Catalogue

War diary of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 26-31 May 1942; 1 October 1942 -31 May 1943

War diary of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1 June - 31 August 1943

Digest of services of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, January 1958 - March 1968 Includes: the historical background of the battalion from 1793 to 1957

Regimental order book of 'D' Company, 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteer Corps, later 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 18 December 1884 - 27 September 1890

War Office Book 137, containing regimental and battalion orders of the 21st Durham Rifle Volunteers, later 'F' Company, 4th Durham Rifle Volunteers (from March 1880), later 'F' Company, 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteers (from June 1880), 4 January 1871 - 25 April 1885

Regimental order book of 'F' Company, 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteer Corps (until 1887), The Durham Light Infantry, (from 1887) 3 May 1885 - 21 June 1894

Regimental order book of 'F' Company, 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 30 June 1894 - 18 September 1900

Regimental order book of 'F' Company, 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 28 September 1900 - 16 June 1908

Muster roll book of the 21st Durham Rifle Volunteer Corps, later 'F' Company, 4th Durham Rifle Volunteer Corps, later 'F' Company, 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteer Corps, later 'F' Company, 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, later 'F' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, later No. 3A Company, 6th Battalion, 8 March 1860 - 26 June 1914; 28 June 1920 - 4 July 1922

Scrapbook of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, and its predecessors, the Durham Rifle Volunteers, and the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, compiled by Colonel W.I. Watson, volume 1, 1860 - 1941

Photograph of Captain J. Jobson, Durham Rifle Volunteers, seated, c .1860

Photograph of Captain J. Jobson, Durham Rifle Volunteers, standing, c .1860

Photograph of a group of officers of the 4th Durham Rifle Volunteers, relaxing in Captain J. Jobson's garden, taken at Bishop Auckland, c.1860

Leaflet announcing a 'Grand Military Review' at Low Waskerley Park, Shotley Bridge, 23 August 1862

Newspaper cutting of correspondence concerning the War Department and the election of officers, from The Times, 1860

Manuscript account of the formation of the 4th Durham Rifle Volunteers, August 1859

Newspaper cutting concerning the uniform of artillery and rifle volunteers, 1860

Newspaper cutting, headlined Peeps into the past , reprinting an article concerning an annual supper of the Teesdale Highland Volunteer Rifle Corps (12th Durham), at Middleton-in-Teesdale, c.1862

Newspaper cutting, headlined Peeps into the past , reprinting an article concerning Captain H.G. Bainbridge's gift of a gold lever watch to the 12th Durham Rifle Corps, 22 July 1862

Newspaper cutting, headlined Sixty years ago , reprinting an article concerning a ball held at Cross Keys Inn, Middleton-in-Teesdale, dated 28 January 1931

Letter to Colonel H.C. Watson, Commanding 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, from Canon A.C. Headlam, Whorlton Hall, Barnard Castle, enclosing D/DLI 2/6/10(13), 7 February 1915

Invitation to a meeting at the Girls' National School Room, Barnard Castle, 'to consider the propriety of forming a Rifle Club', 17 November 1859

Verse, by Miss Margaret Headlam, entitled The Teesdale Volunteers , c.1860

List of recruits to the Teesdale Volunteer Rifles, c.1860

Letter to 'Dear Watson', from Major-General Sir John Headlam, enclosing papers relating to the Teesdale Volunteer Rifles, 18 January 1935

List of members of the Teesdale Volunteer Rifles, March 1860

Record of donations and subscriptions paid towards the formation of the Teesdale Volunteer Rifles, c.1860

Letter to 'Dear Headlam', from W.J.S. Morritt, concerning the title 'North Riding of Yorkshire Teesdale Rifle Volunteers', c.1860

Letter to 'My Lord' [the Earl of Zetland], from S. Herbert, the War Office, concerning an inspection of a proposed rifles volunteer corps' practice ground, 30 January 1860

Letter from F. Parker concerning an inspection of a proposed rifles volunteer corps' practice ground, 5 February 1860

Letter to W.J.S. Morritt, from R.J. Caldwell, Musketry Instructor, 46th Regiment, concerning an inspection of a proposed rifles volunteer corps' practice ground, 7 February 1860

Letter to M. Headlam, from R.J. Caldwell, Musketry Instructor, 46th Regiment, concerning an inspection of a proposed rifles volunteer corps' practice ground, 10 February 1860

List of members of the Teesdale Rifle Volunteers, 14 March 1860

Letter to W.J.S. Morritt, from the Earl of Zetland, enclosing D/DLI 2/6/10(25), 31 January 1860

Agreement, signed by Morley Headlam, on the cloth for the uniform of the Teesdale Rifle Volunteers, 1860

Newspaper cutting concerning the death of Mrs. Mary Jane Sang, from The Teesdale Mercury, 26 June 1935

Rules of the North Riding of Yorkshire Teesdale Rifle Volunteers, c .1860

Rules of the Teesdale Rifle Volunteers, c.1860

Letter from the Clerk of General Meetings of Lieutenancy, to Morley Headlam, enclosing Lieutenant Headlam's commission, 3 March 1860

Commission of Lieutenant Morley Headlam in the 7th North Riding of Yorkshire Rifle Volunteer Company, 9 February 1860

Letter from the Clerk of General Meetings of Lieutenancy, to Morley Headlam, acknowledging receipt of a cheque, 1860

Letter from W.J.S. Morritt to Morley Headlam, concerning the storage of rifles, 1860

Letter from W.J.S. Morritt to Morley Headlam, concerning Lord De Grey, and the choice of cloth for a military uniform, 1860

Letter from W.J.S. Morritt to Morley Headlam, concerning the choice of cloth for a military uniform, 1860

Circular from the War Office to commanding officers of volunteer corps, concerning the attachment of non-commissioned infantry officers as drill instructors to corps of rifle volunteers, 1 March 1860

Circular from G.A. Wetherall, Adjutant-General, concerning the attachment of non-commissioned infantry officers as drill instructors to corps of rifle volunteers, 8 February 1860

Letter from W.J.S. Morritt to Morley Headlam, concerning the design of a military cap, 1860

Letter from the War Office to the commanding officer, 7th North Riding of Yorkshire Rifle Volunteers, concerning the supply of stores, 8 March 1860

Letter from M. White (?), Durham County Constabulary, concerning the use of Barnard Castle Police Station as an arms store by the Teesdale Rifle Volunteers, 20 March 1860

Letter from W.J.S. Morritt to Morley Headlam, concerning the selection of drill sergeants, 1860

Letter from W.J.S. Morritt to Morley Headlam, concerning the selection of drill sergeants, 23 March 1860

Letter from M. Douglas, the War Office, concerning a drill sergeant removed from his position for having been drunk on parade, and for using offensive language to superior officers, 22 March [1860]

Letter from the Earl of Zetland to the commanding officer, Teesdale Rifle Volunteers, enclosing a circular from the War Office relating to the formation of volunteer rifle companies into battalions, 27 March 1960

Circular from S. Herbert, the War Office, concerning the proposal that volunteer rifle companies be amalgamated into battalions, 22 March 1860

Letter from John Michell, enclosing a memorandum, 7 February 1860

Rules of the Forcett Company Volunteer Corps, c.1860

Circular from James R. [illegible ], drawing attention to an error in a previous circular, 31 March 1860

Circular from the War Office forbidding the use of blank or ball ammunition by rifle corps until 'they have attained sufficient proficiency', as decided by a district assistant-inspector, 28 March 1860

Letter from the Earl of Zetland to W.J.S. Morritt, concerning the rules 'of your Rifle Company', 20 April 1860

Letter from Arthur Brown concerning the reception given to the winner of the 'Queen's Prize' [Edward Ross] on his return to Barnard Castle, 9 July 1860

Letter from Morley Headlam informing Arthur Brown of the time and date of the arrival of Edward Ross at Barnard Castle, 16 July 1860

Letter from W.J.S. Morritt to Morley Headlam, concerning uniform accessories and the order of a target and rifles, 1860

Letter from W.J.S. Morritt to Morley Headlam, concerning a visit to Hythe and the handling of rifles, 1860

Letter from W.J.S. Morritt to Morley Headlam, concerning financial matters, 1860

Letter from Captain Mannering, 3rd West York Light Infantry, to Lieutenant Headlam, 7th North York Rifle Volunteers, requesting an adjutancy to a volunteer rifle corps, and enclosing testimonials, 15 May 1860

Testimonials concerning Captain Mannering, 3rd West York Light Infantry, 1860

Commission of Lieutenant Morley Headlam in the 7th North Riding of Yorkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps, c.1862

Leaflet announcing a ball at the New Music Hall, Barnard Castle, 28 February 1862

Ticket for a ball at the New Music Hall, Barnard Castle, 28 February 1862

Newspaper cutting, headlined Peeps into the past , reprinting an article concerning the activities of the 7th North Riding of Yorkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps, 27 August 1862

Commission of Captain Morley Headlam in the 21st Durham Rifle Volunteer Corps, 26 December 1863

Newspaper cutting concerning a meeting of the 21st Durham Rifle Volunteer Corps at Calgate Drill Hall, 1864

The Army List for December 1875

Rules of the 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteer Corps, 1882

Newspaper cutting listing 'local commissions', including Lieutenant Harry Crawford Watson, 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteer Corps, 2 May 1883

Newspaper cutting listing 'local commissions', including Lieutenant Harry Crawford Watson, 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteer Corps, 2 May 1883

Newspaper cutting of the results of an annual all-comers meeting, in connection with 'F' Company, 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteer Corps, 28 May 1883

Newspaper cutting concerning a drill, held by the 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteer Corps, in Bishop Auckland Park, 30 June 1883

Newspaper cutting concerning a rifle shooting match between members of 'D' (Middleton-in-Teesdale) and 'F' (Barnard Castle) Companies, of the 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteers, at Deepdale Range, Barnard Castle, 4 August 1883

Newspaper cutting with the results of a rifle shooting match between members of 'D' (Middleton-in-Teesdale) and 'F' (Barnard Castle) Companies, of the 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteers, at Deepdale Range, Barnard Castle, 4 August 1883

Newspaper cutting with the results of a return rifle shooting match between members of 'D' (Middleton-in-Teesdale) and 'F' (Barnard Castle) Companies, of the 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteers, at Middleton-in-Teesdale, 18 August 1883

Newspaper cutting concerning a drill, held by the 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteer Corps, in Bishop Auckland Park, 19 September 1883

Newspaper cutting announcing an adjutant's drill for members of 'F' Company, 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteer Corps, and an annual inspection at Bishop Auckland, 3 September 1883

Certificate of Proficiency of Lieutenant H.C. Watson, 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteer Corps, 8 September 1883

Commission of Lieutenant H.C. Watson in the 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteer Corps, 1 May 1883

Scoring card of Lieutenant H.C. Watson, 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteer Corps, issued by Barnard Castle Rifle Club, 1883

Newspaper cutting concerning an annual inspection of the 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteer Corps, by Colonel Nevin, at Auckland Castle, 8 September 1883

Newspaper cutting concerning an annual inspection of the 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteer Corps, by Colonel Nevin, at Auckland Castle, 8 September 1883

Newspaper cutting concerning an annual inspection of the 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteer Corps, by Colonel Nevin, at Auckland Castle, 8 September 1883

Newspaper cutting concerning a prize-shooting competition of the 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteer Corps at the Newton Cap Range, Bishop Auckland, 13 September 1883

Newspaper cutting concerning a challenge cup shooting competition, restricted to officers of the 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteer Corps, at the Newton Cap Range, Bishop Auckland, 13 October 1883

Newspaper cutting concerning an annual dinner held by Barnard Castle Rifle Club, in conjunction with the 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteer Corps, 16 October 1883

Newspaper cutting concerning a training exercise involving 'D' and 'F' Companies of the 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteer Corps, 20 October 1883

Newspaper cutting of a letter to the editor of the North Star, by John Smith, concerning the identity of 'C' Company of the 'Bishop Auckland Battalion', 1883

Newspaper cutting concerning the Christmas activities of 'F' Company, 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteers, 25 December 1883

Newspaper cutting concerning the annual returns of the Volunteer Forces, 27 December 1883

Newspaper cutting concerning the annual dinner of 'F' Company, 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteers, 29 December 1883

Newspaper cutting concerning the annual Christmas prize-shooting competition of 'F' Company, 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteers, at Deepdale Range, Barnard Castle, 29 December 1883

Newspaper cutting of a letter by Thomas Turner, concerning 'the band' of 'F' Company, 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteers, 2 January 1884

Newspaper cutting of the results of an annual rifle competition of 'F' Company, 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteers, 2 January 1884

Newspaper cutting of a letter, by J.G. Welford, clarifying a point made in a previous letter from Thomas Turner [D/DLI 2/6/10(89)], 7 January 1884

Newspaper cutting concerning a meeting at Woodland which discussed the raising of a volunteer company, 9 January 1884

Newspaper cutting of a letter by J.A. Mullens, concerning volunteer efficiency, 26 January 1884

Newspaper cutting concerning a ball organised by 'F' Company, 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteers, at Barnard Castle Music Hall, 8 January 1884

Newspaper cutting concerning the history of the Barnard Castle Company of Rifle Volunteers, and a shooting competition of 'F' Company, 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteers, 12 February 1884

Newspaper cutting concerning the annual returns of the Volunteer Corps for 1883, 12 March 1884

Returns from Volunteer Corps, 31 October1883

Newspaper cutting concerning a recruitment meeting at Bowes, 22 March 1884

Newspaper cutting of a list of officers from Northumbrian and Durham regiments who passed an examination in tactics, 24 March 1884

Newspaper cutting concerning the annual general meeting of 'F' Company, 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteers, at Barnard Castle, 10 April 1884

List of Volunteer Corps, 22 March 1884

Memorandum to the 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteers, signed by Major and Adjutant C.L. Allan, concerning the use of the War Office Book of Orders by sergeant instructors, 19 April 1884

Newspaper cutting concerning a proposed review of Volunteer Corps at Gosforth Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 19 April 1884

Newspaper cutting concerning the attendance of the Barnard Castle Volunteers at a parish church, 20 April 1884

Newspaper cutting concerning a battalion drill held by the 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteers at Bishop Auckland Park, 17 May 1884

Newspaper cutting concerning a 'sham fight and review' involving volunteers of northern regiments at Gosforth Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 3 June 1884

Newspaper cutting concerning a church parade of 'F' Company, 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteers, at Cotherstone, 13 July 1884

Newspaper cutting of the results of a rifle competition held by 'F' Company, 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteers, at Barnard Castle, 19 July 1884

Newspaper cutting concerning a bi-annual rifle competition, between 'D' and 'F' Companies of the 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteers at Barnard Castle, 26 July 1884

Newspaper cutting concerning a battalion drill held by the 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteers at Bishop Auckland, 12 July 1884

Newspaper cutting concerning a battalion drill held by the 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteers at Bishop Auckland Park, 2 August 1884

Newspaper cutting concerning the status of reserve and volunteer soldiers, 6 August 1884

Newspaper cutting concerning a battalion drill held by the 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteers at Bishop Auckland Park, 30 August 1884

Newspaper cutting concerning the death of Lieutenant-Colonel Morley Headlam, 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteers, 1884

Newspaper cutting concerning the funeral of Lieutenant-Colonel Morley Headlam, 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteers, 1884

Newspaper cutting concerning the annual Christmas prize-shoot of the 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteers at Deepdale Range, Barnard Castle, 2 January 1885

Certificate of Efficiency, for year ending 31 October 1883, of Lieutenant H.C. Watson, 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteers, 1 November 1884

Certificate of Efficiency, for year ending 31 October 1884, of Lieutenant H.C. Watson, 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteers, 1 November 1884

Newspaper cutting concerning the annual meeting of 'F' Company, 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteers, at Barnard Castle, 1885

Newspaper cutting of the results of an all-comers rifle contest at Barnard Castle, 18 May 1885

Newspaper cutting concerning a battalion drill held by the 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteers at Bishop Auckland, 8 May 1885

Newspaper cutting concerning the conduct of the 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteers during a review at Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 26 May 1885

Newspaper cutting concerning an annual inspection of the 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteers at Bishop's Park, Bishop Auckland, 9 September 1885

Newspaper cutting concerning the sports day of the 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteers at Bishop Auckland, 18 September 1885

Newspaper cutting concerning the annual Christmas prize-shoot of the 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteers at Deepdale Range, Barnard Castle, 29 December 1885

Proceedings of the annual officers' meeting of the 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteers held at Bishop Auckland, 22 March 1885

Proceedings of the annual officers' meeting of the 2nd Durham Rifle Volunteers held at Bishop Auckland, 12 December 1885

Photograph of Ensign Sherlock, 'D' Company, 2nd Battalion, Durham Rifle Volunteers, c.1886

Photograph of a group of soldiers of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken during an annual camp at Redcar, Yorkshire, 1888

Newspaper cutting concerning the first annual camp of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Redcar, Yorkshire, 1888

Newspaper cutting concerning the first annual camp of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Redcar, Yorkshire, including the 'drumming out' of Private G. Olly, 'G' Company, on the grounds of theft, 1888

