Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames T: Th to Ti

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Thomas D/DLI 7/1235/1-54900 Sergeant A. or W. THOMASServed in India with 2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry; and possibly with 9th (Secunderabad) Division, later Burma Division, the Indian Army
D/DLI 7/1235/11 parchmentCertificate stating that 4900 Lance Corporal A Thomas, 2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, has passed a course in transport training (India Army regulations), and is qualified for employment as a regimental transport assistant and assistant instructor during peace, or transport sergeant on field service, Poona District, 24 July 1897
D/DLI 7/1235/21 parchmentCertificate stating that 4900 Lance Corporal A Thomas, 2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, has passed courses in discipline, duties in barracks, guards and picquets, camp and on the march, drills, manoeuvre, musketry, for the rank of corporal, signed Lieutenant Colonel FH Whitby, commanding Durham Light Infantry, 23 March 1898
D/DLI 7/1235/31 paperCertificate of education, second class, awarded to 4900 Lance Corporal W Thomas, 2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, on the authority of the Director of Military Education in India, by Lieutenant Colonel Colonel A[lwyn] de B[laquiere] V[alentine] Paget, commanding 2nd Durham Light Infantry, 27 March 1899
D/DLI 7/1235/41 parchmentCertificate stating that Sergeant W Thomas, 25th Mule Corps [Burma Division, Indian Army], has undergone instruction in transport gear, and is qualified to supervise the repair of [?] gear, signed Major [E Walker] R[oyal] A[rtillery], Superintendent H and S Factory, Cawnpore, 8 November 1907
D/DLI 7/1235/51 parchmentCertificate stating that Sergeant W Thomas, Supply and Transport Corps, has undergone instruction in bakery at Secunderabad on 31 July 1910, and is qualified to perform the duties of Master Baker, with good proficiency, signed Lieutenant Colonel RP Jackson, Divisional Supply and Transport Officer, 9th [Secunderabad] Division, Ootacamund, 23 August 1910
Thompson D/DLI 7/699/11452 Private G.H. THOMPSONThe Durham Light Infantry Born South Church, Bishop Auckland; enlisted Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, 19 June 1884; transferred to Reserve [1891]; discharged [1896]
D/DLI 7/699/11 bookletAccount book of Private G.H. Thompson, including army certificate of education, third class, 17 December 1884, and savings and clothing accounts, 1884 – 1885
Thompson D/DLI 7/700/1-37275049 Sergeant George THOMPSON, M.M.1/7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Transport Section Born, 28 November 1893; baptised, 20 December 1893, Bishopwearmouth parish; enlisted, 5 October 1910; British Expeditionary Force, 17 April 1915; disembodied on demobilisation, 10 September 1919; re-enlisted with 7th Battalion (T.A.), 30 June 1920 as 4438190 Corporal Thompson; discharged, 29 June 1921; promoted Corporal, 6 March 1916; awarded the Military Medal; mentioned twice in despatches; awarded the Territorial Efficiency Medal; worked at Vaux Brewery, Sunderland, from 1936 as a fermenting room foreman; retired, 1958 – 1959; his grandfather had worked at the brewery for 30 years, and his father for 49 years; home address: 8 Crow Street, Sunderland.
D/DLI 7/700/11 cardBaptismal record card of George Thompson of Bishopwearmouth parish, 20 December 1893
D/DLI 7/700/21 booklet, cloth boundSoldier’s pay book of Private, later Corporal, Thompson, 2 April 1915 – 24 November 1916
D/DLI 7/700/31 booklet, cloth boundSoldier’s pay book of Corporal Thompson, 20 December 1916 – 26 June 1918
D/DLI 7/700/41 paperProtection certificate and certificate of identity of Sergeant George Thompson, North Camp, Ripon, Yorkshire, 17 January 1919
D/DLI 7/700/51 cardCertificate of disembodiment, on demobilisation, of Sergeant G. Thompson, 14 February 1919
D/DLI 7/700/61 cardCertificate of discharge of 4438190 Corporal G. Thompson from the 7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry (T.A.), after one year’s service in the Territorial Force, 29 June 1921
D/DLI 7/700/71 paperNotification of alteration of soldier’s pay to Corporal George Thompson, 4 February 1918
D/DLI 7/700/81 paperSoldier’s demobilisation account of Sergeant George Thompson, February 1919
D/DLI 7/700/91 paperLetter from the Infantry Record Office to George Thompson transmitting the Military Medal for service in the field, 20 May 1919
D/DLI 7/700/101 paperLetter from the Infantry Record Office, York, to George Thompson transmitting the Oak Leaf Emblem awarded for services with The Durham Light Infantry, 17 June 1920
D/DLI 7/700/111 volume, card boundNotebook kept by George Thompson, recording his memories as a transport section driver with 1/7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, delivering rations and ammunition to the Front Line between 1914 and 1919, written for his daughter Gracie Evelyn Thompson who was born on 30 November 1926, n.d., [post 1926] Includes, at end: copy newspaper reports of the battle of Ypres and Hooge, Belgium, April – May 1915; commonplace notes and observations of the weather, 28 November 1928 – 26 February 1934
D/DLI 7/700/122 papers, printedNewspaper cuttings concerning the retirement of George Thompson from Vaux’s Brewery, Sunderland, n.d., [1958 – 1959]
D/DLI 7/700/131 paper, printedSt. George’s Memorial Church and British Settlement, Ypres, issued by the Friends of St. George’s Memorial Church, Ypres, Belgium, n.d., [post 1959]
D/DLI 7/700/141 booklet, printedGuide to the City of Mons, Belgium, describing the principal British, Canadian and American centres of interest, n.d., [1962]
D/DLI 7/700/151 card, printed, colouredCertificate presented to Sergeant G. Thompson, M.M., of Sunderland, by the Burgemeester of Ypres, Belgium, on the fiftieth anniversary of the battle of Ypres, 13 June 1964
D/DLI 7/700/161 card, printedPrint of a drawing of the ‘Last Post’ ceremony at the Ypres War Memorial, Belgium, by A. Goethals Van Reck, n.d., [c. 1964]
D/DLI 7/700/171 paperLetter from the Post Office National Savings Branch, London, to Miss G. Thompson, enclosing savings certificates, 13 April 1935
D/DLI 7/700/181 booklet, cloth boundContributions book of the Loyal Victoria Female Lodge, Sunderland, issued to G[racie] Thompson, 25 July 1944 – 11 December 1945 Contributions were made for sickness benefit
D/DLI 7/700/191 postcard photograph, 13.5cm. x 9cm., black and whitePhotograph of a horse, attended by two boys in a stable yard, possibly at Vaux Brewery stables, Sunderland, n.d., [c. 1900]
D/DLI 7/700/201 postcard photograph, 10cm. x 8cm., black and whitePhotograph of an elderly man with two white dray horses, possibly at Vaux Brewery stables, Sunderland, n.d., [early 20th c.]
