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task was to move overland and then extend 'Pioneer Alley' from 'Maxwell Trench' to 'Gird Trench' (the German front line), while C Company was to move up a communication trench and then continue 'Tail Trench' to reach 'Butte Trench' in front of Gird Trench. The companies suffered casualties from shellfire even before setting off. The left attack occupied the Butte de Warlencourt and passed beyond it, but the right attack was held p by machine gun fire and the German counter-barrage. B Company could do little, but C Company tried to link up with the parties on the butte. However, German counter-attacks drove the whole attack back to its starting point. The two companies lost 9 killed and 22 wounded.

951:, 1/7th DLI clearing roads through shelled towns. Next day, A Company was sent to reinforce 1/6th DLI along the River Lawe. On 11 April the German pressure continued. B and C Companies were digging new positions, but soon fond themselves defending bridgeheads over the River Lys at Merville to cover the withdrawal of 1/6th Bn. Battalion HQ details were made up into a makeshift company, which successfully counter-attacked a German incursion. However, pressure on both flanks forced a withdrawal to the canal behind. The 50th Division was now extremely weak, but German offensive ran out of impetus, many of their troops getting out of hand and looting Merville. The attacks the following day (the 839: 672: 901:). The right-hand company was ordered to fall back to a ridge behind the canal, where they joined up with 1/5th DLI arriving to make a counter-attack. As the enemy continued to advance, and the right flank was 'in the air', the 1/5th DLI took up positions in a well-wired old trench, with part of the 1/7th DLI on each flank. The 1/5th Bn was ordered to 'hang on to the death' while the 1/7th was ordered to retire. Although the 1/7th's company commander offered to stay with the 1/5th, orders were then received for all troops to withdraw. The battalion retreated across open fields to take up positions behind 1566: 1767: 818: 1333: 760: 687:(RE) in tasks ranging from trench digging and wiring, to road making, while remaining fighting soldiers. The men received extra pay and the battalion transport was augmented to carry the necessary tools and equipment, but the battalion machine gun section was transferred out: brigade machine gun companies were formed soon afterwards. Lieutenant-Colonel Vaux was instrumental in the battalion's conversion, arguing that many of the Sunderland shipbuilders in its ranks already had the skills required. 921:, while 1/5th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers attacked on the left of the village. The attack was successful, the companies twice forcing their way through the village at bayonet-point, but the respite was temporary and a further withdrawal took place that night. The Germans attacked Rosières itself the following day aided by morning mist, but were held up, orders to the 1/7th DLI to retire were countermanded and it advanced against little or no opposition to re-occupy the 1717: 65: 82: 1488:

clusters had to be spaced 10,400 yards (9,500 m) apart. The cluster system was an attempt to improve the chances of picking up enemy bombers and keeping them illuminated for engagement by AA guns or night fighters. Eventually, one light in each cluster was to be equipped with Searchlight Control (SLC) radar and act as 'master light', but the radar equipment was still in short supply.

967:). The front line was flattened by German artillery, and a party of the 1/7th DLI was sent up to reinforce 1/8th DLI as the attack developed. Almost all of 1/8th Bn and this party were killed or captured. Stragglers of 1/8th DLI rallied alongside 1/7th Bn's HQ and made another stand until surrounded, when they fought their way back. The remnants of the DLI Brigade and Pioneers now held 640:. The Fusiliers and Durhams repulsed the initial attack, but a neighbouring unit was driven back and the battalions' left flank was open. They were pushed back to the third line, just behind Railway Wood before reinforcements (including C and D Companies of 7th DLI) arrived to help halt the enemy advance. The battalion lost 29 killed, 76 wounded or gassed, and 183 missing, mainly 1891:. (437 LAA Rgt had originally been 5th DLI, which had been converted into two S/L regiments in 43 AA Bde in 1938.) The newly merged regiment was going to take the subtitle 'Durham', but this was quickly changed to 'Durham Light Infantry'. RHQ and R Btys came from 463 LAA, P and Q Btys from 437 LAA. In 1964 the LAA designation was updated to 'Light Air Defence'. 1447: 1124:. By May 1915, all the brigade's Home Service men had been transferred to form 23rd Provisional Bn (later 26th DLI) serving in coast defence and thenceforth the 2nd Line units had the role of training drafts for the 1st Line serving in France. While under training they were responsible for defending the stretch of coast from 936:. Lieutenant-Colonel Vaux left the 1/7th DLI on 9 April on grounds of ill-health, having commanded the battalion since September 1911: almost three years' continuous service in command on the Western Front was a remarkable record for a pre-war TF officer. The battalion sometimes referred to itself as 'Vaux's Own'. 1762:

