fever, 27 October 1944
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/41Notes informing N.D. Rice of the arrangements concerning his B.O.A.C. flights from Poole Marine Airport, Dorset, and from Gibraltar, 7 - 8 November 1944
(2 papers)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/42Note from Thomas Cook and Son to N.D. Rice informing him that a first class berth on the express train travelling from Delhi, India, to Howrah, India, on 16 November 1944 has been reserved for him, 15 November 1944
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/43Ticket and information note concerning N.D. Rice's flight from Karachi, India, to Delhi, India, 17 November 1944
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/44Movement order of N.D. Rice authorising him to travel by air on 7 December 1944 between Calcutta, India, and Bombay, India, 6 December 1944
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/45Movement order instructing N.D. Rice to travel on 16 February 1945 from Howrah, India, to Madras, India, 15 February 1945
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/46Air passage permit of N.D. Rice to travel from Madras, India, to Calcutta, India, 21 February 1945
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/47Certificate of vaccination against smallpox of N.D. Rice, 21 May 1945
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/48Customs and censorable material certificates signed by N.D. Rice on leaving India, 22 May 1945
(6 papers)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/49Health certificates of N.D. Rice, 22 May - 1 June 1945
(2 papers)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/50Officer's release book of N.D. Rice, 10 June 1945
(1 booklet)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/51Passenger air movement notification of N.D. Rice, n.d., [c.1939 - 1945]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/52Cabin rolls, giving names and regiments of occupants, n.d., [c.1939 - 1945]
(3 papers)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/53Certificate that N.D. Rice is not carrying confidential documents, n.d., [c.1945]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/54Headquarters Group 'A' Force 136 special pass of N.D. Rice, n.d., [c.1939 - 1945]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/55Letter from the War Office, London, to N.D. Rice, 99 Clarendon Park Road, Stoneygate, Leicester, Leicestershire, informing him that the Prince Regent of Belgium has conferred on him the Order of Leopold (Chevalier), 9 January 1948
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/56Note from N.D. Rice to Mr. Fairbrother, and reply, concerning his award of the Order of Leopold (Chevalier), 10 - 15 January 1948
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/57Letter from The War Office, London, to N.D. Rice, 99 Clarendon Park Road, Stoneygate, Leicester, Leicestershire, enclosing the diploma of the Order of Leopold (Chevalier), with acknowledgement, 15 - 19 January 1948
(3 papers)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/58Letter from the Inland Revenue, Somerset House, London, to N.D. Rice concerning the announcement of his award of the Order of Leopold (Chevalier), 31 January 1948
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/59Letter from N.D. Rice, 99 Clarendon Park Road, Stoneygate, Leicester, Leicestershire, to The War Office, London, concerning the announcement of his award of the Order of Leopold (Chevalier), 4 February 1948
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/60Letter from N.D. Rice to the Inland Revenue, Somerset House, London, concerning the announcement of his award of the Order of Leopold (Chevalier), 18 February 1948
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/61Letter from The War Office, London, to N.D. Rice, 99 Clarendon Park Road, Stoneygate, Leicester, Leicestershire, concerning his reaching the age limit of the regular army reserve of officers, 2 March 1948
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/62Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel A. Bigwood, Military Attaché, the Belgian Embassy, 103 Eaton Square, London, to N. D. Rice, concerning the award of the Order of Leopold (Chevalier), 31 August 1948
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/63Invitation to the presentation of the Order of Leopold (Chevalier) to N.D. Rice by the Belgian Ambassador at Lincoln's Inn Hall, London, 8 October 1948
(1 card)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/64Letter from Captain G. Cuissart de Grelle, Assistant Military Attaché, the Belgian Embassy, 103/104 Eaton Square, London, to N.D. Rice, 99 Clarendon Park Road, Stoneygate, Leicester, Leicestershire, informing him that the Order of Leopold (Chevalier) will be conferred upon him by the Belgian Consul in Birmingham, Warwickshire, 4 November 1948
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/65Letter from the Belgian Consulate, 47 Newhall Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, to N. D. Rice, 99 Clarendon Park Road, Stoneygate, Leicester, Leicestershire, concerning his award of the Order of Leopold (Chevalier), 3 December 1948
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/66Photograph of an unidentified British officer on a horse, with Sikh soldiers drawn up in the background, India, n.d., [1920 - 1921]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 6cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/67Photograph of British and Sikh soldiers in India, n.d., [1920 - 1921]
