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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 G: Ge to Gl

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Catalogue Description

Records of soldiers who served in The Durham Light Infantry regiment and predecessor units.

Associated people and organisations:
Gedge, Edward Trevor
Gee, Charles Hilton Rodney
Gee, John
Gelsthorpe, Alfred Morris
Gibbens, Charles
Gibson, Henry
Gilbertson, W.
Giles, Arthur Brooks
Gill, Ernest
Gillespie, Robert Rollo
Gingell, Henry
Gladden, John Henry
Glendinning, William
British Army, Durham Light Infantry, Battalion 2nd
British Army, Durham Light Infantry, Battalion 5th
British Army, Durham Light Infantry, Battalion 7th
British Army, Durham Light Infantry, Battalion 8th
British Army, Durham Light Infantry, Battalion 9th
British Army, Durham Light Infantry, Battalion 11th
British Army, Durham Light Infantry, Battalion 12th
British Army, Durham Light Infantry, Battalion 16th
British Army, Durham Light Infantry, Battalion 19th
British Army, Durham Light Infantry, Battalion 22nd
British Army, 106th Regiment of Foot (2nd Bombay European Light Infantry)

Catalogue Contents

14412000 Private Edward Trevor GEDGE (Ref: Gedge D/DLI 7/246/1)

11th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Durham, 1924; residence Durham; died, 27 June 1944


Newspaper cutting concerning the death of Private Edward Trevor Gedge, 11th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 27 June 1944
(1 paper)

Charles Hilton Rodney GEE, M.C. (Ref: Gee D/DLI 7/247/1)

9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Medals in DLI Medal Collection.


Photograph of C.H.R. [Charles Hilton Rodney] Gee, M.C., n.d. [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 10cm. x 14.5cm., sepia, card mounted)

John GEE (Ref: Gee D/DLI 7/248/1-2)

'C' Company, 7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry


Copy group photograph of 'C' Company, 7th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, at Ripon, Yorkshire, 1929
(1 paper; photocopied)


Copy photograph of an unidentified soldier, possibly John Gee of 'C' Company, 7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Ripon, Yorkshire, 1929
(1 paper; photocopied)

Captain (acting Major) Alfred Morris GELSTHORPE, D.D., D.S.O. (Ref: Gelsthorpe D/DLI 7/249/1-2)

151 Machine Gun Company, 8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Second in Command of 151 Machine Gun Company from 1915; commanded 207 Machine Gun Company, from October 1916; mentioned in despatches, 7 November 1917 and 1 March 1919; overseas service with British Expeditionary Force, France, including Passchendaele, and in Mesopotamia; later Assistant Bishop on the Niger, Bishop in the Sudan and Assistant Bishop of Southwell


Notes on the military career of A.M. Gelsthorpe by Colonel Grierson, D.S.O., commanding 151 Machine Gun Company, 1914 - 1918
(2 papers)


A Corn of Wheat: The Life and Times of A.M. Gelsthorpe, D.D., D.S.O., Assistant Bishop on the Niger, Bishop in the Sudan, Assistant Bishop of Southwell by Elfrida Gelsthorpe, n.d., [post 1968]
(1 volume, card bound)

8346 Private, later Major Charles GIBBENS, D.S.O., M.C., D.C.M. (Ref: Gibbens D/DLI 7/250/1-3)

2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, attached to 12th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Entry in McGregor; enlisted as a boy in 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1903; commissioned from Sergeant as Second Lieutenant, 5 March 1916; Lieutenant, 5 September 1917; acting Captain 12th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 22 September 1917 - 5 January 1918; temporary Captain, 6 January - 27 October 1918; temporary Major, 28 October 1918 - December 1919; Captain, 17 March 1920 when retired; served in France and Belgium, 1914 - 1916 and 1917; in Italy 1917 - 1918; wounded; mentioned in despatches, London Gazette, 5 June 1919; promoted Second Lieutenant for services in the field; Distinguished Service Order citation, London Gazette, 10 December 1919


