Search The Records. TO ALL RANKS/ OF THE OLD/ BARNARD CASTLE MILITIA/ DURHAM LI/ WHO DIED/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ AUG 1914 NOV 1918. David, Using the new CWGC database - something I find difficult - I discovered that there are 64 commemorations for the Durham Light Infantry in France 18-20 July 1916.. ... Durham Light Infantry: 116: Other unit/service: 20 November 1914 185 dead 29,787 Total dead. Hi. Brown fur with an embroidered 'plate' on the front, made of silver wire with other coloured threads and the letters 'DM' and the crest of the Earl of Darlington, Colonel of the Regiment. This page is a work in progress so that no man from Exeter is forgotten. £79.99 + £9.99 P&P. ROBSON. Steve Barker born: 14 Oct 1916 and died: 9 November 2016. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 1,560 recorded WW1 deaths for the 15th (Service) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. THE DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY The First World War took a terrible toll on the Durham Light Infantry (DLI) with more than 12,500 dead [1] and thousands wounded. First World War (1914-1918) Total names on memorial: 0 Served and returned: 0 Died: 0 Exact count: yes Information shown: Undefined Order of information: Undefined; Components. Durham Light Infantry 1920-46. He had been an enthusiastic Volunteer, and had served in the Durham University OTC (where he was a member of the Guard of Honour at the Coronation of King George V) and The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Nov 4 1915 – First VC for DLI in the war. [email protected], Middlesbrough, Teesside, England, 05/03/2011. On 13th November 1916 the battalion's objective was the Yellow Line (the German second line). Linking primarily done by Sean Delaney, Sandi Bellefeuille, and Adele Espina. The 15th and 18th Battalions were the only two of the Durham Light Infantry … Fig.1. In early March 1915, the first Durham Bantams assembled in West Hartlepool before moving to Cocken Hall over 1,000 strong in May, after the 18th Battalion DLI had moved out. (Believed to be buried in this cemetery). in May, 1897, being promoted lieut. please can someone tell me how to get service records for the following people. In June 1916, 10 DLI moved south to Arras and then in early August to the Somme, where it joined the fighting to clear Deville Wood. Many men besides John served with their home unit – the Durham Light Infantry. WW1 Medal Index Cards 1914-1920 First World War campaign medal entitlement details for close to 5 million men. Somme battle map – courtesy of 1418.net, Pozieres Cemetery – courtesy of Britishwargraves.co.uk, Durham Light Infantry & Footballers – courtesy of Sunderland Council oce20801 Durham Light Infantry 20th Division. 21671 Corporal. Captain Thomas De Courcy Hamilton 68th Durham Light Infantry Knight of the Legion of Honour. John William Sawyers Gibson born November 10th 1916 The son of Catherine Gibson and James Sawyers he was the Elder brother of Mary, Charles,Nora, Ada, and Jenny born and raised in Sunderland`s East End. An unknown soldier of the Durham Light Infantry. A WW1 'Western Front K.I.A' Medal Trio & Death Plaque to Pte I. Evans, "A" Company, 6th Battalion the Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, K.I.A by an … Detached from The 19th Durham Light Infantry. Disbanded February 1918 as part of the Army reorganisation, reinforcing other D.L.I battalions. Part of the 64th Brigade, 21st Division until September 1915 then joined the 2nd Battalion in 18th Brigade, 6th Infantry Division until disbandment. Battle patch (while in the 6th Division) a dark green triangle. Second Lieutenant 11th Bn., Durham Light Infantry who died on Wednesday, 7th March 1917. Durham Light Infantry during WW1 The Regiment was awarded 67 Battle Honours, 6 Victoria Crosses and lost 12,530 men during the course of the war. Enlisted Aylesbury 1914 Lived in Clay Lane. First World War (1914-1918) Second World War (1939-1945) Boer War; Second (1899-1902) Second World War - civilians First World War - civilians Non-Combat Deaths Unknown 20th Century Wars (1900-1999) Non-Specific Conflict Crimean War (1853-1856) 19th Century Wars (1800-1899) Colonial India Korean War (1950-1953) British India (1858-1947) Northern Ireland Conflict; The Troubles (1969-1998) … Battle of the Menin Road. Britain's Part Time Soldiers. Durham Light Infantry Pals in training whilst stationed at Cocken Hall near Durham, Autumn 1914. The