(1 photograph, 6cm. x 9cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/68Photograph of British and Sikh soldiers in India, n.d., [1920 - 1921]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 7cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/69Photograph of British and Sikh soldiers in India, n.d., [1920 - 1921]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 7cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/70Photograph of an unidentified British Officer and Sikhs, India, n.d., [1920 - 1921]
(1 photograph, 7cm. x 9cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/71Photograph of a fort, India, n.d., [1920 - 1921]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 6cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/72Photograph of a fort, India, n.d., [1920 - 1921]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 6cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/73Photograph of an army camp at Kuchlah, India, n.d., [1920 - 19231]
(1 photograph, 8cm. x 6cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/74Photograph of an army camp in India, n.d., [1920 - 1921]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 6cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/75Photograph of an army camp in India, n.d., [1920 - 1921]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 6cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/76Photograph view of the countryside of India, n.d., [1920 - 1921]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 6cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/77Photograph view of the countryside of India, n.d., [1920 - 1921]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 6cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/78Photograph view of the countryside of India, n.d., [1920 - 1921]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 6cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/79Photograph view of the countryside of India, n.d., [1920 - 1921]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 6cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/80Photograph view of the countryside of India, n.d., [1920 - 1921]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 6cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/81Photograph view of the countryside of India, n.d., [1920 - 1921]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 6cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/82Photograph view of the countryside of India, n.d., [1920 - 1921]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 6cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/83Photograph view of the countryside of India, n.d., [1920 - 1921]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 6cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/84Photograph view of the countryside of India, n.d., [1920 - 1921]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 6cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/85Photograph view of the countryside of India, n.d., [1920 - 1921]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 6cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/86Photograph view of the countryside of India, n.d., [1920 - 1921]
(1 photograph, 10cm. x 7cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/87Photograph view of the countryside of India, n.d., [1920 - 1921]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 7cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/88Photograph of an unidentified building, India, n.d., [1920 - 1921]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 7cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/563/89Photograph of an unidentified port [Marseilles, France], taken from the sea, n.d., [c. 1920]
(1 photograph, 8cm. x 7cm., black and white)
4208709 Private John Morgan RICHARDS (Ref: Richards D/DLI 7/564/1-5)16th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Ref: D/DLI 7/564/1Aerogramme Christmas card from J.M. Richards to "Dad, Mam and David", Tan y Bryn Cottage, Bodfor Terrace, Aberdovey, Merioneth, North Wales, n.d., [1943]
(1 card)
Ref: D/DLI 7/564/2Order of service of the Eighth Army Service of Thanksgiving, 20 May 1945
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/564/3Postcard view of Algiers, Algeria, n.d., [1942]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., coloured)
Ref: D/DLI 7/564/4'Absent-minded warden' comic postcard, n.d., [1939 - 1945]
(1 card)
Ref: D/DLI 7/564/5'Useless Eustace' comic postcard, n.d., [1939 - 1945][
(1 card)
1482 Corporal Bertie RICHARDSON (Ref: Richardson D/DLI 7/565/1)8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Hetton; enlisted Houghton; died at home, 2 January 1915
Memorial scroll to Corporal Bertie Richardson, n.d., [c. 1919]
(1 paper, printed)
45665 Private John Thomas RICHARDSON (Ref: Richardson D/DLI 7/566/1)15th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Middlestone Moor, Durham; residence New Coundon; enlisted Bishop Auckland; killed in action, 16 September 1916
Letters from the Record Office, York, to Mr. J.T. Richardson, Bishop Auckland, enclosing the British War and Victory Medals which would have been conferred upon Private J.T. Richardson, 29 December 1920 - 22 August 1921
(2 papers)
21600 Regimental Sergeant-Major Ralph RICHARDSON (Ref: Richardson D/DLI 7/567/1-3)13th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Gateshead, St. Aidan, 1880; enlisted and fought in the last months of the Boer War; returned to civilian life; re-enlisted Gateshead, 5 September 1914; Corporal, 17 September 1914; awarded the Military Cross in the New Year's Honours List of 1917 for his work with the DLI. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.
