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: Be
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- Durham Light Infantry Records
- 4447174 Private Joseph BEADSHAW (Ref: Beadshaw D/DLI 7/53/1)
- Second Lieutenant John William BEAUMONT, M.B.E. (Ref: Beaumont D/DLI 7/54/1)
- 4950 Private J. BEBBINGTON (Ref: Bebbington D/DLI 7/824/1)
- 3520 Sergeant Alfred BECKWITH, D.C.M. (Ref: Beckwith D/DLI 7/55/1-2)
- 4037156 Warrant Officer II John Thomas BEDFORD, C.de.G. (Ref: Bedford D/DLI 7/56/1-14)
- 4462050 Private Kenneth Wallace BEEDEN (Ref: Beeden D/DLI 7/57/1-20)
- 325389 Corporal Edward Robson BELL, M.M. and Bar (Ref: Bell D/DLI 7/58/1-2)
- 18/1215 acting Sergeant Edwin Charles BELL, M.M. (Ref: Bell D/DLI 7/59/1-6)
- Captain Geoffrey Frank BELL (Ref: Bell D/DLI 7/60/1-56)
- Captain Wilfred Ronald BELL (Ref: Bell D/DLI 7/61/1-10)
- Private F. BELL (Ref: Bell D/DLI 7/825/1)
- Private George BELL (Ref: Bell D/DLI 7/826/1)
- Privates George Robert and Joseph BELL (Ref: Bell D/DLI 7/827/1-2)
- 53039 Private J. Frederick N. BENNETT (Ref: Bennett D/DLI 7/828/1-2)
- Major Maurice Leslie Norman BENSON (Ref: Benson D/DLI 7/829/1-63)
- 23229 Private George Henry BERRY (Ref: Berry D/DLI 7/62/1-2)
- 4052 Private Arthur Stanley BEST (Ref: Best D/DLI 7/830/1-3)
Catalogue Description
INDIVIDUAL SERVICEMEN OF THE DURHAMLIGHT INFANTRY
Catalogue Contents
4447174 Private Joseph BEADSHAW (Ref: Beadshaw D/DLI 7/53/1)
2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Joined 1928.
Diary of Private J. Beadshaw, 1930
(1 volume, card bound)
Second Lieutenant John William BEAUMONT, M.B.E. (Ref: Beaumont D/DLI 7/54/1)9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Ref: D/DLI 7/54/1Commission of John William Beaumont, from 1 July 1939, as Second Lieutenant in The Durham Light Infantry, 28 June 1939
(1 paper)
4950 Private J. BEBBINGTON (Ref: Bebbington D/DLI 7/824/1)2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Ref: D/DLI 7/824/1Plague duty certificate of Private J. Bebbington, employed in Poona and Bombay on sanitary duty from 13 March to 20 May 1897 and from 4 February to 11 May 1898, Bombay Castle, India, 21 June 1899
(Parchment, 1 membrane, card mounted)
3520 Sergeant Alfred BECKWITH, D.C.M. (Ref: Beckwith D/DLI 7/55/1-2)1/8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Residence East Stanley; enlisted Stanley; awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal in March 1916; killed in action, 5 November 1916. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.
Letter from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, 2 Marlow Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, to S. Campbell, Oak Villa, The Villas, Greencroft, Stanley, informing him that the grave of Sergeant A. Beckwith has never been traced and that his name appears on the Thiepval Memorial, France, 15 December 1988
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/55/2Photograph of Sergeant Alfred Beckwith, D.C.M., 8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d., [1914 - 1916]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 13 cm., sepia)
4037156 Warrant Officer II John Thomas BEDFORD, C.de.G. (Ref: Bedford D/DLI 7/56/1-14)9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born at 19 Crown Terrace,Worksop, Nottinghamshire, 10 March 1916; served with 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, during Second World War; awarded the Croix de Guerre, 3 April 1945 for "bravery in action"; died Kilton Hospital, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, 3 February 1981. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.
Soldier's release book of Warrant Officer J.T. Bedford, n.d. - 18 June 1946
(1 booklet)
Ref: D/DLI 7/56/2Letter from the War Office to an unidentified correspondent, stating that J.T. Bedford has been wounded, 22 March 1943
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/56/3Certificate awarding the Croix de Guerre and the Étoile d' Argent to J.T. Bedford for exceptional service in the liberation of France, 3 April 1945
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/56/4Certificate of transfer to the Army Reserve of J.T. Bedford, 21 March 1946
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/56/5Form forwarding property, 3 April 1946
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/56/6National Service certificate of registration of J.T. Bedford, n.d., [1939 - 1945]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/56/7Newspaper cutting concerning J.T. Bedford, n.d., [1939 - 1945]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/56/8Order of the service of thanksgiving held at the conclusion of the campaign in North-West Europe, 1945
(1 booklet)
Ref: D/DLI 7/56/9Note concerning J.T. Bedford, n.d., [after 1981]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/56/10Photograph of J.T. Bedford being awarded the Croix de Guerre by [General Charles de Gaulle], n.d.