Newspaper cutting concerning the death of Colonel H.J. Trotter following a hunting accident, 1888

Photograph of soldiers of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, on parade, taken during an annual camp at Whitby, Yorkshire, 1891

Group photograph of the officers of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, with senior officers and a woman and child, taken during an annual camp at Whitby, Yorkshire, 1891 Back row: Captain H.M. Bowser, Quartermaster Barnett, Doctor Atkinson, Lieutenants Metcalfe Gibson, J. Robinson, H.C. Watson, and M.A. Wardle, Surgeon Lieutenant McCullagh, Lieutenant J.B. Heslop Front row: Captain and Adjutant Murphy, General Bruce, General Upcher, Sir W. Eden (with his daughter, Miss Eden, on his knees), Lady Eden, Major David Armstrong On ground: Lieutenants C. Robinson, Atkinson, Junors, F. Badcock, and J.E. Rogerson

Newspaper cutting concerning the presentation of long service decorations to veteran volunteer officers at St. George's Drill Hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 14 January 1893

Group photograph of the rifle team of 'F' Company, 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1896 Back row: Privates Barnes, Appleby, Chatt, F. Sinclair, Woodhams, Deacon, and Culley Front row: Sergeant-Instructor Burtonwood, Lieutenant H.C. Watson, Sergeant Stephenson On ground: Private Blenkinsopp, Private Wiseman

Orders for the diamond jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Victoria (during which the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, formed part of the street-lining contingent), signed by Captain W.M. Martin, 5 June 1897

Letter concerning the accommodation and travel details of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in relation to their duties in London during jubilee celebrations, 11 June 1897

Letter from Captain J.M. Burt informing the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, that Brigadier-General J.W. Legard, 8th Brigade, is in command of their duties during jubilee celebrations in London, 16 June 1897

Orders issued to the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, by Captain J.M. Burt, on behalf of the 8th Brigade, relating to the battalion's duties during the diamond jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, 16 June 1897

Orders issued to volunteer detachments of the 8th Brigade, by Captain R. Nevill Gunter, 3rd Yorkshire Regiment, relating to duties during the diamond jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, 16 June 1897

'Instructions for Auxiliary Forces ', at to the diamond jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, 1897

Orders issued by Captain J.A.G. Drummond-Hay, Commandant, Tower Ditch Rest Camp, London, covering the issue of food and drink to soldiers of Volunteer detachments, 1897

Standing Orders for the Rest Camp, Tower Ditch, London, issued by Captain J.A.G. Drummond-Hay, Commandant, n.d. [1897]

Group photograph of soldiers from the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1898 Back row: Sergeant Welford, Private F. Beer, Lance-Corporal Barnes, Privates Johnstone, Culley, and Routledge Front row: Colour-Sergeant J.J. Walker, Major H.C. Watson, Sergeant-Instructor Burtonwoood

Instruction leaflet entitled Firing Exercise, 1898

Photograph of a group of officers and soldiers of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry [forming part of the 1st Special Service Company], taken at Tynemouth, 1900 Photograph includes officers Vaux, Turnbull [4th Volunteer Battalion], and Bowes, and non-commissioned officers W. Smith, J. Castling, and J. Andell

Letter from Regimental Sergeant-Major R. Hey, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, enclosing D/DLI 2/6/10(147)

List of the Yeomanry and Volunteer Class at the School of Musketry, Hythe, Kent, April - May 1901

Booklet detailing a course of instruction in musketry at Hythe, Kent, April 1901

Group photograph, captioned School of Musketry: Yeomanry and Volunteer Class: 9th Section , includes Major H.C. Watson, 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, and Lieutenant C.E. Cummins, taken at Hythe, Kent, 1901

Group photograph of officers of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Aldershot, Hampshire, 1902

Newspaper cutting concerning a letter to Major H.C. Watson, 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, from Corporal C. Appleby, attached Special Service Company, 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, reporting on the company's activities in South Africa, 23 April 1902

Signed photograph of the Honourable W.L. Vane [Lieutenant-Colonel, 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1903 - 1911], in civilian dress, 17 July 1895

Instructions for camp for the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, issued by Lieutenant-Colonel W.L. Vane, 1903

Notice issued by Captain and Adjutant R.F. Bell, 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, concerning recreational and religious activities in a camp at Scarborough, Yorkshire, 1903

Group photograph of officers and soldiers of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken in Great Britain, 1903

Note certifying the competence of Captain H.C. Watson, 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in 'military equitation', 15 March 1902

Certificate of Proficiency of Major H.C. Watson, 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 29 July 1903

Postcard photograph of a view of Castleton Camp, Derbyshire, 1904

Photograph of a group of officers and soldiers of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, with a display of trophies, taken in Great Britain, 1904

Illustrated postcard of a view of Conway Volunteer Camp, Carnarvonshire, c .1905

Programme of a rifle meeting of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Rowley, 16 September 1905

Photograph of soldiers of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, marching down a street, taken in Great Britain, c.1905

Postcard photograph of a view of Conway Camp, Carnarvonshire, 1906

Postcard photograph of a view of Conway Camp, Carnarvonshire, c.1906

Group photograph of officers of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in dress uniform, taken at a camp in Great Britain, c.1906

Group photograph of officers of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in dress uniform, taken at a camp in Ripon, Yorkshire, 1907

Postcard photograph of soldiers of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, filling beds with straw at a camp, taken in Great Britain, c.1907

Programme of a rifle meeting of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Stanhope, 14 September 1907

Group photograph of officers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at a camp in Ripon, Yorkshire, 1908

Postcard photograph of soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at the railway station at Ripon, Yorkshire, c.1908

Postcard group photograph of soldiers from the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at a camp in Great Britain, c.1908

Newspaper cutting concerning a visit by Lieutenant-General R.S.S. Baden-Powell to Bishop Auckland, from the Newcastle Chronicle, 15 February 1909

Group photograph of officers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at a camp in Blackhall, 1909

Postcard photograph, captioned The Review of the Troops , showing soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, including Major H.C. Watson, on a parade field, taken in Great Britain, c.1909

Officers' mess rulebook of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c .1910

Group photograph of the sergeants of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, including Company Sergeant-Major Penny, Regimental Sergeant-Major Field, Lieutenant-Colonel H.C. Watson, Regimental Quartermaster-Sergeant Sharwood, and Bandmaster Gibbon, taken at a camp in Great Britain, c.1910

Photograph of a group of soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at a camp in Great Britain, c.1910

Photograph of an officer and a group of sergeants of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at a camp in Great Britain, c.1910

Photograph of Lieutenant-Colonel H.C. Watson, Commanding 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1911

Photograph, from a newspaper, of two officers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Lieutenant-Colonel H.C. Watson, standing, and Captain and Adjutant J. Unthank, on horseback, 5 August 1911

Newspaper cutting concerning the appointment of Lieutenant-Colonel H.C. Watson as commanding officer of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1911

Newspaper cutting concerning the laying of a foundation stone at a drill hall in Barnard Castle, c.1911

Postcard photograph of a view of Bisley Camp, Surrey, c.1911

Postcard photograph, captioned Some members of the transport section , showing a group of soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, by a horse drawn carriage in a camp, taken in Great Britain, 1911

Postcard photograph of soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, marching through Scarborough, Yorkshire, en-route to a camp, c.1912

Photograph of three officers on horseback, comprising, Captain R. Hudson, Royal Army Service Corps, left, Brigadier-General Becher, Norfolk Regiment, centre, and Major D. Brereton, The Durham Light Infantry, right, taken at a camp in Great Britain, c.1912

Photograph of a group of officers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at a camp in Great Britain, c.1912

Postcard photograph of Private Davidson, The Durham Light Infantry, the 'C.O.'s servant', c.1912 - 1914

Recruitment notice of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, March 1913

Postcard photograph of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, on church parade, taken in a camp at Scarborough, Yorkshire, 1913

Postcard photograph of Major J.E. Hawdon, left, and Lieutenant-Colonel H.C. Watson, right, of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, on horseback at a camp, taken in Great Britain, c.1913

Postcard group photograph of 'A' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at a camp in Great Britain, c.1913

Postcard group photograph of a football team of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at a camp in Scarborough, Yorkshire, 1913

Photograph of Captain and Adjutant J. Unthank, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, on horseback, taken at camp in Great Britain, c.1913

Photograph of soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing in a camp, taken in Great Britain, c.1913

Photograph of Colour-Sergeant Instructor Perry and Mrs. Perry, sitting outside a tent, taken in Great Britain, c.1913

Group photograph of the band of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Scarborough, Yorkshire, 1913

Group photograph of the officers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Scarborough, Yorkshire, 1913

Postcard photograph of senior officers entering Barnard Castle Church during the trooping of the colours of the 4th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 18 July 1914

Postcard photograph of a view of a camp, taken at Conway, Carnarvonshire, c .1914

Postcard photograph of the sergeants of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Conway, Carnarvonshire, 1914

Postcard photograph of the sergeants of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Conway, Carnarvonshire, 1914

Postcard photograph of a group of soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Conway, Carnarvonshire, 1914

Photograph of a view of Conway Mountain and Camp, Carnarvonshire, c .1914

Postcard photograph of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, on church parade, taken at Conway, Carnarvonshire, 2 August 1914

Telegram to Lieutenant-Colonel H.C. Watson, Commanding 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, ordering mobilisation of the battalion, 4 August 1914

Photograph of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, on church parade, taken at Ravensworth Park, 4 October 1914

Notes by Lieutenant-Colonel H.C. Watson on the activities of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, between July 1914 and April 1915

Letter from J. Ingram Dawson, on behalf of Barnard Castle Urban District Council, to Lieutenant-Colonel H.C. Watson, concerning the role of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 'in the devastating war which is now raging' 7 September 1914

Photograph of a view of a camp at Ravensworth Park, c.1914

Photograph of Lord Ravensworth, left, Lieutenant-Colonel H.C. Watson, centre, and the Honourable C.A. Liddell, right, taken at Ravensworth Castle, 1914

Photograph of Captain F.R. Clayton, The Durham Light Infantry, left, and Colonel J.W. Sears, right, standing outside a tent, taken at Ravensworth Park, 1914

Photograph of soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry, guarding the gates of Ravensworth Castle, taken in County Durham, 1914

Photograph of a view of a drawing room at Ravensworth Castle, c.1914

Photograph of a view of a dining room at Ravensworth Castle, c.1914

Photograph of a view of Ravensworth Castle, c.1914

Photograph of a view of Ravensworth Castle, c.1914

Photograph of the band of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ravensworth Park, 1914

Photograph of a view of a camp in Ravensworth Park, 1914

Photograph of Lieutenant-Colonel H.C. Watson leading the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, on a route march, taken in Great Britain, 1914

Photograph of Lieutenant-Colonel H.C. Watson, centre, on horseback, with soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, during a route march in Great Britain, 1914

Letter from Handley [Moule], Bishop of Durham, to Lieutenant-Colonel H.C. Watson, concerning a proposed hymn card, 3 November 1914

Letter from Handley [Moule], Bishop of Durham, to Lieutenant-Colonel H.C. Watson, enclosing a hymn card, 1914

Letter from Handley [Moule], Bishop of Durham, to Lieutenant-Colonel H.C. Watson, thanking him for a greetings card, 29 December 1914

Greetings card from Handley [Moule], Bishop of Durham, to soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry, November 1914

Photograph of Lord Ravensworth, c .1914

Photograph of Lady Ravensworth, c .1914

Photograph of a view of Ravensworth Castle, c.1914

Greetings card of The Durham Light Infantry, signed by Katherine Liddell, c .1914

Booklet entitled Uniforms and Distinctive Badges, c.1914

Photograph of a group of soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Bensham, Gateshead, 1915

Photograph, captioned Transport Lines , showing stables and a row of carriages at Bensham, Gateshead, 1915

Photograph of soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, with a horse, at Bensham, Gateshead, 1915

Photograph of Regimental Sergeant-Major Perry, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Bensham, Gateshead, 1915

Photograph of the machine gun section of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Bensham, Gateshead, 1915

Photograph of a group of officers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, relaxing in a field, taken in Great Britain, 1915

Letter from B.W.L. McMahon, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, to Lieutenant-Colonel H.C. Watson, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, thanking the latter for a gift of plum puddings, 31 December 1914

Letter from Lord Ravensworth to Lieutenant-Colonel H.C. Watson, thanking the latter for an invitation to dinner, 9 January 1915

Letter from Cyril A. Liddell, Commanding Ravensworth Castle Black Dogs, to Lieutenant-Colonel H.C. Watson, concerning an imminent meeting, to discuss strategy at Ravensworth Castle, 27 January 1915

Newspaper cutting concerning a church parade, at St. Nicholas' Cathedral, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, attended by the 6th and 9th Battalions, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1915

Newspaper cutting concerning a cross-country race at Gateshead, c.1915

Newspaper cutting concerning an inspection of the 1st, 6th, 7th, and 8th Battalions, The Durham Light Infantry, by Brigadier General H. Martin, at the North Durham Cricket Club, Gateshead, 28 February 1915

Telegram from Lord and Lady Ravensworth and Katherine Liddell to Lieutenant-Colonel H.C. Watson, offering best wishes and good luck, 18 April 1915

Telegram from Cyril Liddell to Lieutenant-Colonel H.C. Watson, offering best wishes to the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 18 April 1915

Telegram from Colonel Vane and the 'second line' to Lieutenant-Colonel H.C. Watson, offering good luck to the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 18 April 1915

Letter from R.L. Vane, to Lieutenant-Colonel H.C. Watson, wishing good luck to the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, April 1915

Note written by Lieutenant-Colonel H.C. Watson concerning the journey of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, to Ostrohove, France, 19 April 1915

Photograph, captioned En route for France , showing soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing by a steam locomotive, April 1915

Photograph, captioned The Battalion Quarter Guard ... , showing a group of soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at a camp in Boulogne, France, 1915

Photograph of a group of soldiers from 13 Platoon, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at a camp in Boulogne, France, 1915

Photograph of a group of soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing in a farmyard at Colpaert Farm, Hardifort, France, 21 April 1915

Photograph, captioned Colpaert Farm, alarm parade ..., showing soldiers of 13 Platoon, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing in a farmyard at Hardifort, France, 21 April 1915

Photograph, captioned Washing outside the huts ..., showing the huts of Lieutenant P.H.B. Lyon, and Major Badcock, of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at a camp at Poperhinghe, Belgium, 24 April 1915

Photograph, captioned The rendezvous at Steenvoorde ..., showing officers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, talking in a field in Belgium, 23 April 1915 Named officers are: Captain Monkhouse, Captain Devey, and Lieutenant Hope

Newspaper cutting reprinting a letter by Private J.H. Clarey, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, concerning the battalion's journey to France, c.1915

Photograph of Lieutenant-Colonel H.C. Watson, left, and Lieutenant T. Welch, right, of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Hardifort Farm, France, April 1915

Prayer booklet entitled A form of intercession with Almighty God, on behalf of His Majesty's Naval and Military Forces now Engaged in War, 1914

Card of English words with French translations, c.1915

Photograph of soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in reserve trenches, taken in Belgium, 25 April 1915

Photograph, captioned Northumberland Fusiliers advancing to reinforce ..., showing a view of soldiers on a battlefield, taken in Belgium, 25 April 1915

Note from Lieutenant-Colonel H.C. Watson, concerning the safe route for an ammunition wagon during a battle, c.1915

Photograph, from a newspaper, of Captain Stanley E. Badcock, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1915

Photograph, from a newspaper, of Captain Monkhouse, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1915

Photograph, from a newspaper, of Private Harrison Bramhald, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1915

Photograph, from a newspaper, of Private Pinder, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1915

Photograph, from a newspaper, of Private T. Swatton, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1915

Photograph, from a newspaper, of Private Joseph Thompson, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1915

Photograph, from a newspaper, of Lieutenant Kirkhouse, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1915

Paper from the notebook of Captain and Adjutant J. Jeffreys, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, listing killed and wounded officers, c.1915

Paper from the notebook of Captain and Adjutant J. Jeffreys, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, showing a roll of officers proceeding abroad, c.1915

Newspaper cutting concerning a letter sent by Private J.J. Davidson, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, to his mother, c.1915

Newspaper cutting concerning the wounding of Private Ernest Wilmot, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1915

Newspaper cutting concerning the wounding of Privates J. Richardson and R. Lane, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1915

Newspaper cutting concerning the death of Private J. Blackburn, 8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, and the wounding of Privates J. Cooper, L.H. Best, J.E. Best, and Hewitt of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1915

Newspaper cutting concerning the death of Captain Monkhouse, and the wounding of Captain W. Devey, Captain Walton, and Privates Stephen Best, B. Smirthwaite, William Wilson, Dryden, A.G. Murray, C. Tait, and Watson, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1915

Newspaper cutting concerning the wounding of Lieutenant H. Nicholson, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1915

Photograph, from a newspaper, of Lance-Sergeant Herbert, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1915

Photograph, from a newspaper, of Private J. Pattinson, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1915