Soldier's small book of Corporal Richardson, 1915
(1 booklet, cloth bound)
Ref: D/DLI 7/567/2Active service pay book of Regimental Sergeant-Major R. Richardson, 21 August 1915 - 7 December 1918
(1 booklet)
Ref: D/DLI 7/567/3Photograph of a Durham Light Infantry cap badge (King's Crown), early 20th c.
Originally enclosed in D/DLI 7/567/1
(1 photograph, 7cm. x 10cm., black and white)
2910 Private Thomas RICHARDSON (Ref: Richardson D/DLI 7/568/1-3)1/6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Enlisted Spennymoor; killed in action, 15 September 1916
Commemorative scroll of Private Thomas Richardson, n.d., [1919]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/568/2Two printed messages from King George V accompanying a memorial of a brave life given for others in the Great War, n.d., [1919]
(2 papers)
Ref: D/DLI 7/568/3Packaging, originally enclosing D/DLI 7/568/1-2, addressed to Mr. J. Richardson, 25 Burnett Street, Merrington Lane, Spennymoor, n.d., [1919]
(1 cardboard tube)
[ ] J.W. RICHARDSON (Ref: Richardson D/DLI 7/943/1-3)1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Silverman to the 1st Battalion from 1949 to 1951.
Photograph of the 1st Battalion colours, taken to Durham by 'S' Company, 1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, and the 6th, 8th and 9th Battalions memorial cross, in the Durham Light Infantry memorial chapel, Durham Cathedral, Durham City, 1950
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 6 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/943/2Photograph of silver and the new colours on display at a regimental dinner night for Durham Light Infantry officers and guests from the Black Watch and the Royal King's Regiment, at the officers' mess, Berlin, Germany, 1951
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 6 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/943/3Photograph of the silver of the 1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry on display in the officers' mess, Berlin, Germany, 1951
(1 photograph, 6 cm. x 6 cm., black and white)
4459243 Warrant Officer II David Greenwell RIDLEY, D.C.M. (Ref: Ridley D/DLI 7/944/1-10)1st Battalion and 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Of Pelton Fell; served in The Durham Light Infantry 15 January 1940 - 13 December 1943; Sherwood Foresters 14 December 1943 - 20 April 1944; 1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry 21 April 1944 - 20 July 1946; 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry 30 August 1951 - 29 October 1965; Army Cadet Force, Durham Light Infantry, 1966 - 1978
Copy record of service, Army Form W5258, of Acting Company Sergeant-Major D.G. Ridley, 29 April 1946
(1 paper, duplicated)
Ref: D/DLI 7/944/2Copy release leave certificate of Company Sergeant-Major David Greenwell Ridley, 1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, 3 April 1946
(1 paper, duplicated)
Ref: D/DLI 7/944/3Copy certificate of service of Warrant Officer II David Greenwell Ridley, D.C.M., T.D., 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry (T.A.), from 30 April 1951 to 28 October 1965, 8 November 1965
(2 papers, duplicated)
Ref: D/DLI 7/944/4Copy citation for the award of the Distinguished Conduct Medal to Sergeant David Greenwell Ridley, for his actions in command of No. 3 Platoon, 'A' Company, 1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, in a night attack on Casa Bianca, Italy, on 14 - 15 December 1944, n.d. [1944]
(1 paper, duplicated)
Ref: D/DLI 7/944/5Copy certificate of the immediate award of the Distinguished Conduct Medal to Sergeant D.G. Ridley, 1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry by the Commander in Chief, Allied Armies in Italy, for gallantry in action, 6 February 1945
(1 paper, duplicated)
Ref: D/DLI 7/944/6Copy statement by Brigadier T.N. Smith, Commanding 10th Indian Infantry Brigade, in support of the recommendation for the award of the Distinguished Conduct Medal to Sergeant David Greenwell Ridley, 24 May 1945
(2 papers, duplicated)
