Hi Lynsey D Company 8th DLI were based at Houghton le spring drill hall in the years leading up to WW2. with your Gt Grandad hailing from Hetton it's likely the company he served with at least initially,of interest perhaps is this photo here on the site taken in 1938. D Company, 8th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry Picture NEWMP entry. North East War Memorials Project -