(1 photograph, 8 cm. x 11 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/56/11Photograph of officers of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d.
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 7 c.m., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/56/12Photograph of the shield of the 50th Northumbrian Division, including its battle honours from May 1942 to August 1945, c.1945
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 13 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/56/13Photograph of a sign reading 'This Axis has been laid from El Alamein to Berlin', n.d., [1945]
(1 photograph, 8 cm. x 13 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/56/14Photograph of the Croix de Guerre presentation to John Bedford by General Charles de Gaulle, n.d. [1945]
(1 photograph, 8 cm. x 11 cm., black and white)
4462050 Private Kenneth Wallace BEEDEN (Ref: Beeden D/DLI 7/57/1-20)Mortar Platoon, Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Lancashire; residence Lancashire; killed in action, 27 April 1944.
Home Forces (Durham Light Infantry) Christmas card from Private KW. Beeden to Amy, Tom and Margaret [Thorpe], 1940
(1 card)
Ref: D/DLI 7/57/2Airgraph from Private K.W. Beeden, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, India Command, to Miss Margaret Thorp, 14 Laithes Crescent, Roundhouse, near Barnsley, Yorkshire, congratulating her on passing the scholarship examination, 19 June [1943]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/57/3Airgraph from Private K.W. Beeden, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, India Command, to Mr. and Mrs. T. Thorpe, 14 Laithes Crescent, Roundhouse, near Barnsley, Yorkshire, concerning personal news, 19 June 1943
(2 papers)
Ref: D/DLI 7/57/4Airgraph from Private K.W. Beeden, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, India Command, to Mr. and Mrs. T. Thorpe, 14 Laithes Crescent, Roundhouse, near Barnsley, Yorkshire, concerning his leave in Bombay, India, 16 July [1943]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/57/5Airgraph from Private K.W. Beeden, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, India Command, to Mr. and Mrs. T. Thorpe, 14 Laithes Crescent, Roundhouse, near Barnsley, Yorkshire, concerning personal news, 28 July [1943]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/57/6Letter from Private K.W. Beeden, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, India Command, to Mr. and Mrs. T. Thorpe, 14 Laithes Crescent, Roundhouse, near Barnsley, Yorkshire, concerning personal news, 4 October [1943]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/57/7Airgraph from Private K.W. Beeden, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, India Command, to Mr. and Mrs. T. Thorpe, 14 Laithes Crescent, Roundhouse, near Barnsley, Yorkshire, concerning personal news, 25 September [1942 or 1943]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/57/8Airgraph Christmas card from Private K.W. Beeden, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, India Command, to Mr. and Mrs. T. Thorpe, 14 Laithes Crescent, Roundhouse, near Barnsley, Yorkshire, [24] November [1942 or 1943]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/57/9Letter from Private K.W. Beeden, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, India Command, to Mr. and Mrs. T. Thorpe, 14 Laithes Crescent, Roundhouse, near Barnsley, Yorkshire, concerning personal news, 10 February 1944
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/57/10Letter from Private K.W. Beeden, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, India Command, to Mr. and Mrs. T. Thorpe, 14 Laithes Crescent, Roundhouse, near Barnsley, Yorkshire, concerning personal news, 1 March [1944]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/57/11Letter from Private K.W. Beeden, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, India Command, to Mr. and Mrs. T. Thorpe, 14 Laithes Crescent, Roundhouse, near Barnsley, Yorkshire, concerning personal news, 31 March 1944
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/57/12Air letter from Private G. Burns, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, South East Asia Command, to Mrs. Beeden, 31 Fairfield Road, Morecambe, Lancashire, concerning the death of Private K.W. Beeden, 22 July 1944
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/57/13Calendar of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d., [1942]
(1 card)
Ref: D/DLI 7/57/14S.E.A.C. Souvenir, services newspaper of South East Asia Command, 1945
(4 papers, printed)
Ref: D/DLI 7/57/15Photograph of Private K.W. Beeden, 29 June [1940]
(1 photograph, 8 cm. x 13 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/57/16Photograph of Private K.W. Beeden, n.d., [1942 - 1944]
(1 photograph, 6 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/57/17Photograph of Private K.W. Beeden, n.d., [1942 - 1944]
(1 photograph, 6 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/57/18Photograph of soldiers, including Private K.W. Beeden, middle of top row; 'some of us who were together at Brid', n.d., [1942 - 1944]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 7 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/57/19Photograph of soldiers, including Private K.W. Beeden, top row, fourth from left, n.d., [1942 - 1944]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 7 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/57/20Photograph of Private K.W. Beeden and friends in camp, n.d., [1942 - 1944]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 6 cm., black and white)
325389 Corporal Edward Robson BELL, M.M. and Bar (Ref: Bell D/DLI 7/58/1-2)9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Gateshead; enlisted Gateshead; killed in action, 21 July 1918
Memorial scroll commemorating Corporal E.R. Bell, n.d., [1919]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/58/2Photograph of E.R. Bell, M.M. and Bar, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 20 cm., black and white)
18/1215 acting Sergeant Edwin Charles BELL, M.M. (Ref: Bell D/DLI 7/59/1-6)18th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Cardiff, Wales, 1895; residence West Hartlepool; enlisted, January 1915; won the Military Medal for conduct at Courcelles, France, March 1918, and Strageele, Belgium, April 1918; died, 1979, aged 84 years. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.