Resolution passed by the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith, London, that Major Gibbens should be invited to sign the borough roll of honour, 27 January 1919
(1 card)


Certificate that Lieutenant [temporary Major] C. Gibbens was mentioned in a despatch, dated 18 January 1919, from General F.R. Earl of Cavan for gallant and distinguished services in the field, 1 March 1919
(1 card)


'How the D.L.I. Fight': a tribute to the fighting qualities of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry; and poem entitled 'The steel of the D.L.I.: a tale of the White Ghurkas', concerning the 2nd Battalion at Hooge, Belgium, 9 August 1915; n.d. [20th c.]
(1 paper, card mounted)

31964 Private Henry GIBSON (Ref: Gibson D/DLI 7/251/1-2)

19th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry


Letter from Private H. Gibson, 19th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, British Expeditionary Force, France, to Miss Anne Gibson, Heath View, Wingate, thanking her for a parcel, 10 March 1917
(2 papers, 1 envelope)


Photograph of [the 19th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry], on parade, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 18cm. x 13cm., black and white)

W. GILBERTSON (Ref: Gilbertson D/DLI 7/252/1)

2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry


Record of Services of the 2nd Battalion, the Durham Light Infantry, and Photographs, including Every Man in the Corps, and Other Views, taken at Poona, India, February 1897 Presented to G. Gilbertson by W. Gilbertson, Poona, India
(1 volume, printed, leather bound)

Second Lieutenant Arthur Brooks GILES (Ref: Giles D/DLI 7/880/1-1(106))

5th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Born 14 November 1898; enlisted in Royal Army Medical Corps c. February 1915; commissioned into 5th Battalion by 1917; in training at Hornsea, Yorkshire, in 1917; prisoner of war at Pillau Camp and Rastatt Camp, Germany, 1918; enlisted in Royal Air Force during Second World War, then served in India until independence in 1947 when he was discharged on health grounds; died 6 March 1972


Photograph album of Private Arthur Brooks Giles, Royal Army Medical Corps, later Second Lieutenant A.B. Giles, 5th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, February 1915 - 1919, and n.d. [1939 - 1945]


Postcard photograph of the exterior of Armstrong College, Newcastle upon Tyne, n.d. [ c.1915]


Group photograph of Royal Army Medical Corps nurses, officers and men, including Private Arthur Brooks Giles, back row, centre, n.d. [1915]


Photograph of the receiving room staff of 1st Northern General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, February 1915


Photograph of three unidentified soldiers in a garden, possibly in Newcastle upon Tyne, n.d. [ c.1915]


Photograph of a group of Fusiliers, possibly a Northumberland Fusiliers platoon, n.d. [ c.1915]


Photograph of Private [ ] Copeland, possibly of the Westminster Dragoons, wearing a black armband, 2 August 1916


Photograph of an unidentified lance-corporal seated in front of a canvas screen, n.d. [ c.1916]


Photograph of Private N. Nicholson, a fusilier, n.d. [ c.1916]


Photograph of an unidentified lance-corporal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, taken by The Promenade Studios, Whitley Bay, Northumberland, n.d. [ c.1916]


Photograph of a group of stretcher-bearers of the Royal Army Medical Corps, n.d. [ c.1916]


Photograph of a young woman holding a racquet on a tennis court, n.d. [ c. 1916]


Photograph of a young doctor in a white coat, n.d. [ c.1916]


Photograph of a soldier and two nurses of the Royal Army Medical Corps, n.d. [ c.1916]


Photograph of Arthur Brooks Giles and his mother, n.d. [c.1916]


Photograph of an unidentified soldier, n.d. [ c.1916]


Photograph of Arthur Brooks Giles and his father, n.d. [ c.1916]


Photograph of Private Arthur Brooks Giles in the garden at the family home, n.d. [ c.1916]