AA rocket launcher used by AA Command. 364 LAA Battery took part in the 'Pepperpot' of intense fire by every available gun and mortar (including AA guns) that supported the crossing of 15th (Scottish) Division. The divisional historian describes the 'mad crescendo' of the Pepperpot, with the darkness

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on 27 August. Despite the risks inherent in attacking in daylight, 15th (S) Division pushed its first troops across at 19.00 before German defences could solidify in the far bank. The attack was covered by Bofors guns firing at ground targets across the river, and after dark the bridging operation on

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1/7th Durham Light Infantry spent most of May 1917 training and resting. The battalion lent its transport horses to the local farmers, for which Lt-Col Vaux was awarded the French Médaille d'honneur agricole. The summer was spent in the usual road building, trench digging and minor operations until 6

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gun-laying radar (normally Heavy AA equipment) so that the AA Operations Room (AAOR) could order pre-arranged AA barrages and improve the LAA's effectiveness at night. Seven troops of 119th and 112th LAA Rgts were ordered to provide harassing fire in support of an attack by 227th Bde on 16 November,

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opened on the morning of 21 March. It moved up in the evening and occupied the Green Line the following morning. But the trenches on the Green Line had barely been started, and the retreating British troops were streaming through the positions to the rear. Meanwhile, the Pioneers began work on a new

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by the DLI). 151st Bde and two battalions of 149th Bde made the attack, with B Company 1/7th DLI attached to 1/8th DLI in the right sector in 'Hexham Road' and C Company and a platoon of D Company to 1/9th DLI on the left in 'Abbaye Trench'. The men went forward in appalling conditions. B Company's

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sector, with 1/7th DLI billeted at 'Canada Huts' in appalling conditions. Here the battalion established repair workshops, cleared abandoned equipment, repaired communication trenches and set out dummy trenches to confuse the enemy. There was almost constant low-level fighting until the division was

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the Volunteers were affiliated to their local Regular Army regiment – the DLI in the case of the Durham RVCs – as Volunteer Battalions on 1 July 1881. The Sunderland rifles changed its facing colour to white in 1884 to match the DLI (the DLI reverted to its traditional dark green at the beginning of

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Trench' and 'Rutherford Alley' after dark the night before. The attack was generally successful, but the work continued even after the rest of the division was relieved on the night of 3/4 October. A and D Companies linked up Rutherford Alley but struggled to compete Durham Trench under fire, and C

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On 31 August 1914, the formation of Reserve or 2nd Line units for each existing TF unit was authorised. Initially these were formed from men who had not volunteered for overseas service, and the recruits who were flooding in. Later they were mobilised for overseas service in their own right. They

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of December 1888 proposed a more comprehensive Mobilisation Scheme for Volunteer units, which would assemble in their own brigades at key points in case of war. In peacetime these brigades provided a structure for collective training. Under this scheme the Volunteer Battalions of the DLI and the

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Apart from guard duties, the battalion carried out raids on outlying villages in search of stolen weapons and stores. On 11 December the White Russian 1st Arkhangelsk Regiment mutinied and all guards were increased. The Solombala detachment was given the task of guarding the ammunition dump and

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petered out in the mud of Passchendaele, the division was relieved on 30 November, but the pioneers remained behind to carry on the work. It rejoined the division on 12 December and spent the winter building tracks through the terrible mud up the Passchendaele ridge, continuing to work when the

604:, before being ordered to retire after dark to Verlorenhoek, where they spent the whole of 27 April. Unlike the rest of the brigade, 1/7th Bn's casualties in their first action had been light, though they suffered a trickle of other casualties before being relieved from the front line on 3 May. 1056:, and handed over to Lt-Col Vaux at a parade on 16 December attended by 300 wounded, discharged or repatriated members of the battalion. The colour party consisted almost entirely of men who had landed with the battalion in April 1915, and they took the colours to Belgium to join the 1/7th Bn. 1487:

The S/L layouts had initially been based on a spacing of 3,500 yards (3,200 m), but due to equipment shortages this had been extended to 6,000 yards (5,500 m) by September 1940. In November this was changed to clusters of three lights to improve illumination, but this meant that the

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Most of 67th Division was composed of training battalions but 2/7th DLI was still formally a 2nd Line TF battalion, and a year after initially being selected to form part of the Allied expedition to North Russia it finally went there as a garrison battalion. It entrained at Colchester for

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In February 1918 the BEF was extensively reorganised to deal with a severe manpower shortage. Pioneer battalions adopted a three-company establishment, the 1/7th DLI completing this on 24 February. The 50th Division moved south in March, taking over positions previously held by the

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and at 14.00 on 26 April Lt-Col Vaux was ordered to move up towards Gravenstafel. The battalion advanced across open fields in 'artillery formation' under heavy fire, watched by Col Vaux standing in the open with his shepherd's crook in his hand. They reached a position north of

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The camps were regularly shelled and bombed, and the Lewis gun detachment took up forward positions to deal with low-flying aircraft. On the night of 31 October/1 November the camp and divisional area received a heavy bombing raid and the battalion suffered numerous casualties.