D/DLI 7/700/211 postcard photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and whitePhotograph of an unidentified company of the 7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at an annual training camp [possibly Strensall, Yorkshire], c. 1910 – 1913
D/DLI 7/700/221 postcard photograph, 13.5cm. x 8.5cm., black and whitePhotograph of ‘C’ Company, 7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, possibly at their annual camp, 1912
D/DLI 7/700/231 postcard photograph, 13cm. x 8cm., black and whitePhotograph of a platoon of the 7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at the annual training camp at Conway, Caernarvonshire, sent by George Thompson to Miss Vera Frater, 8 Carter Street, Crowtree Road, Sunderland, postmark, 27 July 1914
D/DLI 7/700/241 postcard photograph, 13cm. x 8.5cm., black and whitePhotograph of a Vaux Brewery horse and cart, with Private George Thompson holding the bridle, and two unidentified soldiers of the 7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, seated on the cart, while training as transport drivers, n.d., [c. 1914]
D/DLI 7/700/251 postcard photograph, 8cm. x 13cm., black and whitePhotograph of Private George Thompson and two unidentified soldiers of the 7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at a military training camp, endorsed ‘from George to Nora’, n.d., [1914 – March 1915]
D/DLI 7/700/261 postcard photograph, 13cm. x 8cm., black and whitePhotograph of Private George Thompson, seated, right, with a group of newly recruited soldiers of the 7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d., [1914 – March 1915]
D/DLI 7/700/271 postcard photograph, 8cm. x 13cm., black and whitePhotograph of George Thompson and another, unidentified, soldier, at the Co-operative Wholesale Stores stables in Park Lane, Gateshead, while training with the transport section of the 7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, March 1915
D/DLI 7/700/281 postcard photograph, 8cm. x 13cm., black and whiteStudio portrait photograph of Corporal George Thompson and an unidentified sergeant of the 7th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry Pioneers, n.d., [post March 1916]
D/DLI 7/700/291 postcard photograph, 8cm. x 13cm., black and whiteStudio portrait photograph of Corporal George Thompson and an unidentified young woman, endorsed ‘from your loving sister Ada’, n.d.,. [post March 1916]
D/DLI 7/700/301 postcard photograph, 8cm. x 13cm., black and whiteStudio portrait photograph of Corporal George Thompson and an unidentified young woman, endorsed ‘1916’
D/DLI 7/700/311 postcard photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and whitePhotograph of four soldiers of the 7th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry Pioneers, including Corporal George Thompson, standing left, and Sergeant ‘Twankey’ Tweddle, seated right, and horse in a field at Marne, France, taken two days before the retreat, sent by Corporal Thompson to Mrs. G. Thompson, 1 Vale Brook Gardens, Sunderland, n.d., [July 1918]
D/DLI 7/700/321 photograph, 13cm. x 8cm., black and whitePhotograph of twelve sergeants of the 7th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry Pioneers, including Sergeant George Thompson, centre back row, possibly taken at Tournai Barracks, Belgium, n.d., [c. November 1918]
D/DLI 7/700/331 postcard photograph, 8.5cm. x 13.5cm., black and whitePhotograph portrait of F. Potts, E.S. Thompson, seated, and Sergeant G[eorge] Thompson, 1918
D/DLI 7/700/341 postcard photograph, 11cm. x 8cm., black and whitePhotograph of Corporal George Thompson and five privates of the 7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, (T.A.), probably taken at Scarborough Camp, Yorkshire, 1920
D/DLI 7/700/351 photograph, 6cm. x 8cm., black and whitePhotograph of Corporal George Thompson seated at the head of a team of horses, at a military camp, possibly Scarborough Camp, Yorkshire, 1920
D/DLI 7/700/361 photograph, 5.5cm. x 6cm., black and whiteTintype photograph of George Thompson and two women, probably his wife Ada and her mother, n.d., [1920s]
D/DLI 7/700/371 photograph, 8cm. x 5.5cm., black and whitePhotograph of a group of men and women, including a man and woman both in wheelchairs, possibly taken on the retirement of George Thompson from Vaux’s Brewery, Sunderland, c. 1958 – 1959
Thompson D/DLI 7/701/1-16Colonel William Douglas Baird THOMPSON, D.S.O., M.C.9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry Born, 1896; private in No. 21 Provisional Battalion, 7th Northumberland Fusiliers, 1914; officer commanding ‘C’ Company, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, November 1915 – 1918; 5th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, October 1918 – n.d.; awarded Military Cross as second lieutenant, London Gazette, 18 July 1917; with 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Arras, April 1917; awarded Distinguished Service Order and Croix de Guerre as lieutenant, London Gazette, 16 September 1918, for action in July 1918; disembodied, 13 April 1919; commanding officer, East Riding Yeomanry 1940; captured at Dunkirk; Prisoner of War to 1945; died 1978. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.
D/DLI 7/701/11 paperCommission of W.D.B. Thompson as second lieutenant in the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 25 November 1915
D/DLI 7/701/2Scrapbook of Colonel W.D.B. Thompson recording the service of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, in the First World War, including photographs, three field message books and a field service correspondence book, 14 February 1915 – 22 November 1920 Includes: items relating to servicemen from Northumberland:
D/DLI 7/701/2(1)Envelope addressed to Colonel W.D.B. Thompson, Bridlington, Yorkshire, n.d.
D/DLI 7/701/2(2)Illustrated card, captioned Rally Round The Flag, showing a soldier standing by a Union Jack, c.1914
D/DLI 7/701/2(3)Recruitment card of the 7th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, issued to W.D.B. Thompson, c.1914
D/DLI 7/701/2(4)Newspaper cutting of a verse, in German, entitled ‘Hoch Der Kaiser!’, c.1914
D/DLI 7/701/2(5)Postcard photograph of a view of High Church, Morpeth, Northumberland, n.d.
D/DLI 7/701/2(6)Photograph of a young woman, c.1914
D/DLI 7/701/2(7)Copy of a verse, entitled ‘D’ye Ken John French?’, c.1914
D/DLI 7/701/2(8)Photograph, from a newspaper, of Territorial soldiers and recruits [possibly of the Northumberland Fusiliers] on parade at a recreation ground, taken at Alnwick, Northumberland, c.1914
D/DLI 7/701/2(9)Photograph of a soldier of the Northumberland Fusiliers [possibly W.D.B. Thompson], c.1914
D/DLI 7/701/2(10)Photograph, from a newspaper, captioned Office Staff, Territorial Headquarters, showing a group of soldiers [possibly of the Northumberland Fusiliers], and a man in civilian dress, standing on the steps of a building, taken at Fenkle Street, Alnwick, Northumberland, c.1914
D/DLI 7/701/2(11)Newspaper cutting of an extract from a verse, c.1914
D/DLI 7/701/2(12)Postcard photograph of a soldier of the Northumberland Fusiliers [possibly W.D.B. Thompson], c.1914
D/DLI 7/701/2(13)Envelope, with an attached piece of material, addressed to Private W.D.B. Thompson, Grove House, Alnwick, Northumberland, 4 November 1914
D/DLI 7/701/2(14)Photograph of a soldier of the Northumberland Fusiliers [possibly W.D.B. Thompson], c.1914
D/DLI 7/701/2(15)Photograph of a soldier of the Northumberland Fusiliers [possibly W.D.B. Thompson], c.1914
D/DLI 7/701/2(16)Duplicate of D/DLI 7/701/2(9)
D/DLI 7/701/2(17)Copy of ‘Raemaeker’s Cartoons’, c.1916
D/DLI 7/701/2(18)Letter to ‘Dear Bill’, from ‘Percy’, concerning rumours of an imminent posting, the inoculation of soldiers, and the issue of kit, 5 April 1915
D/DLI 7/701/2(19)Photograph, from a newspaper, of Captain J. Flint, 7th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, c.1914
D/DLI 7/701/2(20)Photograph, from a newspaper, of Captain J.R. Lambton, 7th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, c.1914
D/DLI 7/701/2(21)Newspaper cutting concerning a letter, written by Private H. Bell, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, giving an account of trench warfare in France, c.1915
D/DLI 7/701/2(22)Newspaper cutting announcing the promotion of Private James Herbert Cecil Swinney, 7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, to the rank of second-lieutenant, c.1915
D/DLI 7/701/2(23)Newspaper cutting announcing promotions within the Northumberland Fusiliers, c.1915
D/DLI 7/701/2(24)Pass issued to Lance-Corporal W.D.B. Thompson, 21st Provisional Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, 27 September 1915
D/DLI 7/701/2(25)Discharge Certificate of Lance-Corporal W.D.B. Thompson, 21st Provisional Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, issued ‘in consequence of having obtained a Commission in the 9th Durham Light Infantry’, 21 November 1915
D/DLI 7/701/2(26)Note from Holt and Company informing Second-Lieutenant W.D.B. Thompson that his account has been credited with an outfit allowance, 13 December 1915
D/DLI 7/701/2(27)Newspaper cutting concerning the payment of outfit allowances to Army officers, c.1915
D/DLI 7/701/2(28)Postcard photograph of the colour party of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, with Colours presented by His Majesty King Edward VII, taken at Windsor, Berkshire, 19 June 1910
D/DLI 7/701/2(29)Newspaper cutting concerning Regular and Territorial Army promotions, 29 November 1915
D/DLI 7/701/2(30)Cartoon sketch of Major Waddington, 3/9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1915
D/DLI 7/701/2(31)Photograph of an officer [possibly of The Durham Light Infantry] standing by a fence, c.1915
D/DLI 7/701/2(32)Letter to ‘Dear Friend’, from ‘Bill’ Scott, expressing pleasure ‘that I read your name in the list of appointments of the D.L.I.’, 29 November 1915
D/DLI 7/701/2(33)Photograph of an officer of The Durham Light Infantry, c.1915
D/DLI 7/701/2(34)Address card of Miss Gladys Gill, Heaton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, c.1915
D/DLI 7/701/2(35)Photograph of an officer of The Durham Light Infantry, signed ‘With best wishes, Harry Potts, Second-Lieutenant, 9th D.L.I.’, 28 April 1916
D/DLI 7/701/2(36)Letter to ‘My Dear Bill’, from ‘Geoff’, concerning news of family and friends, 10 January 1916
D/DLI 7/701/2(37)Illustrated postcard of a view of Christ’s College Entrance Gate, Cambridge, n.d.
