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Durham Light Infantry Records

Reference: D/DLI 12 Catalogue Title: Durham Light Infantry Records Area: Catalogue Category: Antiquarian and Composite Records Description: British Army (excluding Durham Light Infantry and Royal Artillery)

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BRITISH ARMY (EXCLUDING THE DURHAM LIGHT
INFANTRY AND ROYAL ARTILLERY)

Catalogue Contents

Durham Light Infantry Records (Ref: D/DLI)CAVALRY REGIMENTS (Ref: D/DLI 12/1/1)

Certificate issued by Colonel G. Philips, Commander, 4th Hussars, to the proprietor of the Rose and Crown Hotel, Durham, complimenting him on his service to soldiers billeted at the hotel, 24 September 1885 (1 card) INFANTRY FOOT GUARDS Coldstream Guards

 (Ref: D/DLI 12/2/1)

23644 Private Ralph Walton
13th Company, Coldstream Guards


'Welcome Home' certificate given to Private Ralph Walton by the people of Tanfield Lea, June 1919
(1 card in a card folder)

Irish Guards (Ref: D/DLI 12/2/2)

Group photograph of soldiers of the 5th Company, Irish Guards, August 1918 (1 photograph, 38cm. x 30cm., black and white) INFANTRY REGIMENTS

 (Ref: D/DLI 12/3/1)

Private George Gibbs
60th Regiment of Rifles, 58th Regiment and 54th Regiment
Enlisted in the 60th Regiment of Rifles (no. 797), 6 February 1855; transferred to the 58th Regiment (no. 1550), 12 June 1868; [transferred] to the 54th Regiment (no. 1629), [1874]


Account book of Private George Gibbs, 1855 - 1875 (1 volume, cloth bound) The Northumberland Fusiliers

 (Ref: D/DLI 12/3/2)

Lance-Corporal John Angus
Northumberland Fusiliers


Certificate of 'A tribute of honour', issued in memory of Lance-Corporal John Angus, Northumberland Fusiliers, for serving his country during the Great War, Town Hall, Sunderland, October 1919
(1 paper, printed colour)

 (Ref: D/DLI 12/3/3/1-20)

83110 Corporal John William Ball
26th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, later the Royal Defence Corps
Home address, 1 Smith's Yard, Dipton: enlisted, 25 November 1914; discharged, 3 April 1919


Soldier's pay book [Army Book 64] of Corporal J.W. Ball, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 booklet)


Official postcard sent by Private J.W. Ball to Margaret Ball on his arrival at the 3rd Scottish General Hospital, Stobhill, Glasgow, Scotland, July 1916
(1 card)


Hospital re-direction card sent by Corporal Ball to his next of kin, Mrs. J. Ball, No. 1 Smith Yard, Dipton, [9 June 1917]
(1 card)


Protection and identity certificate of Corporal J.W. Ball, 16 September 1918
(1 paper)


Letter from the Ministry of Pensions, Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London, to J.W. Ball, informing him that he will receive an allowance of 1s.4d. per week for one child, 24 October 1918
(1 paper)


Discharge certificate of Corporal J.W. Ball, 3 April 1919
(1 paper)


Certificate that Corporal J.W. Ball 'served with honour and was disabled in the Great War' and was honourably discharged, 3 April 1919
(1 paper)


Note from the Infantry Records Office, London, stating that the War Badge has been awarded to J.W. Ball, 18 September 1919
(1 paper)


Certificate of identity of J.W. Ball, entitled to a pension of 10s. a week, 3 January 1921
(1 paper)


Letter from the Ministry of Pensions, Northern Region, 81 St. Mary's Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, to J.W. Ball, informing him that his bronchitis was neither caused nor aggravated by his war service, and therefore he will receive no additional pension, 18 May 1925
(1 paper)


Embroidered postcard sent from J.W. Ball to his wife, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 postcard)


Poem headed by the message 'Can you give this Ex-Service Man a job, or help him by buying this card?', n.d., [1919]
(1 card)


Newspaper cutting concerning the unveiling of the war memorial in Lanchester Church, n.d., [1920]
(1 paper)


Membership card of the Flint Hill and District Branch of the British Legion, issued to J.W. Ball, n.d., [1944]
(1 card)


Receipt of the membership subscription paid by J. Ball to The Dipton and Flint Hill Branch of the British Legion, 10 March 1945
(1 paper)


