File under 'Not many people know that?' Not sure whether this is already common knowledge on here, but I was very surprised to discover the above...
Hello All, hope you are keeping healthy and safe. I'm looking for any information on a William Coutt, born 27th May 1917 and I believe he served...
Award Military Medal Sgt. Robert Hey (3386258) 9th Bn Durham Light Infantry, 151 (Durham) Brigade, 50th (Northumbrian) Division (Northallerton)...
Whilst trying to find a photograph of two wounded paratroopers returning from Normandy either at Portsmouth or Southampton I have been coming...
[ATTACH] 41440 Major Edward William Harold WORRALL D.S.O. M.C. Somerset Light Infantry attached 9th Battalion Durham Light Infantry 21st...
hi there, I have been researching a family member who was killed in normandy 19.07.44, he was my mums older cousin, she has often mentioned the...
Researching a man who was killed on the 26th June 1942 and is remembered at the Caserta War Cemetery in Italy. I can't seem to find much...
Does anyone have any info on the above or his unit for around 3rd Sept 1944
Sergeant Charles Eagles 9th Durham Light Infantry [IMG] It is with great sadness that I learned of the death of Charles Eagles Snr who passed...
Hi all, new here - and have picked up heaps of info already - so thanks!! I have just received my fathers service records and have managed to...
[ATTACH] Ditherington Flax Mill and Maltings was used during the 2nd war as a training barracks. We have secured funding to research just what...
If anyone has access to a copy of the War Diary for the 9th Battalion D.L.I. in Normandy during June 1944 be able to assist me with a summary...
Hi everyone, In 2009 my I bought an old house in Posterholt (the Netherlands). When we were rebuilding it, we found out, that a soldier died in...
Hi guys I'm Steve just joined here,I'm researching my grandfathers uncle who was in the 2nd wave to land on d day in the Durham light infantry he...
Hello to you all, for want of a better suggestion, i've placed this topic here. Anyway, first things first... my name is Jonathan Dodson, born...
OK, i'm am completely new to this so please bear with me. I would like to start a project to trace my grandfathers movements during WWII and...
Hello, I am searching for information on the 151st brigade of 50th division. I know it was made up of the 6th, 8th and 9th DLI battalions along...
A wartime veteran, who never missed a Remembrance parade, has died. Jack Dobbs, 99, died peacefully in his sleep at Abbeyfield Care Home,...
Hi, Attached is a photo of my great uncle JHW Hudson who I have read on this forum was a Captain in the 9th Durham Light Infantry. There are...
This chaps medals have come up for sale and are relatively cheap. Knowing some of you DLI chaps have contacts with the museum etc I thought you...
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