Photograph, from a newspaper, of Private J. Davidson, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1915

Newspaper cutting from The Teesdale Mercury , concerning a letter, sent by Lieutenant T.B. Heslop, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, describing action during the Second Battle of Ypres; and the wounding of Second-Lieutenant H. Nicholson, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 5 May 1915 With a photograph of Second-Lieutenant H. Nicholson, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1915

Newspaper cutting concerning letters written by Private A. Parkin, East Yorkshire Regiment, and Privates J.W. Nelson, N. Burtonwood, and J. Bailey, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1915

Newspaper cutting from The Teesdale Mercury , concerning the conduct of 'F' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, during the Second Battle of Ypres, 5 May 1915

Photograph, from a newspaper, of Private Henry Mayhill, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1915

Newspaper cutting concerning the wounding of Captain Stanley E. Badcock, and Lieutenant Walter E. Badcock, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1915

Photograph, from a newspaper, of Sergeant T. Harris, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1915

Photograph, from a newspaper, of Private A. Dennison, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1915

Photograph, from a newspaper, of Private Atholl Murray, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1915

Photograph, from a newspaper, of Private Frederick Johnson, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1915

Photograph, from a newspaper, of Private R.E. Curry, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1915

Newspaper cutting with an account of the Second Battle of Ypres, 1915

Photograph, from a newspaper, of Private Atholl Murray, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1915

Photograph, from a newspaper, of Lance-Corporal C. Murray, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1915

Photograph, from a newspaper, of Company Sergeant-Major William Lancaster, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1915

Letter to Lieutenant-Colonel H.C. Watson, Commanding 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, from Harold Jevons, Clerk of the County Council [of Durham], expressing appreciation of the battalion's gallantry during the 'Ypres engagement', and offering 'their profound sorrow at the losses incurred', 8 May 1915

Letter to Mrs. Watson, from Mrs. Jeffreys, concerning news of 'A' and 'B' Companies [possibly of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry], 8 May [1915]

Letter from Captain J. Jeffreys to Lieutenant-Colonel H.C. Watson, concerning a German bombardment, the arrival of officers, and a list of recommendations [possibly for awards], 8 May 1915

Letter to Mrs. Watson, from Captain J. Jeffreys, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, offering thanks for gifts of a cake, matches, socks, and soap, 26 May 1915

Letter from Captain J. Jeffreys to Lieutenant-Colonel H.C. Watson, concerning company strength, the command of Major Taylor of the Calcutta Light Horse, and a German bombardment, 26 May 1915

Photograph of Lieutenant P.H.B. Lyon, left, Private Favell, centre, and Captain Townsend, right, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, sitting in a shelter near Zevenkote Farm, Belgium, 28 April 1915

Photograph of a group of soldiers of 'D' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in a shelter at Zevenkote Farm, Belgium, 1915

Photograph of Private McCrae, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, resting near a temporary trench near Verlorenhoek, Belgium, 30 April 1915

Photograph of a view of a ruined building used as an ammunition dump at Zevenkote Farm, Belgium, 1915

Photograph, captioned L'entente cordiale ..., showing soldiers of 'D' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing with local people in a farmyard at Saint Jansterbiezen, Belgium, 4 May 1915

Photograph of soldiers of 'D' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing in a farmyard at Saint Jansterbiezen, Belgium, 4 May 1915

Photograph of soldiers of 13 Platoon, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in a trench at 'Shrapnel Corner', taken in Belgium, 12 May 1915

Photograph of General J.E. Bush, left, and Captain J. Jeffreys, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, right, standing in a wood near Oosthoek, Belgium, May 1915

Photograph of two soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, repairing a trench, taken in Belgium, 20 May 1915

Photograph of Company Sergeant-Major McNair, left, and Company Sergeant-Major Bousfield, right, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing near a shelter in a wood near Oosthoek, Belgium, 1915

Photograph of soldiers of 13 Platoon, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, including Privates Crawford and McCrone, standing in a wood near Oosthoek, Belgium, 1915

Photograph of Lieutenant P.H.B. Lyon with soldiers of 'D' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, including Sergeant Coates, Company Quartermaster-Sergeant Bennison, and Company Sergeant-Major Bousfield, in a wood, taken in Belgium [possibly near Oosthoek], 1915

Photograph of a view of the graves of Sergeant Coates and Corporal Bell, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken in Belgium, May 1915

Photograph of Company Quartermaster-Sergeant Bennison, left, and Second-Lieutenant Ridley, centre, of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, sitting with a soldier in a trench at Potijze Wood, Belgium, 18 May 1915

Photograph of Lieutenant P.H.B. Lyon, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing in a trench, taken in Belgium, 1915

Photograph of Private Jackson, left, and Private Pattison, right, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing in a trench, near 'Shrapnel Corner', Belgium, 1915

Photograph, captioned Waiting to move to counter attack , showing soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in a trench, taken in Belgium, 24 May 1915

Photograph of water carts at Potijze Wood, Belgium, 1915

Photograph of Lieutenant Cook, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, receiving a haircut, taken in Belgium, 1915

Photograph, captioned Moving mother , showing soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, gathered around an artillery piece, taken in Belgium, 1915

Photograph of soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, dismantling an artillery piece, taken in Belgium, 1915

Photograph of soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, outside tents in a camp near Potijze Wood, Belgium, 24 May 1915

Photograph of a soldier of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing in a farmyard, taken in Belgium, 22 May 1915

Photograph of soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, including Private Perry [killed one hour after photograph was taken], marked '1', and Company Quartermaster-Sergeant Bennison, marked '2', marching through Ypres, Belgium, 24 May 1915

Photograph of a view of the graves of Sergeant Hunter and Private Perry, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Potijze Wood, Belgium, 24 May 1915

Photograph of a view of the ruins of Ypres Cloth Hall, Belgium, 1915

Photograph of a view of the ruins of Ypres Cloth Hall, Belgium, 1915

Photograph, captioned The work of 'Jack Johnson' , showing a view of a ruined building, taken in Belgium [possibly at Ypres], 1915

Photograph of a view of a building being blown up [to make way for a gun placement], taken near Ypres, Belgium, 1915

Photograph of soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing in a trench, taken in Belgium, 1915

Photograph of three soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing in the doorway of a ruined building, taken in Belgium [possibly at Ypres], 1915

Newspaper cutting concerning a letter, written by Second-Lieutenant J.M. Favell, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, giving an account of a German bombardment during which Major Taylor was severely wounded, 1915

Newspaper cutting concerning a letter, written by Private J.H. Loghron, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, giving an account of fighting at Ypres, Belgium, 1915

Newspaper cutting concerning the death, in action, of Private William Frances, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1915

Newspaper cutting concerning a letter, written by Sergeant F. Lodge, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, giving an account of life in the trenches, 1915

Newspaper cutting concerning the death, in action, of Sergeant Thomas Venn, 'B' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1915

Newspaper cutting concerning the death, in action, of Private Alfred Emerson and the wounding of Corporal John Quinn, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1915

Newspaper cutting concerning the death, in action, of Lance-Corporal Joseph Southan, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1915

Newspaper cutting concerning a letter, written by Private James Cosgrove, giving an account of life in the trenches, 1915

Newspaper cutting of a list of wounded officers and soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry, 1915

Newspaper cutting concerning the death, in action, of Private J. Heels, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, and containing extracts from letters written by Privates J. Richardson, Robert Wheldon, and W. Lightfoot, and Sergeant Walker of The Durham Light Infantry, giving accounts of life in the trenches, 1915

Newspaper cutting concerning causalities suffered by the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1915

Newspaper cutting from the Daily Mail , by 'Sapper', headlined The end of 'Wipers' , given an account of fighting at Ypres, Belgium, 20 May 1915

Newspaper cutting of a verse, entitled The Road , by Lieutenant Hugh Lyon, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1915

Photograph of a view of three officers standing amid the ruins of Ypres, taken in Belgium, 1915

Newspaper cutting from The Daily Telegraph, headlined 'Battle of Ypres: Special Description', giving an account of the Second Battle of Ypres, 13 July 1915

Letter from J. Ingram Dawson to Colonel Watson, concerning the choice of 'comforts' to be sent to soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 8 June 1915

Letter from 'Jack' Jeffreys, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, to Mrs. Watson, concerning news of Colonel Watson, and the choice of 'comforts' to be sent to soldiers on active service, 23 August 1915

Letter from 'Jack' Jeffreys, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, to Mrs. Watson, requesting the supply of footballs and boxing gloves to soldiers of the battalion, 11 September 1915

Photograph of a soldier standing by a ruined church at Vlamertinghe, Belgium, June 1915

Photograph of a view of ruined buildings at Vlamertinghe, Belgium, June 1915

Photograph of a view of church bells on the floor of a ruined church at Vlamertinghe, Belgium, June 1915

Photograph of a view of ruined buildings at Vlamertinghe, Belgium, June 1915

Photograph of a view of ruined buildings at Vlamertinghe, Belgium, June 1915

Photograph of a soldier sleeping in a farmyard, taken in Belgium, 1915

Photograph of Lieutenant P.H.B. Lyon, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing in a garden, taken in Belgium, 1915

Photograph of Second-Lieutenant Peacock, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing beside a bucket of water, taken in Belgium, 1915

Photograph of Second-Lieutenant G. Angus, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing in a garden, taken in Belgium, 1915

Photograph, captioned In the front line ..., showing a view of a ruined building at Kemmel, Belgium, 1915

Photograph of an officer [possibly of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry] walking along a trench at Wytschaete, Belgium, June - July 1915

Photograph of a view of a trench, taken in Belgium, 1915

Photograph, captioned Battalion Headquarters , showing two officers and a soldier of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing outside a shelter, taken in Belgium, 1915

Photograph, captioned A breastwork 40 yards from the German lines ..., showing Second-Lieutenant G. Angus, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing with soldiers behind a wall of sandbags, taken in Belgium, 1915

Photograph of a view of a communication trench, taken in Belgium, 1915

Photograph of an officer [possibly of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry] standing in a trench, taken in Belgium, 1915

Photograph of Captain Cook, left, and Second-Lieutenant G. Angus, right, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing outside a shelter, taken in Belgium, 1915

Photograph of a view of soldiers in a trench, taken in Belgium, 1915

Photograph of a view of soldiers in a trench at Kemmel, Belgium, 1915

Photograph of Captain V. Hare, left, and Captain T.B. Heslop, right, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, resting in a shelter at Kemmel, Belgium, 1915

Photograph of a view of open countryside at Kemmel, Belgium, 1915

Photograph of Second-Lieutenant Cook, left, and Captain T.B. Heslop, right, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Kemmel, Belgium, 1915

Photograph of Second-Lieutenant Blenkinsopp, left, and Private Ridsdale, right, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, washing by a stream at Kemmel, Belgium, 1915

Photograph of Captain T.B. Heslop, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, sitting in a tent at Kemmel, Belgium, 1915

Photograph of a view of soldiers resting in an attic at Kemmel, Belgium, 1915

Photograph of Second-Lieutenant Howe, left, and Second-Lieutenant Blenkinsopp, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, right, resting in a shelter at Kemmel, Belgium, 1915

Photograph of Captain T.B. Heslop, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, on horseback at Kemmel, Belgium, 1915

Photograph of a group of officers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Kemmel, Belgium, 1915 Left to right: Captain Bircham, Second-Lieutenant Cook, Lieutenant G. Angus, Captains W.E. Badcock, T.B. Heslop, and V. Hare

Photograph of a soldier of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, receiving his pay at Kemmel, Belgium, 1915

Photograph of Captain T.B. Heslop, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, right, sitting with another officer in a shelter at Kemmel, Belgium, 1915

Photograph of Captain T.B. Heslop, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, walking past a tent, taken at Kemmel, Belgium, 1915

Photograph of officers and soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing in a trench at Kemmel, Belgium, 1915

Photograph of a view of a front line trench at Armentières, France, 17 July 1915

Photograph of a view of a front line trench at Armentières, France, 17 July 1915

Photograph of a shelter in a front line trench at Armentières, France, 17 July 1915

Photograph of two soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing in a front line trench at Armentières, France, 17 July 1915

Photograph of a soldier of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, reading a newspaper in a front line trench at Armentières, France, 17 July 1915

Photograph of three soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, looking out from an observation post at Armentières, France, 17 July 1915

Photograph of Second-Lieutenant Howe, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing outside a shelter at Armentières, France, 17 July 1915

Photograph of an officer [possibly of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry] sitting at the entrance to a shelter at Armentières, France, 17 July 1915

Photograph of a soldier in a front line trench at Armentières, France, 17 July 1915

Photograph of a soldier firing a rifle from a front line trench at Armentières, France, 17 July 1915

Newspaper cutting concerning Privates T. McCrone and J.H. Clarey, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1915

Newspaper cutting concerning a letter written by Private E.A. Burn, 8th Lancers, 1915

Newspaper cutting concerning the wounding of Captain F.G. Barkas, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1915

Newspaper cutting containing a list of casualties among officers of The Durham Light Infantry, 1915

Newspaper cutting concerning a letter written by Private Issachar Taylor, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, thanking the treasurer of Willington Workingmen's Club for a gift of a parcel of cigarettes, 1915

Newspaper cutting concerning the death, in action, of Private J.J. Tomlinson, Royal Army Medical Corps, and containing an extract from a letter by Bandsman W. Bonner, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1915

Newspaper cutting from the Daily Express, headlined Diehards of Ypres , giving an account of the Second Battle of Ypres, Belgium, 24 May 1915

Photograph from the North Star , of Lance-Corporal J.J. Robinson, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, receiving the Croix de Guerre at Darlington, , 6 December 1915

Letter from 'Jack' Jeffreys, Commanding 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, to Colonel Watson concerning financial matters, including an account owed to the 3rd Northumbrian Royal Field Artillery, 25 September 1915

Letter from 'Jack' Jeffreys to Mrs. Watson, concerning troop numbers and the money required to buy waders and waterproof stockings, December 1915

Letter from Quartermaster Hope [possibly to Colonel Watson] offering thanks for Mrs. Watson's parcel, and describing the wounding of Colonel Jeffreys, the conditions at Ypres, and poorly equipped recruits, 21 December 1915

Greetings card of The Durham Light Infantry, addressed to Lieutenant-Colonel H.C. Watson, from E.R. Clayton, 26 December 1915

Letter from Sergeant-Major Perry (?), 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, to Mrs. Watson thanking her for the gift of a parcel of 'comforts', 25 December 1915

Copy of a magazine, entitled Church Times , produced by British prisoners of war at Renbahn Camp, Germany, December 1915

Instruction leaflet for preparing parcels for prisoners of war, 1915

Leaflet entitled 'Instructions to senders of parcels', produced by the County of Durham Ladies' Fund for Durham Light Infantry Prisoners of War, 1915

Prisoner of war postcard from Private Robert Longstaff, to Mrs. Watson, thanking her for the gift of a grammar book, 28 November 1915

Durham Light Infantry Prisoners of War Fund badge, c.1915

The 'Whizz-Bang', January 1916

Letter from 'Jack' Jeffreys at a St. John Ambulance Brigade Hospital, to Colonel Watson, concerning his operation and subsequent recovery, 4 January 1916

Letter from S.R. Clayton to Colonel Watson, expressing regret at leaving the Durham Brigade and commenting on the recovery of Lieutenant-Colonel Jeffreys, 22 February 1916

The 'Whizz-Bang', February 1916

Photograph of Second-Lieutenant Llewellyn Meyer of Mossel Bay, South Africa [killed in the trenches, after joining The Durham Light Infantry, 12 June 1916], taken in Africa, c.1915

Newspaper cutting concerning a committee formed to organise a flag day for the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1916

Programme for a concert in aid of wounded non-commissioned officers and men of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at the Hippodrome, Bishop Auckland, 9 July 1916

Letter from 'Jack' Jeffreys to Colonel Watson, concerning promotions and reporting on officers Gill, Thorpe and Heslop, 28 August 1916

Letter from 'Jack' Jeffreys to Colonel Watson, enquiring on Colonel Watson's position, and Mrs. Watson's funding raising activities, 14 June 1916

Letter from Second-Lieutenant Herbert Beck (?), The Durham Light Infantry, to Colonel Watson, offering appreciation of 'all you have done for me whilst under your command', 30 September 1916

Photograph of His Majesty King George V, right, and a senior officer, left, standing at a memorial cross to the officers, non-commissioned officers and men of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, killed on the Butte de Warlencourt, France, November 1916

Magazine cutting featuring D/DLI 4/6/10(420) and giving a history of the memorial cross, 1916

The 'Whizz-Bang' , September - October - November 1916

Photograph of a man at a memorial cross to the 151st Brigade on the Butte de Warlencourt, France, 1922

Photograph of a memorial cross to the 151st Brigade [as in D/DLI 4/6/10(423)] in The Durham Light Infantry Memorial Chapel at Durham Cathedral, n.d.