Group photograph of soldiers [of the Northumberland Fusiliers or the Royal Defence Corps], n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


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


Letter from 'George', Norfolk War Hospital, Norwich, Norfolk, to his sister, telling her that he is in hospital owing to a general breakdown in health, 22 September 1915
(1 paper)


Certificate of identity, and provisional protection certificate, belonging to Corporal J.W. Ball, 16 September 1918
(1 paper)


New Testament, published by the Y.M.C.A. War League, 23 October 1915 (1 volume, cloth bound) The Royal Warwickshire Regiment

 (Ref: D/DLI 12/3/4/1-8)

22670 Private Albert Henry Weston [Western]
Royal Warwickshire Regiment, Machine Gun Corps
Enlisted, 26 June 1913; discharged, 15 June 1918


Character certificate of Private A.H. Weston, 27 May 1918
(1 paper)


Discharge certificate of Private A.H. Weston, 15 June 1918
(1 paper)


Certificate of the registry of birth of Frank Western, born on 31 May 1929, at Handsworth, West Bromwich, Warwickshire, 27 June 1929
(1 paper)


National Registration identity card belonging to Joyce L.E. Western, 136 Wyrley Road, Birmingham, Warwickshire, 1 July 1943
(1 card)


A Handbook of Medical Terms by Carruthers Corfield, n.d., [1914]
(1 volume, leather bound)


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


Group photograph of unidentified soldiers, n.d., [1939 - 1945]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Photograph of an unidentified man and two unidentified soldiers, n.d., [1914 - 1918] (1 photograph, 8cm. x 14cm., black and white) The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)

 (Ref: D/DLI 12/3/5/1-11)

1495798 Gunner Albert Bernard Stephen Western
456 Company 10th (3rd City of London) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (69th Searchlight Regiment)
Served, 1939 - 1940


Notification from the Ministry of Labour, Birmingham, Warwickshire, to A.B.S. Western, 20 Melrose Road, Perry Bar, Birmingham to the effect that, in accordance with the Military Training Act , he is to submit himself to a medical examination, 13 June 1939
(1 paper)


Military medical grade card belonging to A.B.S. Western, 17 June 1939
(1 card)


Notification from the Ministry of Labour, Birmingham, Warwickshire, to A.B.S. Western, 20 Melrose Road, Perry Barr, Birmingham, that he is to present himself at the 17th Searchlight Militia Depot, Royal Artillery, Hereford, Herefordshire, for military training, 29 June 1939
(1 paper)


Militia men's reception card of A.B.S. Western, 17 July 1939
(1 card)


Pass enabling Fusilier A.B. Western to travel to Birmingham, Warwickshire, 8 December 1939
(1 paper)


Pass stating that Fusilier A.B. Western has been relegated to the Territorial Army Reserve, 4 July 1940
(1 paper)


Notification of change of address of A.B. Western, 5 January 1942
(1 card)


Notice to Gunner A.B.S. Western as a reservist, 29 July 1952
(2 papers)


1 October 1935 (1) Albert Bernard Stephen Western of 20 Melrose Road, Perry Barr, Birmingham, Warwickshire (2) Albert Henry Western of 20 Melrose Road, Perry Barr, Birmingham (3) The General Electric Company Limited of Magnet House, Kingsway, London Deed of artisan apprenticeship of (1) to (3), with the consent of (2), to be taught fitting and turning in the works at Witton, Warwickshire, until 15 September 1939 Endorsed: note that A.B.S. Western has completed his apprenticeship from 7 November 1932 to 15 September 1939
(1 paper)


Christmas card of the Royal Fusiliers, sent by Bert [A.B.S. Western], 25 December 1939
(1 card)


Motor fuel ration book, n.d., [1939 - 1945] (1 booklet) The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

 (Ref: D/DLI 12/3/6/1-2)

12196 Private Arnold [Griff] Simons
42nd Highlanders and later the Black Watch
Attested, 24 November 1915


Certified copy of the attestation of A. [G.] Simons, 24 November 1915
(1 paper)


Form granting furlough to Private A. Simons from the 1st Western General Hospital, Fazakerley, Liverpool, Lancashire, enabling him to travel home to Birmingham, Warwickshire, 27 March 1917 (1 paper) The Linconshire Regiment and the South Staffordshire Regiment

 (Ref: D/DLI 12/3/7/1-8/6)