Revd. Cemetery: BEAUREVOIR BRITISH CEMETERY. Joined the Durham Light Infantry as one of Kitchener’s volunteers in late 1915 or early 1916 1916-1944. Colonel C.B.Morgan, it moved to Southampton where it crossed the Channel and landed in Le Havre, Northern France. Durham Light Infantry. Private, 28708. Ancestry.com. You'll find ALL of a man's regimental numbers indexed here. Born and resident Tow Law, enlisted Crook. Approximately 60,000 British soldiers were killed on that day and what ground was captured was in most cases given up within days. Formed at Newcastle in September 1914 as part of K3 and came under orders of 68th Brigade in 23rd Division. This is the order of battle for the Battle of the Somme fought from 1 July to 18 November 1916 as one of the main engagements of the First World War. A new Durham Miners’ Hall opens at Redhills in Durham City. This war was fought by Air Raid Wardens, Land Girls, Munitions Workers, Bevan Boys, Home Guards, Auxiliary Firemen, plus mothers and children and all the other people who lived and fought on County Durham's Home Front, 1939-45. £59.99 + £11.99 P&P. Two Durham Light Infantry Battalions, the 15th and the 18th ‘Pals’ were deployed on that day. You'll find ALL of a man's regimental numbers indexed here. He was the son of the Rev. 04 August 1914 11 November 1918. The dead and unidentifiable of Passchendaele, 1917. Killed in action 13th November 1916 near Beaumont Hamel. In good condition. 4450472. Killed in action on the 18th September 1916. Title: oce20801 WW1 Battle of the Somme Fact Sheet A4.qxp Author: 1/7 Durham Light Infantry - WW1 Charles Thomas Bell of 1/7th Durham Light Infantry was a casualty of WW1 in July 1915. The Durham Light Infantry lost 13,000 men killed during the First World War with thousands more wounded, gassed or taken prisoner. Soldiers Died in the Great War: The Durham Light Infantry A Brigadier in France Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1919 Age 14 he left school and joined the Northeastern Brewery (September 1910) as the Office Boy at the company’s head office in the Royal Hotel. Nothing, no amount of training, could have prepared a small group of soldiers from the Durham Light Infantry for what they discovered on 18 April 1945, less than a month before the end of World War II in Europe. They had attached themselves to other units during the fighting. Pas-de-Calais, France. The Durham Light Infantry began life as the 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot in 1758 being raised by Colonel (later Major-General) John Lambton (of Harraton Hall then Lambton castle and whose family have a long and historic association with the county – Penshaw Monument is dedicated to his grandson John ‘Radical Jack’ Lambton). CPL JOHN WILLIAM SAWYERS GIBSON. 13 November 2016. Private RATCLIFFE was the son of Ellis and Mary Jane Ratcliffe, of … The 2 soldiers were both found at Gavrelle near Arras. 04.08.1914 Stationed at Nowshera, India and remained here throughout the war. The Regiment was awarded 67 Battle Honours, 6 Victoria Crosses and lost 12,530 men during the course of the war. 33 Hemblington WW1 05/11/1916 - Ernest Arthur LING * Private 9730 Norfolk Regt. There, at the end of July 1915, the battalion successfully defended smashed trenches south of Hooge still filled with the dead from the previous day. George B H Bishop was Vicar of Cardington, and was presented to the Living in 1914, having been ordained in 1911. BRADFORD, (VC.MC.MiDx3). 22 Nov 2012 20:18. Officer's Grenadier Cap, Durham Militia, 1759-1761. After 200 years of history, County Durham's own Regiment was no more. In 2007 the Rifles Regiment was created by the amalgamation of The Light Infantry, The Royal Green Jackets, The Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry and The Royal Gloucester, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry. Of the fifty-five million killed during the war, over ten per cent were murdered civilians. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. (John) William Ainsley (30 June 1898 – 23 June 1976) was a British coal miner and politician. Battle of the Somme France 01 July 1916. Original image courtesy of Ross Coulthart, author of ‘The Lost Tommies’ & The Kerry Stokes Collection – Louis & Antoinette Thuillier. He was killed and missing in action on 5 th August 1916 near Pozières. Durham Light Infantry. ww1 plaque british ww1 medals ww1 trio ww1 victory medal durham light infantry death plaque 1914 star ww1 casualty medals silver war badge ww1 medals boer war yeomanry medals ww1 memorial royal navy medals. Norwich, Norfolk, UK, 23/02/2011. 