Photograph of a memorial cross at the Butte de Warlencourt, France, annotated 'put up by the Germans in 1941', 1956

Photograph of a memorial cross at the Butte de Warlencourt, France, annotated 'put up by the Germans in 1941', 1956

Photograph of a memorial cross at the Butte de Warlencourt, France, annotated 'put up by the Germans in 1941', 1956

Letter from William P. Tattersall, 'W' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry to Colonel Watson, giving an account of a billet in a French village and the training of troops, 13 August 1916

Letter from 'Ernest' to 'My dear mother and father', concerning an application [possibly for a transfer] and news of soldiers from Barnard Castle, 1 October 1916

Letter from 'Herbert', in hospital in France to Colonel Watson, giving an account of the wound he received during a bayonet charge, 2 December 1916

Letter from 'Jack' Jeffreys to Mrs. Watson, concerning the raising of funds for a band, 21 May 1916

Letter from T. Parkin, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, to Mrs. Watson thanking her for a parcel of 'comforts', 16 June 1916

Letter from 'Jack' Jeffreys to Mrs. Watson, concerning the raising of funds for a band, 6 August 1916

Letter from Private R. Loynes, 'Y' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, to Mrs. Watson, thanking her for a parcel of 'comforts', 29 August 1916

Letter from Company Sergeant-Major J. Stembudge to Mrs. Watson, thanking her for a parcel of 'comforts', 19 August 1916

Letter from P. Stoddart to Mrs. Watson, thanking her for a parcel of 'comforts', 20 August 1916

Letter from A. Ebsworth to Mrs. Watson, thanking her for a parcel of 'comforts', 2 December 1916

Letter from A. Ebsworth, Commanding 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, to Mrs. Watson, concerning the ill health of Colonel Jeffreys, the losses suffered by the battalion, and the need for socks, 20 October 1916

Letter from 'Jack' Jeffreys to Mrs. Watson, concerning his recuperation in England, and a request for sixty pounds from soldiers' welfare funds in order to buy footballs and hair cutting equipment, 21 October 1916

Letter from 'Jack' Jeffreys to Mrs. Watson, concerning her acceptance of an earlier request for sixty pounds from soldiers' welfare funds, 28 October 1916

Greetings card of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, signed by Private 'Charlie' Hunt, 1916

Letter from W.L. Vane to Colonel Watson, concerning the post of Honorary Colonel, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 28 March 1917

Letter from W.L. Vane, to Colonel Watson, returning a telegram [D/DLI 2/6/10(444)], 9 April 1917

Telegram from 'Military Secretary' to the commanding officer of the 5th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, regarding the appointment of W.L. Vane as Honorary Colonel, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 8 April 1917

Letter from Lieutenant D.F. Charlton to Colonel Watson, reporting on his arrival in France, 22 March 1917

Envelope addressed to Colonel Watson, Catterick, Yorkshire, March 1917

Letter from Lieutenant D.F. Charlton to Colonel Watson, giving an account of his wounding in France, 22 April 1917

Letter from F.W. Robson, Commanding 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, to Colonel Watson, requesting the transfer of Privates Hall, Harker, and Horne in order to augment the battalion band, 25 May 1917

Envelope addressed to Colonel Watson, Catterick, Yorkshire, 26 May 1917

Postcard group photograph of the warrant officers and sergeants of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, including Armourer-Sergeant Osbourne, third left, middle row, and Sergeant Lowe, holding a cricket bat, taken at Souastre, France, 1917

Letter from A.B. Hare, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, to Colonel Watson, concerning the latter's being mentioned in dispatches, and offering suggestions on the training of soldiers, 10 March 1917

Letter from Wrightson, 8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, to Colonel Watson, reporting that a request to join the 5th Battalion had been refused, 19 April 1917

Letter from A.B. Hare, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, to Colonel Watson, requesting information in regard of a group photograph of the 5th Battalion, taken at Catterick 'about last November', 18 August 1917

Letter from William Douglas to Colonel Watson, thanking him for a previous letter, 4 November 1917

Map of trench positions south of the Cojeul River Valley, near Cherisy, France, 1917

Aerial photograph of trench positions south of the Cojeul River Valley, near Cherisy, France, 1917

Map showing trench positions in the Roeux area of France, c.1917

Map showing trench positions around Vis-en-Artois, France, 1917

Map showing trench positions around Cherisy, France, 1917

Aerial photograph showing trench positions around Cherisy, France, 16 June 1917

Aerial photograph showing trench positions around Rohart Factory, 28 April 1917

Aircraft silhouette diagrams for the Sopwith Dolphin, 1917

Aircraft silhouette diagrams for the Handley Page, 1917

Aircraft silhouette diagrams for the Siemens Schuckert, 1917

Aircraft silhouette diagrams for the Gotha biplane, 1917

Aircraft silhouette diagrams for the Albatross Scout (D111), 1917

Booklet entitled Communication with Prisoners of War Interned Abroad , October 1917

Card entitled Questions a platoon commander should ask himself before an attack, 1917

Postcard photograph of prisoner of war Corporal Edwin Moyle, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken in Germany, c.1916

Memorandum from the Central Prisoner of War Committee concerning the sending of a 'Personal Parcel', 1 December 1917

Group photograph from The War Illustrated , with a newspaper cutting, of the officers of The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Catterick, Yorkshire, 1916, 3 November 1917 Back row: Second-Lieutenants S. Boys, E.A. Welsh, A.B. Brown, R.P. Dent, and E.R. Morley, Lieutenant R. Watson, Second-Lieutenant E.A. Pike Second row: Second-Lieutenants H. Walton, H. Tompson, J.B. Renton, and R.M. Shepperd, Lieutenant J.E. Stafford, Second-Lieutenant F.W. Ord, Second-Lieutenant W. Beeton Front row: Captain A.J. Raine, Captain A.B. Hare, Major J.A.S. Ritson, Lieutenant-Colonel C. Watson, Captain and Adjutant P. Challons, Captain M. Storey, Captain H. King

Map of Belgium, Sheet 28, North East, Edition 8A, showing trench positions, 1917

Map of Passchendaele, Belgium, showing trench positions, 1917

Illustrated card captioned 'Abide With Me', signed by Roland Bradford, 1917

Greetings card of the 50th Northumbrian Division, signed by Stoddart, 1917

Certificate of Disembodiment of Company Sergeant-Major B. Stoddart, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 30 July 1919

Greetings card of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1917

Letter to Colonel Watson expressing pleasure on reading 'that report', and giving an account of life at 'the Base', 6 June 1918

Letter from A.B. Hare to Colonel Watson, thanking the Colonel 'for your kindness to me whilst I have been under you', 13 January 1917

Group photograph of officers of The Durham Light Infantry and other regiments, taken in Great Britain, July 1918

Programme for 'A Grand Entertainment' in aid of The Durham Light Infantry Prisoners of War Fund, at Victoria Hall, Barnard Castle, 24 January 1918

Circular from The Durham Light Infantry Prisoners of War Fund, 29 July 1918

Envelope addressed to Mrs. Watson, at The Mount, Barnard Castle, postmarked 25 June 1918

Letter to Mrs. Watson, from prisoner of war Private Edwin Moyle, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, thanking her for a previous letter, and giving an account of life in his camp, 24 June 1918

Letter from F.W. Robson to Colonel Watson, concerning a disagreement over the use of silver bugles, 13 March 1918

Letter from W.L. Vane to Colonel Watson, concerning a disagreement over the use of silver bugles, 17 April 1918

Postcard photograph of bandsmen and buglers of The Durham Light Infantry, annotated '2 days before last German offensive began', taken in France or Belgium, 1918

Newspaper extracts concerning The Durham Light Infantry, August 1918

Photograph of the band of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry [possibly taken at Rouen, France], 1918

Note to the Officer Commanding 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, from the 117th Infantry Brigade, enclosing D/DLI 2/6/10(491), 30 September 1918

Card from 'Le President du Secours Amical aux Prisonniers de Guerre Rouennais', expressing thanks to General Phillips for the loan of the band of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 23 September 1918

Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel 'Fred' Walton, 18th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry to Mrs. Watson, announcing his command of the battalion, 4 December 1918

Circular from Lieutenant-Colonel F. Walton, 18th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, proposing 'some form of memorial to those Officers who have fallen during the war', and inviting contributions to a memorial fund, October 1918

Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel F. Walton, 18th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, to Colonel Watson, enclosing D/DLI 2/6/10(493), 12 October 1918

Circular from Lord Durham regarding the conclusion of the work of The Durham Light Infantry Prisoners of War Fund, March 1919

Group photograph of the signal section of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, including Captain E.R. Hanby Holmes, taken at Catterick Camp, Yorkshire, 1923

Group photograph of the officers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Catterick Camp, Yorkshire, 1923 Back row: unidentified, Captain G. Wilson, Captain E.R. Hanby Holmes, unidentified, Lieutenant S.B. Robinson, unidentified Front row: Captain T.H. Miller, Major Lord Barnard, Lieutenant-Colonel G.H. Stobart, Captain and Adjutant T. Heslop, unidentified On ground: Second-Lieutenant G.W. Rudd, unidentified

Group photograph of the warrant officers and sergeants of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, with Captain T.H. Miller, taken at Catterick Camp, Yorkshire, 1923

Officers' Mess rulebook of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1924

Postcard group photograph of the football team of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, including Regimental Sergeant-Major Benson, Captain and Adjutant T. Heslop, Lieutenant and Quartermaster G. Wilson, and Sergeant Moyle, 1924 - 1925

Postcard photograph of soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, preparing food in a camp, taken at Pwllheli, Carnarvonshire, 1925

Postcard photograph of soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, on church parade, taken at Pwllheli, Carnarvonshire, 1925

Postcard photograph of soldiers of the 151st Brigade Guard, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Pwllheli, Carnarvonshire, 1925

Postcard photograph of soldiers of 'A' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Pwllheli, Carnarvonshire, 1925

Group photograph of the officers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Catterick, Yorkshire, 1926 Back row: Captain D.A.S. Johnston, Lieutenant Kyle, Second-Lieutenant Parkin, Second-Lieutenant W.I. Watson, Lieutenant Wragg, Lieutenant P.B. Robinson Front row: Captain Troup, Captain J. Walker, Major T. Welch, Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Barnard, Captain and Adjutant J. Johnstone, Captain T.H. Miller, Captain J. Curry On ground: Second-Lieutenant C.R. Roddam, Lieutenant G.W. Rudd

Commission of Second-Lieutenant William Innes Watson, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 3 September 1926

Battalion Orders issued by Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Barnard, Commanding 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1 October 1926

Group photograph of 'A' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ripon, Yorkshire, 1926 - 1927

Group photograph of the Lewis gun team of 'A' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, winners of the Ritson Challenge Shield, taken at Ripon, Yorkshire, 1927 Back row: Private Banks, unidentified, Private Grady, unidentified Front row: Sergeant Cruddace, Captain J. Walker, Sergeant Clifford On ground: unidentified

Newspaper cutting concerning a camp of the 151st Infantry Brigade at Ripon, Yorkshire, 1927

Photograph, from a newspaper, of Lieutenant-General Sir Hugh S. Jeudwine inspecting soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Ripon, Yorkshire, 1927

Photograph, from a newspaper, of Lieutenant-General Sir Cameron D. Shute inspecting a camp of the 151st Infantry Brigade at Ripon, Yorkshire, 1927

Photograph, from a newspaper, of Lieutenant-General Sir Hugh S. Jeudwine taking the salute at a march-past by the 151st Infantry Brigade at Ripon, Yorkshire, 1927

Photograph of Lieutenant-General Sir Hugh S. Jeudwine taking the salute at a march-past by the 151st Infantry Brigade at Ripon, Yorkshire, 1927 Mounted officers are: Second-Lieutenant W.I. Watson, Captain J. Johnstone, and Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Barnard

Photograph of Lieutenant-General Sir Hugh S. Jeudwine taking the salute at a march-past by the 151st Infantry Brigade at Ripon, Yorkshire, 1927 Mounted officers are: Second-Lieutenant W.I. Watson, Captain J. Johnstone, and Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Barnard

Newspaper cutting concerning the unveiling of a memorial cross from the Butte de Walencourt at Bishop Auckland Parish Church, June 1927

Order of Service for the 'Unveiling and Dedication of the War Memorial Cross of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry' at Bishop Auckland Parish Church, 26 June 1927

Group photograph of 'A' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Marske, Yorkshire, 1928

Group photograph of the officers and non-commissioned officers of 'A' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Marske, Yorkshire, 1928 Front row: Lance-Corporal Wood, Sergeant Sillott, Sergeant Hetherington, Second-Lieutenant G.R. Roddam, Captain J. Walker, Lieutenant Le Vicomte Georges de Jeu, Second-Lieutenant W.I. Watson, Company Sergeant-Major Cruddace, Sergeant Hayes, Sergeant Biddulph, Corporal Moore

Group photograph of the officers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Marske, Yorkshire, 1928 Back row: Lieutenant J.R. Lowson, Second-Lieutenants G.R. Roddam, J. McDonald, Hodgson, W.I. Watson, R. Drake, and Perry, Lieutenant Rudd, Captain W.H.S.G. Spurrier, Lieutenant G.I. Wicks, Second-Lieutenant B. Halroyde Front row: Lieutenant and Quartermaster G. Wilson, Captains D.A.S. Johnston, Troup, and J. Walker, Major T. Welch, Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Barnard, Captain and Adjutant J. Johnstone, Lieutenant Le Vicomte Georges de Jeu, Captain T.H. Miller, Captain J. Curry, Major V. Wardle, Lieutenant P.B. Robinson

Group photograph of the officers and non-commissioned officers of 'A' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1929 Front row: Sergeant Hayes, Sergeant Sillott, Company Sergeant-Major Cruddace, Second-Lieutenant Roddam, Captain and Adjutant J. Johnstone, Captain J. Walker, Lieutenant W.I. Watson, Regimental Quartermaster-Sergeant Lancaster, Sergeants Clifford, Robson, and Oxley

Photograph of Lieutenant Le Vicomte Georges de Jeu, 95th Regiment of Infantry, attached to the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Marske, Yorkshire, 1928

Group photograph of 'A' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ripon, Yorkshire, 1929

Group photograph of soldiers from the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ripon, Yorkshire, 1929 Front row: Colour-Sergeant Small, unidentified, Regimental Quartermaster-Sergeant Lancaster, Colour-Sergeant Barnes, unidentified

Battalion Orders issued by Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Barnard, Commanding 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 23 August 1929

Group photograph of the officers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Ripon, Yorkshire, 1929 Back row: Second-Lieutenants W.M. Vane, Drake, J. McDonald, and B. Holroyde, Lieutenant W.I. Watson, Second-Lieutenant Shipley Second row: Lieutenant C.J. Wicks, Captain J.R. Lowson, Lieutenant G.R. Roddam, Lieutenant and Quartermaster G. Wilson, Second-Lieutenant Hodgson, Lieutenants G.W. Rudd, Dobbie, and Perry Front row: Captain P.B. Robinson, Captain J. Curry, Major V. Wardle, Major T. Welch, Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Barnard, Captain and Adjutant J. Johnstone, Captains T.H. Miller, J. Walker, and D.A.S. Johnston

Programme for a 'Ceremonial Parade of 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, and All Units of the 50th (Northumbrian) Division' at Catterick Aerodrome, Yorkshire, 3 July 1930

Photograph of Lieutenant W.I. Watson, left, in civilian dress, and Captain D.A.S. Johnston, right, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing at the entrance to a tent at Catterick, Yorkshire, 1930

Photograph of a group of officers and non-commissioned officers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, wearing their medals, 1930 Left to right: Company Quartermaster-Sergeant Clifford, Company Sergeant-Major Elms, Lieutenant W.I. Watson, Captain J.R. Lowson, Company Sergeant-Major Cruddace

Photograph of an aerial view of a parade by the 1st, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th Battalions, The Durham Light Infantry, at Catterick Aerodrome, Yorkshire, 3 July 1930

Photograph of an aerial view of a parade by the 1st, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th Battalions, The Durham Light Infantry, at Catterick Aerodrome, Yorkshire, 3 July 1930

Photograph of an aerial view of a parade by the 1st, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th Battalions, The Durham Light Infantry, at Catterick Aerodrome, Yorkshire, 3 July 1930

Photograph of an aerial view of a parade by the 1st, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th Battalions, The Durham Light Infantry, at Catterick Aerodrome, Yorkshire, 3 July 1930

Photograph of an aerial view of a parade by the 1st, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th Battalions, The Durham Light Infantry, at Catterick Aerodrome, Yorkshire, 3 July 1930

Photograph of an aerial view of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, marching past a saluting base during a parade at Catterick Aerodrome, Yorkshire, 3 July 1930

Photograph of an aerial view of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, marching past a saluting base during a parade at Catterick Aerodrome, Yorkshire, 3 July 1930

Photograph of the machine gunners of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Halton Camp, Lancaster, Lancashire, 1931

Photograph of Captain J.R. Lowson, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, right, observing Corporal Hudspeth fire a machine gun at Halton Camp, Lancaster, Lancashire, 1931