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on the West Bank dealt with these by firing 'radial zone' Bofors barrages using radar data; three enemy aircraft were shot down and others took evasive action. Similar attacks continued over successive nights until 27 March. There was some scattered daylight raiding by

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Further lodgements made in the enemy positions on 14 November were also driven back. The division was then relieved on 17 November, but the pioneers continued their work behind the lines until the end of January 1917 when they were withdrawn for training and rest.

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on 30 October; while three troops of its own 119th LAA Rgt contributed ground fire, three troops of 112th (DLI) joined the remainder of the regiment in providing AA defence for the divisional artillery. The guns of 112th and 119th LAA Rgts were linked to a

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Meanwhile, the rest of the regiment was with 100 AA Bde providing close protection for XII Corps Royal Engineers' ferrying and bridging operations against enemy aircraft and swimmers. Soon after 15th (Scottish) Division established itself on the far bank,

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to the right. With the bridges destroyed this should have been a strong position, but during the night of 24/25 March German troops worked their way across a partially-destroyed bridge in 8th Division's sector, and outflanked the battalion (beginning the

1349:(RE). Battalion HQ remained at Sunderland, and the four companies were redesignated 386–389 AA Companies, with 389 based at South Shields. New permanent instructors were appointed from the RE and a group of officers and NCOs was temporarily attached to 731:). The remaining platoons assisted 7th Field Company, RE, to repair the road bringing in supplies. 50th Division took its first objective in an hour and then struggled forward, taking heavy casualties, to reach the second objective, assisting 584: 962:

on the French front to rest and recuperate, where it absorbed a draft of raw replacement troops. However, intelligence warned of impending attack, and on 27 May the next phase of the German Offensive opened on the Chemin des Dames ridge (the

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By this stage in the war, AA Command was suffering a critical shortage of Light AA gun (LAA) units, and had begun a process of converting some S/L units to the role. 47th (DLI) was one of the regiments chosen for conversion, becoming

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The first draft of demobilised men left the battalion on 17 June 1919. On 29 August only four officers and 226 ORs of the battalion remained in Russia, and these were embarked for home shortly afterwards. This cadre was disbanded at

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The 3rd VB gained an extra company in 1900, giving it a total of six rifle companies and one of cyclists, and it contributed detachments to three successive service companies of Volunteers who served alongside the Regular DLI in the

2056:. There is a board inscribed with the WWI Roll of Honour of the 7th DLI and a brass memorial plate to senior NCOs of the battalion at the Army Reserve Centre at Dykelands Road, Sunderland. There is also a plaque to the battalion in 378:. While the sub-districts were referred to as 'brigades', they were purely administrative organisations and the Volunteers were excluded from the 'mobilisation' part of the Cardwell system, though they carried out joint manoeuvres. 611:(8–13 May), 1/7th DLI was engaged in digging a new second line of defences (the GHQ line), sometimes under shellfire. The Northumbrian Division officially became the 50th (Northumbrian) Division on 14 May, when the DLI Bde became 750:

on 1 October. 1/7th Durham Light Infantry's task for this attack was to dig communication trenches forward from the jumping-off trenches to the captured objectives. Work commenced on 'North Durham Trench', 'South Durham Trench',

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When the TA was reconstituted on 1 January 1947, 112th (DLI) LAA Rgt with its three remaining batteries (364, 365, 366) was placed in suspended animation. The war-raised personnel then reformed the regiment and batteries in the

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61 LAA Regiment was converted into 61 LAA/SL Rgt on 1 June the same year, and together with 156, 157 and 162 LAA Btys placed in suspended animation on 1 May 1948 (though some of the battery numbers were later resuscitated).

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During the final weeks of the war, 112th (DLI) LAA Rgt was 'grounded', confined to acting as a transport pool, guarding PoWs, and clearing the area around the Rhine battlefields of abandoned equipment and ammunition.