D/DLI 7/701/2(38)Certificate issued to Second-Lieutenant W.D.B. Thompson, 3/9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, by the School of Instruction, Cambridge University, on completion of instruction as prescribed by the War Office, 14 March 1916
D/DLI 7/701/2(39)Card of L.G. Tirrell, 3/6th Essex Regiment, c.1916
D/DLI 7/701/2(40)Newspaper cutting announcing the death in action of Second-Lieutenant Norman A. Swinney, Northumberland Fusiliers, 1916
D/DLI 7/701/2(41)Letter from Mr and Mrs James Swinney thanking ‘all friends for their many expressions of sympathy [concerning] the death of their eldest son Norman’, May 1916
D/DLI 7/701/2(42)Newspaper cutting announcing the death in action of Second-Lieutenant Norman A. Swinney, Northumberland Fusiliers, 1916
D/DLI 7/701/2(43)Newspaper cutting of a list of killed and wounded officers, 8 May 1916
D/DLI 7/701/2(44)Newspaper cutting concerning the death of Second-Lieutenant Norman A. Swinney, Northumberland Fusiliers, 1916
D/DLI 7/701/2(45)Photograph of a view of soldiers’ graves [possibly taken in France], c.1916
D/DLI 7/701/2(46)Sketch map showing the location of Second-Lieutenant Norman A. Swinney’s grave, c.1916
D/DLI 7/701/2(47)Newspaper cutting concerning the death in action of Second-Lieutenant Norman A. Swinney, Northumberland Fusiliers, 1916
D/DLI 7/701/2(48)Postcard photograph of an officer of The Durham Light Infantry, c.1916
D/DLI 7/701/2(49)Telegram addressed to Second-Lieutenant W.D.B. Thompson, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, ordering him to ‘report to embarkation commandant Southampton’, 12 June 1916
D/DLI 7/701/2(50)Photograph of an officer [possibly of The Durham Light Infantry] standing by a fence, c.1915
D/DLI 7/701/2(51)Postcard photograph of a German soldier, c.1914
D/DLI 7/701/2(52)Illustrated postcard of a young woman adjusting her stockings, c.1914
D/DLI 7/701/2(53)Postcard photograph of a view of Rouen, France, n.d.
D/DLI 7/701/2(54)Postcard photograph of a view of the remains of a forest, taken at Mont Kemmel, Belgium, c.1914 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(55)Postcard photograph of a view of a ruined farm building, taken in France or Belgium, c.1915
D/DLI 7/701/2(56)Postcard photograph, captioned What is left of the labyrinth, showing a view of ruined woodland, taken at Kemmel, Belgium, c.1914 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(57)French railway ticket, c.1914 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(58)Postcard photograph of a view of buildings around a town square, taken in France or Belgium, n.d.
D/DLI 7/701/2(59)Photograph of French soldiers holding onto a barrage balloon, taken in France, c.1914- 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(60)Photograph of a view of ruined buildings on the banks of the River Meusse, taken at Verdun, France, c.1916
D/DLI 7/701/2(61)Photograph of a biplane flying from a airfield, taken on the ‘Italian Front’, c.1914 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(62)Telegram addressed to Mr W.L. Thompson, Eldon Place, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, informing him of the wounding of Lieutenant W.D.B. Thompson, 1916
D/DLI 7/701/2(63)Medical card of Lieutenant W.D.B. Thompson, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1916
D/DLI 7/701/2(64)Letter concerning the ‘very slight’ wound suffered by ‘your son’, from the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, July 1916
D/DLI 7/701/2(65)Information leaflet regarding visits of relatives to sick and wounded officers in France, c.1916
D/DLI 7/701/2(66)Map, from a newspaper, of the ‘British Battle Line’ in France and Belgium, c.1916
D/DLI 7/701/2(67)Signed photograph of Lieutenant-Colonel E.G. Crouch, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1916
D/DLI 7/701/2(68)Note to ‘Dear Thompson’ concerning a parade by ‘5’ Platoon, and instructions for working parties, c.1916
D/DLI 7/701/2(69)Travel ticket, 24 June 1917
D/DLI 7/701/2(70)Pass issued to Second-Lieutenant W.D.B. Thompson, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 23 August 1916
D/DLI 7/701/2(71)Field Service postcard, c.1914 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(72)Photograph of a soldier receiving treatment for shell splinters in his buttocks, taken in France or Belgium, c.1914 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(73)Copy of a map of trench positions, sheet 57c, c.1914 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(74)Map of the ‘British Front Line from Courcelette to High Wood’, France, 1916
D/DLI 7/701/2(75)Illustration of a memorial cross to officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, ‘who were killed during the great advance’, October 1916
D/DLI 7/701/2(76)Photograph of a view of a ruined town, taken at Craonne, France, 1917
D/DLI 7/701/2(77)Postcard photograph of a group of soldiers and a woman, taken in a garden [possibly in France or Belgium], c.1914- 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(78)Postcard group photograph, captioned Senior Officers’ Course, taken at Flexicourt sur Somme, France, November 1916 Back row: Taylor, Cave, Leiper (?), Couper (?), Herepeth (?), O’Callaghan Front row: Bodley, Ogden (?), Field, James, Orn (?), Browning
D/DLI 7/701/2(79)Photograph of two officers relaxing in a field, c.1914 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(80)Greetings card of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, December 1916
D/DLI 7/701/2(81)Postcard photograph of officer Mauchlin, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, on a horse, c.1917
D/DLI 7/701/2(82)Postcard group photograph of the officers of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1917 Back row: Mackenzie, Herring, Palmer, Bridge, Ridley, Jamieson, Wallace, Box, Marshall, Luke Front row: ‘Doc’, Mauchlin, James, Marshall, Bowdery, Lieutenant-Colonel Bradford, Gallard, Jolley, Robertson, Hall, Fisher On ground: Tesseyman, unidentified, Braithwaite, Gee, Plummer
D/DLI 7/701/2(83)Postcard group photograph of a company of The Durham Light Infantry, c.1914 – 1918 Includes: officers Braithwaite, Catcheside, Mauchlin, M[ ], Mackenzie and W.D.B. Thompson
D/DLI 7/701/2(84)Postcard photograph, captioned No 1 Company, P.S. Batt, R.F., showing recruits marching through Ashtead Park Gates, taken in Surrey, 1914
D/DLI 7/701/2(85)Newspaper cutting concerning fighting around the banks of the Scarpe River, France, 24 April 1917
D/DLI 7/701/2(86)Newspaper cutting concerning fighting near Arras, France, c.1917
D/DLI 7/701/2(87)Newspaper cutting concerning fighting around the banks of the Scarpe River, France, c.1917
D/DLI 7/701/2(88)Ten-Pfennig banknote, 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(89)Postcard photograph of officers of The Durham Light Infantry, and other regiments, standing at a doorway, taken in France or Belgium, c.1914 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(90)Postcard photograph of officer W.D.B. Thompson, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry standing in front of an artificial background [possibly taken in France or Belgium], c.1914 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(91)Photograph of French soldiers preparing to bury the bodies of French and German soldiers, taken in France, November 1917
D/DLI 7/701/2(92)Postcard photograph of views of La Rue Saint-Gery, Arras, France, taken before and after the 1914 – 1918 War
D/DLI 7/701/2(93)Postcard photograph of views of Saint Jean Baptiste Church, Arras, France, taken before and after the 1914 – 1918 War, n.d.
