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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 E: El to Eu

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7/2752 Private David Leon ELLIOTT (Ref: Elliott D/DLI 7/200/1)

7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry


Certificate of honourable discharge, on 14 June 1916, of Private D.L. Elliott, disabled in the Great War, 20 June 1920
(1 paper)

4449688 Sergeant George Dennis ELLIOTT (Ref: Elliott D/DLI 7/201/1-31)

2nd Battalion later 10th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Enlisted in 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1932; sergeant in 10th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, during Second World War; wounded Normandy, 18 June 1944; discharged, 1949


Greetings address from the people of Fakirhat Thana, Bagerhat, Khulua District, India, welcoming the officers and men of 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, on their first visit to the area, 29 January 1934
(1 paper)


Greetings address from the people of Bagerhat in the district of Khulua, India, welcoming the officers and men of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, on their first visit to the area, 31 January 1934
(1 paper)


Newspaper article "Men of the Durhams produce Henry V" reprinted from The Yorkshire Post 24 April 1943
(1 paper)


Order of ceremony for the honouring of the Durham Light Infantry in the City of Durham, 15 March 1944
(1 paper)


Newspaper photograph from The Statesman, possibly in India, showing the I.F.A. Football Shield final, including team captains: Riddle, of The Durham Light Infantry, and Company Sergeant-Major Young, of The Kings Royal Rifle Corps, n.d. [1934]
(1 paper)


Group photograph of soldiers, described as the 'Salamanca squad', Durham Light Infantry, Fenham Barracks, Newcastle, 1932 - 1933 Back row: Robinson; [?]; Davis; Brown; Bell; [?]; Middlebrook Second row: [?]; Box; McGuinness; Bainbridge; Woodhead; Elliott; [?]; [?] Third row: [?]; [?]; [?]; Jopling; McClaughlan; O'Hare; Preston; [?] Front row: Sharp; Bird; Watson; [?]; Sergeant Eldred; [?]; Bennett; [?]
(1 photograph, 12cm. x 9cm., black and white, and 1 paper)


Photograph of three soldiers, including Private J. Brown and Private M. McLane, 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Catterick Camp, Yorkshire, 1933
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 6cm., black and white)


Photograph of soldiers of 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in tropical kit, India, 1934
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 6cm., black and white)


Photograph of four soldiers ready for mounting camp guard, somewhere in India, 1934 - 1937
(1 photograph, 6cm. x 7.5cm., black and white)


Photograph of soldiers in tented camp, [India], 1934
(1 photograph, 8.5cm. x 6cm., black and white)


Photograph of Private Burton, seated, and Private Steve Green, standing, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Bombay, n.d. [1934 - 1937]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 14cm., black and white)


Photograph of Privates Hardman and Walmsley of 'B' Company, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Deolali, India, n.d. [1934 - 1937]
(1 photograph, 6cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Photograph of Private Graham, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, with an unidentified boy on a bicycle, Deolali, India, [1934 - 1937]
(1 photograph, 6cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Photograph of a concert party of 'B' Company, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Deolali, India, 1934 - 1937
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 6cm., black and white)


Photograph of cooks, including Private Elliot, marked, preparing meals for the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Lake Beale, Deolali, India, 1935 - 1936
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 7cm., black and white)


Photograph of soldiers including Private Elliott and Private Hamilton marked, of 'B' Company, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taking a break from training at Lake Beale, near Deolali, India, 1935 or 1936
(1 photograph, 7cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Photograph of a 2nd Battalion patrol on river ferry, Bengal, India, 1934
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 6cm., black and white)


Photograph of a farewell gift from 31 Company, Royal Army Medical Corps, as a mark of gratitude to the regimental nursing orderlies of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Bombay, India, 1937
(1 photograph, 4cm. x 6cm., black and white)


Photograph of Privates M. McClaughlan, S. Green and [unidentified], 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in tropical kit, Khartoum, Sudan, 1937
(1 photograph, 11cm. x 7cm., black and white)


Photograph of Private S. Learoyd and Private V. Gunn, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in sports kit, [India], n.d. [1934 - 1937]
(1 photograph, 6cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Photograph of two Sudanese men taken near Khartoum, Sudan, 1937 (1 photograph, 7cm. x 9cm., black and white


Photograph of a Sudanese irrigation ditch, 1937
(1 photograph, 7cm. x 10cm., black and white)


Photograph of Sudanese children and bridge over the River Nile taken from the rear of officers' mess, South Barracks, Khartoum, Sudan, 1937
(1 photograph, 11cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Photograph of dog and cat outside the officers' quarters, Khartoum, Sudan, 1937
(1 photograph, 7cm. x 12cm., black and white)


Photograph of Private M. McClaughlan, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, South Barracks, Khartoum, Sudan, 1937
(1 photograph, 7cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Photograph of two soldiers on a verandah with a magazine, captioned, "looking for talent", Khartoum, Sudan, n.d. [1937]
(1 photograph, 6cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Photograph of four soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in informal dress, Khartoum, Sudan, 1937
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 6cm., black and white)


Photograph of Private Mick Walsh of 'B' Company, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, transferred to The Green Howards, Khartoum, Sudan, n.d. [1934- 1937]
(1 photograph, 7cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Group photograph of warrant officers and sergeants, 70th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Barnard Castle, 1942 - 1943
(1 photograph, 21cm. x 16cm., black and white)


Group photograph of soldiers of the 70th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Barnard Castle, 1942 - 1943
(1 photograph, 13cm. x 8.5cm., black and white)


Group photograph of soldiers of the 70th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Barnard Castle, 1942 - 1943
(1 photograph, 13.5cm. x 8.5cm., black and white)

63843, later 20537 Private Joseph ELLIS (Ref: Ellis D/DLI 7/202/1-2)

The Durham Light Infantry
Later Labour Corps; First World War


Army cooks' recipe book and notebook, entitled, Duties of a Master Cook and Cooks in General, containing recipes and instructions, n.d. [1914 - 1918]
(1 booklet)


Printed letter from the Labour Corps Record Office, Nottingham, to Mr. J. Ellis, Staithes, Yorkshire, originally accompanying the British War Medal and Victory Medal, 21 April [1921]
(1 paper)

95541 Sergeant Alfred EMDEN (Ref: Emden D/DLI 7/874/1)

The Durham Light Infantry
Prisoner of war, Stalag IV A, Germany


German Conversation - Grammar: A Practical Method of Learning the German Language, by Emil Otto, 1939
(1 volume, printed)

Second Lieutenant Charles William ESTE (Ref: Este D/DLI 7/203/1-2)

68th Regiment of Foot
Entry in McGregor; born, c. 1739; Second Lieutenant, 23rd Foot, 27 January 1758; 68th Foot, 27 January 1758; Lieutenant, 68th Foot, 25 January 1761; half-pay, 1763; full-pay, 11 March 1767; Captain, 29 March 1775; Major in the Army, 19 February 1783; Major, 65th Foot, 30 May 1795; Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, 1 March 1794; Lieutenant-Colonel, 65th Foot, 1 September 1795; Colonel in the Army, 1 January 1798; Major-General, 1 January 1805; retired, 23 March 1805; died, 13 February 1812


Commission, from King George III, of Charles William Este as second lieutenant in the 68th Regiment of Foot, 27 October 1760
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


Commission of Charles William Este, gent., as lieutenant in the 68th Regiment of Foot, 25 January 1761
(Parchment, 1 membrane)