Personal Number: 15915 Rank: Brigadier Name: Eustace Aldford ARDERNE, DSO*, OBE, MiD Unit: Durham Light Infantry London Gazette : 30 November...
Personal Number: 56729 Rank: Brigadier Name: Peter Harry Mitchell MAY, DSO, OBE, MC, MiD Unit: Durham Light Infantry London Gazette : 1...
[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'm researching Private George Stubbs 4468241 of the 1st Bn DLI who was killed in action on the 23rd July 1941. He is remembered with honour at...
Hi, New to this so please excuse any errors looking for information about my uncle E McAllaster DLI time period 1940 There was a ship wreck SS...
Hello I am hoping someone can offer some advice on this soldier? 4449904 Pte Gordon Button died on the 12th June 1942 his unit is listed as 1st...
Hello I'm Ralph Edwards grandson and recently have been looking into his service with the DLI from 1934-1946 I have been helped a lot by a man I...
Hi I'm new to the Forum. I found it because of a surge of traffic on one of my blogs which tracked back to another thread on here, and then I was...
Can ANYONE help me find any information about PTE / SGT 4388645 Andrew Graham 1st Battallion Durham Light Infantry, I know he served in Shanghai...
Remembering Today Casualty Details | CWGC FRANCIS, ARTHUR Rank: Private Service No: 4461304 Date of Death: 23/12/1941 Age: 26 Regiment/Service:...
Dear DLI Forum, I am in search of any information regarding my Father ( Roy Scarborough ) was in the 1st Battallion of the Durham Light Infantry...
Did the 1st Durham Light Infantry Battalion ever return to the Western Desert after they were withdrawn in late January 1942?
Durham L.I. background info (excluding CWGC) sort on the following ; Frederick Leonard Williams of Pembrokeshire KIA D.L.I. 21 Mar 1943 on the...
I have recently been in touch with the Grandson of a WW2 veteran who passed away at the beginning of this year.The significance and interest for...
Just wondering if anyone has this Diary period reason..1st DLI mercifully lost only 15 or so killed during their time on Malta yet lost six men on...
Hi, Can anyone help with a query I received regarding the death (unknown circumstances) of a member of the 1st Durham Light Infantry in...
Hope someone can have a look at these photographs from the IWM collection;- http://collections.iwm.org.uk/server/show/conMediaFile.61570...
Hi, During a visit to The DLI museum I saw amongst the superb medal displays a small photograph of a former Sgt in the Regiment Mr Thomas...
I came across your commentary on the 1st DLI action at Fort Capuzzo by chance on a Google search and have now joined the World War 2 Talk Forum....
Hi, I am interested in any information relating to 1stDLI during the periods 1931-1939 I am aware of their locations during this time frame...
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