Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames S: Se

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Sebag-Montefiore D/DLI 7/618/1-64Lieutenant-Colonel Eric Cecil SEBAG-MONTEFIORE2nd Battalion, later 14th Battalion and 30th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry Entry in McGregor; born 22 January 1899; eldest son of Major Cecil Sebag-Montefiore of Braintree, Essex; educated at Wellington and Sandhurst; second lieutenant, The Durham Light Infantry 21 December 1917; lieutenant 21 June 1919; captain 26 November 1931; major, 1 August 1938; acting lieutenant-colonel, 2 January – 4 February 1941; retired as honorary lieutenant-colonel, 8 November 1947; served France and Belgium, 18 October – 11 November 1918; South Russia, 1919 – 1920; served in Shanghai Defence Force with 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 14 February – 23 July 1927, and on North-West Frontier, India, 1930 – 1931; served Second World War as second in command 14th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry Home Forces, 1941 – 1942; 30th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 4 March – 23 April 1942; commandant, No. 3 Prisoner of War cage, 1942; 21 Group R.A.F. Cranwell; Middle East Force 1943; Italy and C.M.F., 1943 – 1947; mentioned in despatches, London Gazette, 23 May 1946
D/DLI 7/618/11 card, colourChristmas card of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, entitled The Last Ten Years 1919 – 1929, containing a map of the battalion’s movements, sent by Lieutenant Sebag-Montefiore, 1929
D/DLI 7/618/2Photograph album of E.C. Sebag-Montefiore, covering his education at Officer Training Corps; Farnborough School; Wellington College and on service with 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in Ionia, India, and China, Summer 1908 – 1927
D/DLI 7/618/2(1)Group photograph of pupils and schoolmasters at Farnborough School, taken in the United Kingdom, Summer Term 1908 Back row: Carter, Hadcock, Callender, Philips, Reinach, Radcliffe, Wyndham, Fraser Third row: Lord, Bley, Newall, Beddington, Carter, Harrison, Beddington, Joel, Shaw, Bellman, Wade Second row: Eager, Whicker, Irvine, Philips, Drew, Warburton, Jennings-Bramley, Sassoon, Haye, Baird, Barnard Front row: Davis, Cumberbatch, Fairburn, North, Ingram, Brown, Lowes, Fielden, Barns On ground: Noble, Baines, Bertram, David, Jessel, Watson, Hughes, Syme
D/DLI 7/618/2(2)Group photograph of the first football team of Farnborough School, taken in the United Kingdom, 1908 Back row: Watson, Drew, Carter, Philips Front row: Fairbairn, Callender, Brown, Davis, Harrison On ground: Hughes, Jennings-Bramley
D/DLI 7/618/2(3)Photograph of pupils of Farnborough School undertaking physical training in a gymnasium, taken in the United Kingdom, 1909
D/DLI 7/618/2(4)Photograph of a schoolmaster, Mr North, in his study at Farnborough School, taken in the United Kingdom, c.1909
D/DLI 7/618/2(5)Photograph of a schoolmaster, Mr Ingram, playing a cello in his study at Farnborough School, taken in the United Kingdom, c.1909
D/DLI 7/618/2(6)Group photograph of pupils and schoolmasters of Farnborough School, with a schoolmaster’s wife, taken in the United Kingdom, c.1909
D/DLI 7/618/2(7)Photograph of C. Davis, a pupil of Farnborough School, taken in the United Kingdom, c.1909
D/DLI 7/618/2(8)Postcard photograph of views of Farnborough School, taken in the United Kingdom, 1911
D/DLI 7/618/2(9)Photograph of S. Fairbairn, a pupil of Farnborough School, taken in the United Kingdom, c.1909
D/DLI 7/618/2(10)Photograph of B. Baines, a pupil of Farnborough School, taken in the United Kingdom, c.1909
D/DLI 7/618/2(11)Photograph of J. Irvine, a pupil of Farnborough School, taken in the United Kingdom, c.1909
D/DLI 7/618/2(12)Photograph of B. North, a schoolmaster’s son at Farnborough School, taken in the United Kingdom, c.1909
D/DLI 7/618/2(13)Photograph of M. Noble, a pupil of Farnborough School, taken in the United Kingdom, c.1909
D/DLI 7/618/2(14)Postcard photograph of a view of the dining hall at Farnborough School, taken in the United Kingdom, c.1911
D/DLI 7/618/2(15)Postcard photograph of a view of the library at Farnborough School, taken in the United Kingdom, c.1911
D/DLI 7/618/2(16)Postcard photograph of a view of the chapel at Farnborough School, taken in the United Kingdom, c.1911
D/DLI 7/618/2(17)Postcard photograph of a view of the swimming bath at Farnborough School, taken in the United Kingdom, c.1911
D/DLI 7/618/2(18)Postcard photograph of a view of the cricket field at Farnborough School, taken in the United Kingdom, c.1911
D/DLI 7/618/2(19)Postcard photograph of a view of staff and pupils conducting a fire drill at Farnborough School, taken in the United Kingdom, c.1911
D/DLI 7/618/2(20)Postcard photograph of a view of playing fields at Farnborough School, taken in the United Kingdom, c.1911
D/DLI 7/618/2(21)Postcard photograph of a view of an avenue of trees at Farnborough School, taken in the United Kingdom, c.1911