D/DLI 7/701/2(94)Photograph of the bodies of two soldiers in a ditch, taken in France or Belgium, c.1914 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(95)Postcard photograph of a mine crater, taken near Bellvue Cabaret, France or Belgium, c.1914 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(96)Postcard photograph of a view of the ruins of the Ursulines Church, Arras, France, c.1914 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(97)Photograph, captioned Maiden’s prayer, showing soldiers [possibly Italian] launching a reconnaissance balloon, c.1915 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(98)Photograph of two French soldiers searching the bodies of French and German soldiers at a cemetery, taken at Reims, France, July 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(99)Photograph of three men [possibly mechanics and a pilot] standing beside a British biplane on a runway, taken in France or Belgium, c.1914 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(100)Postcard photograph of a view of the ruins of La Grand’ Place, Arras, France, taken after the 1914 – 1918 War, n.d.
D/DLI 7/701/2(101)Field Service postcard, c.1914 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(102)Newspaper cutting concerning the death, from wounds, of Private William Reay, Northumberland Fusiliers, c.1916
D/DLI 7/701/2(103)Notice concerning the award of decorations to officers and non-commissioned officers, including the award of a Military Cross to Second-Lieutenant W.D.B. Thompson, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1916
D/DLI 7/701/2(104)Newspaper cutting announcing the award of a Military Cross to Second-Lieutenant W.D.B. Thompson, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1916
D/DLI 7/701/2(105)Newspaper cutting concerning a reception in honour of Lieutenant W.D.B. Thompson, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Second-Lieutenant R.K. Harper, Northumberland Fusiliers, and Sergeant-Major Halliday, Northumberland Hussars, at Morpeth Town Hall, Northumberland, c.1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(106)Photograph of a young woman, c.1917
D/DLI 7/701/2(107)Photograph of a young woman, signed by ‘Dorothy’, 16 April 1917
D/DLI 7/701/2(108)Programme of a concert organised by the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 27 May 1917
D/DLI 7/701/2(109)Newspaper cutting concerning military appointments, c.1916
D/DLI 7/701/2(110)Photograph of a horse standing in a courtyard, c.1914 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(111)Caricature sketch [possibly of W.D.B. Thompson], c.1915- 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(112)Field Message book of Lieutenant W.D.B. Thompson, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, utilised ‘After the battle of Arras’, 1917
D/DLI 7/701/2(113)Diet sheet of ‘C’ Company, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 11 July 1917
D/DLI 7/701/2(114)‘Parade State’ of ’12’ Platoon, ‘C’ Company, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 9 May 1917
D/DLI 7/701/2(115)Postcard photograph of officer W.J. Crooks, 8th Battalion, Border Regiment, c.1914 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(116)Photograph of a naval officer, ‘Spug’ Swinney, standing in a garden [possibly in the United Kingdom], c.1914 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(117)Signed postcard photograph of Lieutenant B.C. Donnan, 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade, 16 October 1917
D/DLI 7/701/2(118)Photograph of officer H. Temple, 5th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment, c.1914 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(119)Photograph of an officer and a soldier standing outside a building, c.1914 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(120)Postcard photograph of an officer of The Durham Light Infantry, seated, and an officer of an unidentified regiment, standing, c.1914 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(121)Card of Mr S.T. Paxton, 3/9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1914 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(122)Magazine, entitled ‘Pelican Pie’, ‘The Official Organ of a West Riding Division’, December 1917
D/DLI 7/701/2(123)Photograph of a group of soldiers sitting in a trench, taken in France or Belgium, c.1914 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(124)Photograph of a group of officers standing in a garden, taken in France or Belgium, c.1914 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(125)Photograph of a group of officers standing outside a building, taken in France or Belgium, c.1914 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(126)Newspaper cutting announcing the award of a Military Cross to Captain Hubert Shield, Royal Army Medical Corps, 1st Northumbrian Field Ambulance, for ‘work done on the Somme’, c.1916
D/DLI 7/701/2(127)Photograph of a group of officers standing in a yard, taken in France or Belgium, c.1914 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(128)Photograph of an officer standing in a garden, taken in France or Belgium, c.1914 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(129)Photograph of two officers sitting in a garden, taken in France or Belgium, c.1914 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(130)Programme of a concert ‘given by ‘Green Diamonds’ and 62nd Division School’ at Cambligneul, France, c.1915 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(131)Newspaper cutting concerning the wedding of Captain Douglas Stewart, Royal Flying Corps, and Louisa Marjory Oliver, at St Mary’s Parish Church, Morpeth, Northumberland, c.1917
D/DLI 7/701/2(132)Photograph of Captain C.A. Marshall, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1917
D/DLI 7/701/2(133)Photograph, from a newspaper, of Brigadier-General Roland B. Bradford, V.C., in civilian dress, c.1917
D/DLI 7/701/2(134)Leaflet issued as a memorial to Brigadier-General R.B. Bradford, V.C., 1917
D/DLI 7/701/2(135)Typewritten letter to Neville Cameron, from Walter Braithwaite, concerning the character and ‘genius for War’ of Brigadier-General R.B. Bradford, V.C., 11 January 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(136)Newspaper cutting concerning the last message issued by Brigadier-General R.B. Bradford, V.C., before his death in action, 1917
D/DLI 7/701/2(137)Newspaper cutting concerning the death of Brigadier-General R.B. Bradford, V.C., 1917
D/DLI 7/701/2(138)Greetings card of the 19th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, c.1914 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(139)Greetings card of the 19th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, 1917 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(140)Postcard group photograph of officers of various regiments, including Second-Lieutenant W.D.B. Thompson, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, second right, front row, taken in France or Belgium, c.1916 Other named officers: Lieutenant Hunter, 5th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force; Captain Johnstone, 58th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force; Captain Denham, 29th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force; Captain Head, 30th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force; Second-Lieutenant Kirk Brown, 4th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment; Second-Lieutenant Read, 6th Queen’s Regiment; Second Lieutenant Johnson, 5th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers
D/DLI 7/701/2(141)Photograph of two French soldiers surveying the wreckage of a German anti-aircraft gun, taken on the Chemin-des-Dames road, France, August 1917
D/DLI 7/701/2(142)Newspaper cutting concerning a statement made by French Prime Minister Clemenceau, c.1915 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(143)Photograph, from a newspaper, of French Prime Minister Clemenceau, right, and the cure of Massevaux, left, leaving a church, taken in Alsace, France, c.1915 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(144)Programme of a concert by the Green Diamond Concert Party, 27 January 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(145)Photograph of a group of officers standing outside a dugout, taken in France or Belgium, c.1914 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(146)Photograph of a group of officers standing outside a dugout, taken in France or Belgium, c.1914 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(147)Photograph of a group of officers of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken in France or Belgium, June 1918 Back row: Gibson, Dodds, Johnson, Chisholm Front row: ‘Doc’, Meikle, Gibson, Robinson On ground: Burn, Tesseyman, Weightman
D/DLI 7/701/2(148)Photograph of Captain T.B. Jameson, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken at Vimy, France, March 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(149)Extract from Routine Orders concerning the award of a Distinguished Service Order to Lieutenant W.D.B. Thompson, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, and the award of Military Crosses to Captain T.B. Jameson, Lieutenant J.G. Weightman, and Lieutenant H. Johnson of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 20 May 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(150)Newspaper cutting concerning accounts of fighting on the Western Front, c.1917