Second-Lieutenant Frederick George Adams
Lincolnshire Regiment, 1914 - 1917; O.C.B., 1917;
1/5 South Staffordshire Regiment, 1917 - [1918]


Officer's record of services belonging to Second-Lieutenant F.G. Adams, 1914 - 1918
(1 booklet)


List of the kit belonging to Second-Lieutenant F.G. Adams, 21 April 1918 (1 paper


'Daily Mail General War Map of Europe', n.d., [1914] Scale: 1:5,280,000 (1 plan, 82cm. x 54cm., printed, colour) The Prince of Wales' Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment 16/228 Sergeant D. Hunter, D.C.M. 16th Battalion, The Prince of Wales' Own, West Yorkshire, Regiment Served in 93rd Light Trench Mortar Battery; awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal, 1919


Copy summary of the role of the 93rd Light Trench Mortar Battery in a planned offensive from 'Jean Bart' to 'Rault' trenches, which includes a reference to Lance-Corporal D. Hunter's position on No. 2 Gun Team, 11 November 1916 The summary is compiled from P.R.O. W.O. 95/2359
(4 papers, duplicated)


Copy extract from a war diary [probably that of the 93rd Brigade], 15 - 17 and 23 - 28 November 1917
(2 papers, duplicated)


Copy extract from a war diary [probably that of the 93rd Brigade, Light Trench Mortar Battery], including a reference to the Battery command being taken over by Second-Lieutenant F.C. Prickett, 1-31 July, n.y., [1916]
(2 papers, duplicated)


Copy notices of the award of the Distinguished Conduct Medal to acting Corporal D. Hunter, and character reference, issued by Captain F.C. Prickett, 1 January - 4 July 1919
(1 paper, duplicated)


Copy photograph of members of the 93rd Light Trench Mortar Battery, including Captain F.C. Prickett, front row, centre, and Lance-Corporal D. Hunter, back row, third from right, n.d., [ c. 1917] Captain F.C. Prickett also served in the 18th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
(1 paper, duplicated)


Enlargement of part of photograph, as in D/DLI 12/3/8/5, showing Captain Prickett and Lance-Corporal Hunter [ c. 1917]
(1 paper, duplicated)

The King's Royal Rifle Corps, 'The Green Jackets', 1st Battalion, The Royal Ulster Rifles and 1/2 Gurkha Rifles (Ref: D/DLI 12/3/9-14)

Photograph of a platoon commander of the 1st Battalion, Green Jackets, discussing defensive positions to be manned by the unit near Sopit in Sarawak, [Borneo], with an Iban village longhouse in the background, October 1964
(1 photograph, 21.5cm. x 17cm., black and white)


Photograph of members of the Green Jackets making their way up river to cut off fleeing rebels, after a successful assault on the enemy-held police station in Bekenu, 'Brunei operation', n.d., [1964]
(1 photograph, 21.5cm. x 17cm., black and white)


Photograph of a soldier, of the 2nd Battalion, The Green Jackets, on patrol through the jungle, July 1965
(1 photograph, 17cm. x 21.5cm., black and white)


Photograph of a Section of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Ulster Rifles, on a routine river patrol using a native long boat, Borneo, August 1964
(1 photograph, 21.5cm. x 16.5cm., black and white)


Photograph of 1/2 Gurkha Rifles aboard their assault boat, patrolling the banks of the river Limbang, Brunei, n.d., [1964]
(1 photograph, 21.5cm. x 16.5cm., black and white)


Photograph of soldiers patrolling a river, with one soldier on guard in a tree in Borneo, n.d., [1966] (1 photograph, 16.5cm. x 22cm., black and white) ARMY CORPS Royal Army Medical Corps

 (Ref: D/DLI 12/4/1/1-5)

1420 Private Robert Allinson
2nd Northumbrian Field Ambulance, R.A.M.C., Territorial Force, Discharged as unfit for further military service, 3 August 1914; later 311138 Sapper R. Allinson (52 A.W. Company Royal Engineers); later served during the Second World War as an air raid warden


Territorial Force discharge certificate, issued to R. Allinson, 3 August 1914
(1 paper)


Certificate of transfer to the reserve on demobilization, issued to R. Allinson, 21 February 1919
(1 paper)


Protection certificate and certificate of identity, issued to R. Allinson, 24 January 1919
(1 paper)