Photograph of Private Arthur Brooks Giles and his family, n.d. [ c.1916]


Photograph of Arthur Brooks Giles seated in the garden at the family home, n.d. [ c.1916]


Photograph of a young woman playing tennis, n.d. [ c.1916]


Photograph of a young doctor in a white coat, n.d. [ c.1916]


Photograph of a private soldier of the Royal Army Medical Corps playing tennis, n.d. [ c.1916]


Photograph of an unidentified soldier outside a trellis-framed doorway, n.d. [ c.1916]


Photograph of three unidentified soldiers outside a trellis-framed doorway, n.d. [ c.1916]


Photograph of an unidentified soldier, as in D/DLI7/880/1(23), n.d. [ c. 1916]


Photograph of a woman holding a dog, n.d. [ c.1916]


Photograph of a young man in civilian dress seated on rocks beside the mouth of the River Tyne at South Shields, n.d. [ c.1916]


Photograph of a young man in civilian dress on a beach, probably at South Shields, n.d. [ c.1916]


Photograph of an unidentified mill beside a bridge, n.d. [ c.1916]


Photograph of an unidentified waterfall, n.d. [ c.1916]


Photograph of an unidentified corporal playing tennis, n.d. [ c.1916]


Photograph of an unidentified young man playing tennis, n.d. [ c.1916]


Photograph of an unidentified young man playing tennis, n.d. [ c.1916]


Photograph of an unidentified young man playing tennis, n.d. [ c.1916]


Photograph of an unidentified soldier and corporal of the Royal Army Medical Corps relaxing on the grass during a game of tennis, n.d. [ c.1916]


Photograph of two soldiers and a young woman seated on a tennis court, including Arthur Brooks Giles on the right, n.d. [ c.1916]


Photograph of Private Arthur Books Giles, possibly outside Armstrong College, Newcastle upon Tyne, n.d. [ c.1916]


Photograph of an unidentified soldier, a nurse and two young boys, n.d. [ c. 1916]


Photograph of Private Arthur Brooks Giles, possibly outside Armstrong College, Newcastle upon Tyne, n.d. [ c.1916]


Photograph of an unidentified college building, and court, probably Emmanuel College, Cambridge, n.d. [ c.1916]


Photograph of an unidentified college building, and court, probably Emmanuel College, Cambridge, n.d. [ c.1916]


Postcard photograph of Emmanuel College Second Court, Cambridge, n.d. [ c. 1916]


Postcard photograph of Emmanuel College Dining Hall, Cambridge, n.d. [ c. 1916]


Postcard photograph of the Lecture Hall corridor, Emmanuel College, Cambridge, n.d. [ c.1916]


Photograph of an entrance gateway to Emmanuel College, Cambridge, n.d. [ c. 1916]


Photograph of an officer, possibly Second Lieutenant Arthur Brooks Giles and two soldiers, probably at Cambridge, n.d. [ c.1916]


Photograph of an officer, possibly Second Lieutenant Arthur Brooks Giles and two soldiers, probably at Cambridge, n.d. [ c.1916]


Photograph of an unidentified chaplain at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, n.d. [ c.1916]


Photograph of Arthur Brooks Giles, seated in a rattan chair outside Emmanuel College, Cambridge, n.d. [ c.1916]


Photograph of an unidentified army officer, possibly a contemporary of Second Lieutenant A.B. Giles at Cambridge, n.d. [ c.1916]


Photograph of an unidentified army officer of The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [ c.1917]


Photograph of an unidentified army officer of The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [ c.1917]


Photograph of eight second lieutenants of The Durham Light Infantry, at the entrance to a wooden hut, captioned: Hornsea [Yorkshire], 1917


Photograph of eight second lieutenants of The Durham Light Infantry including Arthur Brooks Giles, seated, right, at the entrance to a wooden hut, captioned: Hornsea [Yorkshire], 1917


