Catalogue

Copy declaration of trust by Lord Barnard; Lieutenant-General Sir Joseph Howard Nigel Poett; Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Mervyn D'Arcy Irvine; Lieutenant-Colonel John William Kelly; Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony de Vesci Gibson; Lieutenant-Colonel William Graham Stead Mills; Major Leslie Louise Fleming; Brigadier Leslie Harrison McRobert; Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Francis Hutchinson; Regimental Sergeant-Major James William McDowell; Lieutenant-Colonel George Kinnear Stobart; and Colonel William Innes Watson; trustees of the Regimental Collection, concerning the custody and display of the collection, and the administration of the trust fund for the maintenance and preservation of the collection, 1 June 1960

Letter from Colonel W.I. Watson, Barnard Castle, to Major E. Browne, The Durham Light Infantry, Brancepeth Castle, concerning the deliberations of the 'Simpson Committee', the loan and sale of 3rd and 4th (Militia) Battalion silver, and enclosing a copy trust deed, as in D/DLI 8/1/1, 29 June 1960

5 October 1962 (1) Lord Barnard; Lieutenant-General Sir Joseph Howard Nigel Poett; Lieutenant-Colonel John Robert Burgess; Colonel Kenneth Mark Walters Leather; Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Edmund Gabriel Scott; Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon Robertson; Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Morton; Brigadier Leslie Harrison McRobert; Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Francis Hutchinson; Lieutenant-Colonel George Kinnear Stobart; and Colonel William Innes Watson, trustees (2) Durham County Council Appointment and trust deed for the custody and exhibition of the regimental collection removed on the vacation of the museum at Brancepeth Castle

Copy minutes of the Management Trustees of the Durham Light Infantry Regimental Fund, and of the 3rd and 4th (Militia) Battalions of The Durham Light Infantry, and of the Regimental Museum, 4 April 1975 - 18 May 1984

Copy annual reports of the Chairman of the Durham Light Infantry Regimental Fund Management Committee, years ended 31 December 1973, 1975, 1977 - 1981, 1983

Draft, and copy, reports of the Chairman of the Durham Light Infantry Regimental Fund Management Committee concerning the regimental museum, 1975, 1982 - 1984

Statement of accounts of The Durham Light Infantry Regimental Fund, 1976

Statement of accounts of The Durham Light Infantry Regimental Fund, 1977

Statement of accounts of The Durham Light Infantry Regimental Fund, 1978

Statement of accounts of The Durham Light Infantry Funds (Charitable Fund, Regimental Charities, Cottage Homes and Museum Fund), 1979

Statement of accounts of The Durham Light Infantry Funds (Charitable Fund, Regimental Charities, Cottage Homes and Museum Fund), 1980

Statement of accounts of The Durham Light Infantry Funds (Charitable Fund, Regimental Charities, Cottage Homes and Museum Fund), 1981

Statement of accounts of The Durham Light Infantry Funds (Charitable Fund, Regimental Charities, Cottage Homes and Museum Fund), 1982

Statement of accounts of The Durham Light Infantry Funds (Charitable Fund, Regimental Charities, Cottage Homes and Museum Fund), 1983 (5 papers, printed) Correspondence

Correspondence between Colonel W.I. Watson, Barnard Castle; Lieutenant-Colonel R.B. Humphreys, Regimental Secretary, Light Infantry Office (Durham); and Colonel G.K. Stobart, Ford Hill, Ford, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland; concerning the Regimental Fund, 9 October 1968 - 28 May 1971

Correspondence between Colonel W.I. Watson, Barnard Castle; Lieutenant-Colonel R.B. Humphreys, Regimental Secretary, Light Infantry Office (Durham); and the Charity Commission, London; concerning the Regimental Fund, 9 June 1971 - 13 March 1975

Correspondence between Colonel W.I. Watson, Barnard Castle; Lieutenant-Colonel R.B. Humphreys, Regimental Secretary, Light Infantry Office (Durham); and the Charity Commission, London; concerning the Regimental Fund, 7 May 1958; 27 February 1975 - 26 July 1976

Correspondence between Colonel W.I. Watson, Spring Lodge, Barnard Castle; Lieutenant-General Sir Nigel Poett, Colonel of The Durham Light Infantry; Staff College, Camberley, Surrey; Brigadier R.G. Thurburn, Army Museums Ogilby Trust, War Office, London; Major P.F. Greenwell, and Major L.L. Fleming, successively Officer Commanding, Regimental Depot, Brancepeth Castle; concerning the new regimental headquarters and the proposed D.L.I. Museum, 17 June 1958 - 22 February 1962

