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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: Ga

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4444811 Sergeant Patrick GALLOGLY (Ref: Gallogly D/DLI 7/237/1-12)

2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born, 22 May 1907, possibly in Ireland; enlisted at Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, in 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 7 July 1925; saw active service and was wounded in the North West Frontier campaign, India, 1930 - 1931; joined 'B' Reserve, 13 February 1933; recalled, 1 September 1939; served with the British Expeditionary Force in northern France and Belgium, and was captured during the retreat of the 2nd Battalion to Dunkirk; spent three years in German Prisoner of War camps, including Stalag XXI A and Oflag 64, before he escaped and returned to England in 1943; returned to active service in France, October 1944 - February 1945; discharged from the Regular Army on 15 May 1950 as Colour-Sergeant; joined 437 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (T.A.), 16 May 1960; served with Territorial Army until finally discharged on 31 March 1961, aged 54; died 1976. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.


Soldier's service and pay book of Sergeant Gallogly, 10 September 1945
(1 booklet)


Soldier's release book of Sergeant Gallogly, 19 December 1945
(1 booklet)


Certificate of transfer to the Army Reserve of Sergeant Gallogly, 16 May 1947
(1 paper)


Regular army certificate of service of Sergeant P. Gallogly, 9 October 1950
(1 booklet)


Certificate of service of Sergeant Gallogly, 24 April 1961
(1 paper)


Confirmation of discharge of Sergeant Gallogly, 24 April 1961
(1 paper)


Note on the military service of Sergeant Patrick Gallogly, compiled by the Durham Light Infantry Museum, n.d., [after 1961]
(1 paper)


Photograph of a column of soldiers in tropical service dress 'marching through a "nullah" ', probably the North West Frontier, India, n.d., [c. 1930 - 1931]
(1 photograph, 13cm. x 8cm., black and white)


Photograph of Sergeant P. Gallogly and two other soldiers, prisoners of war at 3 Geprüst, Oflag 64, Germany, sent to Mrs. P. Gallogly, 20 Wharfdale Avenue, Billingham, n.d., [1940 - 1943]
(1 photograph, 10.5cm. x 7.5cm., black and white)


Photograph of Sergeant P. Gallogly in costume, in a group of five comic characters, in a prisoner of war theatrical production at 3 Geprüst, Oflag 64, Germany, n.d., [1940 - 1943]
(1 photograph, 10.5cm. x 7.5cm., black and white)


Photograph of Sergeant P. Gallogly of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in a group of prisoners of war of various regiments, most wearing greatcoats and field service caps or equivalent, and two wearing wooden clogs, at Stalag XX1A, 10 Geprüst, Germany, n.d., [1940 - 1943]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Photograph of a group of Durham Light Infantry soldiers in battle dress and field service caps, in a prisoner of war camp, possibly Oflag 64, Germany, n.d. [1940 - 1943]
(1 photograph, 12cm. x 8cm., black and white)

Second Lieutenant John Walcote GAMBLE (Ref: Gamble D/DLI 7/238/1-5)

16th Battalion and 14th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Enlisted Public Schools Battalion, Ashstead, Surrey, 1914; commissioned 16th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, October 1914; on active service, 14th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, October 1914; on active service, 14th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1915 - 1916; officer commanding 'C' Company, in the Potijze defences, Belgium, December 1915 - January 1916; wounded in action, 8 January 1916; rejoined unit as officer commanding 'B' Company, 1 February 1916; mentioned in despatches, 30 April 1916; wounded, 21 May 1916 (W. Miles, Durham Forces in the Field 1914 - 1918, p.36); died of wounds, 22 May 1916


Field Service correspondence book of Second Lieutenant J.W. Gamble, containing notes of duties and carbon copies of reports, covering three tours of duty by 'C' and 'B' Companies, in trenches A7, and A6 and A5a, in the Potijze defences, Flanders, Belgium, 23 December 1915 - 11 February 1916
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Map of North West Europe, sheet 1 and part of sheet 4, including Ostend and Mons, February 1915 Scale: 1:250,000
(1 plan, 86cm. x 72cm., colour, linen backed)