Note concerning the fact that the rank of Lance-Corporal is not engraved on British War and Victory medals, n.d., [ c. 1919]
(1 paper)


Letter and note concerning the award to R. Allinson of the Defence Medal, n.d., [ c. 1945]
(2 papers)

 (Ref: D/DLI 12/4/2)

7377380 Private Roy Blackett
Royal Army Medical Corps
Enlisted, 4 April 1940


Soldier's service and pay book of Private R. Blackett, 1940 - 1945
(1 booklet)

Machine Gun Corps (Ref: D/DLI 12/4/3-4/29)

Photograph of 22nd (Reserve) Company, 4th Reserve Battalion, The Machine Gun Corps, Clipston, April 1918 (1 photograph, 91.5cm. x 18.5cm., black and white, card mounted) Corps of Royal Engineers 1886224 Sapper Wilfred Carr Royal Engineers Called up, 30 October 1939; demobilized, [1946]


Certificate that Sapper W. Carr has completed a course of training as a blacksmith, 29 June 1943
(1 paper)


Soldier's release book of Sapper W. Carr, 1946
(1 booklet)


A Handbook for the use of Candidates for Third Class Certificate of Education, The Corps of Royal Engineers, [1930s]
(1 booklet)


Royal Engineers Pocket Book, Pamphlet VI : Demolitions and Mining, 1941
(1 booklet)


Royal Engineers Pocket Book, Pamphlet XIII : 'Water Supply', 1941
(1 booklet)


Notes for Blacksmiths , War Office publication (M.T.5.) 1941
(1 booklet)


Small Arms Training, Volume I, Pamphlet No. 4, Light Machine Gun, 1939
(1 booklet)


Small Arms Training, Volume I, Pamphlet No. 4, Light Machine Gun, 1942
(1 booklet)


Military training booklet covering demolitions, mines and booby traps, roads and water supply, n.d., [1942]
(1 booklet)


Military training pamphlet No. 40: Mines and Booby Traps', part III, 'The Breaching of Minefields, 1943
(1 booklet)


Malaria: a Pamphlet for Officers , 1943
(1 booklet)


Launching data for a Bailey Bridge, n.d., [1939 - 1945]
(1 paper)


Safety leaflet for railway workers, n.d., [1939 - 1945]
(1 paper)


Usual French, n.d., [1939 - 1945]
(1 booklet)


Satirical invitation to the funeral of Adolf Hitler, n.d., [1939 - 1945]
(1 paper)


The Gospel of St. John, Active Service Edition, 1939
(1 booklet)


Certificate given by the town of Dunkirk, France, to Wilfred Carr, Royal Engineers, in memory of the fighting of May and June 1940, n.d., [late 20th c.]
(1 card)


Rules of the Dunkirk Veterans' Association, 1982
(1 booklet)


Cutting, from the Sunday Graphic, concerning an Allied exercise in the British Channel, 12 September 1943
(1 paper)


Cutting, from The Daily Sketch, concerning 'Montgomery's First Highway over the Rhine', 27 March 1945
(1 paper)


Soldier , the British Army magazine, Victory Souvenir Number, V.E. day, 8 May 1945
(1 booklet)


Copy article, from Soldier magazine, concerning the D-Day landings, [1945]
(1 paper)


Article, from The Northern Echo, on the fortieth anniversary of D-Day, 6 June 1984
(2 papers)


The Times newspaper, souvenir D-Day edition, 1984
(4 papers)


Newspaper cutting, from The Mirror, concerning D-Day, 8 May 1985
(1 paper)


Newspaper cutting, from The Mirror, concerning V.E. Day, 8 May 1985


Newspaper cutting concerning 608 Squadron, n.d., [late 20th c.]
(1 paper)


The Queen's Reign and its Commemoration : a Literary and Pictorial Review of the Period, 1837 - 1897 by Sir Walter Besant, [1897]
(1 volume, card bound)


Queen Victoria and the Young Soldier , religious tract, Silverthorn series no. 1, n.d., [after 1901]
(1 paper)

 (Ref: D/DLI 12/4/5/1-32)

4270196 Special Reservist Frederick Morris
Royal Engineers
Born, 5 March 1919; enlisted Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, Newcastle upon Tyne, 25 November 1937; discharged, 30 April 1938; re-enlisted, 7 February 1940; attested Ashington, Northumberland, 5 June 1940; embarked for overseas service, March 1941; with 588 (Glamorgan) Army Troops Company, Royal Engineers, at 8th Army Leave Camp in January 1943; disembarked, Italy, December 1943; disembarked, France, April 1945; transferred to Army Reserve, 29 September 1946; medals, 1939 - 1945 Star; Italy Star; France-German Star; occupation: plumber.


