“It was about this time that my feeling of confidence was replaced by an acceptance of the fact that I had been sent here to die,” Pvt. J. Crossley of the 15th Durham Light Infantry recalled ...

The 80th anniversary of D-Day allowed us to tell of Jerusalem, Britain’s smallest cemetery in north-west France which has only 48 graves, 23 of which belong to members of the Durham Light Infantry who ...

The former students who had already left the college, also managed to stay together, by choosing to join the 18th (Pals') Battalion. On 25 April 1915 the Bede College Contingent, consisting of 102 ...

The Durham City Council has cleared the way for four new developments that will bring more than 400 townhomes and apartments to the city. Each project was approved Monday night. We’ve got the ...

July 18th, 2022 was one of the saddest days of my life. ... Neath Abbey Boy Remembered 80 Years On Killed serving with the Durham Light Infantry 8th Bn in Sicily 17th July 1943, ...

Great Britain. Army. Durham Light Infantry. (Service) Battalion, 18th, World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories Great Britain Publisher London : H. Milford, Oxford University Press Collection cdl; ...

Members of the Durham Light Infantry, 18th Battalion (Durham Pals) at the Redheugh Gardens War Memorial during the 2020 closed service. Picture by Frank Reid.

It belonged to a soldier in the Durham Light Infantry, and I went to Durham University. He then joined the 43rd Wessex Division – and I live in what was once that kingdom.

Jimmy Durham, 2nd Batallion, Durham Light Infantry. Reproduced by ... The British Army had employed Black musicians since the 18th century — and colonial regiments were often Black — but ...

They had been captured by the Durham Light Infantry from the Germans, ... This was in fact deemed to be the case, and the detainees were freed on May 18th, ...

Awards to the 18th Canadian Infantry Battalion, CEF (GO 110/29) and The Essex ... (GO 71/30), The Argyll Light Infantry (GO 71/30), The Northumberland Regiment (GO 71/30), and The Durham Regiment (GO ...