D/DLI 7/618/2(22)Group photograph of pupils and schoolmasters of Farnborough School, with a schoolmaster’s wife, taken in the United Kingdom, c.1910 Back row: Hill, Drabble, Wilson, Hindley, Baines Third row: Edinger, Hall, Jessel, Bertram, Churcher, O’Neill, Standfield, Syme, Walton, Lanyon, Barnard, Peacombe, Wilder Second row: Philips, ‘E.S.M.’, Jennings-Bramley, Irvine, Bloomfield, Molyneux, Pollock, Finn, Boyd, Eager, Stileman, Poole Front row: Wicker, Fraser, Barnes, Noble, Ingram, Mrs North, North, Hughes, Cumberbatch, Watson, Lowes
D/DLI 7/618/2(23)Group photograph of the football team of Farnborough School, taken in the United Kingdom, 1910 Back row: Eager, ‘E.S.M.’, Arbuthnot Front row: Molyneux, Walton, Pyme, Beddington, Findlay On ground: Wilder, Pollock, Wilson
D/DLI 7/618/2(24)Group photograph of pupils and schoolmasters of Farnborough School, with a schoolmaster’s wife, taken in the United Kingdom, c.1910 Second row: Lanyon, Bloomfield, Lawrence, ‘E.S.M.’ Irvine, Baines, Finn, Speight, Eager, Napier, Arbuthnot, Findlay, Hall, Hill Front row: Barnes, Boyd, Lowes, Drabble, Ingram, Mrs North, North, Philips, Cumberbatch, Barnard, Pickering On ground: Hooper, Wilder, Graystone, Beddington, North, Seftwhich (?), Parkinson, Francis, Barnes
D/DLI 7/618/2(25)Photograph of a view of number three bedroom at Farnborough School, taken in the United Kingdom, c.1910
D/DLI 7/618/2(26)Group photograph of pupils and schoolmasters of Farnborough School, with a schoolmaster’s wife, taken in the United Kingdom, c.1910
D/DLI 7/618/2(27)Photograph of pupils in a carpentry workshop at Farnborough School, taken in the United Kingdom, c.1910
D/DLI 7/618/2(28)Photograph of a view of pupils at Farnborough School swimming bath, taken in the United Kingdom, c.1910
D/DLI 7/618/2(29)Postcard photograph, captioned Farnborough draw with ‘The Towers’, showing cricketers walking from a playing field, taken in the United Kingdom, c.1910
D/DLI 7/618/2(30)Postcard photograph of a view of workmen standing near a wrecked pavilion at Farnborough School, taken in the United Kingdom, c.1910
D/DLI 7/618/2(31)Postcard photograph of a scene from a cricket match between Farnborough School and ‘Wellington’, taken in the United Kingdom, c.1910
D/DLI 7/618/2(32)Postcard photograph of a view of a wrecked pavilion at Farnborough School, taken in the United Kingdom, c.1910
D/DLI 7/618/2(33)Photograph of a scene from a cricket match [possibly taken at Farnborough School], c.1910
D/DLI 7/618/2(34)Photograph of a view of a tree lined road [possibly ‘The Avenue’ at Farnborough School], taken in the United Kingdom, c.1910
D/DLI 7/618/2(35)Photograph of a senior officer inspecting officer cadets during a parade at Wellington College, Berkshire, c.1914
D/DLI 7/618/2(36)Photograph of officer cadets marching past a senior officer on a sports field, taken at Wellington College, Berkshire, c.1914
D/DLI 7/618/2(37)Group photograph of a company of officers and officer cadets [possibly taken at Wellington College, Berkshire], c.1914
D/DLI 7/618/2(38)Group photograph of school pupils and a schoolmaster [possibly taken at Wellington College, Berkshire], c.1914
D/DLI 7/618/2(39)Photograph of officer cadets marching on a sports field, taken at Wellington College, Berkshire, c.1914
D/DLI 7/618/2(40)Photograph of a view of an officer cadet camp, taken at Tidworth Pennings, Hampshire, c.1914
D/DLI 7/618/2(41)Photograph of an officer and two women and children at a roadside, taken in the United Kingdom, c.1914
D/DLI 7/618/2(42)Photograph of two officers, on horseback, leading officer cadets through a camp, taken at Tidworth Pennings, Hampshire, c.1914
D/DLI 7/618/2(43)Photograph of an officer cadet on a training exercise [possibly taken at Tidworth Pennings, Hampshire], c.1914
D/DLI 7/618/2(44)Photograph of officer cadets relaxing at a camp, taken at Tidworth Pennings, Hampshire, c.1914
D/DLI 7/618/2(45)Photograph of an officer and officer cadets standing in a yard [[possibly taken at Wellington College, Berkshire], c.1914
D/DLI 7/618/2(46)Postcard photograph of two local men crossing a stream, taken at Batoum, Georgia, c.1919
D/DLI 7/618/2(47)Illustrated postcard on a view of a mountain range [possibly in Russia], c.1919
D/DLI 7/618/2(48)Postcard photograph of a view of a ruined fort, taken at Goria (?), near Batoum, Georgia, c.1919
D/DLI 7/618/2(49)Photograph of a colour party of The Durham Light Infantry [possibly taken in India], c.1920
D/DLI 7/618/2(50)Photograph of a group of soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry [possibly taken in the United Kingdom], n.d.
D/DLI 7/618/2(51)Photograph of a group of soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry [possibly taken in the United Kingdom], n.d.
D/DLI 7/618/2(52)Photograph of a group of soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry [possibly taken in the United Kingdom], n.d.
D/DLI 7/618/2(53)Photograph of a group of soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry [possibly taken in the United Kingdom], n.d.