Certificate of service of a soldier with less than six months service, issued to no. 4271096 Fusilier Frederick Morris, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, discharged, 30 April 1938
(1 paper)


Certified copy attestation of Frederick Morris, formerly of The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers Special Reserve, on joining the Territorial Army, Ashington, Northumberland, 5 June 1940
(1 paper)


Certificate of transfer, from 29 September 1946, to the Army Reserve, of Frederick Morris, Royal Engineers, 11 June 1946
(1 paper)


Army Pass 588 (Glamorgan) Army Troops Company, Royal Engineers, issued to Special Reservist F. Morris to proceed to the Eighth Army Leave Camp, 12 January 1943
(1 paper)


Summary of the qualifying service of Special Reservist F. Morris for the award of the following campaign medals: 1935 - 1945 Star; Italy Star; and France-German Star, 23 August 1945
(1 paper)


Newspaper cutting describing the wedding of Miss M.A. Straughan of Craster, Northumberland, and Frederick Morris of Rowlands Gill, at Craster Methodist Church, Northumberland, n.d., [1950s]
(1 paper)


Postcard photograph of two newly enlisted soldiers, including F. Morris on the right, n.d., [ c 1940]
(1 postcard, 9cm. x 14cm., sepia)


Photograph of Special Reservist F. Morris, n.d., [c. 1937 - 1945]
(1 photograph, 5cm. x 6.5cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of Special Reservist F. Morris, on guard duty, n.d., [ c. 1937 - 1945]
(1 photograph, 8cm. x 14cm., black and white)


Photograph of two soldiers, including F. Morris on the left, on overseas service, outside a tent, n.d., [1941 - 1945]
(1 postcard, 9cm. x 13.5cm., black and white)


Studio photograph of two soldiers, including F. Morris on left, in overseas service dress, n.d., [1941 - 1945]
(1 postcard, 9cm. x 14cm., black and white)


Photograph of three soldiers in overseas service dress, with full kit, including F. Morris, centre, n.d., [1941 - 1945]
(1 postcard, 9cm. x 14cm., black and white)


Photograph print of Sergeant F. Morris in front of wooden huts, n.d., [c. 1945]
(1 photograph, 10cm. x 15cm., black and white)


Photograph of five soldiers on guard duty, including F. Morris, second from right, [ c. 1940 - 1945]
(1 postcard, 14cm. x 8.5cm., black and white)


Photograph of a group of soldiers standing in front of a wooden hut, including F. Morris, third from right, n.d., [1940 - 1945]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Photograph of a group of soldiers, including F. Morris, standing in front of wooden huts in camp, n.d., [1940 - 1945]
(1 photograph, 8.5cm. x 6.5cm., black and white)


Photograph of a group of soldiers, including F. Morris, at an army camp, n.d., [1940 - 1945]
(1 postcard, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Photograph of an unidentified infant, possibly F. Morris, n.d., 1920
(1 photograph, 8.5cm. x 13.5cm., black and white, card mounted)


Photograph of Frederick Morris as a choirboy, n.d., [1929]
(1 photograph, 8.5cm. x 14cm., black and white)


Enlarged photograph print of D/DLI 12/4/5/19
(1 photograph, 15cm. x 20.5cm., black and white)


Photograph of the wedding of Frederick Morris and M.A. Straughan, with bridesmaid, Rena Oliver, and best man, James Straughan, cousin of the bride, at Craster Methodist Church, Nothumberland, n.d., [1950s]
(1 photograph, 15.5cm. x 10.5cm., black and white, card mounted)


Photograph of Frederick Morris and Mrs Morris, formerly Straughan, cutting the wedding cake at the reception held at Craster Memorial Hall, Northumberland, n.d., [1950s]
(1 photograph, 15cm. x 20cm., black and white, card mounted)


Photograph of F. Morris holding a cat and dog, n.d., [1950s]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Photograph of Frederick Morris in garden holding a dog, n.d., [1950s]
(1 photograph, 6cm. x 8cm., black and white)


Photograph of F. Morris, sitting on rocks with a dog, n.d., [1950s]
(1 photograph, 5.5cm. x 5.5cm., black and white)