Diary of E.C. Bell, December 1915
(9 papers)
Ref: D/DLI 7/59/2Diary of E.C. Bell, 1916
(1 volume, card bound)
Ref: D/DLI 7/59/3Citation of acting Lance-Corporal E.C. Bell, 25 March - 15 April 1918
(2 papers)
Ref: D/DLI 7/59/4Newspaper cutting concerning the award of the Military Medal to Lance- Corporal E.C. Bell, n.d., [1918]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/59/5Letter from the Infantry Record Office, [York], to E.C. Bell, transmitting the British War Medal, n.d., [after 1918]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/59/6Envelope addressed to E.C. Bell's father, G.J. Bell, 15 Scarborough Street, West Hartlepool, n.d., [1918]
(1 envelope)
Captain Geoffrey Frank BELL (Ref: Bell D/DLI 7/60/1-56)'B' Company, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Somerset Light Infantry; Officer Cadet Training Unit; 2nd Battalion , The Durham Light Infantry, 1940 - 1945; Intelligence Officer.
Copy letter from G.F. 'Ding' Bell, 93 Piggotts Way, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, to Colonel Arnot, giving details of his wartime experience, 15 August 1986
(2 papers)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/2Farewell message of Lieutenant-Colonel G.I. Wiehe, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d., [November 1941]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/3Copy of a message from [General] Wavell welcoming [Second] Division to India, and from [ ] Neil Baillie Hamilton praising the [Second] Division, n.d., [April 1942]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/4Congratulatory message from [ ] Grover to Brigadier J.D. Shapland, commander of the 6th Infantry Brigade, concerning the battle of Kohima, India, 14 May 1944
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/5Letter from the Adjutant of [the 2nd Battalion], The Durham Light Infantry, to all companies, concerning compliments on the fighting on the Imphal and Kohima fronts, India, 20 June 1944
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/6Letter from the Adjutant of [the 2nd Battalion], The Durham Light Infantry, to all companies, concerning compliments on the elimination of the Japanese from Assam, India, 23 June 1944
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/7Letter from the Adjutant of [the 2nd Battalion], The Durham Light Infantry, to all companies, concerning compliments on opening the Imphal road and destroying the 31st Japanese Division, 26 June 1944
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/8Letter from the Adjutant of [the 2nd Battalion], The Durham Light Infantry, to all companies, concerning compliments on the clearing of the Nagar Hills, Burma (now Myanmar), 26 June 1944
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/9Letter from the Adjutant of [the 2nd Battalion], The Durham Light Infantry, to all companies, concerning congratulations on opening the Kohima road, India, 29 June 1944
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/10Messages from the Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command, the Governor of Assam, the Army Commander and 'your Corps Commander', concerning the opening of the Kohima road, India, n.d., [June 1944]
(2 papers)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/11Programme of 'Breathless Moments', a concert party of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d., [1939 - 1945]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/12Order of the Second British Division thanksgiving service for the Allied victory against Japan and conclusion of hostilities, 19 August 1945
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/13Extract from the Sunday Sun newspaper concerning The Durham Light Infantry, 17 January 1943
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/14Trained Soldiers Physical Training Tables, a training manual, published by the War Office, 5 March 1941
(1 booklet, printed)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/15Brochure of Akyab Island, an intelligence manual issued by "G.S.I.", the Headquarters of the Eastern Army, 16 December 1942
(1 booklet, printed
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/16The Jungle Hiker, a training manual issued by the Royal Air Force, 1942
(1 volume, paper bound)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/17Japanese in Battle, Part One: Enemy Methods, an intelligence manual published by the Military Intelligence Directorate, General Headquarters, India, May 1943
(1 volume, paper bound)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/18The Jungle Book: Military Training Pamphlet No. 9 (India), an intelligence manual published by [the Military Intelligence Directorate, General Headquarters, India], September 1943
(1 volume, paper bound)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/19Keynotes, the magazine of the [2nd] Division, volume 2, no. 1, September 1943
(1 booklet, printed)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/20Keynotes, the magazine of the [2nd] Division, volume 2, no. 3, November 1943
(1 booklet, printed)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/21Keynotes, the magazine of the [2nd] Division, volume 2, no. 4, December 1943
(1 booklet, printed)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/22Keynotes, the magazine of the [2nd] Division, volume 2, no. 5, January 1944
(1 booklet, printed)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/23Keynotes, the magazine of the [2nd] Division, n.d., [1944]
(1 booklet, printed)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/24Keynotes, the magazine of the [2nd] Division, n.d., [1944]
(1 booklet, printed)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/25Extract from S.E.A.C.: the services newspaper of South East Asia Command, no. 181, 8 July 1944
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/26S.E.A.C.: the services newspaper of South East Asia Command, no. 477, 30 April 1945
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/27British propaganda leaflet urging the Burmese to expel the Japanese, n.d., [1942 - 1945]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/28Japanese occupation bank notes, n.d., [1944]
(7 bank notes)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/29Map of Foul Point on the Mayu River, Burma (now Myanmar), 27 October 1942
Scale: 1:16,000
(1 plan, 52 cm. x 127 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/30Map of Akyab District, Burma (now Myanmar), 1942