Photograph of eight second lieutenants of The Durham Light Infantry, including Arthur Brooks Giles, standing, first left, outside a wooden hut, Hornsea, Yorkshire, 1917


Photograph of eight second lieutenants of The Durham Light Infantry, including Arthur Brooks Giles, standing, first left, outside a wooden hut, Hornsea, Yorkshire, 1917


Photograph of eight second lieutenants of The Durham Light Infantry, including Arthur Brooks Giles, fourth from left, outside a wooden hut, Hornsea, Yorkshire, 1917


Photograph of Second Lieutenant Arthur Brooks Giles, The Durham Light Infantry, Hornsea, Yorkshire, 1917


Photograph of a young officer of The Durham Light Infantry, signed G.C. Brown, n.d. [1917]


Photograph of the interior of a barracks hut at Hornsea, Yorkshire, 1917


Photograph of a Royal Flying Corps officer seated in the cockpit of a biplane, n.d. [1917]


Photograph of five second lieutenants of The Durham Light Infantry, including Arthur Brooks Giles, front left, outside a wooden hut, Hornsea, Yorkshire, 1917


Photograph of three second lieutenants of The Durham Light Infantry outside a wooden hut, Hornsea, Yorkshire, 1917


Photograph of four second lieutenants of The Durham Light Infantry outside a wooden hut, Hornsea, Yorkshire, 1917


Photograph of Second Lieutenant Arthur Brooks Giles, back row, second from the left, and members of his family, n.d. [1917]


Photograph of Second Lieutenant Arthur Brooks Giles, back row, second from the left, and members of his family, n.d. [1917]


Photograph of three schoolgirls in a garden, n.d. [1917]


Photograph of two schoolgirls in a garden, n.d. [1917]


Photograph of Second Lieutenant N.B. Thompson, The Durham Light Infantry, Hornsea, Yorkshire, 1917


Photograph of a young officer of the Royal Flying Corps, standing in front of a fireplace, n.d. [1917]


Photograph of a young officer of the Royal Flying Corps standing outside an aircraft hangar, n.d. [1917]


Photograph of the mother and younger brother of Arthur Brooks Giles in the garden of the family home, n.d. [1917]


Photograph of an unidentified Second Lieutenant of The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [1917]


Photograph of a young woman, n.d. [1917]


Photograph of an unidentified Lieutenant of The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [1917]


Photograph of a young woman standing on a shingle beach, n.d. [1917]


Photograph of the younger brother of Arthur Brooks Giles, n.d. [1917]


Photograph of an unidentified Second Lieutenant, probably of The Durham Light Infantry, Hornsea, Yorkshire, 1917


Photograph of a young man in civilian dress, n.d. [1917]


Photograph of a young man in civilian dress, n.d. [1917]


Photograph of eight second lieutenants of The Durham Light Infantry, including Arthur Brooks Giles, first left, outside the entrance to a wooden hut, Hornsea, Yorkshire, 1917


Photograph of a young woman holding a box camera, n.d. [1917]


Photograph of a group of British prisoners of war at Pillau prisoner of war camp, Germany, n.d. [1918] Includes: Lieutenant Oswald F. Moyle, Royal Air Force; Lieutenant Geoff Patman, Royal Air Force; Lieutenant L.G. Norden, Royal Engineers and Royal Air Force; Second Lieutenant C.G. Hitchcock, Royal Air Force; Lieutenant O.S.F. Jones-Lloyd, Royal Air Force; Lieutenant Andrew Moore, Royal Air Force; Robert J.G. Stewart; Lieutenant H.E. Thomson, Royal Air Force; Lieutenant G.C. Bray, Royal Air Force; K.C.B. Woodman; J.B. [ ]; and Lieutenant M.T. McKeting, Royal Air Force