Photograph of Captain J.R. Lowson, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, left, observing Corporal Hudspeth fire a machine gun at Halton Camp, Lancaster, Lancashire, 1931

Photograph of Sergeant Sillott, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, right, attending to a machine gun as two soldiers look on at Halton Camp, Lancaster, Lancashire, 1931

Photograph of officers and soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, including Lieutenant W.I. Watson, at a firing range at Halton Camp, Lancaster, Lancashire, 1931

Photograph of a group of soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, including Corporal Moore, second right, at a firing range at Halton Camp, Lancaster, Lancashire, 1931

Newspaper cutting concerning the death of Captain and Quartermaster G.B. Wilson, attached to the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1931

Booklet of 'Instructions to be carried out when attending Whitburn Range' issued by the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1932

Photograph, from a newspaper, of soldiers of 'D' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, including Company Sergeant-Major Hatton, right, and Company Sergeant-Major Gardner, second left, with a group of women and children, taken during a party at Vane Armoury, Crook, c.1932

Training Programme of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1934

Photograph from The Teesdale Mercury , of Colonel H.C. Watson, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, with a newspaper cutting, 28 March 1934

Photograph, from a newspaper, of General Sir A. Montgomery-Massingberd, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, inspecting soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Ripon, Yorkshire, 1934

Photograph from a newspaper, of General Sir A. Montgomery-Massingberd, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, inspecting soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Ripon, Yorkshire, 1934

Newspaper cutting concerning the strength of Territorial Army units, 1934

Newspaper cutting concerning the sporting activities of The Durham Light Infantry, 1934

Poster announcing a 'Guard Mounting Display' by 'D' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at the Market Place, Crook, 25 August 1934

Newspaper cutting concerning the 64th annual shoot of the Durham County Rifle Association at Whitburn Range, 27 August 1934

Newspaper cutting concerning the strength of Territorial Army units, 1934

Newspaper cutting concerning the award of The Daily Telegraph Cup for the best attendance at camp, 1934

Newspaper cutting concerning the successes of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, during the annual shoot of the Durham County Rifle Association at Whitburn Range, 27 August 1934

Battalion Orders issued by Lieutenant-Colonel H.R. McCullagh, Commanding 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 30 August 1934

Memorandum from G.H. Stobart to Lieutenant-Colonel H.R. McCullagh, Commanding 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, offering his congratulations on the battalion's success during a shooting competition at Whitburn Range, 4 September 1934

Battalion Orders issued by Lieutenant-Colonel H.R. McCullagh, Commanding 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 7 November 1934

Handwritten notes on the career of Lieutenant-Colonel H.R. McCullagh, c .1935

Photograph, from a magazine, of an officer of The Durham Light Infantry [possibly Lieutenant-Colonel H.R. McCullagh, Commanding 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry], c.1935

Leaflet announcing an invitation subscription ball of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, to be held at Greta Bridge, 18 January 1935

Newspaper cutting concerning an annual ball of the officers of The Durham Light Infantry, 23 January 1935

Newspaper cutting concerning an annual ball of the officers of The Durham Light Infantry, 1935

Newspaper cutting concerning the military funeral of Regimental Sergeant-Major J.C. Cresswell, late of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1935

Newspaper cutting concerning a football match between teams of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, and the 5th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment, 1935

Newspaper cutting concerning the Territorial Army Cup semi-final between football teams of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, and the 7th Royal Welch Fusiliers, 1935

Photograph of the football team of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken before the semi-final of the Territorial Army Cup, at Bishop Auckland, 1935

Photograph of action from the Territorial Army Cup semi-final between football teams of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, and the 7th Royal Welch Fusiliers, taken at Bishop Auckland, 1935

Training Programme of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1935

Souvenir programme of a commemoration parade for the Silver Jubilee of His Majesty King George V, at Bishop Auckland, 6 May 1935

Invitation to a commemoration parade for the Silver Jubilee of His Majesty King George V, at Bishop Auckland, 6 May 1935

Newspaper cutting concerning a parade by the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Bishop Auckland, in commemoration of the Silver Jubilee of His Majesty King George V, May 1935

Newspaper cutting concerning a parade by the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Bishop Auckland, in commemoration of the Silver Jubilee of His Majesty King George V, May 1935

Newspaper cutting concerning a service at St. Catherine's Church, Crook, in commemoration of the Silver Jubilee of His Majesty King George V, May 1935

Photograph of soldiers of 'B' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, on parade at Consett in commemoration of the Silver Jubilee of His Majesty King George V, 6 May 1935

Photograph of officers of The Durham Light Infantry, and civic dignitaries, standing on a podium during a parade at Bishop Auckland to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of His Majesty King George V, 6 May 1935 Named officers are: Captain J.R. Lowson, Colonel W.B. Greenwell, Captain and Adjutant H.M. Vaux, Lieutenant-Colonel T.H. Miller, Captain R. Ware, and Lieutenant-Colonel V. Wardle

Photograph of soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, including Lieutenant R. Cummings, on parade at Bishop Auckland to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of His Majesty King George V, 6 May 1935

Photograph of soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, raising their caps during a parade at Bishop Auckland to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of His Majesty King George V, 6 May 1935

Photograph of soldiers of 'C' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, on parade at Spennymoor to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of His Majesty King George V, 6 May 1935

Photograph of soldiers of 'D' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, marching along a street during a parade at Crook to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of His Majesty King George V, 6 May 1935

Photograph of soldiers of 'D' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, on parade at Crook to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of His Majesty King George V, 6 May 1935

Photograph of soldiers of 'D' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, on parade at Crook to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of His Majesty King George V, 6 May 1935

Newspaper cutting concerning a presentation of King's Silver Jubilee Medals to officers and soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, by Colonel W.B. Greenwell at Bishop Auckland, 7 July 1935

Photograph, from a newspaper, of Colonel W.B. Greenwell, Commander 151st Brigade, second right, and officers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken during a parade and inspection at Bishop Auckland, 7 July 1935

Photograph of Colonel W.B. Greenwell, Commander 151st Brigade, inspecting soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Bishop Auckland, 7 July 1935

Photograph of Colonel W.B. Greenwell, Commander 151st Brigade, inspecting soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Bishop Auckland, 7 July 1935

Photograph of Colonel W.B. Greenwell, Commander 151st Brigade, inspecting soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Bishop Auckland, 7 July 1935

Photograph of Colonel W.B. Greenwell, Commander 151st Brigade, inspecting soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Bishop Auckland, 7 July 1935

Photograph of Colonel W.B. Greenwell, Commander 151st Brigade, inspecting soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Bishop Auckland, 7 July 1935

Photograph of Colonel W.B. Greenwell, Commander 151st Brigade, inspecting soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Bishop Auckland, 7 July 1935

Photograph, from a newspaper, of soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, marching past Colonel W.B. Greenwell, Commander 151st Brigade, during an inspection at Bishop Auckland, 7 July 1935

Photograph, from a newspaper, of Colonel W.B. Greenwell, Commander 151st Brigade, presenting a King's Silver Jubilee Medal to Major C. Wicks, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry at Bishop Auckland, 7 July 1935

Photograph of Colonel W.B. Greenwell, Commander 151st Brigade, presenting a medal to Sergeant Carr, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry at Bishop Auckland, 7 July 1935

Diary of the annual training camp of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Catterick, Yorkshire, 1935

Photograph, from a newspaper, of a group of senior officers and a dignitary, including Major-General W.N. Herbert, Commanding 50th Northumbrian Division, Lord Strathcona, Under-Secretary for War, and the Marquis of Londonderry, Lord Privy Seal and Lord Lieutenant, taken during a march past at Catterick Camp, Yorkshire, 29 July 1935

Newspaper cutting, including a photograph of a group of senior officers and a dignitary, including Major-General W.N. Herbert, Commanding 50th Northumbrian Division, Lord Strathcona, Under-Secretary for War, and the Marquis of Londonderry, Lord Privy Seal and Lord Lieutenant, taken during a march past at Catterick Camp, Yorkshire, 29 July 1935

Newspaper cutting concerning an annual review of Territorial troops at Catterick Camp, Yorkshire, July 1935

Newspaper cutting concerning recruitment into the Territorial Army, 1935

Photograph of soldiers of the Signal Section, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, performing a march past at Catterick Camp, Yorkshire, 1935

Newspaper cutting concerning an annual training camp of the 50th (Northumbrian) Division at Catterick, Yorkshire, from The Times, 7 August 1935

Newspaper cutting concerning an annual training camp of the 50th (Northumbrian) Division at Catterick, Yorkshire, from the Newcastle Journal, 7 August 1935

Newspaper cutting concerning the final training exercise of an annual training camp of the 50th (Northumbrian) Division at Catterick, Yorkshire, from The Times, 14 August 1935

Newspaper cutting concerning the 65th annual shoot of the Durham County Rifle Association at Whitburn Range, 1935

Newspaper cutting concerning the award of a pension to A. Small, late of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, from the Prince of Wales' Fund, 1935

Photograph of 'C' Company Guard, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, winners of a guard mounting competition [possibly at Catterick Camp, Yorkshire], 1935

Photograph from a newspaper, captioned Revisiting battlefields , showing a group of officers of The Durham Light Infantry and other regiments, in civilian dress, standing beside a passenger aircraft, taken at Croydon, London, October 1935 Named officers are: Staff Captain Forrester-Walker, 50th Division, Captain R.F. Ware, Major I.O.C. Hasted, Colonel Gordon, Royal Artillery, Lieutenant-Colonel T.H. Miller, Major D. Marley, Captain W.I. Watson

Newspaper cutting concerning a Remembrance Service at St. Andrew's Church, Bishop Auckland, November 1935

Newspaper cutting from the Newcastle Journal , concerning a tactical exercise in France involving officers of The Durham Light Infantry and other regiments visiting former battlefields at Marne and Aisne, 27 September 1935

Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel T.H. Miller, Chairman, Old Comrades' Association, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, announcing the formation of the association, 24 October 1935

Newspaper cutting concerning the formation of the Old Comrades' Association of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, October 1935

Newspaper cutting concerning the formation of the Old Comrades' Association of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, October 1935

Newspaper cutting concerning an annual meeting of the Old Comrades' Association of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1935

Signed menu card of the inauguration supper of the Old Comrades' Association of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at the Drill Hall, Bishop Auckland, 30 November 1935

Ticket for the inauguration supper of the Old Comrades' Association of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at the Drill Hall, Bishop Auckland, 30 November 1935

Newspaper cutting concerning the entertainment provided during a social evening [possibly the inauguration supper of the Old Comrades' Association of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry], c.1935

Leaflet announcing a 'Grand Weekly Dance', organised by 'D' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at the Drill Hall, Crook, n.d. [ c.1935]

Newspaper cutting concerning an annual military ball held by 'C' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at the Clarence Ballroom, Spennymoor, 1935

Photograph, from a newspaper, of two soldiers of 'D' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, giving presents to children during a Christmas party at the Drill Hall, Crook, December 1935

Photograph, from a newspaper, of a group of children at a Christmas party organised by 'D' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at the Drill Hall, Crook, December 1935

Newspaper cutting concerning a Christmas party organised by 'D' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at the Drill Hall, Crook, December 1935

Training Programme of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1936

Newspaper cutting concerning an officers' ball organised by the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Greta Bridge, c.1936

Battalion Orders, issued by Lieutenant-Colonel T.H. Miller, Commanding 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, announcing the death of His Majesty King George V, 21 January 1936

Newspaper cutting detailing the 'Order of Ceremonial' of His Majesty King George V's funeral, January 1936

Newspaper cutting concerning memorial services, for the late King George V, at St. Andrew's Church, Bishop Auckland, January 1936

Newspaper cutting concerning a memorial service, for the late King George V, at St. Catherine's Church, Crook, January 1936

Newspaper cutting concerning James Donnelly, late of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, from the Northern Echo, 13 March 1936

Newspaper cutting concerning the death of Mr John David Williams, late of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1936

Photograph of Regimental Sergeant-Major L. Pearce, left, and ex-Colour-Sergeant W. Condon [age 85], right, taken during a parade for His Majesty King Edward VIII's accession at Bishop Auckland, January 1936

Photograph of soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, raising their caps during a parade for His Majesty King Edward VIII's accession, at Bishop Auckland, January 1936

Group photograph of the Consett branch of the Old Comrades' Association of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 2 May 1936

Photograph of a group of members of the Old Comrades' Association of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Consett, 2 May 1936 Back row: Major P.B. Robinson, Captain H. McNair, Captain J. Barrow Front row: Colonel G.H. Stobart, Colonel J. Jeffreys, Lieutenant-Colonel T.H. Miller

Newspaper cutting concerning an inspection of detachments of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Bishop Auckland Football Ground, 7 June 1936

Newspaper cutting concerning the military record of Colonel H.R. McCullagh, former commanding officer of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1936

Newspaper cutting concerning a smoking concert and supper organised by the Barnard Castle branch of the Old Comrades' Association of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 13 June 1936

Photograph of Lieutenant W.M.F. Vane, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, leading the battalion signal section on a march down a street at Redcar, Yorkshire, 1936

Photograph, from a newspaper, of three soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, on kitchen orderly duty at a camp at Redcar, Yorkshire, 1936

Photograph from a newspaper, of Sergeant Singlewood, left, and Company Sergeant-Major Stoker, second left, of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, conducting a rifle inspection at a camp at Redcar, Yorkshire, 1936

Diary of the 151st (Durham Light Infantry) Brigade Annual Camp at Redcar, Yorkshire, 1936

Diary of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Annual Camp at Redcar, Yorkshire, 1936

Photograph, from a newspaper, of soldiers walking through a flooded camp at Redcar, Yorkshire, 1936

Photograph of a view of a camp alongside the Redcar to Saltburn coast road, Yorkshire, 1936

Newspaper cutting from the Newcastle Journal, concerning an annual camp of The Durham Light Infantry at Redcar, Yorkshire, 1936

Photograph of a brigade guard and fire picket provided by 'D' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, including Company Sergeant-Major Page, left, front row, at Redcar, Yorkshire, 22 July 1936

Photograph of Company Sergeant-Major Page, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, marching down a street followed by Lieutenant M.R. Ferens and Major J. Curry, [possibly taken at Redcar, Yorkshire], c.1936

Photograph, from a newspaper, of a drum head service in a camp of the 151st (Durham Light Infantry) Brigade, with Dr Vodden, Bishop of Hull, in the inset, taken at Redcar, Yorkshire, 1936

Newspaper cutting concerning a drum head service, led by Dr Vodden, Bishop of Hull, in a camp of the 151st (Durham Light Infantry) Brigade at Redcar, Yorkshire, 1936

Newspaper cutting concerning a camp of the 151st (Durham Light Infantry) Brigade at Redcar, Yorkshire, 1936

Newspaper cutting concerning a visit by members of the Old Comrades' Association of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, to a camp of the 151st Brigade at Redcar, Yorkshire, 1936

Newspaper cutting concerning a camp of the 151st (Durham Light Infantry) Brigade at Redcar, Yorkshire, 1936

Newspaper cutting concerning torrential rain and flooding at a camp of the 151st (Durham Light Infantry) Brigade at Redcar, Yorkshire, 1936

Newspaper cutting concerning sporting activities in a camp of the 151st (Durham Light Infantry) Brigade at Redcar, Yorkshire, 1936

Photograph of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, marching past members of the Territorial Association of County Durham, at Redcar, Yorkshire, 1936

Photograph of members of the Territorial Association of County Durham at a saluting base at Redcar, Yorkshire, 1936

Newspaper cutting, including a photograph of Colonel G.H. Stobart, right, and Lord Londonderry, centre, of the Territorial Association of County Durham, standing at a saluting base at Redcar, Yorkshire, 1936

Photograph, from a newspaper, of members of the Territorial Association of County Durham at a saluting base at Redcar, Yorkshire, 1936 Left to right: Lord Londonderry, Captain G. Long, Colonel G.H. Stobart, Colonel Sir F. Simpson, Lieutenant Campbell, Colonel A. Henderson, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir W. Tomlinson

Photograph of the massed band and bugles of the 151st (Durham Light Infantry) Brigade marching along a promenade at Redcar, Yorkshire, 1936

Newspaper cutting concerning a quarterly meeting of the Durham County Territorial Army and Air Force Association at Redcar, Yorkshire, 1936

Newspaper cutting, including a photograph of Private Jack French, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in a chef's uniform, c.1936

Newspaper cutting from the Northern Echo , concerning a mock battle, involving soldiers of the Durham Light Infantry, staged near Wilton, Yorkshire, 1936

Photograph, from a newspaper, of Brigadier-General W. Greenwell, right, and Colonel Horam, centre, consulting a map during a mock battle staged near Wilton, Yorkshire, 1936

Photograph, from a newspaper, of a group of soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry taking part in a mock battle, taken near Wilton, Yorkshire, 1936