Correspondence between Colonel W.I. Watson, Spring Lodge, Barnard Castle, and J.T. Brockbank, Clerk of the Peace and of the County Council, Shire Hall and County Hall, Durham, concerning the establishment of the D.L.I. Museum, 23 March 1962 - 13 March 1968

Correspondence between Colonel W.I. Watson, Spring Lodge, Barnard Castle; Lieutenant-Colonel C.F. Hutchinson, Territorial and Volunteer Reserve Association for the North of England, Old Elvet, Durham; and Colonel R.B. Humphreys, Light Infantry Office (Durham); concerning the opening of the D.L.I. Museum, 14 March 1968 - 16 June 1970

Correspondence between Colonel W.I. Watson, Barnard Castle; Major E. Browne, The Durham Light Infantry, Brancepeth Castle; The Director of Education, Durham County Council; Major L.L. Fleming, The Durham Light Infantry, Brancepeth Castle; and the Curator of The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle; concerning the proposed new D.L.I. Museum in Durham, 9 January - 12 August 1960

Correspondence file; entitled 'Regimental Museum No. 3', belonging to the Chairman of the Durham Light Infantry Regimental Fund and Museum Committee, 10 September 1976 - 27 December 1983

Correspondence belonging to the Chairman of The Durham Light Infantry Regimental Fund and Museum Committee concerning the disputed ownership of the Wakenshaw Victoria Cross, 29 July 1982 - 27 July 1983 Access restricted

Correspondence between Colonel W.I. Watson, Spring Lodge, Barnard Castle; Durham County Council, County Hall, Durham; The Durham Light Infantry Charitable Fund, The Light Infantry Office (Durham), Elvet Waterside, Durham; the D.L.I. Museum and Arts Centre, Aykley Heads, Durham; and the Museums and Galleries Commission, 2 Carlton Gardens, London; concerning the D.L.I. Museum medal room appeal, 5 December 1984 - 17 May 1988

Correspondence between Colonel W.I. Watson, Spring Lodge, Barnard Castle; and Nerys Johnson, Keeper-In-Charge of the D.L.I. Museum; and John Rumsby, Museum Assistant, D.L.I. Museum and Arts Centre, Aykley Heads, Durham; concerning the activities of the museum, 4 August 1970 - 28 July 1975

Correspondence between Colonel W.I. Watson, Spring Lodge, Barnard Castle; and Nerys Johnson, Keeper-In-Charge of the D.L.I. Museum; John Rumsby, Museum Assistant, D.L.I. Museum; and Steven Shannon, Military Assistant, D.L.I. Museum and Arts Centre, Aykley Heads, Durham; concerning the activities of the museum, including the purchase of the Victoria Cross won by Second Lieutenant Youens, 18 August 1975 - 3 March 1977

Copy letter from Nerys Johnson, Keeper-In-Charge, D.L.I. Museum and Arts Centre, Aykley Heads, Durham, to Colonel W.I. Watson, Spring Lodge, Barnard Castle, concerning the restoration of a Russian flag from the Crimean War, 28 December 1972

Correspondence to and from the Chairman of the Durham Light Infantry Regimental Fund and Museum Committee concerning the creation of a permanent record of the regimental colours, 13 June 1979 - 5 December 1983

Descriptive notes, copy orders of service and press reports concerning The Durham Light Infantry Regimental Colours; programme for the photography of the Colours in the Memorial Chapel in Durham Cathedral; copy drawings of the military insignia of the 68th Light Infantry, the 106th Bombay Light Infantry, the Durham Volunteers, and the Durham Militia; and a poster for the exhibition, Brightly Gleams our Banner , held at the D.L.I. Museum and Arts Centre, Durham, September - October 1981; collected by Colonel W.I. Watson, c. 1980 - 1981

Order of service for the presentation of Colours to the 3rd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, by the Lord Lieutenant, the Earl of Durham, at Deerbolt Camp, Barnard Castle, 24 July 1906

Illustrated booklet commemorating the laying up of the Colours, and the dedication and unveiling of the Book of Remembrance and Memorial to All Ranks of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry (T.A.), who Fell in the Service of King and Country, 1900 - 1946, which took place at the church of Gateshead, St. Mary, on Inkerman Day, 5 November 1949

Sketch of a Volunteer soldier, 1792

Sketch of a Volunteer soldier, 1815

Photograph of the colour party of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Windsor, Berkshire, 19 June 1909 Officers and non-commissioned officers are: Staff-Sergeant Arkless; Colour-Sergeant Ridley; Sergeants Hutchinson, Hands, Bainbridge, Wilson, and Douglas;, Colour-Sergeant Johnson; Company Quartermaster-Sergeant Siddle; Colour-Sergeant Dick; Sergeant Maddison; Lieutenant A. Hebron; Colour-Sergeant Kingston; and Lieutenant W. de G. Martin