Picture postcard book of views of Ypres, Belgium, 1914 - 1915


The Delbeke Hall, Ypres, Belgium 1914


The Delbeke Hall, Ypres, Belgium, after the campaign, 1914 - 1915


Painting in the Paurvels gallery showing the building of the Halles, Ypres, Belgium, 1914


Painting in the Paurvels gallery showing the building of the Halles, Ypres, Belgium, after bombardment, 1914


Chapel of the Holy Sacrament in the Cathedral Saint-Martin, Ypres, Belgium, 1914


Chapel of the Holy Sacrament in the Cathedral Saint-Martin, Ypres, Belgium, after the bombardment, 1914


Belle Hospital, Lille Street, Ypres, Belgium, 1914


Belle Hospital, Lille Street, Ypres, Belgium, after the bombardment, 1914


Orchard Street, Ypres, Belgium, 1914


Orchard Street, Ypres, Belgium, after bombardment, 1914


Interior of the Cathedral Saint Martin, Ypres, Belgium, 1909


Interior of the Cathedral of Saint Martin, Ypres, Belgium, after bombardment, 27 June 1915


The Neptune Gate, Ypres, Belgium, 1914


The Neptune Gate, Ypres, Belgium, after bombardment, 1914


The Grand Place, Ypres, Belgium, on market day, 1914


The Grand Place, Ypres, Belgium, after bombardment, 1914
(1 booklet)


Transcript of letters from Second Lieutenant John Walcote Gamble, 14th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, probably to his mother, Mrs. Constance Gamble, covering war service in France and Belgium 1915-1916, and associated papers, 9 October 1915 - 27 April 1917 Describes living conditions both in and away from the front line, trench life, shelling, and gas. Letter dated 23 December 1915 describes visiting the ruins of Ypres Cathedral and taking a piece of stained glass [DLI Museum acc. 2155] as a souvenir. The letters of January 1916 describe Gamble's stay in hospital and at a convalescent base after being injured when a shell struck his dugout. Final letter from Gamble is dated 17 May 1916. Volume includes some typescript prose written by Gamble in May 1916 about the war, entitled 'Pencillings or Pennings at Dusk', that was found amongst belongings returned to his family after his death, also official correspondence to Mrs. Gamble notifying her of her son's death. Other 14th Battalion officers referred to in the letters include Lieutenant Richard Le Grice Eyre, Second Lieutenant Lawrence Newby Hickson and Lieutenant John Henry Iveson. Attached at the front of the volume is a photograph (D/DLI 7/238/4(1), and at the end are plans and papers (D/DLI 7/238/4(2-5).
(1 volume, typescript)


Half portrait photograph of Second Lieutenant John Walcote Gamble, 14th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, smoking a cigarette, n.d. c.1916-1916
(1 photograph)


Sketch plan of Kemmel trenches, Belgium, n.d. [1915-1916] Scale: 5 inches to 1 mile [1:12672] approx.
(1 plan)


Sketch plan of Hooge trenches, Belgium, n.d. [1915-1916] Scale: 1 inch to 3 miles [1:190,080] approx.
(1 plan)


Letter from Colonel M.D. Graham, Assistant Military Secretary, War Office, Whitehall, London, to [Mrs. Constance Gamble], notifying her that Second Lieutenant John Walcote Gamble was mentioned in a despatch from General Sir Douglas Haig, dated 30 April 1916 and published in the London Gazette dated 15 June 1916, 8 September 1916
(1 paper)


Article from an unidentified newspaper, entitled 'One more hath sped', which reproduces an extract from 'Pennings at Dusk' [the piece of prose written by John Walcote Gamble in May 1916, the month of his death] under the heading 'A soldier's last words', 27 April 1917
(1 paper)