D/DLI 7/701/2(151)Letter to ‘My Dear Thompson’, from Major T.B. Jameson, offering ‘heartiest congratulations on your very well deserved honour’, 21 May 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(152)Field Service postcard, signed by ‘Billy’, 29 March 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(153)Field Service postcard, signed by ‘Billy’, 28 March 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(154)Field Service postcard, signed by ‘Billy’, 30 March 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(155)Field Service postcard, signed by ‘Billy’, 31 July 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(156)Photograph of officer W.G. Wylie, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, March 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(157)Photograph of an officer, ‘Geoff’, standing beside crates of beer, taken in France or Belgium, c.1914 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(158)Newspaper cutting announcing the award of a Distinguished Service Order to Lieutenant W.D.B. Thompson, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(159)‘Combined Leave and Railway Ticket’, issued August 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(160)Photograph of a soldier standing in a studio, c.1914 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(161)Field Service postcard, signed by ‘Billy’, 25 July 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(162)Field Service postcard, signed by ‘Billy’, 24 July 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(163)General Order, in French, issued 9 August 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(164)Photograph of a view of French soldiers in a ruined town, taken on the Chemin-des-Dames, France, August1917
D/DLI 7/701/2(165)Photograph of a view of a ruined bridge over the River Aisne, taken in France, November 1917
D/DLI 7/701/2(166)Photograph of a view of a ruined cathedral, taken at Reims, France, c.1914 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(167)Photograph of a group of Italian soldiers standing beside a machine gun [possibly taken in Austria], c.1915 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(168)Photograph of a convoy of Italian soldiers travelling along a road [possibly taken in Austria], c.1915 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(169)Photograph of Italian soldiers constructing defences [possibly taken in Austria], c.1915 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(170)Photograph of Italian soldiers resting in a camp [possibly taken in Austria], c.1915 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(171)Photograph of Italian soldiers constructing defences [possibly taken in Austria], c.1915 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(172)Photograph of Italian soldiers constructing defences [possibly taken in Austria], c.1915 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(173)Photograph of Italian soldiers constructing defences [possibly taken in Austria], c.1915 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(174)Photograph of a view of ruined buildings in a town, taken in France or Belgium, c.1914 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(175)Photograph of Italian soldiers at a parade, c.1915 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(176)Postcard photograph of a German man, in civilian dress, standing beside a chair, c.1914
D/DLI 7/701/2(177)Postcard photograph of a German soldier standing outside a garden, 1914 – 1915
D/DLI 7/701/2(178)Postcard photograph of a view of the Portal of Saint Anne, Notre Dame Cathedral, taken at Paris, France, n.d.
D/DLI 7/701/2(179)Postcard photograph of a panoramic view of Paris, France, n.d.
D/DLI 7/701/2(180)Map of Havrincourt and environs, France, 9 September 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(181)Field Message book covering the ‘attack in Havrincourt’, France, September 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(182)Special Order of the Day, issued by Major-General Sir R.D. Whigham, Commanding 62nd (West Riding) Division, September 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(183)Field Service postcard signed by ‘Billy’, 14 September 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(184)Newspaper cutting announcing a forthcoming marriage between Captain Hubert Shield, Royal Army Medical Corps, Northumberland Field Ambulance, and Mademoiselle Leontine Maesen, c.1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(185)Photograph of an officer sitting beside a woman on a garden seat [possibly taken in France], c.1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(186)Newspaper cutting, headlined ‘Northern Soldiers Mentioned in Despatches’, c.1914 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(187)Newspaper cutting of a list of British officers awarded the Croix de Guerre, c.1914 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(188)Newspaper cutting concerning a presentation, at the Playhouse, Morpeth, Northumberland, in honour of Captain W.D.B. Thompson, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Regimental Sergeant-Major J. Donnelly, Highland Light Infantry, and Private James McLevy, Royal Fusiliers, c.1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(189)Cutting of the cast list of a production of Yes, Uncle, n.d.
D/DLI 7/701/2(190)Inventory of military equipment [possibly issued to Captain W.D.B. Thompson, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry], c.1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(191)Field message, signed by Lieutenant J.R. Armstrong, ‘A’ Company, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, certifying ‘that ‘B’ Company was handed over properly by Captain W.D.B. Thompson’, 8 October 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(192)Postal order [or cheque] to Holt and Company, signed by Captain W.D.B. Thompson, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 10 October 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(193)Letter to Captain W.D.B. Thompson, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, from Captain R. Mathews, Staff Captain for Military Secretary, ordering the recipient to join the 5th (Reserve) Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 30 October 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(194)Field Message book concerning activities around the Marne, France, July 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(195)Greetings card of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(196)Greetings card of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(197)Newspaper cutting concerning a presentation, at the Playhouse, Morpeth, Northumberland, in honour of Captain W.D.B. Thompson, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Regimental Sergeant-Major J. Donnelly, Highland Light Infantry, and Private James McLevy, Royal Fusiliers, from the Morpeth Chronicle, 8 November 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(198)Letter to ‘Dear Thompson’, from E.G. Crouch, concerning celebrations at the end of the war, 18 November 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(199)Letter from Private J. Donkin [possibly to W.D.B. Thompson] offering thanks for a previous letter, news of his recuperation in hospital, and the best of luck for the future, 17 May 1919
D/DLI 7/701/2(200)Newspaper cutting concerning celebrations at the Newcastle Exchange following the end of the war, November 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(201)Commendation of the gallantry of Second-Lieutenant Lloyd, Lancashire Fusiliers, signed by Captain W.D.B. Thompson, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(202)Commendation of the gallantry of Private C. Nobes, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, signed by Captain W.D.B. Thompson, c.1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(203)Note to the Adjutant, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, from Captain W.D.B. Thompson, enclosing recommendations for awards, 29 July 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(204)Photograph of an officer of The Durham Light Infantry [possibly Captain W.D.B. Thompson, 5th (Reserve) Battalion] standing outside a hut, taken at Hull, November-December 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(205)Photograph of a man standing on a tennis court [possibly taken in the United Kingdom], 1919
D/DLI 7/701/2(206)Illustrated postcard of a view of the Via Appia, Rome, Italy, postmarked 31 July [possibly 1919]
D/DLI 7/701/2(207)Postcard photograph of a view of the Temple of Athena Nike, Athens, Greece, c.1919
D/DLI 7/701/2(208)Postcard photograph of a group of German soldiers [possibly prisoners-of-war] standing around a doorway, c.1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(209)Card of Captain Frederick Shelford, Royal Marines, n.d.