Photograph of Mr. and Mrs Morris and four unidentified men and women in evening dress, n.d., [1950s]
(1 photograph, 13cm. x 8cm., black and white)


Photograph of an unidentified woman with two dogs, n.d., [1940s]
(1 photograph, 8.5cm. x 13.5cm., black and white)


Photograph of a group of unidentified men in a hut, n.d., [1970s]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. F. Morris, standing in front of a sculpture of the dove of peace, in an unidentified location, n.d., [1970s]
(1 photograph, 11cm. x 9cm., colour)


Photograph of F. Morris standing in front of a modern memorial sculpture, in an unidentified location, n.d., [1970s]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 12cm., colour)


Photograph of F. Morris standing beside the chamber named after him, n.d., [1970]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 13cm., colour)


Photograph of F. Morris, seated, with a dog, n.d., [1970s]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 9cm., colour)

 (Ref: D/DLI 12/4/6)

94408 Sapper Ernest A. Robinson
Royal Engineers


New Testament, Active Service Edition, 1914 - 1915
(1 volume, card bound)

 (Ref: D/DLI 12/4/7/1-8)

Private G.G.M. Higginbotham
Royal Engineers


Newspaper cutting concerning the death of Private G.G.M. Higginbotham, Royal Engineers, killed in action, 22 August 1917
(1 paper)


Photograph of the grave of Private G.G.M. Higginbotham, Royal Engineers, n.d., [ c. 1919]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 14cm., black and white)


Group photograph of Royal Engineers of the 50th Division (Territorial Force), n.d., [early 20th c.] (1 photograph, 17cm. x 11cm., black and white, card mounted) INDIAN ARMY AND SERVICEMEN OF UNIDENTIFIED REGIMENTS

 (Ref: D/DLI 12/5/1)

Second-Lieutenant Gerald Cecil Gibson Gray
Indian Army


Commission of Gerald Cecil Gibson Gray, from 9 September 1908, as second-lieutenant on the unattached list for the Indian Army, 4 September 1908
(1 card)

Servicemen of the 13th Division, First World War (Ref: D/DLI 12/5/2)

Copy of court proceedings concerning the charges against Privates Wilfred Hill and Reginald Adolphus Sydney Ellis, of the 13th Division Cyclist Company, that they had lost their rifles at Nahrwan Camp, [Mesapotamia], 19 September 1917
(9 papers)

 (Ref: D/DLI 12/5/3/1-5)

Servicemen of the 34th Division, First World War

Private William Donaldson
34th Division of British Expeditionary Force, France, 1916; 36 C.C.S., Cologne, Germany, 1920.


Christmas card of the 34th Division of the British Expeditionary Force, sent by William Donaldson to his mother, December 1916
(1 card, printed)


Christmas card of the 34th Division of the British Expeditionary Force, sent by W. Donaldson to Mr. C. Donaldson, December 1916
(1 card, printed, coloured)


Postcard, series no. 425, La Grande Guerre 1914 - 1915 : La Basilique d' Albert, the Somme, France, sent by William Donaldson to his mother, n.d., [ c. 1916]
(1 postcard)


Postcard view of No. 3 General Hospital, Langenfeldt, Cologne, Germany, sent by William [ ], n.d., [ c. 1920]
(1 postcard photograph, 12.5cm. x 7cm., black and white)


Postcard view of Cologne, Germany, issued by the British Empire Leave Club, Cologne, sent by Private W. Donaldson, 36 C.C.S., Cologne, to his brother [-in-law] Charles Lorraine, c/o Mrs. Ingledew, North Ormesby, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, n.d., [ c. 1920]
(1 postcard)

Unidentified Servicemen (Ref: D/DLI 12/5/4-6/6)

Photograph of three unidentified officers, n.d.
(1 photograph, 21.5cm. x 28.5cm., black and white, card mounted)


Studio photograph (taken in West Stanley) of an unidentified (not of The Durham Light Infantry), soldier, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 8cm. x 13cm., black and white)


Photograph of soldiers [not The Durham Light Infantry] loading field gun, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 8.5cm., black and white)


Leather wallet of an unidentified man, containing a notebook with religious poems, addresses and pressed flowers, 1914 - 1918
(1 notebook, leather bound)


Photograph of unidentified man, n.d., [1914 - 1918] Originally enclosed in DLI 12/5/6/1
(1 photograph, 4cm. x 5cm., black and white)


