[ATTACH] Ditherington Flax Mill and Maltings was used during the 2nd war as a training barracks. We have secured funding to research just what...
I have been reading the newly published '50th At Bay' by B.S. Barnes which was recommended to me by Mel Junior from these very pages. I have had...
Hello, One of my friends found a kit bag of a british soldier from the Durham Light Infantry. I only have these informations about him : Name :...
Hi all newbie here looking into getting some information on my grandfather. I have emailed the DLI records office but so far no response. I am...
Hi folks Have just come across this forum and hope somebody can help me regarding my dad's service record which I have just received. His name...
Hi I am looking for details of Robert William Cook 4470622 DLI 10th bn. I have his death date and his grave details etc but more information would...
Hi, I'm a newbie to this forum and was wondering if anyone could help me with some information on 2nd Lieutenant Ashburner. I know he served with...
I saw this ;- Why we should never forget horrors seen by DLI | The Northern Echo written yesterday . The story of the DLI at the liberation of...
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. My son is researching a school project on WW2, for completion next week, on Major Tristan George Lance Ballance from the Durham Light...
If anyone has access to a copy of the War Diary for the 9th Battalion D.L.I. in Normandy during June 1944 be able to assist me with a summary...
Hi all! I'm a new User in this forum. Somebody can help me? I ask if there is a photo or some documents about a soldier missing in Mediterranean...
Hi, Last night I was reading an account of a soldier who was evacuated from Dunkirk ,it made me lsmile. I then thought (maybe my imagination?)...
Hi everyone, In 2009 my I bought an old house in Posterholt (the Netherlands). When we were rebuilding it, we found out, that a soldier died in...
Hi guys I'm Steve just joined here,I'm researching my grandfathers uncle who was in the 2nd wave to land on d day in the Durham light infantry he...
I'm currently searching for information on the Battles around Gemmano , Italy in September 1944 . Th reason for my search is i'm attempting to...
Hello, I found this interesting photo amongst a large collection that my Mum has from my Grandparents. My Grandfather was enlisted and served...
My wife step-great uncle was a member of the Durham Light Infantry (DLI) during WW2. Edward (‘Lofty’) Fowle was captured in the summer of 1940,...
I've been working on an OCR application to transcribe Overlord/WW2 documents from the UK National Archives, I've started uploading my progress so...
I am Christopher`s neice ..Mummy adored her older brother twins and Christopher`s death devastated her. My brother was named after him. I would...
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