D/DLI 7/618/2(54)Photograph of a group of soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry [possibly taken in the United Kingdom], n.d.
D/DLI 7/618/2(55)Photograph of a scene from a football match [possibly involving a football team of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry], taken at a camp in the Simla hills, India, c.1926
D/DLI 7/618/2(56)Photograph of a scene from a football match [possibly involving a football team of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry], taken at a camp in the Simla hills, India, c.1926
D/DLI 7/618/2(57)Postcard photograph of a view of Hong Kong at night, c.1927
D/DLI 7/618/2(58)Photograph, captioned En route to Shanghai, showing soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing on the deck of a ship, c.1927
D/DLI 7/618/2(59)Photograph of a street scene, taken at Shanghai, China, c.1927
D/DLI 7/618/2(60)Photograph of soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing in a barracks, taken at Shanghai, China, c.1927
D/DLI 7/618/2(61)Photograph of two officers of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, leading soldiers on a march past, taken at Shanghai, China, c.1927
D/DLI 7/618/2(62)Illustrated postcard of a panoramic view of The Bund, Shanghai, China, c.1927
D/DLI 7/618/2(63)Illustrated postcard of a view of Nanking Railway Station, Shanghai, China, c.1927
D/DLI 7/618/2(64)Illustrated postcard of a view of the Town Hall, Nanking Road, Shanghai, China, c.1927
D/DLI 7/618/2(65)Illustrated postcard of a view of the Nanking Road, Shanghai, China, c.1927
D/DLI 7/618/2(66)Photograph of a view of an airfield, taken at Shanghai, China, c.1927
D/DLI 7/618/2(67)Illustrated postcard of a view of the Garden Bridge and the Rowing Club at Shanghai, China, c.1927
D/DLI 7/618/2(68)Photograph of a street scene, taken at Shanghai, China, c.1927
D/DLI 7/618/2(69)Illustrated postcard of members of the Indian Police Force at a ‘Foreign Settlement’ in China, c.1927
D/DLI 7/618/2(70)Photograph of a view of Shanghai Race Course, taken in China, c.1927
D/DLI 7/618/2(71)Photograph of soldiers [possibly of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry] at a sentry post, taken in Shanghai, China, c.1927
D/DLI 7/618/2(72)Photograph of soldiers [possibly of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry] constructing a sentry post, taken in Shanghai, China, c.1927
D/DLI 7/618/2(73)1 album, leather half-boundGroup photograph of polo players [including officers of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry], taken at Shanghai, China, c.1927 Back row: R.F.Ware, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, T. Beart Front row: unidentified, Major G.F. Hudson-Kinahan, unidentified, Captain J.E.S. Percy
D/DLI 7/618/3Photograph album, probably of E.C. Sebag-Montefiore on service with 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in Solon and the Simla Hills, India, May – November 1926
D/DLI 7/618/3(1)Postcard photograph of Lance-Corporal Richardson and Lance-Corporal Flaherty, of ‘H.Q.’ Wing, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, boxing, taken at Solon, India, May – November 1926
D/DLI 7/618/3(2)Postcard photograph of a view of Solon Railway Station, taken in India, May – November 1926
D/DLI 7/618/3(3)Postcard photograph of a view of Solon Bazaar, taken in India, May – November 1926
D/DLI 7/618/3(4)Postcard photograph of a view of residential bungalows on a hillside, taken at Solon, India, May – November 1926
D/DLI 7/618/3(5)Postcard photograph of the band of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, playing to soldiers at Solon, taken in India, May – November 1926
D/DLI 7/618/3(6)Postcard photograph of a view of soldiers of ‘C’ Company, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, on a firing range, taken at Solon, India, May – November 1926
D/DLI 7/618/3(7)Postcard photograph of a view of soldiers of ‘C’ Company, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, on a firing range, taken at Solon, India, May – November 1926
D/DLI 7/618/3(8)Postcard photograph of a view of a Roman Catholic chapel, taken at Solon, India, May – November 1926
D/DLI 7/618/3(9)Postcard photograph of three soldiers of ‘C’ Company, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, with pack mules, taken at Solon, India, May – November 1926
D/DLI 7/618/3(10)Postcard photograph of soldiers, Benstead and Webber, of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, boxing, taken at Solon, India, May – November 1926
D/DLI 7/618/3(11)Postcard photograph of officer, E.C. Sebag-Montefiore, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, standing on a railway station platform, taken in India, May – November 1926
D/DLI 7/618/3(12)Postcard photograph, captioned The Commander-in-Chief’s inspection, showing a group of officers of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, a senior officer, and two local men, standing on a parade ground, taken at Solon, India, May – November 1926
D/DLI 7/618/3(13)Postcard photograph of the sergeants’ football team of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Solon, India, May – November 1926 Standing: Etherington, Astor, Love Second row: Burkinshaw, Winter, Anders (?) Front row: Williamson, Flarety (?), McGuin, Chambers, Leahy
D/DLI 7/618/3(14)Postcard photograph of a scene at Solon Railway Station, taken in India, May – November 1926
D/DLI 7/618/3(15)Postcard photograph of a football team of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Solon, India, May – November 1926 Back row: ‘R.S.M.’, Bruce, Taylor, Parstow, Mark, Grimley Front row: Richardson, Rufbrig, Homer, Pearson, Stimmings