Photograph of Second Lieutenant John Walcote Gamble, Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [c.1914-16]
(1 photograph, 10 cm x 15 cm, sepia)

30131 Second Lieutenant Robert GARBUTT, M.M. (Ref: Garbutt D/DLI 7/239/1-2)

22nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry


Notebook of Sergeant R. Garbutt, containing notes on the men in his platoon, and on the issues of clothing and equipment, 15 July 1915 - 10 November 1916
(1 notebook)


Commission of R. Garbutt as a temporary second lieutenant in the Infantry, 27 May 1918
(1 paper)

1011192 Private Albert GARDINER (Ref: Gardiner D/DLI 7/240/1-13)

3rd Battalion, later 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Enlisted, 3 June 1918; demobilised, 9 December 1919


Medical examination card of A. Gardiner, 25 September 1917
(1 card)


Certificate of employment during the war of Private A. Gardiner, n.d., [1918]
(1 paper)


Protection certificate and certificate of identity of Private A. Gardiner, 12 November 1919
(1 paper)


Returned great-coat slip, 12 November 1919
(1 paper)


National Health insurance form of A. Gardiner, 14 November 1919
(1 card)


National Health insurance leaflet, December 1918
(1 paper)


Certificate of transfer to reserve on demobilization of Private A. Gardiner, 10 December 1919
(1 paper)


Change of address card for reservists from Infantry Records No. 1, York, to A. Gardiner, 10 December 1919
(1 card)


Soldier's demobilization account of Private A. Gardiner, n.d., [1919]
(1 paper)


Book of furlough pay and allowances on demobilization of Private A. Gardiner, n.d., [1919]
(1 booklet)


Document cover, n.d., [1919]
(1 envelope)


Christmas and New Year card of the 20th (Light) Division, from 'Eddy' to 'Aunt Lily, Uncle Ben and family', 25 December 1917
(1 card)


Recipes for a treatment for trench foot, and a tonic, n.d.
(1 paper)

6866 Private Frederick GARDINER/GARDNER (Ref: Gardiner D/DLI 7/241/1-6)

1st Battalion, later 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire; served with 1st Battalion, c.1895 - 14 October 1907, and 2nd Battalion, n.d. - 1918; killed in action, 21 March 1918, aged 42. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.


Certificate of character on discharge or transfer to army reserve of Private F. Gardner, 14 October 1907
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


Memorial scroll commemorating Private F. Gardner, n.d., [1919]
(1 card)


Copy of a page of the Index to the Arras Memorial, recording the name of Private F. Gardner, n.d., [1919]
(1 paper)


Printed letters from the Record Office, York, to Mrs. F.E. Gardner, 45 Kenilworth Street, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, enclosing the 1914 Star, the British War Medal, and the Victory Medal, which would have been conferred upon Private F. Gardner, 1 October 1919 - 14 September 1921
(3 papers)


Photograph of Private F. Gardner, n.d., [1895 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 13cm. x 18cm., black and white)


Photograph of three private soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry, including Private F. Gardner, seated, right, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 12cm., black and white)

Lieutenant Ralph Richardson GARDNER (Ref: Gardner D/DLI 7/242/1)

The Durham Light Infantry


Short service commission of Ralph Richardson Gardner, from 1 February 1947, as Lieutenant in The Durham Light Infantry, 23 May 1947
(1 paper)

4456550 Sergeant Cecil GARGATE (Ref: Gargate D/DLI 7/243/1-8)

6th Battalion, later 16th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Transferred from 6th Battalion by 1946


Territorial Army call-out notice of C. Gargate, 25 August 1939
(1 paper)


Special message from Lieutenant-General R. C. McCreery, Commander Eighth Army, to all ranks, July 1945
(1 paper)


Soldier's release book of C. Gargate, 20 May 1946
(1 booklet)


Certificate of transfer to the Army Reserve of C. Gargate, 24 May 1946
(1 paper)


National Registration identity card of C. Gargate, 21 October 1947
(1 card)


Order of service of the Eighth Army Service of Thanksgiving, n.d., [1945]
(1 paper)


Cutting from an unidentified newspaper, in German, describing the critical situation concerning food in Stiermark, Austria, 27 July n.y. [1945]
(1 paper)


Photograph of C. Gargate at Xanthè, Greece, May 1946
(1 photograph, black and white, 9cm. x 13cm.)