D/DLI 7/701/2(210)Photograph, captioned 210 Commercial Road, Portsmouth, [Hampshire] showing an unidentified soldier, n.d.
D/DLI 7/701/2(211)Newspaper cutting concerning a visit to the Newcastle Exchange by Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, c.1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(212)Telegram addressed to Captain W.D.B. Thompson, 5th (Reserve) Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, from the Lord Chamberlain’s Office, requesting his attendance at an investiture at Buckingham Palace, London, 11 February 1919
D/DLI 7/701/2(213)Telegram to the Lord Chamberlain’s Office, from Captain W.D.B. Thompson, 5th (Reserve) Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, offering regrets for being unable to attend an investiture at Buckingham Palace, London, February 1919
D/DLI 7/701/2(214)Protection Certificate of Captain W.D.B. Thompson, 5th (Reserve) Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, issued 12 April 1919
D/DLI 7/701/2(215)Disembodiment notice of Captain W.D.B. Thompson, 5 May 1919
D/DLI 7/701/2(216)Newspaper cutting announcing that Lieutenant (acting Captain) C.A. Marshall, and Lieutenant (acting Captain) W.D.B. Thompson, of The Durham Light Infantry, have relinquished their rank of acting captain, 1919
D/DLI 7/701/2(217)Newspaper cutting announcing the award of the Croix de Chevalier to Captain (Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) E. Crouch, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, attached The Durham Light Infantry, and the award of the Medaille Militaire to Private C.S. Reid, late of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1919
D/DLI 7/701/2(218)Newspaper cutting of a list of honours won by the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, ‘in the present war’, c.1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(219)Card for the Saint Mark’s Races at Morpeth, Northumberland, 24 April 1919
D/DLI 7/701/2(220)Invitation, issued by the Lord Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to a dinner at the County Hotel, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 28 April 1919
D/DLI 7/701/2(221)Signed menu card of a dinner held at the County Hotel, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 28 April 1919
D/DLI 7/701/2(222)Postal order [or cheque] to Holt and Company, signed by Captain W.D.B. Thompson, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 10 June 1919
D/DLI 7/701/2(223)Letter to ‘My Dear Thompson’, from E.G. Crouch, concerning news of the ‘old Battalion’, 19 April 1919
D/DLI 7/701/2(224)Letter from the Foreign Decorations Section, War Office, London, enclosing the Croix de Guerre awarded to Captain W.D.B. Thompson, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 24 May 1919
D/DLI 7/701/2(225)Toasts and Programme for a re-union dinner of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at the Town Hall, Gateshead, 18 July 1919
D/DLI 7/701/2(226)Telegram to Captain W.D.B. Thompson requesting his attendance at Buckingham Palace, London, December 1919
D/DLI 7/701/2(227)Ticket to an investiture, by His Majesty King George V, at Buckingham Palace, London, 17 December 1919
D/DLI 7/701/2(228)Photograph of an officer of The Durham Light Infantry [possibly W.D.B. Thompson], right, and a man in civilian dress, left, standing in a street, c.1915 – 1919
D/DLI 7/701/2(229)Photograph, from a newspaper, of Colonel Henderson, The Durham Light Infantry, signing a menu at a re-union dinner of the regiment, taken in London, dated 21 January 1921
D/DLI 7/701/2(230)Newspaper cutting of a letter, by George Gill, Honorary Secretary, Gateshead War Honours Recognition Committee, concerning the record of service of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 14 November 1919
D/DLI 7/701/2(231)Photograph, from a newspaper, of the Mayor of Gateshead handing a flag to an officer of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, taken during a colours ceremony at Saltwell Park, Gateshead, c.1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(232)Photograph, from a newspaper, of the colour party of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, on parade with soldiers of the Battalion, taken at Saltwell Park, Gateshead, c.1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(233)Newspaper cutting concerning a colours ceremony of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at St Mary’s Parish Church, Gateshead, c.1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(234)Newspaper cutting concerning a colours ceremony of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, at Saltwell Park, Gateshead, c.1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(235)Note, written on a card, to ‘Dorothy’, reading ‘This is to present the Bearer, Captain W.D.B. Thompson’, n.d.
D/DLI 7/701/2(236)Newspaper cutting announcing the engagement of Captain John Lambton, late of the Northumberland Fusiliers, and Diana Farquhar, c.1919
D/DLI 7/701/2(237)Newspaper cutting announcing that Major-General Sir P.S. Wilkinson ‘will officiate at a presentation of military honours’ at Gateshead Town Hall, c.1919
D/DLI 7/701/2(238)Newspaper cutting of a recruitment notice of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1919
D/DLI 7/701/2(239)Newspaper cutting concerning the extension of the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Henderson, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1920
D/DLI 7/701/2(240)Farewell Order, issued by Colonel H.R. Cumming, 22 November 1920
D/DLI 7/701/2(241)Field Service correspondence book containing recommendations for awards to officers and soldiers of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, including Private Thomas Young, c.1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(242)The Pow-Wow, 19 February 1915
D/DLI 7/701/2(243)Postcard photograph of two German machine gun crews, c.1914 – 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(244)Ration book of Captain W.D.B. Thompson, 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1918
D/DLI 7/701/2(245)Newspaper cutting concerning the will of Thomas William Thompson, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1920
D/DLI 7/701/2(246)Newspaper cutting concerning the will of Thomas William Thompson, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1920
D/DLI 7/701/2(247)Newspaper cutting concerning estates purchased by Councillor Munro Sutherland, Lord Mayor of Newcastle, c.1920
D/DLI 7/701/2(248)Newspaper cutting concerning a sale of property, conducted by T.B. Waters, at the Borough Hall, Morpeth, Northumberland, c.1920
D/DLI 7/701/2(249)Newspaper cutting announcing the marriage of William Stewart and Louisa Marjory Oliver, c.1920
D/DLI 7/701/2(250)1 volume, leather half-boundNewspaper cutting concerning the death of Alexander Crossman, c.1920
D/DLI 7/701/31 paperNewspaper cutting concerning the award of the Military Cross to Second Lieutenant W.D.B. Thompson, n.d., [1915 – 1918]
D/DLI 7/701/41 paperNewspaper cutting concerning the award of the Distinguished Service Order to Lieutenant W.D.B. Thompson, n.d., [1915 – 1918]
D/DLI 7/701/51 bookletThe Statutes of the Distinguished Service Order, 1 April 1918
D/DLI 7/701/64 papersCopy of the Fifth French Army General Order awarding L’Ordre de L’Armée to Captain W.D.B. Thompson, 9 August – 9 September 1918
D/DLI 7/701/71 paperNote from Major Saunders that certain officers may now wear the Croix de Guerre avec Palme, 2 October 1918
D/DLI 7/701/81 card, colour printedChristmas card of the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, sent by Regimental Sergeant-Major W. Johnstone, in the field, to Captain Thompson, D.S.O., M.C., congratulating the latter on his mention in despatches, 2 January 1919
D/DLI 7/701/91 paperLetter from the War Office, Whitehall, London, to Lieutenant W.D.B. Thompson, accompanying the royal warrant appointing him a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, 15 March 1919
D/DLI 7/701/101 paperCommission of W.D.B. Thompson as a second lieutenant in the Home Guard, 25 April 1952
D/DLI 7/701/11Parchment, 1 membraneAppointment of Colonel W.D.B. Thompson, The Grange, Bridlington, Yorkshire, as Deputy Lieutenant for the East Riding of the County of York and for the City and County of Kingston-upon-Hull, 16 October 1952
D/DLI 7/701/121 cardProgramme of the bicentenary parade to commemorate the raising of the Durham Light Infantry, held at Brancepeth Castle, 17 May 1958
D/DLI 7/701/131 plan, 88cm. x 63cm., colour, linen backedMap of France, sheet 36B including St. Pol and Bethune, January 1918 Scale: 1:40,000
D/DLI 7/701/141 plan, 93cm. x 68cm., colour, linen backedTrench map of France, sheet 62C, N.W.3: Vaux, edition 2B, 8 April 1916 Scale: 1:10,000
D/DLI 7/701/151 plan, 84cm. x 58cm., black and white and red, linen backedMap of France, sheet 21 N.W.: Montdidier N.W., 1938 Scale: 1:50,000
D/DLI 7/701/161 plan, 78cm. x 91cm., colourMap of France, sheet 3a and 8: Cherbourg and Caen, 1943 Scale: 1:250,000
Thompson D/DLI 7/974/1-395746 Private Robert P. THOMPSONThe Durham Light Infantry Residence Hartlepool; served in 11 Platoon, 63rd (Northumbrian) Division Cyclist Company, 1915 – n.d., and in The Durham Light Infantry; gassed n.d. [1917 – 1918]. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.