D/DLI 7/618/3(16)Postcard photograph of a scene from a football match between the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, and the Royal Artillery, taken at Solon, India, July 1926
D/DLI 7/618/3(17)Postcard photograph of a bugle-major of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Solon, India, May – November 1926
D/DLI 7/618/3(18)Postcard photograph of a view of the accommodation bungalows of ‘D’ Company, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Solon, India, May – November 1926
D/DLI 7/618/3(19)Postcard photograph of a horse, Brown Bread, taken at Solon, India, May – November 1926
D/DLI 7/618/3(20)Postcard photograph, captioned The road to Kashmir, showing a view of a tree-lined road, taken in India, c.1926
D/DLI 7/618/3(21)Postcard photograph, captioned Pahlgam Nalah (Kashmir), showing a view of a river, taken in India, c.1926
D/DLI 7/618/3(22)Postcard photograph of a view of Scrinagar, taken in India, c.1926
D/DLI 7/618/3(23)Postcard photograph of Maharata Hari Singh of Kashmir, taken in India, c.1926
D/DLI 7/618/3(24)1 album, card boundPostcard photograph of a houseboat on Dall Lake, taken in India, c.1926
D/DLI 7/618/41 photograph, 13cm. x 8cm., black and whitePhotograph of Camp Ridge viewed from Tunda China Camp, India, ‘the piquet I [E.C.S.-M.] was holding when shot up is on the left’, n.d. [1929]
D/DLI 7/618/51 photograph, 13cm. x 8cm., black and whitePhotograph view of Tunda China Village, India, n.d. [1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/61 photograph, 13cm. x 8cm., black and whitePhotograph of the transport column of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry on the road, progressing up a hillside, India, n.d. [1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/71 photograph, 13cm. x 8cm., black and whitePhotograph view towards a large military camp, possibly Razmak, under snow, North West Frontier, India, n.d. [1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/81 photograph, 13cm. x 8cm., black and whitePhotograph view of huts, in a military camp, possibly Razmak, under snow, North West Frontier, India, n.d. [1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/91 photograph, 13cm. x 8cm., black and whitePhotograph of a paddle steamboat close to riverside landing stage, in an unidentified location, India, n.d. [1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/101 photograph, 13cm. x 8cm., black and whitePhotograph of No. 5 Platoon going through the dam, Baddar Toi, India, n.d. [1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/111 photograph, 13cm. x 8cm., black and whitePhotograph of stone abutments in the middle of an unidentified river, India, n.d. [1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/121 photograph, 8cm. x 5.5cm., black and whitePhotograph of soldiers at Tal in Tochi, India, n.d. [1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/131 photograph, 7.5cm. x 10cm., black and whitePhotograph of a dead buck being carried by two Indian servants, captioned ‘my buck about to be conveyed to station’, India, n.d. [1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/141 photograph, 6.5cm. x 11cm., black and whitePhotograph of an unidentified officer and three Indians after a hunting expedition, with the carcass of a buck in the foreground, India, n.d. [1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/151 photograph, 8cm. x 5.5cm., black and whitePhotograph of Ishad Khel near Dawhl, India, n.d. [1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/161 photograph, 13cm. x 8cm., black and whitePhotograph of officers of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taking refreshments at a halt, India, n.d. [1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/171 photograph, 13cm. x 8cm., black and whitePhotograph of ‘B’ Company, including Dick Lysaght [-Griffin], and E.C.Sebag-Montefiore at a halt, India, n.d. [1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/181 photograph, 13cm. x 8cm., black and whitePhotograph of Tunda China Camp, looking towards Camp Ridge, ‘the battle was in the right background’, India, 1929
D/DLI 7/618/191 photograph, 13cm. x 8cm., black and whitePhotograph of officers eating at Datta Khel, India, 1929
D/DLI 7/618/201 photograph, 13cm. x 8cm., black and whitePhotograph of Dick [Lysaght-Griffin] going through the dam in the Baddar Toi, India, n.d. [1929 – 1939]
D/DLI 7/618/211 photograph, 13cm. x 8cm., black and whitePhotograph of M.G.s, [machine guns] on the move near Tauda China, showing a mule column, India, n.d. [1929]
D/DLI 7/618/221 photograph, 13cm. x 8cm., black and whitePhotograph of local tribesmen, probably in the service of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, India, n.d. [1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/231 photograph, 13cm. x 8cm., black and whitePhotograph of Michael Hanmer outside his and Jumbo’s shack at Ladha, India, n.d. [1929]