Note of the name and address of Salvatore Buonocore, Via Lorenzo Pareto, No. 8-4-Scala A, Genoa, [Italy] n.d., [1914 - 1918] Originally enclosed in DLI 12/5/6/1
(1 paper)


Picture card The Children's Lesson Pictures : The shepherd of captive Israel , 2 September 1917 Originally enclosed in DLI 12/5/6/1
(1 card)


Religious card entitled: Trust in the Lord and do good , n.d., [1914 - 1918] Originally enclosed in DLI 12/5/6/1
(1 card)


Label 'Y.M.C.A. hut day', n.d., [1914 - 1918] Originally enclosed in DLI 12/5/6/1 (1 card) MISCELLANEOUS

Standing Orders (Ref: D/DLI 12/6/1-2)

Standing Orders for the Expeditionary Force by Field Marshal Sir J.D.P. French, Southampton, 9 August 1914
(1 booklet, printed)


Standing Orders for Drivers of Mechanical Vehicles (wheeled) and Motor Cyclists , December 1942
(1 booklet)

Army Information and Training Manuals (Ref: D/DLI 12/6/3-12)

The Army of Today, describing the conditions of life and training in the army, His Majesty's Stationery Office, n.d., [June 1929]
(1 booklet, printed)


Notes on the interpretation of air photographs, May 1924
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)


The Instructors' Handbook on Fieldcraft and Battle Drill, issued under the direction of the Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces , n.d., [1942]
(1 booklet, printed)


Small Arms Training, Volume I, Pamphlet No. 1, Weapon Training , 15 July 1942
(1 booklet)


Malaria : a Pamphlet for Officers , January 1943
(1 booklet)


Inspection, Maintenance and Care of Army Vehicles (Wheeled), July 1943
(1 booklet)


Letter No. 3 by the Commander-in-Chief on Non-Fraternisation, 14 July 1945
(1 card)


Fieldcraft, Sniping and Intelligence by Lieutenant-Colonel N.A.D. Armstrong, 1943
(1 volume, card bound)


The Battle of the Atlantic : the Military Commanding Officers' Role, pamphlet G.O. No. 900 of 1942, issued by T.S. Riddell-Webster, Lieutenant-General-in-Charge Administration, G.H.Q., Middle East, 23 June 1942
(1 booklet, printed)


The Army at War : Tunisia, published by the Ministry of Information, 1944
(1 booklet)

Miscellaneous records (Ref: D/DLI 12/6/13-15)

Programme for Persian Gulf Command Championship boxing tournament, K.R.M. versus Iran, 27 - 29 October 1944
(2 papers)


Extracts from Soldier magazine concerning various compaigns during the Second World War, n.d., [1944 - 1945]
(14 papers)


Their name Liveth, volume IV part III, published by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, 1960 The booklet describes the war cemeteries of the First and Second World Wars
(1 booklet, printed)

Miscellaneous photographs (Ref: D/DLI 12/6/16-20)

Photograph print showing a patrol moving up a river bed in Sarawak while the light machine gunner of a co-operating bank patrol takes up a good covering position on a convenient tree trunk, a British Official Photograph of the British Army in Borneo : Infantry , issued by the Central Office of Information, London, November 1964
(1 photograph, 15cm. x 15cm., black and white)


Photograph view of a Malayan village, Singapore, a B.O.A.C. photograph no. 12206, n.d., [1964 - 1965]
(1 photograph, 19cm. x 14cm., black and white)


Photograph print showing three soldiers on a field exercise, supplied by The Soldier : British Army Magazine photographic section, n.d., [1960s]
(1 photograph, 18.5cm. x 15.5cm., black and white)


Photograph of the Commander-in-Chief of the Army's United Kingdom Land Forces, General Sir Basil Eugster, on a visit to units in the North East, pictured with Brigadier G.T.E. Westbrook; Major-General T.H. Birkbeck; the G.O.C. North East District, Major General Geoffrey Collin; Brigadier A.N. Breitmeyer, Deputy Commander; Captain N.E.C. Gardner, and Captain J.G.W. Dean, 26 October 1973
(1 photograph, 12.5cm. x 15cm., black and white)


Aerial photograph of a military camp near a castle, n.d., [mid 20th c.]
(1 photograph, 30.5cm. x 38.5cm., black and white)