17 April – The transport section, 50 men and 60 horses and mules, set sail from Southampton on the SS Dunkirk; arriving at Le Havre, one mule had to be hoisted off the ship as it would not leave of its own accord. He is sporting the ribbon of the Military Cross and may well have been a well known man, photographed at Vignacourt, France. Seller 100% positive. ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS. 20 Hemblington WW1 07/08/1917 Son of Robert and Mary Clare, of Ranworth William Arthur EVANS Sergeant 6702 Durham Light Infantry 8th Bn. yes Commemorations. Based on the artefacts also found at the time which included a Durham Light Infantry shoulder title and cap badge, plus a T7 (7th Battalion) badge, it was thought that he died in September 1918 from when only 2 soldiers from the 7th Battalion are still missing. And, on 13 January 1915, the War Office gave permission for a Durham Bantam battalion. Please see our other items for more original WW1, WW2 & post war British military shoulder titles for sale including other Durham Light Infantry Regiment shoulder titles. GEORGE CROSS MEDAL HIGHEST GALLANTRY AWARD CIVILIANS & MILITARY WW2 REPRO ARMY. Thankyou. Members who served with Light Infantry. The Somerset Light Infantry was raised in 1685 by James II to suppress the Protestant rebellions led by the Duke of Monmouth and the Earl of Argyll. It was fought between mixed French, British and Dominion forces and the German Empire in the Somme River valley in northern France. He entered the Durham Light Infantry from the 3rd Batt. Click for more. On 16th June 1916, led by Lt. Somme, France. 15561 Private. The men, who were left from A and B Coys, returned at 9 p.m. Report. A Soldier In The Durham Light Infantry. The Durham Light Infantry fought in every major battle of the Great War - at Ypres, Arras, Messines, Cambrai, on the Somme and in the mud of Passchendaele. Aldershot in November 1914. Son of Joseph and Martha Collingwood, of 33, Baring St., Tow Law, Co. Durham. He is sporting the ribbon of the Military Cross and may well have been a well known man, photographed … Inscription legible? • Beckett, Ian F W (2011). The Regiment was such a part of county life that there was hardly a family that hadn’t suffered. George was from West Hartlepool and was serving as a private in the Durham Light Infantry when he was killed. See more ideas about infantry, ww1, world war one. The First Contingent of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, which sailed on Oct 03 1914, was comprised of the 1st to 17th battalions plus the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial . Private 6/5566, 1 st/6 th Bn, Durham Light Infantry Died 23 rd November 1916, aged 19 SIMPSON, Job Sapper 43990 98 th Field Coy, Royal Engineers Died 28 th May 1918, aged 23 Not on Blakeney Memorials SMITH, James William RTS 10702 Shoeing Smith, Royal Army Service Corps Died 6 th January 1920, aged 29 STARLING, Ernest Hubert He was born in June, 1881, educated at the South Eastern College, Ramsgate, and entered the Durham Light Infantry Dec., 1899, and joined the 3rd Batt., which was then embodied. Llewelyn Herbert Sanger-Davies. A tribute to all the brave men of the Durham Light Infantry. WW1 soldier awarded Britain’s highest honour is remembered in Durham ... Chaplain to the Durham Light Infantry Association and local parish priest Father Ian Jackson. The building replaces the old Miners’ Hall in the city’s North Road. Durham Light Infantry's role in WW1 explored in exhibition. Hugh Lumley Hall. Seller 100% positive. Italy in November 1917 with Division. ON the night of May 11, 1855, a most determined sortie was made by the Russians from Sebastopol, but Captain Hamilton led a few men from a battery of which he … Chris Baker. was transferred to Durham County Record Office from the former DLI Museum in 1998. A tribute to all the brave men of the Durham Light Infantry. WO 95/1096–3948. Sep 26, 2016 - A signals section of the 13th (Service) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, equipped with telescopes, field telephone and signalling lamps, watch the battalion’s advance on Veldhoek on 20 September 1917. Irish in army pre 1925. casualty of WW1. 01-07-1916. Complete & intact. Oxford/Bucks Light Infantry 1914-1918. Willesborough (Kent) in February 1915. 