Group photograph of the sergeants of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry [possibly taken at Redcar, Yorkshire], 1936 Seated: Bugle-Major Bradley, Company Sergeant-Major Hutchinson, Company Sergeant-Major Bentley, Bandmaster Craig, Major J. Curry, Lieutenant-Colonel T.H. Miller, Regimental Sergeant-Major Pearce, Captain and Adjutant H.M. Vaux, Regimental Quartermaster-Sergeant Bradley, Company Sergeant-Major Shufflebottom, Company Sergeant-Major Page, Cook-Sergeant Stirk

Group photograph of the permanent staff of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry [possibly taken at Redcar, Yorkshire], 1936 Back row: Company Sergeant-Majors Shufflebottom, Page, and Stedman Front row: Regimental Sergeant-Major Pearce, Captain and Adjutant H.M. Vaux, Company Sergeant-Major Bentley

Group photograph of the officers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Redcar, Yorkshire, 1936 Back row: Lieutenant and Quartermaster C.J. Wicks, Lieutenant W.M.F. Vane, Lieutenant L. Proud, Second-Lieutenant M.R. Ferens, Second-Lieutenant Robinson, Lieutenant R. Cummins, Lieutenant B. Holroyde, Second-Lieutenant Alsop, Captain G. Perry Front row: Captain J.R. Lowson, Major P.B. Robinson, Lieutenant-Colonel V.H. Wardle, Royal Army Medical Corps, Captain and Adjutant H.M. Vaux, Lieutenant-Colonel T.H. Miller, Major J. Curry, Captains W.H.S.C. Spurrier, W.I. Watson, and G.R. Roddam

Newspaper cutting concerning the 66th annual shoot of the Durham County Rifle Association at Whitburn, 1936

Newspaper cutting concerning the funeral of Joseph Pattinson Best, late of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1936

Newspaper cutting from the Teesdale Mercury , concerning a concert by the band of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at the Bowes Museum Park, 19 August 1936

Newspaper cutting concerning a concert by the band of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at the Bowes Museum Park, August 1936

Newspaper cutting concerning a concert by the band of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at the Bowes Museum Park, August 1936

Programme for an evening concert by the band of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 23 August 1936

Photograph, from a newspaper, of Captain H.M. Vaux, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, and his bride, Isobel Clare Chaytor, taken outside St. Philip's and Saint James' Church, Witton-le-Wear, 12 September 1936

Newspaper cutting concerning the wedding of Captain H.M. Vaux, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, and Isobel Clare Chaytor at St. Philip's and Saint James' Church, Witton-le-Wear, 12 September 1936

Invitation to a smoking concert, organised by the sergeants of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at the Drill Hall, Bishop Auckland, 14 October 1936

Newspaper cutting concerning the presentation of a gold watch to Regimental Sergeant-Major Pearce, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, during a social evening at the Drill Hall, Bishop Auckland, 1936

Newspaper cutting concerning the retirement of Regimental Sergeant- Major Pearce, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1936

Notice requesting the attendance of soldiers of 'HQ' Wing, and 'S' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at a parade for the proclamation of the accession of His Majesty King George VI, 18 December 1936

Newspaper cutting concerning the proclamation, at Crook, of the accession of His Majesty King George VI, December 1936

Newspaper cutting concerning a snooker and billiards exhibition at the Drill Hall, Bishop Auckland, 1936

Newspaper cutting concerning a ball at Greta Bridge, organised by the officers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 20 December 1936

Newspaper cutting concerning the death of ex-Colour-Sergeant William Condon, 1937

Photograph, from a newspaper, of ex-Colour-Sergeant William Condon, n.d.

Newspaper cutting from the Teesdale Mercury , concerning an Old Comrades' reunion at Barnard Castle, 1 February 1937

Photograph, captioned 'D' Company Prize Giving ..., showing Lieutenant-Colonel T.H. Miller, Commanding 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, presenting a trophy to Lance-Corporal Moore, 1937 Left to right: Company Sergeant-Major Page, Lance-Corporal Moore, Lieutenant-Colonel T.H. Miller, Captain J.R. Lowson, Captain W.I. Watson

Training Programme of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1937

Drills for 'D' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, week ending 24 April 1937

Record of Service of Sergeant J. Stirk, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1937

Newspaper cutting concerning the disposition of troops during the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, May 1937

Newspaper cutting listing the military bands stationed along the route of the Coronation procession of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, May 1937

Newspaper cutting concerning street decorations along the route of the Coronation procession of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, May 1937

Newspaper cutting concerning street decorations along the route of the Coronation procession of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, May 1937

Newspaper cutting concerning the officers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, who attended the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, May 1937

Newspaper cutting concerning celebrations of the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, May 1937

Coronation Camps officers' mess pass for Captain W.I. Watson, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, May 1937

Newspaper cutting concerning celebrations of the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, May 1937

Newspaper cutting concerning the route of the Coronation procession of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, May 1937

Certificate of Identity of Captain W.I. Watson, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, for Regent's Park Camp, May 1937

Newspaper cutting listing the order of the Coronation procession of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, May 1937

Newspaper cutting concerning gifts given to troops lining the route of the Coronation procession of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, May 1937

Newspaper cutting concerning the rations supplied to troops lining the route of the Coronation procession of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, May 1937

Newspaper cutting concerning an account of the crowds lining the route of the Coronation procession of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, May 1937

Newspaper cutting concerning an account of the Coronation procession of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, May 1937

Map of central London showing the route of the Coronation procession of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, 1937

Photograph of a Territorial Army contingent marching down Regent Street, London, during the Coronation procession of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, 12 May 1937

Photograph of the state coach carrying King George VI and Queen Elizabeth passing through Regent Street, London, during their Coronation procession, 12 May 1937

Battalion Orders issued by Lieutenant-Colonel T.H. Miller, Commanding 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 23 June 1937

Newspaper cutting concerning His Majesty King George VI's message of thanks to the police, servicemen, and members of voluntary organisations on duty during his Coronation, May 1937

Newspaper cutting concerning the organisation of His Majesty King George VI's Coronation, May 1937

Newspaper cutting concerning the dispersal of the Coronation Force, May 1937

Newspaper cutting concerning a service at Bishop Auckland held in honour of His Majesty King George VI's Coronation, May 1937

Newspaper cutting of a letter, from 'Disgruntled', concerning celebrations of His Majesty King George VI's Coronation, May 1937

Newspaper cutting from The Times , concerning an exhibition of medals of the Honourable Artillery Company, at Armoury House, London, 13 May 1937

Newspaper cutting from The Times , concerning Edward Ross, North Riding of Yorkshire Rifle Volunteers, 'the first winner of the first shooting medal for all volunteers', 17 May 1937

Newspaper cutting from the Teesdale Mercury , concerning a letter, by Captain W.I. Watson, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, discussing the success of Edward Ross, North Riding of Yorkshire Rifle Volunteers, 'the first winner of the first shooting medal for all volunteers', 19 May 1937

Letter from John Headlam, to 'Dear Watson', concerning Edward Ross, 20 June 1937

Battalion Orders issued by Captain and Adjutant H.M. Vaux, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, dated 27 July 1937

Group photograph of officers, soldiers, and sailors of several regiments, including the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Bisley, Surrey, 1937

Newspaper cutting of the results of the Cheylesmore Memorial Cup, from The Daily Telegraph, 7 July 1937

Newspaper cutting from The Times , concerning a training camp of the 151st (Durham Light Infantry) Brigade at Whitby, Yorkshire, 6 August 1937

Photograph of Captain W.I. Watson, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in civilian dress, holding sea trout caught at Whitby, Yorkshire, August 1937

Photograph of a view of a harbour at Whitby, Yorkshire, August 1937

Photograph of a mortar gun team of The Durham Light Infantry, at Whitby, Yorkshire, August 1937

Newspaper cutting from the Newcastle Journal , concerning 'new and interesting features' in the training of the 151st (Durham Light Infantry) Brigade, 1937

Photograph of an aeroplane flying overhead, taking photographs of camouflaged positions, at Whitby, Yorkshire, August 1937

Photograph of the guard of 'S' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, competing in a guard-mounting competition, taken at Whitby, Yorkshire, August 1937

Photograph of a group of officers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing in a camp, taken at Whitby, Yorkshire, August 1937 Left to right: Major V. Wardle, Captain Vane, Major Perry, Lieutenant-Colonel Miller, Lieutenant Holroyde, Padre Spurrier

Diary of the annual camp of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Whitby, Yorkshire, 1937

Photograph, captioned The Coronation Party , showing a detachment of soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry on parade in a camp at Whitby, Yorkshire, August 1937

Photograph, captioned The Coronation Party , showing a detachment of soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry on parade in a camp at Whitby, Yorkshire, August 1937

Group photograph of the Coronation Party of The Durham Light Infantry, at Whitby, Yorkshire, August 1937

Photograph of a view of a thunder-storm over the sea at Whitby, Yorkshire, August 1937

Photograph of the Coronation Party of The Durham Light Infantry on parade in a camp at Whitby, Yorkshire, August 1937

Photograph of buglers of The Durham Light Infantry on parade in a camp at Whitby, Yorkshire, August 1937

Photograph of a group of soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry marching through a camp at Whitby, Yorkshire, August 1937

Programme of a concert by the band of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in a camp at Whitby, Yorkshire, 6 August 1937

Menu card of a dinner in honour of Colonel W.B. Greenwell, on the occasion of his retirement from command of the 151st (Durham Light Infantry) Brigade, 6 August 1937

Newspaper cutting from the Northern Echo , concerning an annual meeting of the Durham County Rifle Association, 30 August 1937

Photograph of a group of officers and civic dignitaries at a reception, c .1937

Newspaper cutting from the Northern Echo , concerning the annual dinner of the Bishop Auckland branch of the British Legion, 16 December 1937

Newspaper cutting from the Northern Echo , concerning the annual military ball of 'D' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 8 February 1938

Ticket for the annual ball of the sergeants' mess, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at the Drill Hall, Bishop Auckland, 4 February 1938

Dance programme of the annual ball of the sergeants' mess, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at the Drill Hall, Bishop Auckland, 4 February 1938

Supper ticket of the annual ball of the sergeants' mess, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at the Drill Hall, Bishop Auckland, 4 February 1938

Newspaper cutting giving the results of a shoot at Bishop Auckland Miniature Rifle Club, 1938

Newspaper cutting giving the results of a shoot at Bishop Auckland Miniature Rifle Club, 1938

Newspaper cutting announcing the promotion of H.E. Watson to the rank of second-lieutenant in the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 22 July 1938

Newspaper cutting of a letter by Captain W.I. Watson, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, concerning recruitment into the Territorial Army, 22 August 1938

Photograph of Lieutenant W.M.F. Vane, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1938

Diary of an annual camp of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Alnwick, Northumberland, 1938

Recruitment notice for 'D' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1938

Photograph of a group of soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry relaxing in a camp, taken at Alnwick, Northumberland, 1938

Newspaper cutting concerning five officers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, whose fathers were former commanding officers of the battalion, 1938

Newspaper cutting concerning the success of marksmen from the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, during the annual meeting of the Durham County Rifle Association at Whitburn Range, 1938

Photograph of bandsmen and buglers of The Durham Light Infantry marching through a camp [possibly at Alnwick, Northumberland], 1938

Telegram to the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, reading 'Abercrombie' [the code word signalling mobilisation of key personnel], 27 September 1938

Newspaper cutting concerning the death of Dr Thomas Alexander McCullagh, 1938

Newspaper cutting concerning a forthcoming speech by [Leslie] Hore-Belisha, Secretary for War, on the future of the Territorial Army, 1938

Newspaper cutting concerning the strength of the Territorial Army, 1938

Newspaper cutting concerning the re-organisation of the Territorial Army, 1938

Training Programme of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1938

Letter from John Headlam to 'Dear Watson', concerning the late Morley Headlam's sword and helmet, 14 January 1938

Letter from T.H. Miller to 'Dear Bill', concerning the late Morley Headlam's sword and helmet, 22 January 1938

Letter from John Headlam to 'Dear Watson', concerning the late Morley Headlam's sword and helmet, 27 January 1938

Newspaper cutting from The Daily Telegraph , concerning Adolf Hitler's ultimatum to Dr Benes, President of Czechoslovakia, on the issue of the Sudetens, 27 September 1938

Newspaper cutting from The Daily Telegraph , concerning the re-organisation of the Territorial Army, 11 October 1938

Newspaper cutting concerning the re-organisation of the Territorial Army, 1938

Newspaper cutting concerning the re-organisation of the Territorial Army, 1938

Notice announcing the re-organised date of the Durham Light Infantry ball, 1 October 1938

Ticket for the annual reunion supper of the Old Comrades' Association of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at the Drill Hall, Crook, 5 November 1938

Newspaper cutting concerning the appointment of Captain P.J. Jeffreys as adjutant of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1938

Ticket to the annual ball of the sergeants' mess, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at the Drill Hall, Bishop Auckland, 25 November 1938

Letter from the War Office to the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command, announcing the formation of the 268th Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery (Territorial Army) by the conversion of 'B' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, and the formation of a new 'B' Company at Barnard Castle, 14 December 1938

Newspaper cutting concerning the annual reunion supper of the Old Comrades' Association of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at the Drill Hall, Crook, November 1938

Invitation to a social event, organised by 'B' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at the Drill Hall, Crook, 2 December 1938

Newspaper cutting concerning the annual dinner of the Barnard Castle branch of the British Legion at Greta Bridge, 6 December 1938

Invitation to a Christmas party at the Drill Hall, Crook, 16 December 1938

Greetings card of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, including a photograph of a group of soldiers of the battalion with shooting trophies, 1938

Newspaper cutting concerning the residency of a permanent staff instructor at the Drill Hall, Barnard Castle, and the recruiting of men into the new 'B' Company of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1938

Recruitment poster for the Territorial Army, c.1939

Newspaper cutting concerning recruitment into 'B' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1939

Newspaper cutting of a letter, by Captain R.F. Kennedy, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, concerning recruitment into the battalion, 1939

Newspaper cutting concerning the officers' ball, organised by the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Greta Bridge, 1939

Newspaper cutting concerning the formation of 'B' Company of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1939

Newspaper cutting detailing a hurdle race during a race-meeting at Sedgefield, 8 February 1939

Newspaper cutting concerning recruitment into 'B' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1939

Ticket to the annual supper of the Old Comrades' Association of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at the Drill Hall, Crook, 15 February 1939

Ticket to the annual dance of 'B' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at the Drill Hall, Crook, 17 February 1939

Newspaper cutting concerning an assault inflicted upon Company Sergeant-Major Henry Stoker, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, by John Cairns during a dance at the Drill Hall, Crook, 1939

Newspaper cutting from the Teesdale Mercury , concerning the publication of a history of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1 March 1939

Newspaper cutting concerning mobilisation plans announced by [Leslie] Hore-Belisha, Secretary for War, 1939

Newspaper cutting concerning mobilisation plans announced by [Leslie] Hore-Belisha, Secretary for War, 1939

Newspaper cutting concerning recruitment into the Territorial Army, 1939

Newspaper cutting concerning the location of field force units, 1939

Newspaper cutting concerning the expansion of the Territorial Army, 1939

Newspaper cutting concerning the expansion of the Territorial Army, 1939

Newspaper cutting concerning training fixtures for units of the Territorial Army Northern Command, 1939

Newspaper cutting concerning the announcement of compulsory conscription into military training of men aged twenty to twenty one, 1939

Newspaper cutting of the training orders of 'B' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, for the week ending 23 April 1939

Newspaper cutting from The Daily Telegraph and Morning Post , concerning recruitment and conscription, 28 April 1939

Newspaper cutting concerning the introduction of a national register of men eligible for conscription, 2 May 1939

Newspaper cutting concerning plans to strengthen Britain's defences, introduced by [Leslie] Hore-Belisha, Secretary for War, 10 May 1939

Letter from J. Ingram Dawson, Clerk to Barnard Castle Urban District Council, to the commanding officer of 'B' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, concerning an inspection of weapons at the Drill Hall, Barnard Castle, 16 May 1939

Newspaper cutting from the Teesdale Mercury , concerning an exhibition of weapons by soldiers of 'B' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at the Drill Hall, Barnard Castle, 10 May 1939

Newspaper cutting concerning a military and civil parade at Darlington, 1939

Newspaper cutting concerning the strength of 'B' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 17 May 1939

Newspaper cutting from the Northern Echo , concerning the formation of a second line of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 17 May 1939

Newspaper cutting concerning an inspection of weapons by members of Barnard Castle Urban District Council, at the Drill Hall of 'B' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1939

Training Programme of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1939

Letter from Captain P.J. Jeffreys to Captain W.I. Watson, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, concerning a mobilisation appointment, 12 November 1938

Letter from Captain P.J. Jeffreys to Captain W.I. Watson, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, concerning a mobilisation appointment, 10 March 1939

Letter from Captain P.J. Jeffreys to Captain W.I. Watson, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, concerning a mobilisation appointment, 8 May 1939

Letter from Captain W.I. Watson to Captain P.J. Jeffreys, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, concerning a mobilisation appointment, 12 May 1939

Memorandum from Lieutenant-Colonel Atwood, 50th Division, concerning staff attachments to the division, 24 May 1939