D/DLI 7/618/241 photograph, 13cm. x 8cm., black and whitePhotograph of Webb and Packman with typical Mahsuds, India, n.d. [1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/251 photograph, 8cm. x 5.5cm., black and whitePhotograph view of Tal in Tochi, India, n.d. [1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/261 photograph, 8cm. x 5.5cm., black and whitePhotograph of the view from Greenwood Corner, India, n.d. [1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/271 photograph, 13cm. x 8cm., black and whitePhotograph of mule transport column in the Baddar Toi, India, n.d. [1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/281 photograph, 8cm. x 5.5cm., black and whitePhotograph of two Kharradars, local tribesmen, India, n.d. [1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/291 photograph, 13cm. x 8cm., black and whitePhotograph of No. 5 Platoon on the march, India, n.d. [1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/301 photograph, 13cm. x 8cm., black and whitePhotograph of ‘B’ Company, headed by Company Headquarters and No. 5 Platoon, marching in a column, India, n.d. [1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/311 photograph, 8cm. x 5.5cm., black and whitePhotograph of Sergeant Senior on the roof of the mess lorry, India, n.d. [1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/321 photograph, 8cm. x 5.5cm., black and whitePhotograph of the 2nd Battalion marching beside Dosalli Post, North West Frontier, India, n.d. [1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/331 photograph, 13cm. x 8cm., black and whitePhotograph of the 2nd Battalion column crossing an unidentified river bridge on the North West Frontier, India, n.d. [1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/341 photograph, 13cm. x 8cm., black and whitePhotograph of Dick [Lysaght-Griffin], Crowdy (R.A.), Stephen, Jumbo, Colonel [ ], and Dryden, with the red flag, India, n.d. [1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/351 photograph, 13cm. x 8cm., black and whitePhotograph of No. 5 Platoon, 2nd Battalion, digging a perimeter wall at an unidentified camp, India, n.d. [1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/361 photograph, 13cm. x 8cm., black and whitePhotograph of the camp at Tal, India, n.d. [1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/371 photograph, 13cm. x 8cm., black and whitePhotograph of No. 5 Platoon, 2nd Battalion, at a halt, India, n.d. [1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/381 photograph, 13cm. x 8cm., black and whitePhotograph of No. 5 Platoon, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, including Lieutenant E.C. Sebag-Montefiore, at Razani, India, n.d. [1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/391 photograph, 13cm. x 8cm., black and whitePhotograph of officers of the 2nd Battalion drinking tea in the open air, India, n.d. [1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/401 photograph, 13 cm. x 8 cm., black and whitePhotograph of single storey barrack-type buildings around a square, with verandahs, India, n.d. [c. 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/411 photograph, 13cm. x 8cm., black and whitePhotograph of ‘G.W. and Murphy’, North West Frontier, India, n.d. [c. 1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/421 photograph, 8cm. x 13cm., black and whitePhotograph of a castellated brick reconnaissance tower, marked ’95 R.C.’, on the North West Frontier, India, n.d. [c. 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/431 photograph, 13cm. x 8cm., black and whitePhotograph of Tauda China Camp viewed from Camp Ridge, India, n.d. [1929]
D/DLI 7/618/441 photograph, 8cm. x 5.5cm.,. black and whitePhotograph of officers of the 2nd Battalion breakfasting, North West Frontier, India, n.d. [1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/451 photograph, 8cm. x 5.5cm., black and whitePhotograph view of Duncan’s Piquet from Razmak Narai, India, n.d. [1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/461 photograph, 5.5cm. x 8cm., black and whitePhotograph of Dick [Lysaght-Griffin] after bathing in the River Tochi, India, n.d. [1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/471 photograph, 7cm. x 9cm., black and whitePhotograph of an unidentified, mounted, officer of The Durham Light Infantry, in an unidentified place, n.d. [c. 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/481 photograph, 5.5cm. x 6cm., black and whitePhotograph of E.C. Sebag-Montefiore after bathing in the River Tochi, India, n.d. [1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/491 photograph, 10.5cm. x 6cm., black and whitePhotograph of a motorised transport column, India, n.d. [c. 1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/501 photograph, 8cm. x 5.5cm. black and whitePhotograph looking down to a valley, Bibizai, India, n.d. [1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/511 photograph, 8cm. x 5.5cm., black and whitePhotograph of typical tribesmen on the North West Frontier, India, n.d. [1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/521 photograph, 8cm. x 5.5cm., black and whitePhotograph of Bibizai, India, n.d. [1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/531 photograph, 8cm. x 5.5cm., black and whitePhotograph of E.C. Sebag-Montefiore, Dick [Lysaght-Griffin], Murphy and Ambrose, India, n.d. [1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/541 photograph, 8cm. x 5.5cm., black and whitePhotograph of the view over the valley from Greenwood’s Corner, India, n.d. [1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/551 photograph, 8cm. x 5.5cm., black and whitePhotograph of the terrain on the Bibizai road, India, n.d. [1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/561 photograph, 8cm. x 5.5cm., black and whitePhotograph of officers of the 2nd Battalion breakfasting, India, n.d. [1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/571 photograph, 5.5cm. x 8cm., black and whitePhotograph of a group of soldiers [of the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry] including Bond, Harmer, Robertson, Oswald, and Company Sergeant-Major Martin, India, n.d. [1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/581 photograph, 8cm. x 5.5cm., black and whitePhotograph of E.C. Sebag-Montefiore, Tim [ ], Oswald [ ], Tyndal [ ], Jumbo [ ], Sammy [ ], Dick [Lysaght-Griffin] and Robertson, in civilian dress, India, n.d. [1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/591 photograph, 8cm. x 5.5cm., black and whitePhotograph of signallers near Datta Khel, India, n.d. [1929]