102077 Sergeant William GARGATE (Ref: Gargate D/DLI 7/244/1-34)

16th Battalion, later 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry


Active Service Army School notebook, concerning marching, camping and leave, n.d., [1914 - 1919] Includes: a draft letter from William [Gargate] to his parents, n.d.; and a letter from S.W. Emberson, Education Officer, 9th Brigade, to the Education Officer, 3rd Brigade, concerning an examination in arithmetic, n.d.
(1 booklet)


Active Service Army School notebook, containing arithmetic calculations, n.d., [1914 - 1919]
(1 booklet)


French exercise book belonging to Private W. Gargate, n.d., [1914 - 1919]
(2 papers)


List of the names and numbers of the soldiers in 2 Platoon ['A' Company, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry], n.d., [1919]
(1 card)


Notes and envelopes addressed to Lance-Corporal William Gargate, n.d., [1919]
(4 papers)


Main Points for Musketry Instructors, 1915
(1 booklet)


Newspaper cutting concerning 'The Green Diamonds' concert party of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 25 May 1919
(1 paper)


Newspaper cuttings concerning the award of the Military Cross to Lieutenant J.G. Gargate, n.d., [1917]
(3 papers)


Copy of a Court Circular, in an unidentified newspaper, concerning the award of the Military Cross to Lieutenant J. Gargate of The Durham Light Infantry, n.d., [1917]
(2 papers)


Newspaper cutting concerning a railway accident at Jarrow, n.d., [December 1917]
(1 paper)


Photograph of [Private] William Gargate, n.d., [1914 - 1919]
(1 photograph, 12cm. x 19cm., black and white)


Photograph of Lance-Corporal William Gargate, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 8cm. x 12cm., black and white)


Photograph of William Gargate, n.d., [1950]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 14cm., black and white)


Photograph of soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry in a dormitory, n.d., [1919]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Photograph of soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry at camp, n.d., [1919]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Photograph of British soldiers passing through the streets of [Cologne, Germany], n.d., [1919]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 14cm., black and white)


Photograph of British soldiers marching through the streets of [Cologne, Germany] watched by a large crowd, n.d., [1919]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Photograph of Allied soldiers in Cologne, Germany, n.d., [1919]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Photograph of [Allied] troops marching through [Cologne, Germany], n.d., [1919]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Photograph of a tank crew drawn up in front of their tank in [Cologne, Germany], n.d., [1919]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Postcard view of Das alte Hahnentor, Cologne, Germany, n.d., [1919]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., coloured)


Postcard view of An der Rampe der Hohenzollernbrucke, Cologne, Germany, n.d., [1919]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., coloured)


Postcard view of Hohenzollernbrucke, sudseite, Cologne, Germany, n.d., [1919]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., coloured)


Postcard view of Denkmal Konig Friedrich Wilhelm III auf dem Heumarkt, Cologne, Germany, n.d., [1919]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., coloured)


Postcard view of Barbarossaplatz und Hohenstaufenring, Cologne, Germany, n.d., [1919]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., coloured)


Postcard view of Partie am Leystapel, Cologne, Germany, n.d., [1919]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., coloured)


Postcard view of Opernhaus, Cologne, Germany, n.d., [1919]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., coloured)


Postcard view of Deutscher Ring, Cologne, Germany, n.d., [1919]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., coloured)


Postcard view of Hansaring u. Kaiser Wilhelm-Denkmal, Cologne, Germany, n.d., [1919]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., coloured)


