The Rifles’ Sounding Retreat, a military tradition celebrating the regiment's historic ties to the North East, will be held ...

WHEN the end of the war came for the battle-weary soldiers of the 9th Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry, it must have seemed surreal. After six years of fierce fighting, it was over, and the ...

A private from the Durham Light Infantry poses for the camera. Two “chums” battalions from the DLI fought on the calamitous first day of the Somme on 1 July 1916.

Durham Light Infantry Goes to War delves into the regiment's role in the conflict, from the soldiers' life at home to their arrival on the front line.

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In June 1944 at the time of D-Day, I was a captain in the Durham Light Infantry Regiment in the British Army. I had enlisted as a rifleman, in the King's Royal Rifle Corps, on Feb. 5, 1941, ...

Harry Sanson served with the Durham Light Infantry and was actually one of the buglers who played at the end of the Korean War in 1953. That moment is captured by a new statue in Durham's market ...

Durham County Council has unveiled an installation to celebrate the past and future of the Durham Light Infantry (DLI) Museum and give the venue a "new life". A piece of industrial artwork ...

Families of Durham Light Infantry soldiers are being sought after wartime graffiti was discovered during excavations in Northern France | ITV News Tyne Tees ...

Durham Light Infantry (DLI) to auction its silverware collection to raise money for a new bronze memorial statue.

A service has been held in County Durham to commemorate the closure of a military museum. The Durham Light Infantry (DLI) Museum shut two years ago as part of the county council's cost-cutting ...