D/DLI 7/974/11 paperPass for 143 Private R. Thompson, 11 Platoon, 63rd (Northumbrian) Divisional Cyclist Company, stationed at East Walker Schools, Newcastle upon Tyne, to be absent from his quarters from 9 November 1915 to [ ] November 1915, for the purpose of proceeding to Sunderland or West Hartlepool on special leave, 9 November 1915
D/DLI 7/974/21 paperLetter from Rtn. R. Thompson, 307241 A.P.O. S60, ‘K’ Company, Convalescent Depot, British Expeditionary Force, France, to his wife, concerning his move to convalescent camp after being gassed, ‘I have been shifted from one hospital to another, I have been all over the globe since I got the gas’, France, n.d. [1914 – 1918]
D/DLI 7/974/31 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and whitePostcard photograph of the gardens at the Casino, Fleurie, France, sent from Private Robert Thompson to his daughter, Miss F.M. Thompson, 2 Blandford Street, Hartlepool, postmark 5 September 1917
D/DLI 7/974/41 card, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and whitePostcard photograph of the Pantheon, Napoleon’s Tomb, Paris, France, sent from Private Robert Thompson while he was ‘in Paris for the test’, n.d. [c.1917]
D/DLI 7/974/51 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and whitePostcard photograph of the Palace of Justice and the Conciergerie, Paris, France, from ‘Bob’ [Thompson] to his wife Mary, n.d. [c.1917]
D/DLI 7/974/61 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and whitePostcard photograph of Sacre Coeur, Montmartre, Paris, from ‘Bob’ [Thompson], n.d. [c.1917]
D/DLI 7/974/71 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and whitePostcard photograph of the Place de la Republique, Paris, France, from Robert Thompson to his wife, n.d. [c.1917]
D/DLI 7/974/81 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and whitePostcard photograph of Le Petit Palais, Paris, France, from ‘Bob’ [Thompson] to his wife, Mary, n.d. [c.1917]
D/DLI 7/974/91 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and whitePostcard photograph of a steam train arriving in the railway station, Conches, France, from ‘Bob’ [Thompson] to his wife, Mary, n.d. [c.1917]
D/DLI 7/974/101 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and whitePostcard photograph of the Boys’ School, Conches, France, from Robert Thompson, n.d. [c.1917]
D/DLI 7/974/111 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and whitePostcard photograph of a civilian cyclist and huntsman in the woods at Conches, France, from ‘Bob’ [Thompson] to his wife, Mary, n.d. [c.1917]
D/DLI 7/974/121 card, 9 cm. x 14 cm., colourPostcard depicting a French soldier dreaming of his sweetheart at home, Paris, France, sent from ‘Bob’ [Thompson] to his wife, Mary, n.d. [c.1917]
D/DLI 7/974/131 card, 9 cm. x 14 cm., colourPostcard depicting a French soldier dreaming of his sweetheart at home, Paris, France, sent from ‘Bob’ [Thompson] to his wife, Mary, n.d. [c.1917]
D/DLI 7/974/141 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., colourEmbroidered silk birthday card from ‘Bob’ Thompson to his wife, Mary, n.d. [c.1917]
D/DLI 7/974/151 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., colourEmbroidered silk postcard containing a Royal Army Medical Corps design, and birthday greetings from ‘Bob’ [Thompson] to his wife, Mrs. R. Thompson, 2 Blandford Street, Hartlepool, n.d. [c.1917]
D/DLI 7/974/16(1)Greetings card containing a verse and a letter from Robert Thompson to his wife, Mary, concerning home news and a proposal to take in lodgers (front), n.d. [c.1917]
D/DLI 7/974/16(2)Greetings card containing a verse and a letter from Robert Thompson to his wife, Mary, concerning home news and a proposal to take in lodgers (inside), n.d. [c.1917]
D/DLI 7/974/171 card, 14 cm., x 9 cm., colourEmbroidered silk postcard, bearing the motto ‘Souvenir of the Great War’, from Robert Thompson to his son, R. Thompson, 2 Blandford Street, Hartlepool, n.d. [c.1917]
D/DLI 7/974/181 card, 9 cm. x 14 cm., colourEmbroidered silk postcard bearing the motto ‘To my dear children’, from Robert Thompson to his children, Bobby, Joe and Dolly, n.d. [c.1917]
D/DLI 7/974/191 card, embossed, colourBirthday card, from Robert Thompson, n.d. [early 20th c.]
D/DLI 7/974/201 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., colourEmbroidered silk greetings card ‘to my dear daughter’, n.d. [1914 – 1918]
D/DLI 7/974/211 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., colourEmbroidered silk postcard bearing the motto ‘To my dear Father’, from Bobby and Joe Thompson to their father, Robert Thompson, sending Christmas greetings, December, n.y. [c.1917]
D/DLI 7/974/221 card, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white, printedChristmas card ‘To my boy, now serving his King and Country’, sent to R. Thompson, 7 Montague Street, Hartlepool, n.d. [1914 – 1918]
D/DLI 7/974/231 card, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white, printedBirthday card from Stanley to Uncle Bob, n.d. [early 20th c.]
D/DLI 7/974/241 card, printedInvitation for R.P. Thompson and Miss M. Hooton to attend the wedding of J.W. Thompson to Eva Whitton in St. Columba’s church, Sunderland, on 11 January 1906, 1906
D/DLI 7/974/251 card, embossed, colourChristmas card, from M.H. to R.T. [Mary Hooton to Robert Thompson] n.d. [c. 1906]
D/DLI 7/974/261 card, colour, printedChristmas card, from Mary [to Robert Thompson], n.d. [early 20th c.]
D/DLI 7/974/271 card, embossed, colourChristmas card, from Mary and Bob, n.d. [early 20th c.]
D/DLI 7/974/281 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and whitePostcard photograph of Roman Catholic priests on a balcony, entitled ‘The Children’s Procession, watched from the Archbishop’s House’, from Mrs. Mary Thompson, Hartlepool, to her sister, Mrs. R. Thompson, 14 Eglington, Sunderland, postmark 26 October 1908
D/DLI 7/974/291 card, 14 cm. x 9 cm., colourEmbroidered silk postcard from Mark Hill, Belgium, to his sister, Miss Hill, Hartlepool, December n.y. [1914 – 1918]
D/DLI 7/974/301 card, embossed, colourChristmas greetings card, n.d. [early 20th c.]
