I've been looking at a thread devoted to Salerno and fatal casualty Captain F S Smith, commissioned DLI, died 22/9/43 serving with 5th Bn...
Hi All I'm new to this and was wondering if anyone could help me find any information on my late grandfather. Name: T S Potter Rank: Private...
Although there are a few mentions of this incident across the forum from years ago there wasn’t the dedicated thread that I was looking for....
Hi, Wondering if somebody with good knowledge of the DLI could help me? My great Grandfather was taken POW on 9th June 1940 Rouen. I am curious...
Hello, I have the Victory Medal for my Great Grandfather, Job West who served with the Durham L. I. (2553), Labour Corps (407413) and Royal Fus....
Hi all, this is a fatastic site and I have read and looked at many photos. I only wonder if there is a DLI site for those who fought in Burma??...
File under 'Not many people know that?' Not sure whether this is already common knowledge on here, but I was very surprised to discover the above...
Hi I am building a model of a Loyd carrier of 11 DLI in Normandy. Hopefully a very simple question to answer, but what colour were the DLI...
Anybody any ideas which unit served in Iceland after Dunkirk and before 1943? Also what would they have been doing in iceland?
Hoping to find out some information on my dads grandfather William Blackmore, we know he is buried at Kohima War Cemetery and died 6th May 1944....
[ATTACH] Hello, my grandfather Bill Leach(14499459) was in Normandy 1944. I know he was around the falaise pocket and took part in the attack on...
Hello All, hope you are keeping healthy and safe. I'm looking for any information on a William Coutt, born 27th May 1917 and I believe he served...
[ATTACH] This article is from a British magazine called Illustrated and is dated 9/4/55 and documents the visit of a war widow to her husband's...
I finished this section for my website a while back and although it has been mentioned on the forum a couple of times, I thought it would be...
[ATTACH] 41440 Major Edward William Harold WORRALL D.S.O. M.C. Somerset Light Infantry attached 9th Battalion Durham Light Infantry 21st...
Hi all Just wondering if any of the experts had any information on my Nanas brother John Edward Wilson who was killed in action at Monte Cassino...
Hello My grandfather, Sergeant Eric Young (Army No 4470017) served in the 1st Bn Green Howards throughout WW2. Firstly, this forum has given me...
Hi, I’m looking for my great grand-father’s details who served in the Durham Light Infantry, I’m new to this website also, sorry if I don’t add...
Hi all, I'm trying to locate family of the late Herbert Bateman DLI who I believe was held prisoner with my late father in Austria. I understand...
Some 10 years ago I bought this grouping of medals, medal box (and sheet), dog tags and insignia. I have always believed these may have belonged...
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