Personal Number: 20246 Rank: Lieutenant-General Name: Sir Terence Sydney AIREY, KCMG, CB, CBE, MiD** Unit: Durham Light Infantry London Gazette...
Personal Number: 7992 Rank: Brigadier Name: Philip KIRKUP, DSO*, OBE, MC, MiD*, TD, DL Unit: Durham Light Infantry London Gazette : 26 August...
This is my G G Grand dad. Name Bernard Mcguill Age 49 Residence Place Bishop Auckland, Durham, England Birth Date 1866 Birth Year (Estimated)...
Personal Number: 299357 Army Number: 14318683 Rank: Lieutenant Name: Leslie Samuel PHILLIPS, CBE Unit: Royal Artillery ; Durham Light Infantry...
Dear Steve, I found it in the Soviet archive using search in Russian language, I didn't know that they were digitised and I guess I was just...
Gary. By chance, do you have the WD for 16 DLI on 10-12 Sep 43? Regards Frank
This is a photograph of a group of Brancepeth, No 4 Infantry Training Centre, Physical Training Instructors. I got this somewhat battered copy off...
I've just stumbled across this POW escaper stories website, which has a lot of information, mainly transcribed wartime letters written by the...
Good afternoon, I am researching a 2Lt Ivan Stanley RASC who was in charge of the Troop Carrying Platoon attached to a particular company...
Personal Number: 1661 Rank: Brigadier Name: Edward Henry Lysaght LYSAGHT-GRIFFIN, CBE, DSO, MiD** Unit: Durham Light Infantry 3 September 1913...
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...
Am looking for any information on the Mezidon/Mt Vigny fighting around the 18th August 1944. Have the war diary and an awesome website ( 10th &...
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?
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