Scale: 1:63,360
(1 plan, 51 cm. x 67 cm., colour)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/31Map of Akyab District, Burma (now Myanmar), 1942
Scale: 1:63,360
(1 plan, 50 cm. x 67 cm., colour)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/32Map of Chittagong District, Bengal, India, and Akyab District, Burma (now Myanmar), 1935
Scale: 1:63,360
(1 plan, 51 cm. x 66 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/33Map of Chittagong District, Bengal, India, and Akyab District, Burma (now Myanmar), 1936
Scale: 1:63,360
(1 plan, 55 cm. x 76 cm., colour)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/34Map of Sagaing, Burma (now Myanmar), March 1944
Scale: 1:63,360
(1 plan, 49 cm. x 62 cm., colour)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/35Map of Kyaukse and Sagaing Districts, Burma (now Myanmar), November 1944
Scale: 1:63,360
(1 plan, 49 cm. x 62 cm., colour)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/36Map of Kyaukse, Mandalay and Sagaing Districts, Burma (now Myanmar), January 1945
Scale: 63,360
(1 plan, 49 cm. x 62 cm., colour)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/37Map of the Shwebo District of Burma (now Myanmar), September 1944
Scale: 1:63,360
(1 plan, 49 cm. x 61 cm., colour)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/38Map of the Shwebo District of Burma (now Myanmar), October 1944
Scale: 1:63,360
(1 plan, 49 cm. x 62 cm., colour)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/39Map of Moktha, Burma (now Myanmar), January 1944
Scale: 1:63,360
(1 plan, 49 cm. x 62 cm., colour)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/40Map of Ngazun, Burma (now Myanmar), March 1944
Scale: 1:63,360
(1 plan, 49 cm. x 62 cm., colour)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/41Map of Kohima, India, June 1943
Scale: 1:126, 720
(1 plan, 49 cm. x 62 cm., colour)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/42Map of Kohima, India, April 1944
Scale: 1:25,000
(1 plan, 61 cm. x 49 cm., printed, coloured)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/43Map of Kohima North, India, April 1944
Scale: 1:25,000
(1 plan, 62 cm. x 49 cm., colour)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/44Map of south of Kohima, India, April 1944
Scale: 1:126,720
(1 plan, 49 cm. x 62 cm., colour)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/45Map of Mao West, India, April 1944
Scale: 1:25,000
(1 plan, 49 cm. x 61 cm., colour)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/46Map of Mao West, India, April 1944
Scale: 1:25,000
(1 plan, 49 cm. x 62 cm., colour)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/47Map of Dimapur, India, June 1943
Scale: 1:126,720
(1 plan, 49 cm. x 62 cm., colour)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/48Map of Ahmednagar District and Bhir District, India, 1943
Scale: 1:63,360
(1 plan, 51 cm. x 67 cm., colour)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/49Map of Khamson, India, June 1944
Scale: 1:25,000
(1 plan, 62 cm. x 49 cm., colour)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/50Sketch map of the jungle area west of Twinknobs near Donbaik, Burma (now Myanmar), 22 January 1943
Scale: approximately 1:14,400
(1 plan, 21 cm. x 33 cm., black and white, pen and pencil)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/51Diagram of Kohima, India, 28 April 1944
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/52Sketch map of Kohima, India, n.d., [1944]
Scale: 1:4,950
(1 plan, 29 cm. x 25 cm., pencil)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/53Photograph of Lieutenant Sid Austin; Sean Kelley; Lieutenant Peter Goss; and an unidentified man; on stage during a concert party at Ahmednagar, India, n.d., [1943]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 6 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/54Negative photograph of the war memorial at Kohima, India, n.d., [after 1945]
(1 negative)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/55Negative photograph of the British cemetery at Kohima, India, n.d., [after 1945]
(1 negative)
Ref: D/DLI 7/60/56Illustration of the war memorial to the Second Division at Kohima, India, May 1946
(1 paper, printed)
Captain Wilfred Ronald BELL (Ref: Bell D/DLI 7/61/1-10)9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Ref: D/DLI 7/61/1Copy photograph of a three inch mortar demonstration detachment at Folkestone, Kent, during War Weapons Week, including Captain W.R. Bell, top row, second from left, May 1941
(1 photograph, 20 cm. x 13 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/61/2Copy photograph of Captain W.R. Bell beside a sign listing the British victories over the Axis powers from El Alamein [Egypt] to Berlin, [Germany], n.d., [1945]
(1 photograph, 13 cm. x 18 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/61/3Copy photograph of Captain Jimmy Stones and Captain W.R. Bell [Berlin], Germany, n.d., [1945]
(1 photograph, 12 cm. x 16 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/61/4Copy photograph of soldiers of the [9th] Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in a street, [Berlin], Germany, [Captain W.R. Bell on the far right], n.d., [1945]
(1 photograph, 13 cm. x 18 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/61/5Copy photograph of soldiers of the [9th] Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in a street, [Berlin], Germany, [Captain W.R. Bell on the far right], n.d., [1945]
(1 photograph, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/61/6Copy photograph of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, during the Victory Parade in Berlin, Germany, including Captain W.R. Bell, far left, 1945
(1 photograph, 28 cm. x 19 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/61/7Copy photograph of officers of the [9th] Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d., [1945]
The officers are
Top row, left to right: Lieutenant W.R. Bell; [Captain] John Browne; Captain Mike de la Poer Fuller; Captain Jimmy Stones;
Bottom row, left to right: Captain Doc Henderson; [Second Lieutenant]; Dennis Stark; Captain Harry Poet; and Captain Ian Bansell
(1 photograph, 21 cm. x 15 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/61/8Copy group photograph of soldiers of the [9th] Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, including Captain W.R. Bell, bottom row, fourth from right, n.d., [1945]