Ref: D/DLI 7/944/7Copy letter from the War Office, Whitehall, London, to David Greenwell Ridley, D.C.M., 1 Milton Terrace, Pelton Fell, concerning the presentation of the Distinguished Conduct Medal, the award of which was published in the London Gazette of 24 May 1945, 1 July 1946
(1 paper, duplicated)
Ref: D/DLI 7/944/8Copy letter from Mrs. M. King, 82 Commonwealth Road, Caterham Valley, Surrey, to Company Sergeant-Major Ridley, D.C.M., and the men of 'A' Company, concerning her late son Roy King, 9 November 1945
(2 papers, duplicated)
Ref: D/DLI 7/944/9Copy newspaper cutting from The Chronicle containing a photograph of Sergeant D.G. Ridley and family members outside Buckingham Palace, London, after receiving the Distinguished Conduct Medal at an investiture, 24 July 1946
(1 paper, duplicated)
Ref: D/DLI 7/944/10Copy of two photographs:
Ref: D/DLI 7/944/10(1)Photograph of a group of soldiers of the 1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [1944 - 1946]
Ref: D/DLI 7/944/10(2)Photograph of four sergeants, probably of the 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, at camp, n.d. [1951 - 1965]
(1 paper, duplicated)
Private [ ] RIDLEY (Ref: Ridley D/DLI 7/945/1)The Durham Light Infantry
Ref: D/DLI 7/945/1Photograph of Private Ridley, The Durham Light Infantry, right, and another, unidentified, soldier of The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)
53691 Sergeant Walter RIGG, D.C.M. (Ref: Rigg D/DLI 7/569/1-3)19th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Kendal, Westmorland, 1894; enlisted in the Border Regiment 1914; gained the Distinguished Conduct Medal during a trench raid in 1918 for showing 'great gallantry and devotion to duty'; died 1962, aged 68. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.
Newspaper cutting concerning the presentation of a framed address and £20 to Sergeant W. Rigg, 12 October 1918
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/569/2Citation for the award of the Distinguished Conduct Medal to Sergeant W. Rigg, 30 October 1918
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/569/3Extract from an unnamed trade union journal recording the death of W. Rigg, n.d., [1962]
(1 paper)
36543 Private J. RIPLEY (Ref: Ripley D/DLI 7/570/1)2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Ref: D/DLI 7/570/1Certificate issued by Brigadier-General [Crawford], commanding officer of the 18th Infantry Brigade, to Private J. Ripley, congratulating the latter on his gallantry, 1 November 1918
(Parchment, 1 membrane)
270043 Charles E. RITCHINGS (Ref: Ritchings D/DLI 7/571/1)The Durham Light Infantry
Ref: D/DLI 7/571/1Certificate of honourable discharge, on 5 September 1917, of C.E. Ritchings, disabled in the Great War, 29 May 1918
(1 paper, printed)
Company Sergeant-Major RITSON (Ref: Ritson D/DLI 7/572/1-3)'C' Company, 2/6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Ref: D/DLI 7/572/1Field message book of C.S.M. Ritson, 'C' Company, 2/6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 23 - 31 August 1918
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: D/DLI 7/572/2Field Service postcard from C.S.M. Ritson to Mrs. J. Ritson, 6 Wood Street, Pelton, Newcastle upon Tyne, saying that he is well and has received her parcel, 29 June 1918
(1 postcard)
Ref: D/DLI 7/572/3Printed notice ordering soldiers to "Keep your mouth shut!" and not divulge information, [1918]
(1 paper)
Lieutenant John Ridley RITSON (Ref: Ritson D/DLI 7/573/1)1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Served in South African War
Officer's field note and sketch book and reconnaissance aide-memoire of Lieutenant J.R. Ritson, Volunteer Special Service Company, 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 4th Brigade, 2nd Division Natal Field Force, South Africa, February 1900 - 27 October 1901
(1 volume, card bound)
Private Thomas RITSON (Ref: Ritson D/DLI 7/574/1)The Durham Light Infantry
Medals in DLI Medal Collection.
Photograph of Private T. Ritson, The Durham Light Infantry, 17 January 1941
(1 photograph, 7.5cm. x 12.5cm., black and white)