18,771 dead. This is an original Durham Light Infantry Regiment shoulder title badge for sale. ... and about 13,000 of its men died. I am very pleased to welcome you to the Long, Long Trail, my site dedicated to helping you discover the British army and its soldiers of the First World War. The Amateur Military Tradition 1558—1945 (2 ed.). Durham Light Infantry, died of enteric at Kroonstad Jan. 15th, 1901. Posts about Durham Light Infantry written by BoTWarMemorial. ROBINSON. Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 - Age 21 His Army Attestation Record has his date of birth as 4 December 1899. 154,861 Total dead. Please note that the names of those born Exeter, and lived in Australia, do … This was a major German military offensive that began during the German Spring Offensive on 21 March 1918. Percy Hugh Beverley Lyon, 6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, 1918 We have two diaries written by Captain PHB Lyon at the Record Office, one at the beginning of the war, from which many of the photos in the Second Ypres exhibition have come; and one from his time as a prisoner of war in 1918. The first was found in July 2016. He is buried in Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm) in Belgium He was the son of Vincent and Lizzie Youens, of … Commonwealth War Dead - Grave/Memorial Reference: F. 24. In WW 1… Cumulative deaths. ... Durham Light Infantry Goes to War is on display at the Durham Light Infantry … Butterworth, Lieutenant, George, GSK, MC, 13th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry: Pier and Face 14 A and 15 C. Name of Lieutenant George Butterworth, MC. Based on the artefacts also found at the time which included a Durham Light Infantry shoulder title and cap badge, plus a T7 (7th Battalion) badge, it was thought that he died in September 1918 from when only 2 soldiers from the 7th Battalion are still missing. 11th July : Albert. the photo taken in 1917 after the king was made an honorary General in the British Army. The Battalion remained in West Hartlepool until 21st March 1916 when it moved to Catterick Bridge. He died from his wounds on 9th of October 1916. I would be grateful of any mention of him, or his last action, or any mentions of music and entertainment in the letters. Military and Civilian Research William Sayers was born in the first quarter of 1900 at Pendleton, Lancashire. Royal Flying Corp. South Staffs Regiment. This, I daresay, implies something in the order of two hundred casualties, equating … Battle of Loos France 25 September 1915. 20 Hemblington WW1 … Born Wendover. An unknown soldier of the Durham Light Infantry. Original image courtesy of Ross Coulthart, author of ‘The Lost Tommies’ & The Kerry Stokes Collection - Louis & Antoinette Thuillier. J. H. Thresher, was born in April, 1876, and educated at Wellington, where he was in the Blucher, 1889-93. This list comprises the names of 923 men of Exeter who went to war between 1914 and 1919 and never returned to their city. - ©International Wargrave Photography Project. Walter. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial. He served with the Durham Light Infantry in WW2 and was POW .He was a Centenarian Member of the Chester-le-Street Branch DLI Association. The Battalion remained in the "G.H.Q. There is a Durham Light Infantry Museum In Durham City , But records are kept next door at Durham County Record Office The Museum + Record Office are a short ride from city itself or a 15 minute walk The staff at both offices are very helpful ,the record office is very family history orientated. Elvet Waterside Durham, DH1 3BW. Bramshott in May 1915. WW1 Medal Index Cards 1914-1920 First World War campaign medal entitlement details for close to 5 million men. WW1 South African VC recipient Arthur Moore Lascelles ... he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry in December 1915. Daniel Laidlaw, a career soldier from Little Swinton in Berwickshire, re-joined the army aged 40 as a Piper in the 7th Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers , 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division. 9th Bn. Thousands of officers and their men lost their lives in France, Belgium and elsewhere. Aged 21. Known to all as `Billy`. 