(1 photograph, 28 cm. x 18 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/61/9Copy group photograph [in two parts] of officers of the [9th] Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, including Captain W.R. Bell middle row, third from right, n.d., [1945]
Ref: D/DLI 7/61/9(1)Incomplete group photograph of the officers of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, including Captain W.R. Bell, third left, middle row, n.d.
Ref: D/DLI 7/61/9(2)Incomplete group photograph of the officers of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, including Captain W.R. Bell, second left, middle row, n.d.
(2 photographs, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/61/10Copy cutting from the Evening Chronicle newspaper, featuring a photograph of the first British General Court in Berlin, Germany, including Captain W.R. Bell, right, n.d., [1945]
(1 paper, duplicated)
Private F. BELL (Ref: Bell D/DLI 7/825/1)1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Enlisted in 1932.
Photograph of two soldiers of the 1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, wearing greatcoats and fur caps, standing on an ornamental bridge with pagoda-style canopy, probably in Peking, China, n.d. [1939]
Endorsed: Anthony Bell
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 22 cm., hand coloured)
Private George BELL (Ref: Bell D/DLI 7/826/1)The Durham Light Infantry
Ref: D/DLI 7/826/1Memorial scroll from King George V in commemoration of Private George Bell, Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [ c.1919]
(1 paper, card mounted)
Privates George Robert and Joseph BELL (Ref: Bell D/DLI 7/827/1-2)9th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Two brothers from Sheriff Hill, Gateshead; served in First World War; Joseph killed in action 6 November 1916. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.
'Real Angels at Mons: testimony from one who was there', by the Reverend A.A. Boddy, acting chaplain to troops at Monkwearmouth and vicar of All Saints, Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, 1916
(1 booklet)
Ref: D/DLI 7/827/2Postcards of Amiens, France, n.d. [1914 - 1918]
(1 booklet)
53039 Private J. Frederick N. BENNETT (Ref: Bennett D/DLI 7/828/1-2)The Durham Light Infantry
Killed in action 23 July 1918; buried in churchyard at St. Imoges, France.
Copy of two letters from Private J.F.N. (Fred) Bennett to his wife and his mother, written as he lay dying on the battlefield, n.d. [23 July 1918]
(1 paper, duplicated)
Ref: D/DLI 7/828/2Photograph of the war grave of Private J.F.N. Bennett, The Durham Light Infantry, died 23 July 1918; n.d. [1920s]
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 22 cm., black and white, card mounted)
Major Maurice Leslie Norman BENSON (Ref: Benson D/DLI 7/829/1-63)1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Entry in McGregor; served in the Second World War and the Korean War; posted to The Durham Light Infantry in 1943; also served in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Menu of a dinner attended by Norman Benson, 7 September 1942
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/2Programme of a military band concert by the 7th Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 26 February 1943
(1 paper)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3Photograph album of Major Norman Benson covering his service in Northern Iraq with the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry c. 1942 - 1943, and in Italy with the 1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, 1944
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(1)Copy photograph of an unidentified woman in woodland, possibly Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(2)Copy photograph of an unidentified captain in battledress, holding a revolver, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(3)Photograph of officers of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 56th Division, in camp at Kirkuk, Iraq, including Norman Benson, on right, winter 1942 - 1943
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(4)Copy photograph of three soldiers, including Norman Benson, centre, beside a Bren gun carrier, Faenza, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(5)Photograph of Norman Benson in snow, possibly taken in Iraq, n.d. [1942 - 1943]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(6)Copy photograph of three soldiers beside a Bren gun carrier, Faenza, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(7)Copy photograph of a group of soldiers drinking tea, probably in Faenza, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(8)Copy photograph of a group of soldiers, probably in Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(9)Copy photograph of an anti-tank gun, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(10)Copy photograph of two dead soldiers, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(11)Copy photograph of the war grave of 5775036 Corporal J. Smith, The Durham Light Infantry, killed in action at the crossing of the Montone River, Italy, 30 November 1944
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(12)Copy photograph of the war graves of Privates R. Howard, W. Read and J. Franklin, The Durham Light Infantry, killed in action at the crossing of the Montone River, Italy, between 25 November and 1 December 1944
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(13)Copy photograph of the war graves of soldiers killed at the crossing of the Montone River, Italy, between 25 November and 1 December 1944
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(14)Copy photograph of the war graves of soldiers killed at the crossing of the Montone River, Italy, between 25 November and 1 December 1944