Letter from Staff Captain Gray, 50th Division, to Captain W.I. Watson, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, concerning a mobilisation appointment, 19 July 1939

Photograph from The Daily Telegraph and Morning Post,of a volunteer rifleman of 1859, 12 May 1939

Photograph from The Daily Telegraph and Morning Post, of a colour-sergeant of c .1880, 12 May 1939

Letter from John Headlam to 'Dear Watson', concerning life in an officers' convalescent home at Cowes, Isle of Wight, 31 May 1939

Letter from John Headlam to 'Dear Watson', concerning the supply of uniforms, 6 June 1939

Newspaper cutting concerning a cricket match at Barnard Castle between teams of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, and Rockliffe Park, in the Christie Cup Competition, 1939

Newspaper cutting concerning a cricket match between teams of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, and Rockliffe Park, in the Christie Cup Competition, 1939

Newspaper cutting of the scorecard of a cricket match between teams of 'B' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, and N[ational] A[ssociation of] L[ocal] G[overnment] O[fficers], in the Mercury Cup, 1939

Newspaper cutting concerning a display by Territorial soldiers at Shildon Recreation Ground, 1939

Newspaper cutting concerning a cricket match at Barnard Castle between teams of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, and Rokeby, 1939

Photograph from a magazine, of Lieutenant R.B. Proud, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, batting during a cricket match, c.1939

Newspaper cutting of the training programme of 'B' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, for the week ending 8 July 1939

Newspaper cutting concerning a demonstration of Bren guns and anti-aircraft rifles by the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Ferryhill, 1939

Newspaper cutting concerning a small bore shooting competition, won by Private J. Coatsworth, 'B' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1939

Poster detailing the number of recruits to 'B' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, from districts in Teesdale, between 1 May and 26 June 1939

Newspaper cutting concerning a report, presented to a meeting of the Durham County Territorial Army and Air Force Association, detailing the strength of local Territorial Army units, 1939

Photograph, captioned Early morning , showing a camp of 'B' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Middleton House, Middleton-in-Teesdale, August 1939

Photograph, captioned Breakfast! , showing soldiers of 'B' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in a camp at Middleton House, Middleton-in-Teesdale, August 1939

Newspaper cutting concerning a camp of 'B' Company, 6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, at Middleton House, Middleton-in-Teesdale, August 1939

Newspaper cutting concerning the death of George Robert Milburn, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in a railway accident, 1939

Poster announcing a concert by the band of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Middleton House Park, Middleton-in-Teesdale [which was cancelled due to the serious international situation], 27 August 1939

Poster announcing a recruiting office for the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at the Mechanics' Institute, Middleton-in-Teesdale, 1939

Poster detailing the number of recruits to 'B' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, from districts in Teesdale, between 3 July and 28 August 1939

Battalion Orders issued by Captain P.J. Jeffreys, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 27 August 1939

Memorandum from Captain P.J. Jeffreys, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, listing the equipment officers are required to take to camp, 28 August 1939

Memorandum from Captain P.J. Jeffreys, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, showing officers' postings in the event of mobilisation, 28 August 1939

Memorandum from Captain P.J. Jeffreys, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, concerning the administration of the battalion and the distribution of officers, 7 July 1939

Memorandum from Captain P.J. Jeffreys, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, concerning the distribution of officers between the 6th and 10th Battalions of The Durham Light Infantry, 12 August 1939

Photograph of Brigadier J.A. Churchill inspecting soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Shildon, 9 July 1939

Photograph of Brigadier J.A. Churchill presenting a medal to a soldier of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, as Regimental Sergeant-Major Davison, left, and Major J.S. Percy, second left, look on, taken at Shildon, 9 July 1939

Photograph of Brigadier J.A. Churchill receiving the salute from soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Shildon, led by Captain J. Lowson, with Major J.S. Percy, second right, and Lieutenant-Colonel T.H. Miller, right, looking on, 9 July 1939

Leaflet entitled National Markings of Military Aircraft, 1939

Telegram to the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at the Drill Hall, Bishop Auckland, from 'Area', reading 'Hastings', 22 August 1939

Telegram to the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at the Drill Hall, Bishop Auckland, from 'Area', reading 'Byng less Para 3', 2 August 1939

Telegram to the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at the Drill Hall, Bishop Auckland, from 'Area', reading 'Plumes less Paras four and six', 24 August 1939

Telegram to the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at the Drill Hall, Bishop Auckland, from 'Area', reading 'Byng Para 3', 24 August 1939

Telegram to the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at the Drill Hall, Bishop Auckland, from 'Area', reading 'Allanby', 25 August 1939

Telegram to the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at the Drill Hall, Bishop Auckland, from 'Area', reading 'Clive', 1 September 1939

Telegram to the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at the Drill Hall, Bishop Auckland, from 'Area', reading 'Mobilize', 1 September 1939

Telegram to the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at the Drill Hall, Bishop Auckland, from 'Area', reading 'War has broken out with Germany', 3 September 1939

Menu card for a farewell dinner to the officers of the 10th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Greta Bridge, 18 September 1939

Poster reading 'Freedom is in peril, defend it with all your might', 1939

List of locations of 50th Division Unit Headquarters 'in the Cotswold country', 1939

Order for Parade of the 151st Infantry Brigade, 17 January 1940

Photograph of soldiers of the 6th, 8th, and 9th Battalions, The Durham Light Infantry, on parade [possibly during a visit by His Majesty King George VI], taken at Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, 1940

Poster warning against 'careless talk', 1940

Map of Stow on the Wold and environs, Gloucestershire, showing positions of military units, 1940

List of locations of 50th Division Unit Headquarters in France, 1940

Map of Le Mans and environs, France, showing positions of military units, 1940

Photograph taken by Sergeant-Major Hayes, captioned The officers' mess , showing a house at Fresnay-sur-Sarthe, France, 1953

Photograph taken by Sergeant-Major Hayes, of buildings formerly used as billets at Fresnay-sur-Sarthe, France, 1953

Officer's identification card for Major W.I. Watson, 50th Division, issued by the British Expeditionary Force, 1940

Map of Amiens and environs, France, showing positions of military units, 1940

Poster displaying the badges of rank of French officers, c.1940

Photograph, taken by Sergeant-Major Hayes, of a chateau, formerly used as a billet, at Molliens Vidame, France, 1953

Photograph, taken by Sergeant-Major Hayes, of a chateau, formerly used as a billet, at Molliens Vidame, France, 1953

Photograph, taken by Sergeant-Major Hayes, of a street at Molliens Vidame, France, 1953

Photograph, taken by Sergeant-Major Hayes, of a street at Molliens Vidame, France, 1953

Photograph, taken by Sergeant-Major Hayes, of street at Molliens Vidame, France, 1953

Photograph, taken by Sergeant-Major Hayes, captioned The officers' mess , showing a house at Molliens Vidame, France, 1953

Photograph, taken by Sergeant-Major Hayes, of a street at Molliens Vidame, France, 1953

Photograph, taken by Sergeant-Major Hayes, of a street at Molliens Vidame, France, 1953

Photograph, taken by Sergeant-Major Hayes, captioned The billet of the signal platoon , showing a view of a building, taken at Emmerin, France, 1953

Photograph taken by Sergeant-Major Hayes, of a building, formerly used as a sergeants' mess, at Emmerin, France, 1953

Photograph taken by Sergeant-Major Hayes, captioned Battalion HQ , showing a house at Emmerin, France, 1953

Photograph taken by Sergeant-Major Hayes, captioned HQ Company's billet , showing a building at Tourouvre, France, 1953

Photograph of Captain R.I. Cummins, left, and Lieutenant P. Walton, right, of The Durham Light Infantry, in the garden of an officers' mess at Ancoisne, France, 1940

Photograph of Captain R.I. Cummins, left, and Second-Lieutenant D. Blackman, right, of The Durham Light Infantry, in the garden of an officers' mess at Ancoisne, France, 1940

Photograph taken by Sergeant-Major Hayes, captioned A rural lane , showing a view of Tourouvre, France, 1953

Sketch map used by the 50th Division during an advance into Belgium, May 1940

Route card used by the 50th Division during an advance into Belgium, May 1940

Sketch map of Beaurains and environs showing the positions of military units, May 1940

Photograph, taken from a German prisoner of war, of German soldiers in a street [possibly taken in France], c.1940

Photograph, taken from a German prisoner of war, of a woman in a kitchen, c .1940

Photograph, taken from a German prisoner of war, of a view of a ruined building [possibly taken in France], c.1940

Photograph, taken from a German prisoner of war, of German soldiers milking a cow [possibly taken in France], c.1940

Photograph, taken from a German prisoner of war, showing a group of French prisoners of war, taken in France, c.1940

Account of the action by the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, near Arras, France, 21 May 1940,

Sketch map of Vimy Ridge, France, showing the positions of military units, May 1940

Sketch map of Vimy Ridge, France, showing the positions of military units, May 1940

Sketch map of Vimy Ridge, France, showing the positions of military units, 23 May 1940

Sketch map of Ypres and environs, Belgium, 1940

Newspaper cutting from the Evening Chronicle , concerning the awards of the Military Medal to Lance-Corporal John Bousted, and the Military Cross to Second-Lieutenant D.W. Blackman, both of 17 Platoon, 'D' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, following their actions during a battle at Arras, France, c.1940

Newspaper cutting from the Daily Express , concerning the actions of the 50th Division of the 1st Tank Brigade during the battle of Arras, c.1940

Message from the 151st Infantry Brigade concerning defence against enemy attack, 27 May 1940

Operational Order number twelve of the 151st Infantry Brigade, 27 May 1940

Operational Order number thirteen of the 151st Infantry Brigade, 28 May 1940

Photograph from The War Illustrated ,, with a newspaper cutting, of soldiers manning their tanks during an alarm, taken in France, 20 September 1940

Newspaper cutting concerning awards of medals to several officers and soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry, c.1940

Photograph, from a newspaper, of Captain Ronald Cummins, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1940

Letter from Major P.J. Jeffreys, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, to 'My dear Bill', enclosing, and discussing, material for a scrapbook [D/DLI 2/6/10(906) and (907)], 10 November 1940

Dried flower taken 'from the garden of the Chateau at Meures (?)' [by Major P.J. Jeffreys, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry], c.1940

Message, from 'SKIN', promoting Major P.J. Jeffreys, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, to the rank of lieutenant-colonel, 25 May 1940

Prisoner of war postcard from 'Vernon' to 'Dear Peter' [Lieutenant-Colonel P.J. Jeffreys], offering congratulations on his promotion, 15 July 1940

Photograph, from a newspaper, of a group of officer prisoners of war, taken at Oflag IX A, Germany, c.1940 Identified officers are: Major G.R. Roddam, marked, Lieutenant Percival-Maxwell, marked, Lieutenant A.H. Bishop, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, fourth left, bottom row, and Captain P. Scott-Martin, Royal West Kent Regiment, 6th left, back row

Message from 50th Division concerning the Dunkirk evacuation, 1940

Sketch map of Dunkirk and environs, showing the positions of military units, 1940

Note on D/DLI 2/6/10(910)

Photograph, captioned Dunkirk mole 15 years later, showing a view of a boat in Dunkirk harbour, c.1955

Newspaper cutting, including a photograph of Sergeant 'Jack' Horsman, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, with Mrs. Horsman, left, and another woman, taken after the award of his Military Medal, c.1940

Newspaper cutting concerning news of the officers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, who formerly played cricket at Barnard Castle, c.1940

Newspaper cutting of an account of the escape from Spain of Corporal 'Jack' Horsman, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1940

Newspaper cutting concerning a message regarding Corporal 'Jack' Horsman, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, sent to Mrs. J. Horsman, from the British Consul in Madrid, Spain, c.1940

Photograph of Company Quartermaster-Sergeant Andell, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Rugeley Camp, Staffordshire, 1940

Photograph of Regimental Quartermaster-Sergeant Bradley, left, Company Quartermaster-Sergeant Andell, centre, and Sergeant Kent, right, of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing outside a tent, taken at Rugeley Camp, Staffordshire, 1940

Photograph of Lieutenant J. Widdas, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Rugeley Camp, Staffordshire, 1940

Caricature of Major C.R. Battiscombe, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, drawn by Private Thomas Cairns (?), 1940

Postcard photograph of a view of Litton Cheney, Dorset, c.1940

Postcard photograph of a view of Post Office Corner, Litton Cheney, Dorset, c.1940

Postcard photograph of a view of Litton Cheney, Dorset, c.1940

Photograph of Captain P.J. Jeffreys, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, relaxing on a beach in Dorset, 1940

Photograph of Major W.I. Watson, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, relaxing on a beach in Dorset, 1940

Photograph, captioned M.T. Fitters , showing a group of soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken in Dorset, 1940 Named soldiers are: Corporal Robinson, Private Vaughan, Sergeant Kent, and Corporal Bailey

Photograph of Captain Ronald Loftus Cummins, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, and his bride, Brenda Patience Furber Bennett, leaving St. Mary's Church, Burton Bradstock, Dorset, 1940

Photograph of Captain Ronald Loftus Cummins, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, and his bride, Brenda Patience Furber Bennett, taken at Burton Bradstock, Dorset, 1940

Photograph of the wedding party of Captain Ronald Loftus Cummins, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, and Brenda Patience Furber Bennett, taken at Burton Bradstock, Dorset, 1940

Photograph of officers at the wedding of Captain Ronald Loftus Cummins, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, and Brenda Patience Furber Bennett, taken at Burton Bradstock, Dorset, 1940

Photograph of a group of officers at the wedding of Captain Ronald Loftus Cummins, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, and Brenda Patience Furber Bennett, taken at Burton Bradstock, Dorset, 1940 Left to right: Lieutenants M.A. Lockhart, P. Walton, and J. Widdas, Major W.I. Watson

Newspaper cutting concerning the wedding of Captain Ronald Loftus Cummins, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, and Brenda Patience Furber Bennett, at St. Mary's Church, Burton Bradstock, Dorset, 1940

Map of Litton Cheney, Dorset, showing the positions of alarm posts, 2 July 1940

Durham Light Infantry shoulder flash, 1940

Message from Battalion Headquarter to companies of The Durham Light Infantry, regarding weather and sea conditions, 1940

Message from Battalion Headquarter to companies of The Durham Light Infantry, regarding the likely means of German attacks upon the coastline, 1940

Photograph of Major C.R. Battiscombe, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Swyre, Dorset, 1940

Photograph of Lieutenant and Quartermaster F. Robson, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Swyre, Dorset, 1940

Photograph of Lieutenant M.A. Lockhart, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Swyre, Dorset, 1940

Photograph of Lieutenant D. Caldwell, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Swyre, Dorset, 1940

Special Order of the Day issued by Lieutenant-General Auchinleck, Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Command, concerning resistance to a German invasion, 20 September 1940

Panoramic view of the battalion front from the observation post of the Intelligence Section, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, on the Dorset coast, August 1940

Map of the coastline around Swyre, Dorset, showing military positions and installations, July 1940

Incomplete map of military positions and installations on the Dorset coastline, c.1940

Watercolour illustration of soldiers on evening guard duty at the Knoll, Puncknowle, Dorset, 1940

Postcard photograph of a view of Maiden Newton, Dorset, c.1940

Postcard photograph of a view of Maiden Newton, Dorset, c.1940

Postcard photograph of a view of Maiden Newton, Dorset, c.1940

Memorandum concerning a visit by the Duke of Gloucester, 28 October 1940

Postcard photograph of a view of Uffculme Square, Devon, c.1940

Postcard photograph of a view of Commercial Road, Uffculme, Devon, c .1940

Postcard photograph of a view of Grantlands, Uffculme, Devon, c.1940

Operation Instructions for the move to Uffculme, Devon, of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 20 November 1940

Location list of units of the 151st Infantry Brigade Group, c.1940

Greetings letter from the Committee of the Comfort Fund for the Services, and the officials and members of Barnard Castle Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society, 18 November 1940

Greetings card of the Infantry Training Centre, The Durham Light Infantry, December 1940

Greetings card of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, containing a photograph of the silhouette of a soldier on guard duty, December 1940

Greetings card of The Durham Light Infantry, containing an illustration of the Battle of Arras, December 1940

Greetings card of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, December 1940

Greetings card of the 10th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, December 1940

Greetings card of the 11th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, December 1940

Greetings card of the 15th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, containing a photograph of the battalion on parade, December 1940

Greetings card of the 16th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, December 1940

Illustrated greetings card of the 18th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, showing a sergeant of the 68th Light Infantry, December 1940

Memorandum issued by Captain and Adjutant Eardley-Wilmot, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, concerning a visit by Colonel Matthews, 26 January 1941

Photograph of soldiers of 'A' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing near a gate during a winter training exercise, taken in Great Britain, 1941

Photograph of a soldier of 'A' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, throwing a grenade during a winter training exercise, taken in Great Britain, 1941

Photograph of soldiers of 'A' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, crossing a firing range during a winter training exercise, taken in Great Britain, 1941

Photograph of soldiers of 'A' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, crossing a firing range during a winter training exercise, taken in Great Britain, 1941