D/DLI 7/618/601 photograph, 8cm. x 5.5cm., black and whitePhotograph of Brigadier Pope and troops on a hillside, North West Frontier, India, n.d. [1929 – 1930]
D/DLI 7/618/611 photograph, 7.5cm. x 10cm., black and whitePhotograph of Second Lieutenant Dixon (later with the 70th Battalion), E.C. Sebag-Montefiore, Second Lieutenant Bell, and Captain Ross, all of 14th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in Britain, n.d. [1941 – 1942]
D/DLI 7/618/62Photographs from the war crimes trials in Naples, Italy, and in Rome, Italy, including the Banks case court, Naples, Italy, presided over by Lieutenant-Colonel E.C. Sebag-Montefiore, 1946
D/DLI 7/618/62(1)Photograph of the British Military Court assembled for the ‘Banks’ case, including Lieutenant-Colonel E.C. Sebag-Montefiore, The Durham Light Infantry, taken in Naples, Italy, 1946
D/DLI 7/618/62(2)Photograph of the prosecution team of the British Military Court for the ‘Banks’ case, including Lieutenant-Colonel Rhys Roberts, taken in Naples, Italy, 1946
D/DLI 7/618/62(3)Photograph of the British Military Court assembled for the trial of General Obert von Mackensen and Lieutenant-General Maelzer, taken in Rome, Italy, 18 – 30 November, 1945 Left to right: Lieutenant-Colonel R. Tyrrel, Mr Stirling, Major-General L. Playfair, Lieutenant-Colonel Hayman
D/DLI 7/618/62(4)Photograph of soldiers escorting two prisoners into a courtroom during the ‘Banks’ case, taken in Naples, Italy, 1946
D/DLI 7/618/62(5)Photograph of the proceedings of the ‘Banks’ case, showing the accused Germans and Italians, taken in Naples, Italy, 1946
D/DLI 7/618/62(6)Photograph of General Obert von Mackensen and Lieutenant-General Maelzer, with an interpreter, in the dock during their trial at a British Military Court, taken in Rome, Italy, 18 – 30 November, 1945
D/DLI 7/618/62(7)Photograph of General Obert von Mackensen and Lieutenant-General Maelzer, with an interpreter, in the dock during their trial at a British Military Court, taken in Rome, Italy, 18 – 30 November, 1945
D/DLI 7/618/62(8)Photograph of General Richter Keller and Colonel Richter Christ and British Military Court officials at the trial of General Obert von Mackensen and Lieutenant-General Maelzer, taken in Rome, Italy, 18 – 30 November, 1945
D/DLI 7/618/62(9)1 filePhotograph of Field-Marshal Kesselring drinking tea as a military policeman looks on, taken during the trial of General Obert von Mackensen and Lieutenant-General Maelzer, taken in Rome, Italy, 18 – 30 November, 1945
D/DLI 7/618/631 photograph, 7.5cm. x 9cm., black and whitePhotograph of Cecil Sebag-Montefiore and another Army officer, mounted on camels, in front of the Sphinx and pyramid, Cairo, Egypt, sent to Eric C. Sebag-Montefiore by his mother, postmark 28 March 1916
D/DLI 7/618/641 photograph, 11cm. x 8cm., black and whitePostcard photograph of the officers of ‘C’ Mess, 25th Division Headquarters, at Lecherich, near Cologne, Germany, sent by ‘Chin’ to Second Lieutenant Eric C. Sebag-Montefiore, 13th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, British Expeditionary Force, postmark 9 January 1919
Sedman D/DLI 7/619/1-3Major Willas SEDMAN1st Battalion and 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry Private in 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry 1923; captain, 1940; major, 1945; retired; served with 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry; died 1982
D/DLI 7/619/11 paperTobruk Truth newsheet, volume 1, number 1, 20 October 1941
D/DLI 7/619/21 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and whitePostcard photograph of ‘C’ Company, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in service dress, winners of 151st Brigade Guard Mounting Competition, Halton, Yorkshire, 1931
D/DLI 7/619/31 photograph, 9cm. x 6cm., black and whitePhotograph of four soldiers of The Durham Light Infantry forming a tennis party, including W. Sedman, first left, possibly in China, n.d. [c. 1939]
Sedman D/DLI 7/957/124383 Private Harold SEDMAN15th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry Also served in the Labour Corps, no. 564113
D/DLI 7/957/11 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and whitePhotograph of a group of soldiers of the 15th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, taken outside a hut at an unidentified training camp, n.d. [ c.1914 – 1915] Includes: Private H. Sedman, marked, kneeling fourth from left, front row
Sellar D/DLI 7/620/1Private John Dick SELLAR2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
D/DLI 7/620/12 papersChristmas card containing a photograph of the trophies won by the 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, during 1921 and 1922, sent by ‘John’, 1922
Sell D/DLI 7/1010/1-42Colonel Harold Sydney SELL, O.B.E., M.C., T.D.8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry Residence Alnwick, Northumberland; served as 151st Infantry Brigade Transport Officer in 1940; prisoner of war 1942 – commanded the 8th Battalion 1951 – 1956
D/DLI 7/1010/1-18Records concerning the British Expeditionary Force campaign, May – June 1940
D/DLI 7/1010/127 papersWar diary of 151st Infantry Brigade, 3 May – 2 June 1940 This diary, carried by Captain H.S. Sell, 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, was one of three copies brought back to the U.K. from Dunkirk, France
D/DLI 7/1010/24 papersFrank Force operation instruction no. 2, 21 May 1940 This copy was issued to Captain H.S. Sell, 151st Infantry Brigade
D/DLI 7/1010/33 papers50th Division operation order no. 7, 19 May 1940
D/DLI 7/1010/42 papers50th Division operation order no. 8, and amendment no. 1, 19 – 20 May 1940