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(15)Copy photograph of field ambulance vehicles parked beside a house, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(16)Copy photograph of a two-storey house, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(17)Copy photograph of an unidentified town, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(18)Copy photograph view along a narrow street in an unidentified town, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(19)Copy photograph view along a narrow street in an unidentified town, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(20)Copy photograph of a shell-damaged building in an unidentified town, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(21)Copy photograph of unidentified explosive equipment, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(22)Copy photograph of a crater in a field, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(23)Copy photograph of a jeep blown off the road by an explosion, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(24)Copy photograph of a steel bridge over a river, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(25)Copy photograph of a steel bridge over a river and shell-damaged buildings along the waterside, possibly Florence, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(26)Copy photograph of riverside buildings in an unidentified city, possibly Florence, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(27)Copy photograph of the Ponte Vecchio, Florence, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(28)Copy photograph of the Ponte Vecchio, Florence, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(29)Copy photograph of a horse and carriage driving across a bridge in an unidentified city, possibly Florence, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(30)Copy photograph of demolished buildings at the end of the Ponte Vecchio, Florence, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(31)Copy photograph of the Ponte Vecchio, following restoration, Florence, Italy, n.d. [ c.1970 - 1980]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(32)Copy photograph of the Ponte Vecchio, Florence, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(33)Copy photograph of the Ponte Vecchio, Florence, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(34)Copy photograph of a street looking towards the Duomo, Florence, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(35)Copy photograph of an unidentified statue, Florence, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(36)Copy photograph of the Campanile, Florence, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(37)Copy photograph of unidentified buildings, Florence, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(38)Copy photograph of a narrow alley, Florence, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(39)Copy photograph of unidentified buildings, Florence, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(40)Copy photograph of the front facade of an unidentified building, France, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(41)Copy photograph of the Duomo, Florence, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(42)Copy photograph of a view overlooking Florence, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(43)Copy photograph of a view, including the Campanile, overlooking Florence, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(44)Copy photograph of a view overlooking Florence, Italy, including the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(45)Copy photograph of passers-by in a street beside an American Red Cross wall poster, Florence, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(46)Copy photograph of an unidentified building, Florence, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(47)Copy photograph of a classical statue, Florence, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(48)Copy photograph of the square tower of Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral, Florence, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(49)Copy photograph of the square tower of Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral, Florence, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(50)Copy photograph of the front of Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral, Florence, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(51)Copy photograph of the Campanile, Florence, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(52)Copy photograph of a buttressed stone bridge in open countryside, probably outside Florence, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(53)Copy photograph of a farmhouse damaged by shellfire, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(54)Copy photograph of a dead soldier in an open field, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(55)Copy photograph of British soldiers and semi-automatic weapons at the foot of a sloping bank, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(56)Copy photograph of three rowing boats moored at a narrow river crossing, Italy, n.d. [1944]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/3(57)Copy photograph of British infantrymen crossing a temporary bridge over a river, Italy, n.d. [1944]
(1 album containing 57 photographs, black and white and colour, card bound)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/4Copy photograph of Lieutenant Norman Benson, right, and his driver, beside an Army vehicle, taken while serving with L.R.D.G. in the desert, North Africa, 1942 - 1943
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/5Copy photograph of Lieutenant Norman Benson outside his tent at an unidentified location in Africa, n.d. [1942 - 1943]
Taken during the period when Benson was with the West African Police Force, the W.O.S.B. and in Tunisia
(1 paper, 21 cm. x 30 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/6Copy photograph of a Kurdish mosque in Northern Iraq, and Norman Benson of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry standing at the top, 1942
(1 paper, 21 cm. x 30 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/7Copy photograph of Kurdish girls for sale in Northern Iraq, n.d. [1942]
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/8Copy photograph of Kurdish girls being brought to market for sale in Northern Iraq, n.d. [1942]
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/9Copy photograph of a Kurdish woman carrying a lamb, Northern Iraq, n.d. [1942]
(1 paper, 21 cm. x 30 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/10Copy photograph of houses in a small town in Northern Iraq, n.d. [1942]
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/11Copy photograph of Lieutenant Norman Benson, left, and Captain Grant Oakley, chaplain, Arthur and Nelly Smailes and Second Lieutenant Pat Montgomery, taken at Kirkuk, Iraq, 1942