Photograph of Lieutenant Stephenson, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken during a winter training exercise in Great Britain, 1941

Photograph of Second-Lieutenant Druiff, left, and Captain R. Ovenden, right, of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken during a winter training exercise in Great Britain, 1941

Photograph of Sergeant Graves, left, Captain Chamberlain, centre, and Sergeant McDonald, right, of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing in a yard, taken at Willand, Devon, 1941

Photograph of Captain D. Joy, Royal Army Medical Corps, standing in a street, taken at Willand, Devon, 1941

Photograph of Lieutenant J. Widdas, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken during a winter training exercise in Great Britain, 1941

Group photograph of 'C' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken 'before leaving for the Middle East', 1941 Back row: Privates Angus, W. Barrett, Easton, Graham, Montgomery, Blenkinsopp, Ferns, Rowden, Russell, Stevenson, Edgar, Coates, Mitchell, Roche, Toas, Broomfield, Cowan, Dart, Jackson, Colwell, Callaway, Donkin, Ditch, Ballinger, Slater, Watson, Stephenson, Nattrass, and Forrester Third row: Named soldiers comprise, Privates James, Robb, Boden, Wood, Dewar, Bowers, Thompson, Murray, A. McFayden, Meenan, Diamond, Dunn, Murray, H. Airey, Tucker, Walker, Passmore, Hagan, and Moody Second row: Privates Edwards, Rorie, Beaumont, Bruce, Bowman, Ingham, Briggs, Mullaney, McQue, Eadie, Purdy, Saunders, Malloy, McGregor, Wright, Newstead, Common, Cliffe, Balfour, Halliwell, Hunter, Buckley, Burn, Wetherspoon, Raitt, and McLaughlin Front row: Lance-Corporal Pursall, Lance-Corporal King, Corporals Dew, Wilson, O'Shea, and Martin, Sergeant Johnson, Sergeant Pratt, Company Sergeant-Major Charlton, Second-Lieutenant Jackson, Second-Lieutenant Proud, Captain Ferens, Second-Lieutenant Thomlinson, Second-Lieutenant Redway, Company Quartermaster-Sergeant Anderson, Sergeant Galbraith, Sergeant Turner, Corporals Thomas, O'Coy, and Bradshaw, Lance-Corporals Burdis, Ferguson, and Robertson On ground: Privates Clarke, Loughran, Hodgson, French, Milligan, McBride, Angus, T. Murray, W. Scott, Leither, Robinson, Goman, Chandler, Smith, Wilkie, Flatley, Newton, Webster, Ayres, Allen, Connell, Jones, Gibson, Eaton, and Roberts

Photograph from The Times , of Lieutenant Dees, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in civilian dress, 2 April 1941

Newspaper cutting concerning the fatal shooting of Lieutenant Dees, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Oflag VII prisoner of war camp, Germany, 1941

Group photograph of 'B' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, including Corporal T. Gibson, marked, taken in Great Britain, 1941

Group photograph of the officers and non commissioned officers of 'B' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken in Great Britain, 1941 Back row: Company Sergeant-Major Pallas, Sergeant W. Bailey, Sergeant Howson, Company Quartermaster-Sergeant Barnes Front row: Lieutenant C. Boys-Stones, Captain Chamberlain, Captain R. Ovenden, Lieutenant D. Rome, Lieutenant Wiggins On ground: Sergeant Hall, Sergeant Shepherd

Photograph of Corporal Dunn, left, and Private Germain, right, of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, holding a dummy [used in a 'rescue the lady race'], taken at Uffculme, Devon, 1941

Photograph of the buglers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, on church parade, taken at Uffculme, Devon, May 1941

Photograph of 'H.Q.' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, on church parade, taken at Uffculme, Devon, May 1941

Photograph of Major W.I. Watson, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing outside the office of 'H.Q.' Company, taken at Uffculme, Devon, 1941

Illustration of a steam ship [possibly S.S. Duchess of Richmond], c .1941

Spoof decree by 'Neptunus Rex', 9 June 1941

Photograph captioned The court of King Neptune , showing soldiers in theatrical costume on the deck of a ship, 1941

Photograph captioned Major W.I. Watson in the hands of the bears , showing soldiers, in theatrical costume, on the deck of a ship, 1941

Photograph captioned As also somebody else , showing soldiers in theatrical costume on the deck of a ship, 1941

Photograph captioned Land , showing soldiers looking out from the deck of a ship, 1941

Photograph captioned A sea bird , showing soldiers looking out from the deck of a ship, 1941

Photograph of the Reverend A.K. Bostock signalling on the deck of a ship, 1941

Instructions for Troopships calling at Durban and/or Cape Town, c.1941

Postcard photograph of Durban Town Hall, South Africa, c.1941

Menu card signed by officers of The Durham Light Infantry, 27 June 1941

Photograph of a wrestling match involving soldiers of the 1st Battalion, Rampur Infantry, on the deck of a ship, 1941

Photograph of a wrestling match involving soldiers of the 1st Battalion, Rampur Infantry, on the deck of a ship, 1941

Photograph of Lieutenant-Colonel Tatton presenting prizes at the end of a wrestling competition, 1941

Photograph of soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, undergoing early morning physical training at El Qassasin Camp, Egypt, 1941

Photograph of the quarter guard and picquets of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, on parade at El Qassasin Camp, taken in Egypt, 1941

Photograph of Lieutenant R.B. Proud and Lieutenant E.L. Proud, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, having their photograph taken, as Lieutenant T. Allison, right, looks on, taken at El Qassasin Camp, Egypt, 1941

Photograph, captioned Some of the signal platoon , showing a group of soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at El Qassasin Camp, Egypt, 1941

Photograph of a group of soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, on heliograph training in Egypt, 1941

Photograph of Corporal Ramsby, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, with a heliograph in Egypt, 1941

Photograph of Corporal Ramsby, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, with a heliograph, as other soldiers look on, in Egypt, 1941

Photograph of a view of a 'sand devil' at El Qassasin Camp, Egypt, 1941

Photograph of a group of officers of 'C' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing in El Qassasin Camp, Egypt, 1941 Left to right: Second-Lieutenant R. Dennis, Second-Lieutenant R.B. Proud, Major M.R. Ferens, Second-Lieutenant D. Tomlinson, Second Lieutenant Jackson

Photograph of a group of officers of 'R' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing in El Qassasin Camp, Egypt, 1941 Left to right: Lieutenant P.J. Druiff, Lieutenant T. Allison, Second-Lieutenant R. Jackson, Lieutenant P. Walton, Captain N.D. Rice, Second-Lieutenants Dean, L.T. Butler, and T. Redway

Photograph of a group of officers of 'B' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing in El Qassasin Camp, Egypt, 1941 Left to right: Captain Chamberlain, Lieutenant D. Rome, Captain R. Ovenden, Lieutenant c. Boys-Stones, Second-Lieutenant Wiggins

Photograph of a group of officers of 'A' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing in El Qassasin Camp, Egypt, 1941 Left to right: Captain E.L. Proud, Captain T. Black, Lieutenant Stevenson, Second-Lieutenant Benthall, Lieutenant Ireland

Photograph of Company Sergeant-Major Boyce and soldiers of 'H.Q.' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, relaxing during a desert route march in Egypt, 1941

Photograph of a group of officers of 'D' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing in El Qassasin Camp, Egypt, 1941 Left to right: Second-Lieutenant Cathcart, Second-Lieutenant Lindrea, Captain R.L. Cummings, Second-Lieutenant Chapman

Photograph, captioned Some of the signal platoon , showing Corporal Dawes, right, with two other soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, using a heliograph at El Qassasin Camp, Egypt, 1941

Photograph of three soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, using a heliograph at El Qassasin Camp, Egypt, 1941

Photograph of a sandstorm at El Qassasin Camp, Egypt, 1941

Photograph of Company Sergeant-Major Boyce, left, and Colour-Sergeant Andel, right, of 'H.Q.' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at El Qassasin Camp, Egypt, 1941

Photograph of Major C.R. Battiscombe, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, sitting by a table in a tent, taken at El Qassasin Camp, Egypt, 1941

Watercolour illustration of a view of El Qassasin Camp, Egypt, 1941

Photograph of Captain Chamberlain and Sergeant Shepherd of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing by a stack of kit bags at El Qassasin Camp, taken in Egypt, 1941

Photograph of Captain Chamberlain, right, and Sergeant Shepherd, left, of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing by a stack of kit bags at El Qassasin Camp, taken in Egypt, 1941

Photograph of soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, stacking up kit bags at El Qassasin Camp, Egypt, 1941

Photograph of soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, working at El Qassasin Camp, Egypt, 1941

Photograph and identity card of Major W.I. Watson, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1941

Photograph, captioned 'H.Q.' Company cook house , showing a view of soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing in a camp at Larnaca, Cyprus, 1941

Photograph, captioned Part of the battalion lines ..., showing a view of the banks of a salt lake at Larnaca, Cyprus, 1941

Photograph of a view of soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, working on the defences of an aerodrome at Larnaca, Cyprus, 1941

Photograph of a mortar detachment of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Larnaca, Cyprus, 1941

Photograph of soldiers of the Signal Platoon, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, working on defences at Larnaca, Cyprus, 1941

Photograph of a mortar detachment of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Larnaca, Cyprus, 1941

Photograph of Major Battiscombe, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, swimming in a lake at Larnaca, Cyprus, 1941

Photograph of Captain and Adjutant Eardley-Wilmot, left, and Major W.I. Watson, centre, of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing with Captain D. Joy, Royal Army Medical Corps, by a lakeside at Larnaca, Cyprus, 1941

Photograph, captioned Captain Black sailing a dinghy , showing a view of a boat on a lake at Larnaca, Cyprus, 1941

Photograph, captioned Returning from a sail , showing three soldiers walking along a jetty at Larnaca, Cyprus, 1941

Map of Cyprus, c.1941

Watercolour illustration of a view of Larnaca, Cyprus, 1941

Watercolour illustration of a view of a road from Larnaca, Cyprus, 1941

Watercolour illustration, captioned Looking across the Salt Lake from the battalion lines ..., showing a view of Cyprus, 1941

Watercolour illustration of a view of Mount Stavrovouni, Cyprus, 1941

Photograph of Major W.I. Watson, 'B' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Kokkini Trimithia, Cyprus, 1941

Photograph of a view of the officers' mess tent of 'B' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Kokkini Trimithia, Cyprus, 1941

Photograph of the officers' mess tent of 'B' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Kokkini Trimithia, Cyprus, 1941

Photograph of Private Dando, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing beside Major W.I. Watson's tent at Kokkini Trimithia, Cyprus, 1941

Photograph, captioned B Company's lines , showing a view of a camp at Kokkini Trimithia, Cyprus, 1941

Photograph of soldiers of the Mortar Platoon, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in a cotton field at Kokkini Trimithia, Cyprus, 1941

Photograph, captioned Cotton , showing a local man leading a team of donkeys, as his wife follows behind, at Kokkini Trimithia, Cyprus, 1941

Photograph of a local man riding a donkey at Kokkini Trimithia, Cyprus, 1941

Photograph of Captain M.A. Lockhart, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Kokkini Trimithia, Cyprus, 1941

Photograph, captioned Pioneers' shop , showing a view of soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing at the edge of a field at Kokkini Trimithia, Cyprus, 1941

Photograph, captioned Anti-Aircraft Platoon lines ..., showing a view of the countryside at Kokkini Trimithia, Cyprus, 1941

Photograph, captioned M.T. lines , showing a view of the countryside at Kokkini Trimithia, Cyprus, 1941

Photograph, captioned Mortar Platoon lines ..., showing a view of a cotton field at Kokkini Trimithia, Cyprus, 1941

Photograph, captioned H.Q. of H.Q. Company ..., showing soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing outside a tent at Kokkini Trimithia, Cyprus, 1941

Photograph, captioned Cobblers at work , showing soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, working in a camp at Kokkini Trimithia, Cyprus, 1941

Photograph, captioned More cotton , showing a camel train laden with sacks at Kokkini Trimithia, Cyprus, 1941

Photograph, captioned On the road to Yerolakko , showing a view of a hillside road in Cyprus, 1941

Photograph of a group of soldiers of 'D' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Kokkini Trimithia, Cyprus, 1941

Photograph, captioned A general view of the battalion lines , showing a view of the countryside at Kokkini Trimithia, Cyprus, 1941

Photograph of a group of soldiers of 'D' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Kokkini Trimithia, Cyprus, 1941

Map showing the positions of the 151st Brigade in the area of Nicosia, Cyprus, 13 August - 3 November 1941

Photograph of a panoramic view of the Nicosia Plane, Cyprus, 1941

Photograph of local women mixing cement, taken in Cyprus, 1941

Photograph of local women mixing cement, taken in Cyprus, 1941

Photograph of Major W.I. Watson, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, relaxing in a deck chair at a camp in Cyprus, 1941

Photograph of Captain Chamberlain, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, relaxing in a deck chair at a camp in Cyprus, 1941

Photograph of Lieutenant Wiggins, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, relaxing in a deck chair at a camp in Cyprus, 1941

Photograph of Lieutenant D. Rome, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, relaxing in a deck chair at a camp in Cyprus, 1941

Photograph of Second-Lieutenant C.F. Boys-Stones, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, relaxing in a deck chair at a camp in Cyprus, 1941

Photograph of Second-Lieutenant C.F. Boys-Stones, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, writing in a note book in Cyprus, 1941

Watercolour illustration of a view of Mount Olympus, Cyprus, 1941

Watercolour illustration of thistles, Cyprus 1941

Watercolour illustration of a fig tree, Cyprus 1941

Watercolour illustration of an olive tree, Cyprus 1941

Photograph of Private Gillies, left, Lance-Corporal Lindsay, centre, and Private Everard, right, of 'B' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in Cyprus, 1941

Photograph of Major W.I. Watson, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in Cyprus, 1941

Photograph, captioned Part of B Company as the enemy , showing soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, on parade during a training exercise in Cyprus, 1941

Photograph of a view of Lieutenant Wiggins and Sergeant Hall, of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, looking over a plain as soldiers dig a trench in Cyprus, 1941

Photograph of soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, digging a trench near the Nicosia Plain, Cyprus, 1941

Photograph of Second-Lieutenant C.F. Boys-Stones, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, looking out from a trench in Cyprus, 1941

Photograph of a view of soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, digging a trench in Cyprus, 1941

Watercolour illustration of a street scene at Kokkini Trimithia, Cyprus, 1941

Photograph of a view of a railway station at Kokkini Trimithia, Cyprus, 1941

Photograph of a view of soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, waiting for a train at Kokkini Trimithia, Cyprus, 1941

Photograph of soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, waiting for a train at Kokkini Trimithia, Cyprus, 1941

Photograph of soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, waiting for a train at Kokkini Trimithia, Cyprus, 1941

Photograph of a train arriving at a station at Kokkini Trimithia, Cyprus, 1941

Photograph of soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, boarding a train at Kokkini Trimithia, Cyprus, 1941

Photograph of soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, boarding a train at Kokkini Trimithia, Cyprus, 1941

Photograph, captioned Ready to go , showing a view of a train at Kokkini Trimithia, Cyprus, 1941

Photograph of a train leaving a station at Kokkini Trimithia, Cyprus, 1941

Incomplete map of Az Zib and environs, Palestine, May 1941

Newspaper cutting from the Palestine Post, concerning the defence of the Caucasus, 11 November 1941

Photograph of Second-Lieutenant C.F. Boys-Stones, left, Lieutenant Wiggins, centre, and Captain Chamberlain, right, of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing in a camp in Palestine, 1941

Watercolour illustration of a view of Upper Galilee, Palestine, 1941

Watercolour illustration of a view of an aqueduct near Acre, Palestine, 1941

Scrapbook of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, compiled by Colonel W.I. Watson, volume 2, 1941 - 1953

Photograph of a view across the Plain of Esdraelon, taken in Palestine, November 1941

Photograph of a view of a road, taken in Palestine, November 1941

Photograph of a view across the Plain of Esdraelon, taken in Palestine, November 1941

Photograph of a view of a road through the Plain of Esdraelon, taken in Palestine, November 1941

Photograph of a view of a road through a plain, taken in Transjordania, November 1941

Photograph of a convoy of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, travelling along a road, taken near Irbid, Transjordania, November 1941

Photograph of soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, making a camp, taken in Transjordania, November 1941

Photograph of Private Parkinson and Private Dando of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing by a vehicle, taken in Transjordania, November 1941

Photograph of a soldier of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing with an observation device in a camp, taken in Transjordania, November 1941

Photograph of soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, making a camp, taken in Transjordania, November 1941

Photograph of Private Dando, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, putting his head in a bucket, taken in Transjordania, November 1941

Photograph of local people travelling along a road, taken in Transjordania, November 1941

Photograph of soldiers of 'B' Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, washing in a camp, taken in Transjordania, November 1941

Photograph, captioned 'B' Company cooks ... , showing Private Borrowdale and Private Johnson of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, sitting in the rear of a truck, taken in Transjordania, November 1941