Postcard view of Hauptbahnhof, Cologne, Germany, n.d., [1919]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., coloured)


Postcard view of Kaiser Wilhelm-Ring, Cologne, Germany, n.d., [1919]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., coloured)


Postcard view of Richmodishaus mit den 2 Pferkopfen auf dem Neumarkt, Cologne, Germany, n.d., [1919]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., coloured)


Postcard view of Das alte Hahnentor, Cologne, Germany, n.d., [1919]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., coloured)


Postcard view of Kaiser-Friedrich-Ufer, Cologne, Germany, n.d., [1919]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., coloured)


Postcard view of Koln a. Rhein Panorama bei Nacht, Cologne, Germany, n.d., [1919]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., coloured)


Postcard view of Panorama, Cologne, Germany, n.d., [1919]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., coloured)


Postcard aerial view of Neumarkt, Cologne, Germany, n.d., [1919]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., coloured)


Postcard view of Zoologischer Garten, Vogelhaus, Cologne, Germany, n.d., [1919]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., coloured)


Postcard photograph of Barenzwinger, Cologne Zoo, Germany, n.d. [1919]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., coloured)


Postcard photograph of a tiger, Cologne Zoo, Germany, n.d. [1919]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., coloured)


Postcard photograph of sealions, Cologne Zoo, Germany, n.d. [1919]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., coloured)


Postcard photograph of hippopotamus, Cologne Zoo, Germany, n.d. [1919]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., coloured)


Postcard photograph of a rhinoceros, Cologne Zoo, Germany, n.d. [1919]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., coloured)


Postcard photograph of a bear, Cologne Zoo, Germany, n.d. [1919]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., coloured)


Postcard advertising Wilhelm Hagenbeck's Schau, n.d., [1919]
(1 card)


Postcard advertising Wilhelm Hagenbeck's Schau, n.d., [1919]
(1 card)


Postcard advertising Wilhelm Hagenbeck's Schau, n.d., [1919]
(1 card)


Postcard view of Burg Heiligenhofen, Lindlar, Germany, n.d., [1919]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Postcard view of Partie aus dem Burgpark and Burg Heiligenhofen, Lindlar, Germany, n.d., [1919]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Postcard view of Partie im Burgpark, Lindlar, Germany, n.d., [1919]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Postcard view of Ruine Unter-Heiligenhofen, anno 1626, Lindlar, Germany, n.d., [1919]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Postcard general view of Lindlar, Germany, n.d., [1919]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Postcard view of Heiligenhofer-Muhle, Lindlar, Germany, n.d. [1919]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 8cm., black and white)


Postcard view of Gruss aus Lindlar, Lindlar, Germany, n.d., [1919]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., coloured)


Photograph of an unidentified private soldier, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 14cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of Ypres Hall after bombardment, Belgium, n.d., [1915]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of the remains of Dorè Wood, France, n.d., [1917]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of the Place d'Armes, Albert, France, after bombardment, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Photograph of a Belgian boy, Emile Michel, late of Mons, the mascot of the 20th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d., [1915 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 14cm., sepia)


Photograph of German troops marching, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Photograph of Kaiser Wilhelm II in conversation with Captain von Richthofen, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 14cm., black and white)


Postcard of 'Little Marcel', n.d., [1919]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 14cm., black and white)


Silhouette of a soldier, 1919
(1 card)


Three German playing cards, n.d., [1919]
(3 cards)

14931 Private Peter GARRITY (Ref: Garrity D/DLI 7/245/1-2)

11th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry Pioneers, and 3rd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born West Port, County Mayo, Ireland; enlisted, Wallsend, Northumberland, aged 34 years, 12 August 1914


Soldier's small book of Private Garrity, 1914 - 1915
(1 booklet, cloth)


Certificate that Private P. Garrity, 3rd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, was disabled in the Great War and honourably discharged, 30 April 1917
(1 paper)