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/12Copy photograph of a market in Soulemania, which provided four thousand turkeys and honey for the [ ] Division, Iraq, 1942
(1 paper, 21 cm. x 30 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/13Copy photograph of the River Tigris, Iraq, n.d. [1942]
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/14Copy photograph of British Army tents in Northern Iraq, n.d. [1942]
(1 paper, 21 cm. x 30 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/15Copy photograph of Norman Benson in a transit camp at Sweet Water Canal, Cairo, prior to his posting to the 1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry in Cairo, Egypt, 1943
(1 paper, 21 cm. x 30 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/16Photograph of the war graves of four men of 'C' Company, 1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry killed at the crossing of the Montone River between 25 November and 1 December 1944, n.d. [December 1944]
Shows the graves of Corporal J. Smith, Corporal F. Farley, Lance-Corporal A. Roberts and Private R. Howard
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/17Copy photograph of the war graves of Private A.E. Hopper and Private G. Diment, 'C' Company, 1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, killed on a river crossing, Italy, 1944
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/18Copy photograph of Eric Pickering, 1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, Norman Benson's batman, seated outside a tent, Italy, 1944
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/19Copy photograph of a Nebelwerfer bomb explosion, south of the River Po, at Faenza, Italy, 1944
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/20Copy photograph of countryside, probably near Monte Spaduro, Italy, 1944 - 1945
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/21Copy photograph of a view across hills, Monte Spaduro, Italy, 1944 - 1945
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/22Copy photograph of a view across countryside, captioned: Norman's pig chase, Jerry shell, probably near Monte Spaduro, Italy, 1944 - 1945
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/23Copy photograph of vines in countryside, probably near Monte Spaduro, Italy, 1944 - 1945
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/24Copy photograph of a vineyard, probably near Monte Spaduro, Italy, 1944 - 1945
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/25Copy photograph of a view from a vineyard across countryside, probably near Monte Spaduro, Italy, 1944 - 1945
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/26Copy photograph of a view across countryside, probably near Monte Spaduro, Italy, 1944 - 1945
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/27Copy photograph of a view across countryside, probably near Monte Spaduro, Italy, 1944 - 1945
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/28Copy photograph of a view from a vineyard across countryside, probably near Monte Spaduro, Italy, 1944 - 1945
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/29Copy photograph of a view from a vineyard across countryside, probably near Monte Spaduro, Italy, 1944 - 1945
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/30Copy photograph of a view from a vineyard across countryside, probably near Monte Spaduro, Italy, 1944 - 1945
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/31Copy photograph of Captain Norman Benson at Monte Spaduro, Italy, 1944 - 1945
(1 paper, 21 cm. x 30 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/32Copy photograph of soldiers at a house in an unknown location, Italy, 1944 - 1945
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/33Copy photograph of the River Arno and surrounding countryside, Italy, 1944
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/34Copy photograph of the River Arno, near Florence, showing a demolished stone bridge, believed to have been blown up by Norman Benson, Italy, 1944
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/35Copy photograph of Army vehicles and ruined buildings in an unidentified village south of Faenza, Italy, 1944
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/36Copy photograph of Captain Norman Benson, 1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, standing in snow, Perugia, Italy, 1944
(1 paper, 21 cm. x 30 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/37Copy photograph of a soldier of the 1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry standing in a lane, signposted 'Sappion Way', after the crossing of the River Senio near Forli, Italy, 1944
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/38Copy photograph of 'The Southern Singers', an ENSA troupe of singers who came to Cesena to entertain the troops, Italy, 1944
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/39Copy photograph of 'The Southern Singers', an ENSA troupe of singers who came to Cesena to entertain the troops, Italy, 1944
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/40Copy photograph of 'The Southern Singers', an ENSA troupe of singers who came to Cesena to entertain the troops, Italy, 1944
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/41Copy photograph of General Harding, commanding 13th Corps, inspecting the 1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry at Gorizia, Italy, July 1945
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/42Copy photograph of Lieutenant Lloyd Evans, Lieutenant Bill Williams and Captain (Doc) Rawson, 1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, outside Brigade Headquarters, beside a signpost for Route 55, at Gorizia, Italy, 1945
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/43Copy photograph of Captain Rawson, Regimental Medical Officer, 1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, holding two lion cubs at the zoo, Gorizia, Italy, 1945
(1 paper, 21 cm. x 30 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/44Copy photograph of an unidentified woman, possibly Mrs. Rawson, holding a lion cub at the zoo, Gorizia, Italy, 1945
(1 paper, 21 cm. x 30 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/45Copy photograph of two officers' football teams, 1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry and 4/10th Baluchistan Regiment, both in the same brigade of the 10th Indian Division; possibly taken at Gorizia, Italy, summer 1945