D/DLI 7/1010/52 papers50th Division operation order concerning the withdrawal to Dunkirk, France, 29 May 1940
D/DLI 7/1010/61 paper50th Division situation report on operations at Mont St. Eloy, France, 23 May 1940
D/DLI 7/1010/73 papers1st Army Tank Brigade operation order no. 6 concerning the attack of 151st Infantry Brigade around Arras, France, 21 May 1940
D/DLI 7/1010/81 paperCoded message concerning the command of forces at Maroeiul and Vimy Ridge, France, by Colonel G. Everett, 22 [May 1940]
D/DLI 7/1010/92 papersCoded message form containing a warning order of change of command of troops in the Arras and Bailleul area, France, 23 [May 1940]
D/DLI 7/1010/1010 papersNotes on the operations of 151st Infantry Brigade in France and Belgium from 16 May to 2 June 1940, leading to the evacuation from Dunkirk, by Brigadier J.A.C. Churchill, D.S.O., M.C., n.d. [ c.1940]
D/DLI 7/1010/11German, 1 plan, 105 cm. x 68 cm., colour printedMap of Germany, France and Belgium, October 1939 Scale: 1:1,000,000 This was used by Panzer Gruppen 21 at Arras, France, in 1940
D/DLI 7/1010/1211 papers, duplicatedCopy affidavit of Colonel H.S. Sell concerning the Arras counter-attack carried out by the Durham Light Infantry Brigade (151) and the alleged murder of four hundred German prisoners on 21 May 1940, and associated correspondence with Major Ian English, 11 September 1989; 29 December 1988 – 23 January 1989
D/DLI 7/1010/132 papers, duplicatedCopy letter from William Ridley, editor of the Gateshead and Newcastle Branch of the D.L.I. Association, to Colonel H.S. Sell concerning the newspaper article, ‘The Massacre that Never Was’, from the Sunderland Echo, 24 November 1993, and refuting the allegations of mass murder levelled against the 6th and 8th Battalions, The Durham Light Infantry, in the withdrawal from Dunkirk, France, in 1940, 24 November 1993
D/DLI 7/1010/14French, 1 paperLetter from Michel Meriaux, 71 Rue Pierre Semard, 59490 Somain, France, to H.S. Sell, High Close, Alnwick, Northumberland, enclosing photographs of Ancoisne and an old Michelin map belonging to his father, and referring to a meeting with the elderly Mademoiselle Chuffart, 10 October 1977
D/DLI 7/1010/151 plan, 89 cm. x 50 cm., colourMichelin map of France, sheet no. 1: Lille, covering the area from Arras to Dunkirk, n.d. [20th c.] Scale: 1:200,000 Originally enclosed in D/DLI 7/1010/14
D/DLI 7/1010/162 papers, duplicatedCopy letter from H.S. Sell, High Close, Alnwick, Northumberland, to Madame L’Heureux, concerning the hospitality extended to him on a recent visit to France, and his special memories of Ancoisne, because of Mademoiselle Chuffart and the two soldiers [Private J. Carlton and Private K. Whitfield, 9th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry], who were killed by his side, [on 24 May 1940], n.d. [September 1994]
D/DLI 7/1010/17French, 1 paperLetter from Daniele L’Heureux, 167 Rue Roger Serlengro, 59263 Houplin-Ancoisne, France, to H.S. Sell, High Close, Alnwick, Northumberland, enclosing photographs of the two war graves of his comrades, and of the grave of Mademoiselle Chuffart, 3 October 1994
D/DLI 7/1010/182 papers, duplicatedCopy letter from Harold S. Sell, High Close, Alnwick, Northumberland, to T. Younger, 11 Dundas Way, Felling on Tyne, concerning the death of Sell’s former platoon sergeant, Sergeant Stonehouse, ‘C’ Company, 9th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, in France on 26 May 1940, n.d. [1995]
D/DLI 7/1010/19-23Records concerning the 8th Battalion and the North Africa campaign, 1942
D/DLI 7/1010/192 papersReport on operations by ‘D’ Column on the night of 14-15 June 1942, commanded by Major H.S. Sell, 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, in holding a bridgehead at Gazala while the Brigade passed through, 15 June 1942
D/DLI 7/1010/202 papersReport by Major H.S. Sell on the operations of ‘D’ Company, 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, holding the bridgehead at Gazala on 14 – 15 June 1942, when nearly two hundred men were lost, n.d. [ 1942]
D/DLI 7/1010/211 paperOrders issued by Major H.S. Sell, rearguard from Mersa Matruh, concerning the withdrawal to Fuka, Egypt, n.d. [June 1942]
D/DLI 7/1010/221 paperLetter from Brigadier C.E. Lucas Phillips, O.B.E., M.C., Danes Cottage, Danes Way, Oxshott, Surrey, to Colonel H.S. Sell, O.B.E., M.C., D.L., High Close, Alnwick, Northumberland, requesting information concerning the Gazala action and the occasion when Private Wakenshaw won the Victoria Cross, 12 November 1971
D/DLI 7/1010/234 papersCopy letter from Colonel H.S. Sell, High Close, Alnwick, Northumberland, to Brigadier C.E. Lucas Phillips, O.B.E., M.C., Danes Cottage, Danes Way, Oxshott, Surrey, describing the breakout from the Gazala Box in 1942 and the role of Private Wakenshaw and the 9th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry anti-tank gun crews, 22 November 1971
D/DLI 7/1010/24-27Records concerning an 8th Battalion training exercise
D/DLI 7/1010/241 paper, 100 cm. x 39 cm., colourPanorama sketch plan of the terrain at Rigg Plantation, Yorkshire, and forecast timings and fire plan, for an attack by ‘A’ and ‘C’ Companies, 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, issued by Captain H.S. Sell, n.d. [mid 20th c.]
D/DLI 7/1010/251 paper, colourSketch diagram and cross section of the terrain between Rigg Plantation and the end of the Copse [Gandale Copse, Yorkshire], showing the area to the right of the boundary line, at map reference 160959, for the use of ‘A’ Company [probably 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry] during a training exercise, n.d. [mid 20th c.]
