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 W: Wo to Wy
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- Durham Light Infantry Records
- Lieutenant-Colonel George Leslie WOOD, D.S.O., M.C., T.D. (Ref: Wood D/DLI 7/789/1-2)
- 4430757 Private Robert WOOD (Ref: Wood D/DLI 7/790/1-47)
- 4452240 Private William WOOD (Ref: Wood D/DLI 7/791/1)
- Major Kenneth Martin WOOD, M.C. (Ref: Wood D/DLI 7/1000/1-122)
- Notes by Kenneth M. Wood concerning the history of the 9th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry during the British Expeditionary Force campaign, 1939 - 1940 (Ref: D/DLI 7/1000/8-13)
- Notes by Kenneth M. Wood and others concerning the history of the 6th and 9th Battalions The Durham Light Infantry during the campaigns in North Africa and North West Europe, 1943 - 1944 (Ref: D/DLI 7/1000/14-23)
- Records concerning the 151 (Durham) Brigade officers' reunions (Ref: D/DLI 7/1000/24-31)
- Records concerning the 9th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry Dinner Club, established in 1919 (Ref: D/DLI 7/1000/32-44)
- Records concerning the colours of the 9th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry and successors (Ref: D/DLI 7/1000/45-47)
- Records concerning war memorials and commemorative services (Ref: D/DLI 7/1000/48-60)
- Photographs (Ref: D/DLI 7/1000/61-122)
- [ ] Leonard WOODLAND (Ref: Woodland D/DLI 7/1001/1-4)
- 441486 Captain William Raymond WOOFF, O.B.E. (Ref: Wooff D/DLI 7/1236/1)
- 19555 Lance-Sergeant Frederick George WORMALD (Ref: Wormald D/DLI 7/792/1)
- Lieutenant George Gray WORNUM (Ref: Wornum D/DLI 7/793/1-2)
- 877988 Major Frederick William Gordon WORRALL, M.M. (Ref: Worrall D/DLI 7/1002/1-116)
- 21015306 Company Quartermaster-Sergeant A. WORTHY (Ref: Worthy D/DLI 7/794/1-2)
- 36611 Private Joseph Patrick WRIGHT (Ref: Wright D/DLI 7/795/1)
- 46115 Private Robert WRIGHT (Ref: Wright D/DLI 7/796/1)
- Second Lieutenant Samuel Robert WYLD (Ref: Wyld D/DLI 7/797/1-9)
- 39718 Private Alexander WYLIE (Ref: Wylie D/DLI 7/798/1)
- Brigade-Major William Thomas WYLLIE (Ref: Wyllie D/DLI 7/1003/1-4)
- Lieutenant Leonard WYNN (Ref: Wynn D/DLI 7/799/1-2)
Catalogue Contents
9th Battalion, 6th Battalion and 8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Joined 9th Battalion as a Second Lieutenant in 1933, aged 21; gained the Military Cross in the battles before Dunkirk, 1940; commanded 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, November 1944 - October 1945; commanded 8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1947 - 1950; awarded the Order of the British Empire; died in Newcastle in 1969, aged 57. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.
2nd Battalion, later 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Served with 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1929 - 1937; 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1937 - n.d.; Mechanical Equipment Company, Royal Engineers, n.d. - 1946; overseas service in India, 1929 - 1936; the Sudan, 1936 - 1937; China 1937 - 1940
2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Middlesbrough, Yorkshire; residence Middlesbrough, Yorkshire; killed in action, 15 May 1940
9th Battalion and 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Served in the Second World War, with 9th Battalion, and later as officer commanding 'D' Company, 6th Battalion; awarded the Military Cross for the attack at Gheel, Belgium, on 10 September 1944; brother of Lieutenant-Colonel George Leslie Wood, D.S.O., M.C., 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
possibly attached 16th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Ref: D/DLI 7/1001/1Born Barnard Castle 13 May 1929; 17th Battalion (Dales) Durham Home Guard, 1952; 6th Battalion (Territorial) Durham Light Infantry, 1955, transfer to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers, 1967; previous service [National Service] as a private with Durham Light Infantry and Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, 1947-1949; died September 2006
Ref: Wooff D/DLI 7/1236/119th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Castleford, Yorkshire; enlisted West Hartlepool; killed in action, 18 July 1916
3rd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Ref: D/DLI 7/793/16th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Served as Warrant Sergeant, Royal Artillery, attached C Batt. Layforce, Middle East; awarded Military Medal for the action at Letani River, Syria, on 9 June 1941, in which he was wounded and taken prisoner, and later liberated; served with 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry in North Africa in 1942
8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Ref: D/DLI 7/794/119th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Sunderland; enlisted Sunderland; died of wounds, 6 May 1917
The Durham Light Infantry
Attached to the Intelligence Corps
18th Battalion, 22nd Battalion, later 1/7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Ref: D/DLI 7/797/11/5th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Died of wounds, 10 April 1918
4th Battalion, 2nd Battalion and 10th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Entry in McGregor; born 20 July 1882; served as bombardier in the Elswick Battery; served with 4th Battalion in the South African War; helped to raise the 10th Service Battalion in 1914; mentioned in despatches, London Gazette, 1 January 1916; killed in action 19 July 1916
11th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born County Durham; residence County Durham; killed in action, 29 June 1944