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm.,, black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/45Copy photograph of the 10th Indian Divisional Tattoo, performed on the racecourse at Trieste, Italy, July 1945
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/46Copy photograph of the 10th Indian Divisional Tattoo, performed on the racecourse at Trieste, Italy, July 1945
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/47Copy photograph of the 10th Indian Divisional Tattoo, performed on the racecourse at Trieste, Italy, July 1945
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/48Copy photograph of the 10th Indian Divisional Tattoo, performed on the racecourse at Trieste, Italy, July 1945
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/49Copy photograph of the torchlight display following the Divisional Tattoo on the racecourse at Trieste, Italy, July 1945
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm.)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/50Copy photograph of the torchlight display following the Divisional Tattoo on the racecourse at Trieste, Italy, July 1945
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm.)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/51Copy photograph of lights at the finale of the Divisional Tattoo held at the racecourse, Trieste, Italy, July 1945
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 20 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/52Copy photograph of General Harding's head, portrayed in lights at the finale of the Divisional Tattoo, held at the racecourse, Trieste, Italy, July 1945
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/53Copy photograph of the 13th Corps sign portrayed in lights at the finale of the Divisional Tattoo, held at the racecourse, Trieste, Italy, July 1945
(1 papers, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/54Copy photograph of officers of the 1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry outside Headquarters at Salsomaggiore, Italy, July - August 1945
Back row: Lieutenant Evans; Second Lieutenant Geach; Captain Hedgecock; Second Lieutenant Colona (Italian)
Middle row: Captain Bowen; Lieutenant Quartermaster Flanagan; Lieutenant Williams
Front row: 'B' Company Major Gibson; Headquarters Company Major Bell; Second in Command Major Gray; Colonel May; Adjutant Captain Scott; 'A' Company Major Towns; and 'C' Company Major [unidentified; possibly Benson]
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/55Copy photograph of officers of the 1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry at Salonika, Greece, 1945 - 1946
Includes: Lloyd Evans, Tom Hedgecock, Flanagan, Norman Benson, Jim Gray, Bob Scott, Tony Gibson and Ian Pinkney
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/56Copy photographs of the Division Battle School commanded by Norman Benson, Salonika, Greece, n.d. [1944 - 1945]
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/56(1)Photograph of soldiers and two women beside an Infantry Training School signboard, Salonika, Greece, 1944 - 1945
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/56(2)Photograph of soldiers under instruction on a Bren gun carrier, Infantry Training School, Salonika, Greece, 1944 - 1945
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/56(3)Photograph of a flame-thrower in use, Infantry Training School, Salonika, Greece, 1944 - 1955
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/56(4)Photograph of a flame-thrower in use, Infantry Training School, Salonika, Greece, 1944 - 1945
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/57Copy photograph of three soldiers operating a flame-thrower from a Bren gun carrier at the Infantry Training School, Salonika, Greece, 1945 - 1946
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/58Copy photograph of a carrier firing a flame-thrower at the Infantry Training School, Salonika, Greece, 1945 - 1946
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/59Copy photograph of British troops with Greek partisans in Greece, 1945
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/60Copy photograph of the bridge at Xanthi, Greece, 1946
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/61Copy photograph of a young girl 'Tricia' pushing a doll's pram, Brancepeth Castle, 1948 - 1949
(1 paper, 21 cm. x 30 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/62Copy photograph of Major Norman Benson, Assistant Military Attache, right, and Colonel Colville, Military Attache, and his children, outside the Embassy in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1956
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)
Ref: D/DLI 7/829/63Photograph of a military parade attended by Major Norman Benson as Assistant Military Attache, Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1956
(1 photograph, 18 cm. x 13 cm., black and white)
23229 Private George Henry BERRY (Ref: Berry D/DLI 7/62/1-2)2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Stranton, West Hartlepool; employed Seaton Carew Ironworks; enlisted West Hartlepool; died of wounds in France, 14 October 1915, aged 35 years.
Newspaper reports of the death of Private G.H. Berry, October n.y. [1915]
(2 papers, printed)
Ref: D/DLI 7/62/2Methodist publications: Prayers and Hymns and Quit You Like Men, belonging to Private G.H. Berry, n.d., [1915]
(2 booklets, printed)
4052 Private Arthur Stanley BEST (Ref: Best D/DLI 7/830/1-3)6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Born 5 March 1895; home address Esperley Lane, Cockfield; enlisted 7 July 1915; trained as Lewis gunner; arrived in France 12 November 1915; wounded by rifle grenade in Trench 50, near Hill 60, on 21 February 1916; also served as 48102 Private in the West Yorkshire Regiment; married to Dorothy Jane Pearson at Bishop Auckland in August 1921; died 29 September 1959. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.
Diary, from 7 July 1915 to 1 March 1916, and notebook, of Private A.S. Best, 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, 1915 - 1916
(1 volume, card bound)
Ref: D/DLI 7/830/2Transcript of D/DLI 7/830/1, and biographical notes compiled by Private Best's daughter, n.d. [after 1995]
(1 file)
Ref: D/DLI 7/830/3Photograph of Private Arthur Stanley Best wearing khaki dress and a fusiliers badge on his left breast pocket, n.d. [1915]
(1 photograph, 8 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)