68th Brigade / 23rd Division 4th-6th July : Albert / Becourt Wood area. Durham Light Infantry memorial on Market Square in Durham City, England. The Durham Light Infantry crest on a war grave. The grave of a corporal from the Durham Light Infantry at Taukkyan War Cemetery near Yangon, Myanmar. WW1: Northern France: 2nd Durham Light Infantry. Communications trench. Jan-Feb. 1915. Private, 30179. Soldiers Died in The Great War 1914-1919 Essential record of WW1 British Army deaths. Private 9975, 2nd Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Raised and schooled at Benfieldside, County Durham, England. Enter your search criteria in the form below and then click or tap the ‘Submit Search’ button. An unknown soldier of the Durham Light Infantry. The Durham Light Infantry received its first Victoria Cross medal during the war, awarded to Pte Thomas Kenny of the 13th battalion after he rescued a wounded officer. We are trying to establish the cause of his death, variously rumoured to be from an accidental discharge at a rest camp after the second Battle of … ISBN 9781848843950. UK, World War I War Diaries (France, Belgium and Germany), 1914-1920 [database on-line]. To the memory of all the fallen and to the memory of my uncle Private George Harold Thompson 2nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry who died for his country at the Battle of Lys 1918. 35. Line". In 1921 eighty volumes were published listing every soldier (including officers and other ranks) who died in the Great War of 1914-1918. James Thornburn. Rank: Second Lieutenant Regiment: 1st Battalion, Durham Light Infantry Mother: Rev Joseph & Mrs Harriet Sanger-Davies Brother: Florian Morgan Sanger-Davies Address: Gensing Manor, St Leonards Other Info: According to CWGC, Llewelyn died ranked Captain aged 22 on 1st July 1916. The 8 th Battalion (8DLI) was one of the Territorial battalions of 151 st (Durham Light Infantry) Brigade; Recruits mainly came from the Durham City, Chester le Street and Houghton le Spring areas; Over 150 students of Bede Teacher Training College in Durham City served in 8DLI; the college produced a magazine called The Bede for students and alumni which contains several accounts of the … Check out the price evolution of the death penny. By the end of the war there would be two hundred and sixty numbered battalions in existence. Durham Light Infantry during World War 1. 19th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, 29th September 1918 Grave of William Sayers at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. May They Rest in Peace. Age 19. and buried at GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS. DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. He is remembered at the Thiepval Memorial on panel and … Durham Light Infantry, died of enteric at Standerton, April 9th, 1901. Welcome. We know that Cuthbert was killed in action during “Operation Mi chael”. Soldiers Died in The Great War 1914-1919 Essential record of WW1 British Army deaths. The Regiment was awarded six Victoria Crosses but the cost to the Regiment and County was horrific with nearly 13,000 men dead and thousands more gassed, wounded or taken prisoner. Welcome to Forces Reunited the place where you can find information and friends from Light Infantry.. We are the largest and fastest growing community of UK forces veterans on the web with over 500,000 members! At the Battle of Loos, troops of his battalion were ordered by General Douglas Haig to attack the heavily fortified German positions in their sector. Barnsley: Pen & Sword. 10,294 dead. Soldiers of the First World War Links. 17th/21st Lancers (Death or Glory) Regiment Cap Badge Deaths Head WM ANTIQUE Org. Judson war records. Boulogne 26 August 1915. During the First World War, some 13,000 DLI and 16,000 Northumberland Fusiliers were killed in action, died of 34. Ancestry's search is limited to the last number a man was issued with; a serious failing. After 1945. ELLIS RATCLIFFE, Private 18th Bn., Durham Light Infantry who died on Friday, 12th April 1918, Age 18. The 18th suffered 58% casualties. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 1,563 recorded WW1 deaths for the 2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. 19 April – The rest of the battalion left for Boulogne and were reunited with the transport section there. War History Of The 18th Battalion Durham Light Infantry Photos A Cheerful Battalion In The Durham Light Infantry BOOKS AVAILABLE Soldiers Died in the Great War: The Durham Light Infantry A Brigadier in France Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1919 DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY Battalion Unknown Alaway C E Pte 201676 : Short Record Of Service
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