Photograph of a group of British Army prisoners of war at Pillau prisoner of war camp, Germany, 1918 Back row, left to right: W.R. Worrall; A. Dunand; I.F. Murphy; H.[ ] Clements; Ernest Jones; H.C. Bell Front row, left to right: Henry Cockings; [ ] Caudwell; F.[ ] Moylan; W. Yelland; A.J. Strong


Photograph of a group of British prisoners of war at Rastatt camp, Germany, July 1918


Photograph of five British prisoners of war at Rastatt camp, Germany, July 1918


Photograph of a group of British Army prisoners of war at an unidentified camp, possibly Rastatt, Germany, n.d. [1918] Back row, left to right: C. Marshall, Gloucesters; G.J.L. [Bayloff], 10th Tanks; John Atterton [ ]; J. [ legg], W. Yorkshire Regiment; Alan T.C. Lumley Front row, left to right: Lieutenant W. Elliot; A. Ayers, 1st [? Tank]; Second Lieutenant J. McKie, H.L.I. [ ]; M. Beedham, Sherwood Foresters; Second Lieutenant C. Webb, Tanks; Lieutenant J.A.S. Gardner, C.M.G.C. [Machine Gun Corps], and Second Lieutenant J.S. Champeney, 10th Tanks [Tank Regiment]


Photograph of four British Army Officers, prisoners of war, standing in snow beside a wire fence, Germany, 1918 Left to right: Second Lieutenant G. Sergeant; Second Lieutenant H.C. Bell, Black Watch; Lieutenant K. Harper-Leslie and T.G. [ ]


Photograph of prisoner of war Lieutenant Oswald F. Moyle, Royal Air Force, Konistigall, Germany, 30 November 1918


Photograph of prisoner of war George Roberts, 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Germany, 1918


Photograph of P. Francke, president of the Soldiers' Council, standing in snow at an unidentified prisoner of war camp, December 1918


Photograph of P. Francke, centre, seated at a desk with four unidentified officers, possibly at a meeting of the Soldiers' Council, Germany, 1918


Photograph of five British Army officers at a prisoner of war camp, Germany, 1 December 1918 Includes: Second Lieutenant Arthur Brooks Giles, back row, left; and Second Lieutenant C.W. Carter, Royal Field Artillery; Lieutenant George D. Roberts, The Durham Light Infantry; Second Lieutenant Eric B.F. Arthy, The Durham Light Infantry, back row, right; and Second Lieutenant T.F.J. Hollamby, Cheshire Regiment


Photograph of seven British Army officers, prisoners of war, including front row, right, Second Lieutenant Eric B.F. Arthy, The Durham Light Infantry, 1918


Photograph of prisoners of war assembled in a school playground in France, n.d. [1918]


Photograph of a group of British Army officers, some wearing greatcoats, including possibly Arthur Brooks Giles, seated, front left, n.d. [1918]


Photograph of David F. Davidson, possibly in North Africa, n.d. [1939 - 1945]


Photograph of three soldiers, including David F. Davidson, left, in front of a dug-out, possibly in North Africa, n.d. [1939 - 1945]


Photograph of David F. Davidson astride a donkey, possibly in North Africa, n.d. [1939 - 1945]


Photograph of troops advancing through a smokescreen across sand, possibly in North Africa, n.d. [1939 - 1945]


Photograph of soldiers laying a smokescreen in the desert, possibly in North Africa, n.d. [1939 - 1945]


Photograph of wagons covered by camouflage nets and an encampment in the background, against sand dunes, possibly in North Africa, n.d. [1939 - 1945]


Photograph of two senior German officers and a standard bearer on a parade ground, before a crowd of onlookers, [Germany], n.d. [ c.1919]


Photograph of five German officers [Germany], n.d. [ c.1919]


Photograph of King George V and the Prince of Wales, mounted on horseback, at a ceremonial event in Cologne, Germany, n.d. [ c.1919]


Postcard view of houses and the harbour entrance at Pillau, Germany, n.d. [ c.1919]
(1 volume, cloth bound)

325637 Sergeant Ernest GILL M.M., D.C.M. (Ref: Gill D/DLI 7/881/1-2)

9th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry


Certified copy citations for the award of the Military Medal to Lance-Corporal Ernest Gill, 18 September 1917, and the Distinguished Conduct Medal to Corporal Ernest Gill, 30 October 1918, n.d. [after 1918]
(1 card, 50 cm. x 31 cm.)