D/DLI 7/1010/261 paper, colourSketch diagram and cross sections of the terrain and objective between Gandale Copse and Rigg Plantation, Yorkshire, showing the area left of the boundary line, at map reference 160959, for the use of ‘C’ Company, [probably 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry] during a training exercise, n.d. [mid 20th c.]
D/DLI 7/1010/272 papersArtillery fire plan tables for use in a training exercise in Yorkshire, n.d. [mid 20th c.]
D/DLI 7/1010/28-42Photographs
D/DLI 7/1010/281 photograph, 10 cm. x 15 cm., colourPhotograph of the war grave of 4452238 Private J. Carlton, 9th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, died 24 May 1940; September 1994 Originally enclosed in D/DLI 7/1010/17
D/DLI 7/1010/291 photograph, 10 cm. x 15 cm., colourPhotograph of the war grave of 4452954 Private K. Whitfield, 9th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, died 24 May 1940; September 1994 Originally enclosed in D/DLI 7/1010/17
D/DLI 7/1010/301 photograph, 12 cm. x 9 cm., colourPhotograph of the small road where the English were hidden, near Ancoisne, France, in 1940, n.d. [1970s] Originally enclosed in D/DLI 7/1010/14
D/DLI 7/1010/311 photograph, 12 cm. x 9 cm., colourPhotograph of a farmhouse near the church at Ancoisne, France, n.d. [1977] Originally enclosed in D/DLI 7/1010/14
D/DLI 7/1010/321 photograph, 12 cm. x 9 cm., colourPhotograph of the church at Ancoisne, France, n.d. [1970s] Originally enclosed in D/DLI 7/1010/14
D/DLI 7/1010/331 photograph, 12 cm. x 9 cm., colourPhotograph of the ‘Petite Chapelle d’Ancoisne’, France, n.d. [1970s] Originally enclosed in D/DLI 7/1010/14
D/DLI 7/1010/341 photograph, 10 cm. x 15 cm., colourPhotograph of the memorial to members of the Chuffart family, 1865 – 1992, at Ancoisne cemetery, France, September 1994 Originally enclosed in D/DLI 7/1010/17
D/DLI 7/1010/351 photograph, 10 cm. x 15 cm., colourPhotograph of the memorial to the Chuffart family, including Jeanne Chuffart (1902 – 1992), at Ancoisne cemetery, France, n.d. [1994] Originally enclosed in D/DLI 7/1010/17
D/DLI 7/1010/361 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colourPhotograph of Durham Light Infantry veterans, including Colonel H.S. Sell, on a visit to Houplin war memorial, France, n.d. [1990s]
D/DLI 7/1010/371 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colourPhotograph of a group of Durham Light Infantry veterans, led by Colonel H.S. Sell, at a memorial ceremony, Houplin war memorial, France, n.d. [1990s]
D/DLI 7/1010/381 photograph, 10 cm. x 15 cm., colourPhotograph of unidentified veterans outside the church at Houplin, France, n.d. [1990s]
D/DLI 7/1010/391 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colourPhotograph of Colonel H.S. Sell and his wife, taken at an unidentified reception for war veterans, possibly in France, n.d. [1990s]
D/DLI 7/1010/401 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colourPhotograph of Colonel H.S. Sell and the Dean of Durham walking across Palace Green at the V.E. Day anniversary celebrations, Durham, May 1995
D/DLI 7/1010/411 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colourPhotograph of Colonel H.S. Sell holding a wreath in the D.L.I. Memorial Garden, Durham Cathedral, probably taken during the V.E. Day anniversary celebrations, n.d. [May 1995]
D/DLI 7/1010/421 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colourPhotograph of Colonel H.S. Sell laying a wreath in the D.L.I. Memorial Garden, Durham Cathedral, probably taken during the V.E. Day anniversary celebrations, n.d. [May 1995]
Sewart D/DLI 7/621/1Second Lieutenant Gerald Evelyn Spuldlam SEWART10th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry Killed in action, 8 May 1916
D/DLI 7/621/11 paperLetter from the Imperial War Graves Commission, 82 Baker Street, London, to the Reverend A.W. Sewart, The Rectory, Brignall, Barnard Castle, informing him of the new number of the grave of G.E.S. Sewart in Agny Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France, 25 November 1924
Sewell D/DLI 7/622/1-616897 Private Percy Harold Mapley SEWELL15th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry Enlisted, 5 September 1914; transferred to the Reserve, 10 March 1919; discharged, 31 March 1920
D/DLI 7/622/11 booklet, card boundSoldier’s small book of Private Percy Sewell, 1 May 1915
D/DLI 7/622/21 paperCharacter certificate of Private Percy Harold Sewell, 31 March 1920
D/DLI 7/622/31 paperEmergency donation card receipt, 22 October – 17 November 1920
D/DLI 7/622/41 paperStatement of services of Private P. H. Sewell, 25 October 1920
D/DLI 7/622/51 paperCopy birth certificate of Percy Harold Mapley Sewell, 10 July 1892; copy made, 20 November 1951
D/DLI 7/622/61 paperCopy death certificate of Percy Harold Sewell, 5 May 1978
Seymour D/DLI 7/623/125600 Private James SEYMOUR11th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry Born West Gate, Northumberland; enlisted Newcastle; killed in action, 20 November 1917
D/DLI 7/623/11 paperField service postcard from J. Seymour to Miss S. Seymour, 28 Warden Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, 15 August 1917

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