Sketch of a Volunteer soldier in South Africa, 1899 - 1902

Photograph of His Majesty King George V inspecting a guard of honour formed by soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry, taken in Great Britain, 10 October 1928 Officers are: Major K.E. Dunn, Guard Commander; Lieutenant W.F. Simpson, Subaltern; Second-Lieutenant O.R. Durant, Colour Officer

Sketch of a soldier in service dress, 1914 - 1918

Photograph of two soldiers guarding the colours of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken in Great Britain, 1936

Sketch of a soldier in service dress, 1939

Photograph of His Majesty King George VI inspecting a guard of honour formed by soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry, taken in Great Britain, 22 February 1939 Officers are: Major H.L. Swinburne, Guard Commander; Lieutenant J.J. March, Colour Officer

Booklet commemorating of the laying up of the Colours of the 17th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry) T.A., and the re-dedication of the Butte de Warlencourt Memorial to the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry T.A., at the church of Gateshead, St. Mary, 14 November 1970

Group photograph showing Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal, with the officers of the 17th Battalion, Parachute Regiment (9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry), taken at Brancepeth Castle, 4 October 1952

Colour picture of the Queen's Colour of the 17th Battalion, Parachute Regiment (9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry), c.1970

Colour picture of the Regimental Colour of the 17th Battalion, Parachute Regiment (9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry), c.1970

Photograph of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh inspecting a guard of honour formed by the 17th Battalion, Parachute Regiment (9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry), taken at Peterlee, 27 May 1970

Photograph of the King's Colour of the South Shields Loyal Volunteers, n.d. [ c. 1980]

Photograph of the Regimental Colour of the South Shields Loyal Volunteers, n.d. [ c. 1980]

Photograph of the King's and Regimental Colours presented to the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in 1953, n.d. [ c. 1980]

Photograph of the Colours presented to the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in 1953, n.d., [ c. 1980]

Letter from the Regimental Secretary to the Chairman of the Regimental Fund and Museum Committee concerning the unfavourable reference to The Durham Light Infantry in Nicholas Harman's book, Dunkirk, The Necessary Myth, and enclosing copies of an article by Laurence Turner and a report of Ian English's consultation with Judge Jalland, 4 November 1981

Correspondence between Lieutenant-Colonel J.A.G. Arnot, Regimental Secretary, Light Infantry Office (Durham); Colonel W.I. Watson, Spring Lodge, Barnard Castle; Brigadier R.B. Macgregor-Oakford, Headquarters South East District, Aldershot, Hampshire, and the Headquarters of the Light Division, Sir John Moore Barracks, Winchester, Hampshire; concerning the D.L.I. Museum medal room, Light Infantry territorial battalion titles, and charities, 12 March 1969 - 21 July 1988

Correspondence, and supporting papers, belonging to the Secretary to the Management Trustees of the Regimental Fund and Museum, relating to the 1976 annual meeting, 1 January 1974 - 26 March 1976

Order of proceedings of a special meeting of Hartlepool Borough Council for the presentation to the Trustees of the Durham Light Infantry of a statuette, designed to mark the granting of the Freedom of the Borough to The Durham Light Infantry, 31 October 1984 Includes: text of a speech given at the meeting by Brigadier R.D. MacGregor-Oakford The statuette of General John Lambton, which was presented in 1984, was a replacement for the statuette which was presented in 1958. The original statuette was stolen from the D.L.I. Museum in 1983.

Correspondence between the Education Department, Durham County Council, Shire Hall, Durham; and Major E. Browne, Curator of the Regimental Museum, Brancepeth Castle; concerning the proposed area museum service for the North of England, 9 January - 8 September 1961

Inventory of the items in the Regimental Museum Collection, June 1966

Lists of silver and plate of the 3rd and 4th Battalions in the Regimental Museum and list of mess kit and uniforms in the Regimental Museum, n.d. [1967] (10 papers) RECORDS OF THE D.L.I. MUSEUM

Reports of the D.L.I. Museum to the Regimental Fund Management Trustees, 1973, 1980 - 1981

Photograph of H.R.H. Princess Alexandra looking at an exhibition at the D.L.I. Museum, n.d., [1980s - 1990s]

Photograph of the interior of the D.L.I. Museum showing exhibits and display cases, n.d., [ c. 1980]