Certified copy citation for the award of the Military Medal to Lance-Corporal Ernest Gill, Durham Light Infantry Brigade Office, 27 October 1920
(1 paper)

Major-General Robert Rollo GILLESPIE (Ref: Gillespie D/DLI 7/253/1-6)

2nd Bombay European Light Infantry and 106th Regiment
Entry in McGregor; Ensign, Bombay Army, 8 June 1849; 2nd Bombay European Regiment, 25 June 1850; Lieutenant, 3 July 1855; Captain 106th Foot, 30 July 1862; Major, 11 September 1868; Lieutenant-Colonel, 13 August 1873; commanded 106th Light Infantry, 13 August 1873 - 4 September 1877; Brevet Colonel, 22 October 1878; Major-General, 31 December 1887


Commission of R.R. Gillespie, gent., as ensign in the East India Company, 30 November 1850
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


Commission of R.R. Gillespie, gent., as ensign in the East India Company, 30 December 1850
(1 paper)


Commission of R.R. Gillespie, gent., as lieutenant in the East India Company, 24 December 1855
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


Commission, by the Governor in Council of Bombay, [India] of R.R. Gillespie, from 3 July 1855, as lieutenant in the East India Company, 1 December 1856
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


Commission of R.R. Gillespie, esq., as captain in the 106th Regiment of Foot, 18 September 1862
(1 paper)


Commission of R.R. Gillespie, esq., as lieutenant-colonel in the 106th Regiment of Foot, 20 October 1873
(1 paper)

15519 Sergeant Henry GINGELL (Ref: Gingell D/DLI 7/254/1)

The Durham Light Infantry


Tribute of honour awarded to Henry Gingell, The Durham Light Infantry, in honour of his service to his country in the First World War, presented by the citizens of Sunderland, October 1919
(1 paper, 45.5cm. x 31.3cm., mounted on card, coloured)

4469737 Corporal John Henry GLADDEN (Ref: Gladden D/DLI 7/255/1-4)

70th Battalion, later 16th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry


Certified copy attestation of J.H. Gladden on enlistment, 10 January 1942
(1 paper)


Special order of the day from Allied Force Headquarters on the liberation of Italy, 2 May 1945
(1 paper)


Certificate that Corporal J.H. Gladden is relegated to the Territorial Army Reserve, 12 July 1946
(1 paper)


Note accompanying the campaign medals awarded to J.H. Gladden, n.d., [1946]
(1 paper)

22/407 Private William GLENDINNING (Ref: Glendinning D/DLI 7/256/1-5)

22nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Cornforth, Co. Durham; residence Coxhoe, Co. Durham; enlisted Deaf Hill, Co. Durham; killed in action, 4 March 1917


Letter from [S.B. Crosthwaite], chaplain, 22nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, British Expeditionary Force, France, to [Mr. Glendinning], informing him of the death of his son, Private W. Glendinning, 8 March 1917
(1 paper)


Letter from Captain [A.J.] Robson, 22nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, British Expeditionary Force, to Mrs. Glendinning, informing her of the death of her son, Private W. Glendinning, 22 March 1917
(1 paper)


Memorial scroll commemorating Private W. Glendinning, n.d., [1919]
(1 card)


Photograph of Private W. Glendinning, n.d., [1914 - 1917]
(1 photograph, 8cm. x 13cm., black and white)


Photograph of soldiers in hospital, including Private W. Glendinning, front row, right, n.d., n.d., [1914 - 1917]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)