D/DLI 7/974/311 card, colour, and 1 envelopeGreetings card containing applied floral decoration, France, n.d. [1914 – 1918]
D/DLI 7/974/321 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and whitePhotograph of three soldiers, including Private Robert Thompson, left, n.d. [1914 – 1918]
D/DLI 7/974/331 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and whitePhotograph of four cooks and a sergeant of The Army Cyclists Corps, taken during training, probably at York, n.d. [c.1915] Possibly includes Private Robert Thompson, second left
D/DLI 7/974/341 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and whitePhotograph of a brick field oven stacked with firewood at an Army training camp; taken by Avison and Company, York, n.d. [c.1915]
D/DLI 7/974/351 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and whitePhotograph of a double chamber brick field oven at an Army training camp; taken by Avison and Company, York, n.d. [c.1915]
D/DLI 7/974/361 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and whitePhotograph of a brick field oven with sealed opening at an Army training camp, taken by Avison and Company, York, n.d. [c.1915]
D/DLI 7/974/371 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and whitePhotograph of trays of meat after cooking in a brick field oven at an Army training camp, taken by Avison and Company, York, n.d. [c.1915]
D/DLI 7/974/381 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and whitePhotograph of a field kitchen brick range for cooking pots at an Army training camp, taken by Avison and Company, York, n.d. [c. 1915]
D/DLI 7/974/391 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and whitePhotograph of a field kitchen range and brick ovens at an Army training camp, taken by Avison and Company, York, n.d. [c.1915]
Thomson D/DLI 7/702/1Private Richard THOMSONThe Durham Light Infantry Medals in DLI Medal Collection.
D/DLI 7/702/11 photograph, 6cm. x 8cm., black and whitePhotograph of Private Richard Thomson, n.d. [1939 – 1945]
Thornton D/DLI 7/975/120147 Private W. THORNTON7th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry Served in ‘C’ Company, 12th Platoon; killed in action 26 March 1918
D/DLI 7/975/11 cardFront cover from the family bible recording Private Thornton’s death, n.d. [c.1918]
Thorpe D/DLI 7/703/1-26(2)79826 Lance-Corporal George THORPE2/6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry Enlisted, 29 January 1917; promoted to Lance-Corporal, 15 September 1918; discharged, 12 March 1919
D/DLI 7/703/11 paperEnlistment notice, 29 January 1917
D/DLI 7/703/21 cardMedical classification certificate of G. Thorpe, 30 January 1917
D/DLI 7/703/32 cardsAttestation card of G. Thorpe, 31 January and 9 May 1917
D/DLI 7/703/41 paperNational Health insurance leaflet, December 1918
D/DLI 7/703/52 papersCertificate that Lance-Corporal G. Thorpe ‘is free from vermin and infection’ and that ‘his clothing and boots are in a serviceable and clean condition’, 7 February 1919
D/DLI 7/703/61 paperProtection certificate and certificate of identity of Lance-Corporal G. Thorpe, 13 February 1919
D/DLI 7/703/71 cardNational Health insurance card of G. Thorpe, 14 February 1919
D/DLI 7/703/81 paperDemobilization account of Lance-Corporal G. Thorpe, 7 March 1919
D/DLI 7/703/91 cardCertificate of transfer to reserve, on demobilization, of G. Thorpe, 13 March 1919
D/DLI 7/703/101 paperLetter from the Regimental Paymaster, York, to Lance-Corporal G. Thorpe, enclosing a further payment due on demobilization, 10 April 1919
D/DLI 7/703/111 paperCertificate of employment during the war of Lance-Corporal G. Thorpe, 1919
D/DLI 7/703/121 bookletOut-of-work donation policy of Lance-Corporal G. Thorpe, 1919
D/DLI 7/703/131 cardUnit register card of Lance-Corporal G. Thorpe, [1919]
D/DLI 7/703/141 booklet‘Scoring Book for General Course of Musketry and Judging Distance’, 1918
D/DLI 7/703/151 volume, paper boundNotebook of Private G. Thorpe concerning Lewis gun training, 1918
D/DLI 7/703/161 volume, paper boundFrench exercise book of Lance-Corporal G. Thorpe, [1919]
D/DLI 7/703/1761 papersAccounts by George Thorpe of life on the Western Front during the First World War, n.d., [1959 – 1993]
D/DLI 7/703/1832 papersPrinted anecdotes by G. Thorpe concerning the relief of Lille, [France], 18 October 1918; manoeuvres in Flanders in 1918; and character sketches of the Padre, Sergeant Jack Griffiths, and Lieutenant Osbourne, 1968
D/DLI 7/703/192 papersCartoon of ‘a D.L.I. [infantryman] “ganging y’ame” ‘ after demobilization, c. 1919
D/DLI 7/703/201 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and whitePostcard photograph of young French miners, sent by George Thorpe to Mrs. Thorpe, ‘Woodville’, Dunton Bassett, near Lutterworth, Leicestershire, 23 January 1919
D/DLI 7/703/211 paperCartoon concerning the demobilization of the 59th Division, n.d., [1919]
D/DLI 7/703/222 papersTwo ten-centime banknotes, 1917
D/DLI 7/703/231 cardBlank field service postcard, n.d., [1917 – 1919]
D/DLI 7/703/241 photograph, 19cm. x 28cm., sepia, card mountedPhotograph of [Private or Lance-Corporal] George Thorpe, n.d., [1917 – 1919]
D/DLI 7/703/251 paperNote by George Thorpe describing his recollection of the armistice of 1918, n.d., [1990s]
D/DLI 7/703/26Newspaper cuttings from the Leicester Mercury, containing a photograph of George Thorpe and a report of his reminiscences of the First World War, 6 November 1991:
D/DLI 7/703/26(1)Photograph of George Thorpe, from the Leicester Mercury, 6 November 1991
D/DLI 7/703/26(2)2 papers, printedPhotograph of soldiers in a trench, taken on the Western Front, 1914 – 1918, from the Leicester Mercury, 6 November 1991
Tilley D/DLI 7/704/1-279785 Private R.H. TILLEYThe Durham Light Infantry Served in First World War; prisoner of war.
D/DLI 7/704/11 paperProgramme for Jingle Jankers, a Christmas Revue given by The Durham Light Infantry at St. Margaret’s Hall, Dalton-in-Furness, Cumberland, 27 – 30 December [1942]
D/DLI 7/704/21 paperEnvelope belonging to Private R.H. Tilley, originally containing a message from the King, n.d. [1914 – 1918]
Tilson D/DLI 7/705/1-85555 Band Sergeant Philip TILSON1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry Born London, 1880; 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 1895 – 1918; 1/25th Battalion, London Regiment 1918 – n.d; retired, November 1919; died, 1947. Medals in DLI Medal Collection.
D/DLI 7/705/11 bookletSoldier’s small book of Sergeant P. Tilson, 1903 – 1919
D/DLI 7/705/21 bookletSoldier’s pay book of Band Sergeant P. Tilson, 10 December 1915 – 21 May 1919
D/DLI 7/705/31 paperCopies of army references for Sergeant P. Tilson, 9 August 1895 – November 1919
D/DLI 7/705/41 paperReference by Bandmaster S.F. Fricker, 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, for Bandmaster P. [Tilson], 20 October 1919
D/DLI 7/705/51 photograph, 14cm. x 20cm., black and whitePhotograph of Bandmaster Philip Tilson, [1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry], Nasirabad, [Rajastan], India, n.d. [1909]
D/DLI 7/705/61 photograph, 20cm. x 15cm., black and white, mountedPhotograph of the boys’ football team of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, including Sergeant P. Tilson, top right, n.d., [1895 – 1919]
D/DLI 7/705/71 photograph, 29cm. x 21cm., black and whitePhotograph of the band, probably of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, including Sergeant P. Tilson, far right, n.d., [1911 – 1919]
D/DLI 7/705/81 photograph, 28cm. x 21cm., black and whitePhotograph of the band, probably of the 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d., [1895 – 1919]

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