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: Ba
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- Durham Light Infantry Records
- Captain John Carter 'Jack' BAILEY (Ref: Bailey D/DLI 7/34/1)
- Captain John Carter 'Jack' BAILEY (Ref: Bailey D/DLI 7/34/2)
- 843466 Company Sergeant-Major Robert BAINBRIDGE, D.C.M. (Ref: Bainbridge D/DLI 7/36/1-2)
- 4444924 Sergeant Stanley BAINBRIDGE (Ref: Bainbridge D/DLI 7/37/1-2)
- Private Jack BAINES (Ref: Baines D/DLI 7/818/1-4)
- 4458466 Private Gordon William BAMBER (Ref: Bamber D/DLI 7/38/1-10)
- 10062 Lieutenant William BANKS (Ref: Banks D/DLI 7/819/1-4)
- [2909 with 8 DLI] Lieutenant William BANNERMAN, M.C. (Ref: Bannerman D/DLI 7/39/1-16)
- 9/2490 [326005] Regimental Sergeant-Major Edward BAPTIST (Ref: Baptist D/DLI 7/40/1-3)
- 8/2961 [24313 MGC] Sergeant John BARCLAY (Ref: Barclay D/DLI 7/41/1-4)
- 18/918 Sergeant Joseph Wilfred BARKER, D.C.M. (Ref: Barker D/DLI 7/42/1-6)
- Lance-Corporal S. BARKER (Ref: Barker D/DLI 7/1006/1-2)
- 4079390 Private Edward Albert BARNES (Ref: Barnes D/DLI 7/43/1-3)
- 11884 Sergeant Alfred BARNES (Ref: Barnes D/DLI 7/820/1-2)
- J. K. BARNETT (Ref: Barnett D/DLI 7/44/1)
- Lieutenant Bernard Cecil BARRANS (Ref: Barrans D/DLI 7/45/1-5)
- Second Lieutenant William Hillhouse BARRASS (Ref: Barrass D/DLI 7/46/1-25)
- 397 Private John BARRETT (Ref: Barrett D/DLI 7/47/1-5)
- 4439292 Trooper William Blyth BARRON (Ref: Barron D/DLI 7/48/1-50)
- 3282 [250363] Private Charles Edward Cooper BASHAM (Ref: Basham D/DLI 7/49/1)
- 14574609 Private Alfred Henry BATE (Ref: Bate D/DLI 7/821/1-9)
- 47036 Private John James BATLEY (Ref: Batley D/DLI 7/50/1-2)
- Captain Henry Lumsden BATTISCOMBE (Ref: Battiscombe D/DLI 7/822/1)
- 22400 Private Michael BATTLE (Ref: Battle D/DLI 7/823/1)
- 20/843 Lance-Corporal John Christopher BATY (Ref: Baty D/DLI 7/51/1-3)
- 4587 Colour-Sergeant Ernest BAUGH (Ref: Baugh D/DLI 7/52/1-6)
- 4587 Colour-Sergeant Ernest BAUGH (Ref: Baugh D/DLI 7/52/7-16)
Catalogue Description
INDIVIDUAL SERVICEMEN OF THE DURHAMLIGHT INFANTRY
Catalogue Contents
9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Ref: D/DLI 7/34/1Additional record
Ref: D/DLI 7/34/28th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Ref: D/DLI 7/36/11st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Ref: D/DLI 7/37/12nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Enlisted 1926; died 1989
11th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Ref: D/DLI 7/38/111th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Residence Darlington; age 33 in 1917; a private in the Inns of Court Regiment before being commissioned into The Durham Light Infantry
8th Battalion and 13th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
8th Battalion and 13th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 18 September 1914 - 30 December 1916; 13th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 25 July 1917 - 17 February 1919
1/9th Battalion and 2/9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Ref: D/DLI 7/40/1'B' Company, later 'A' Company, 8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Joined 'B' Company, 8th Battalion, in 1914; 'B' Company later combined with 'A' Company; served in France from 1915; transferred to 151 Machine Gun Company; became Orderly Room Sergeant; died of Spanish influenza, 14 December 1918; buried Penrith Cemetery, Cumberland.
18th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Darlington 1895; enlisted 5 September 1914; awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal after action at Plate Becque, France, on 19 July 1918; commissioned into the Royal Air Force after the war; served with the Royal Engineers during World War II; died 1970, aged 76. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.
1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Ref: D/DLI 7/1006/1The Durham Light Infantry
Born 1919; enlisted 21 June 1939.
12th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Born Newbiggin by the Sea, Northumberland; enlisted Newcastle upon Tyne; residence Kirkbride, Carlisle, Cumberland; killed in action 29 July 1916
11th Battalion, later 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Volunteered, March 1943, age 17 years; posted to 11th Battalion; assault training on the Isle of Bute, Scotland, November 1943; wounded at the battle of Rauray, France, 27 June 1944; posted to 9th Battalion, in Berlin, Germany, September 1945; on disbandment of 9th Battalion posted to 2nd Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment, March 1946.
14th Battalion and 11th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Ref: D/DLI 7/45/16th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, (attached to 2nd Battalion, The Northumberland Fusiliers)
Ref: D/DLI 7/46/12nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, (formerly The Lothian Regiment)
Enlisted, 30 July 1881; transferred to Reserve, June 1887; discharged, 29 July 1893
7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 12 July 1929 - 8 December 1936; Anti-Aircraft Battalion, the Royal Engineers, 9 December 1936 - 31 July 1940; 47th Searchlight Regiment, the Royal Artillery, 1 August 1940 - 18 July 1942; Royal Armoured Corps, 19 July 1942 - 21 October 1945; [1st Lothians and Border Yeomanry, September 1944 - 8 May 1945]
6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Ref: D/DLI 7/49/12nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Born 18 January 1911; residence Whickham; enlisted into General Service Corps, Brancepeth 1 April 1943; transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 13 May 1943; discharged 5 December 1946; served in British Liberation Army; served as bandsman from 31 May 1943.
15th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, (formerly 75946 The West Yorkshire Regiment)
Born Bradford, Yorkshire; enlisted Bradford, Yorkshire; killed in action, 23 October 1918.
68th, or Durham, Light Infantry
Entry in McGregor; born 18 August 1835; served in the Crimean War 1854 - 1855
15th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Born c. November 1879; enlisted West Hartlepool 3 December 1914; discharged 14 August 1915
20th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Stanhope; residence Rookhope; enlisted Bishop Auckland; killed in action, 1 October 1916.
1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion, and 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Woodside, Croydon, Surrey, 29 April 1874; occupation photographer; enlisted for The Durham Light Infantry at Kingston on Thames, Surrey, age 18 years 3 months, on 19 July 1892; promoted Sergeant 22 April 1898, Colour-Sergeant 14 July 1899; served in South Africa 1899-1900; wounded 5 February 1900 at Vaal Krantz; in 2nd Battalion 1903; discharged from 6th Battalion 30 June 1913. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.
Additional records
Ref: D/DLI 7/52/7