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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 K: Ka to Ke

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153376 Major James KAILOFER (Ref: Kailofer D/DLI 7/368/1-3)

8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born County Durham; residence Northumberland; died of wounds, Western Europe, 9 August 1944


Letter from Reverend G.W. Markham, 8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, to Mrs. Kailofer concerning the death of J. Kailofer, 16 August 1944
(1 paper)


Photograph of J. Kailofer, n.d.
(1 photograph)


Certificate that Private J. Lawson has paid his subscription to the D.L.I. Association, 23 June 1940
(1 paper)

Frederick KEELEY (Ref: Keeley D/DLI 7/369/1)

The Durham Light Infantry
Second Lieutenant, 5th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, (T.A.); Adjutant, 14th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1916; Commandant, 1st Corps Reinforcement Camp, 1918; 1st Battalion, Lucknow Barracks, Tidworth, Hampshire, 1919; Rhiel, Cologne, Germany, c. 1919; recalled in 1939 and posted to Royal Artillery, Dunkirk, France.


Letter from Frederic Keeley, 11 Kernick Way, Hayle, Cornwall, to Colonel Humphreys, including details of his war service with The Durham Light Infantry in the First and Second World Wars, 15 March 1975
(5 papers)

Private (acting Corporal) Gerald KEMPSTER, M.M. (Ref: Kempster D/DLI 7/370/1-2)

13th Battalion and 8th Battalion
Born Bedminster, Somerset, 1889; 13th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, during September 1916 (no. 301505); also 8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at some time (no. 5661); awarded the Military Medal, September 1917, during the Battle of Passchendaele for 'conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty'. During the Second World War in charge of the Royal Observer Corps unit at Northiam, near Rye, Sussex; died, Ormskirk, Lancashire, 1968. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.


Citation for the Military Medal, awarded to Private Gerald Kempster for conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty, 16 October 1917
(1 paper)


Photograph of G. Kempster, M.M., n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 8cm. x 14cm., black and white)

22263 Private William Ralph KENNEDY (Ref: Kennedy D/DLI 7/371/1)

2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Wrekenton; residence Gateshead; enlisted Newcastle upon Tyne; killed in action, 25 February 1916


Letter from Sergeant J. Archbold, Lewis Gun Section, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, to Miss Dodd, concerning the death in action of 'your cousin William', 26 February 1916
(1 paper)

17424 Private Thomas KENNY, V.C. (Ref: Kenny D/DLI 7/903/1-2)

13th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry


Copy of an illustration, from the series of prints 'Deeds that Thrill the Empire', published by Hutchinson in 1914 - 1918, of 17424 Private Thomas Kenny, 13th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, 67th Brigade, 47th Division, winning the Victoria Cross at La Houssie, France, on 4 November 1915, n.d. [after 1918]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 13 cm., black and white)


Copy of a newspaper photograph, possibly from the North Mail,of Private Thomas Kenny, V.C., at home, n.d. [December 1915]
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)


Stamp issued by the National War Savings Committee, entitled 'VC Series - No. 2: No. 39 Private Thomas Kenny, The Durham Light Infantry', featuring an illustration of Kenny crawling back across No Man's Land with Lieutenant Brown on his back in 1915, n.d. [1917-1918]
(1 paper, 3.5cm. x 5.5cm., colour)

4451181 Orderly Room Quartermaster-Sergeant George Alfred KENT (Ref: Kent D/DLI 7/372/1-5)

1st Battalion and 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry


British passport of G.A. Kent, issued at Tientsin, China, 19 July 1939
(1 booklet)


Photograph of Major-General [Herbert] inspecting the [ ] Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Fenham Barracks, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1935
(1 photograph, cm. x cm., black and white)


Photograph of a sports team at the Durham Light Infantry depot, Fenham Barracks, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1935
(1 photograph, cm. x cm., black and white)


Photograph of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, about to embark for China, 1937
(1 photograph, cm. x cm., black and white)


Group photograph of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Ahmednagar, India, [1942 - 1943]
(1 photograph, cm. x cm., black and white)

Private Ernest KERANS (Ref: Kerans D/DLI 7/373/1-2)

9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Intelligence Section


Account of the Second World War, by Ernest Kerans, n.d.
(43 papers)


'Me and the 50th Division Middle East Forces, 1942 - 1943' by Ernest Kerans,
(48 papers)

4470382 Private John KERSHAW (Ref: Kershaw D/DLI 7/374/1-15)

16th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Rochdale; residence Rochdale; killed in action, 2 March 1943


Copy birth certificate of J. Kershaw, born 18 February 1923; copy made 26 March 1923
(1 paper)


National Service certificate of registration of J. Kershaw, n.d., [1940s]
(1 paper)


Medical examination grade card of J. Kershaw, 2 February 1942
(1 card)


Certificate that Private J. Kershaw has paid his initial subscription towards membership of The Durham Light Infantry Association, 2 June 1942
(1 card)


Letter from the Infantry Record Office, York, stating that Private J. Kershaw has been posted as 'missing', 23 March 1943
(1 paper)


Letter from the War Office, Casualty Branch, Blue Coat School, Church Road, Wavertree, Liverpool, Lancashire, to Mrs. E. Kershaw, 687 Halifax Road, Hurstead, Rochdale, Lancashire, informing her that Private J. Kershaw has been wounded and is missing, 24 August 1943
(3 papers)


Letter from the War Office, Casualty Branch, Blue Coat School, Church Road, Wavertree, Liverpool, Lancashire, to Mrs. E. Kershaw, 687 Halifax Road, Hurstead, Rochdale, Lancashire, informing her that Private J. Kershaw died of wounds on 2 March 1943 in the French hospital, Ferryville, Tunisia, 4 January 1944
(1 paper)


Letter from the Infantry Record Office, York, stating that Private J. Kershaw has been reported to have died of wounds on 2 March 1943 in North Africa, 12 January 1944
(1 paper)


Notification of death of Private J. Kershaw on 2 March 1943 in North Africa, 17 January 1944
(1 paper)


Letter from the War Office, 32 Grosvenor Gardens, London, to Mrs. Kershaw informing her that Private J. Kershaw is buried in Ferryville Municipal Cemetery, Tunisia, 15 February 1944
(1 paper)


Letter from the War Office, 32 Grosvenor Gardens, London, to Mrs. Kershaw, informing her that Private J. Kershaw is now buried in Massicault Military Cemetery, Tunisia, 6 February 1945
(1 paper)


Letter from the War Office, 32 Grosvenor Gardens, London, to Mrs. Kershaw, enclosing a photograph of the grave of Private J. Kershaw in Massicault Military Cemetery, Tunisia, 2 March 1945
(1 paper)


Photograph of the grave of Private J. Kershaw in Massicault Military Cemetery, Tunisia, n.d., [February 1945]
(1 photograph, 8cm. x 12cm., black and white)


Newspaper cutting concerning the death of Private J. Kershaw, n.d., [January 1944]
(1 paper)


'A few words of advice and welcome to militiamen joining The Durham Light Infantry', 1940
(1 booklet)