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on 9 April, 50th Division followed hp through the attacking troops to keep the enemy retreating. This led to slow, costly advances while the 1/7th DLI kept the road repaired for supplies, then worked on strongpoints,

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During the 1930s the increasing need for anti-aircraft (AA) defence for Britain's cities was addressed by converting a number of TA infantry battalions into AA units. On 10 December 1936, 7th DLI was converted to

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On 24 October the battalion moved into White Mill Camp at Elverdinghe in the Ypres sector, A and B Companies later moving to Red Rose Camp. The work was to maintain the constantly-shelled tracks and complete a

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On 26 March the pressure on both flanks forced the 50th Division back to a new position near Rosières, which was taken up by 14.00. The Germans took advantage of a gap in the line and pressed on (forcing the

739:. In the afternoon, 1/7th DLI worked under heavy shellfire on new communication trenches to link up the captured areas and to dig new gun positions. The division made further piecemeal advances during the 583:, arriving soon after midnight and being billeted in a hop warehouse. Next day the brigade received a succession of countermanded orders, ending with 1/7th Bn bivouacking under shellfire in the grounds of 3379: 1944: 1924: 3418: 1320:, on 23 April 1923. This is still in use as an Army Reserve Centre. TA infantry battalions were reorganised in 1930, when D Company was converted into a machine gun company equipped with eight 1159:, now arriving on the Western Front. 190th Brigade remained in existence, supplying drafts to the first line in France, until 29 November 1916, when the 2/6th, 2/7th and 2/8th DLI left to form 4191:

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detachment and the band built a new divisional headquarters at Sabot Copse. The work was finished on 3 November and the battalion rested for one day before the 50th Division made a new

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were distinguished by the prefix '2/', the parent 1st Line battalion taking '1/'. Later 3rd Line or Reserve battalions were formed to train drafts for the 1st and 2nd Line battalions.

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ferried across the first AA troops to defend the bridgehead, including two Troops of 112th (DLI) LAA Rgt, whose SP Bofors guns could just fit on a Class 9 raft. After dark on D-Day,

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were received on 3 August and the battalion returned to Sunderland by train, where mobilisation began the next day. The Northumbrian Division then took up its war stations in the

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1/7th Durham Light Infantry remained just behind the front line preparing tramways across flooded shell-holes, and then built huts near Mametz Wood for the battalion, while the

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until they were forced out and ended the day across the canal. Casualties had been very heavy, many taken PoW when their positions were overrun. The following morning 8th and

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before the rest of the division took up its positions. For the attack, one company of 1/7th DLI was attached as pioneers to each attacking infantry brigade (A Company to

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The main Blitz ended in May 1941, but occasional raids continued. 47th (DLI) S/L Regiment remained in 43 AA Bde in 7 AA Division until late 1941 when it transferred to

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Early in 1916, 63rd Division was still seriously under strength, and the decision was made to break it up. Its number and ancillary units were transferred to the

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ahead of it, shooting down a German aircraft that was machine-gunning the road. The whole division was back across the canal by the end of the day, ending the

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a Defence Force was formed, with one unit being raised from the officers and 90 ORs of 7th DLI. It quickly reached a strength of 680 men and was stationed at

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112th (DLI) LAA Regiment left AA Command entirely at the end of May 1943 and joined the field force as part of GHQ Reserve. By late July it was assigned to

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as part of the Northumbrian Reserve Group and was renamed the 7th Reserve Bn DLI on 18 April 1916. It was absorbed into 5th Reserve Bn on 1 September 1916.

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In October, 214th Bde was redesignated 214th Special Bde and filled with men of A1 medical category for overseas service. The brigade was intended to go to

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1/7th DLI left 151st Bde on 16 November 1915 to become the divisional pioneer battalion. In this role it provided working parties to assist the divisional

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on London and other industrial cities during the winter of 1940–41. Again, NE England escaped the worst of this, but hundreds of people died during the

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After reorganisation, 8th Division moved to the Arras sector, where the pioneers worked on trenches and railways while the division was engaged in the

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Over the following months the division was concentrated and took over its own section of the line south of Ypres, with 1/7th DLI occupying dug-outs in

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Line (7–8 October). The pioneers' role was to follow the division and improve the roads around Fresnes, many of which were damaged by delayed-action

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troops guarding stores at Bakaritza. A second detachment (eight officers and 232 ORs) relieved French troops at Constantine Barracks across the

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bombers appeared and began making medium- and low-level dive-bombing attacks on the bridging operations, but 366 LAA Bty on the east bank and

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was one such unit, with the first officers' commissions being issued on 6 March 1860. By 1862 the unit had six companies under the command of

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October when the battalion began a week's infantry training and received a draft of 210 reinforcements in preparation for active operations.

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by 25 June. After 21st Army Group's breakout from the beachhead there was a rapid advance across Northern France. XII Corps' advance to the

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proceeded rapidly, with mineworkers among the first to be sent home. Others were sent to reinforce battalions of the DLI selected for the

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in the same division in May before becoming unbrigaded by mid-June. On 10 July, 367 LAA Bty left the regiment and joined a newly formed

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criss-crossed by 'the vivid red of anti-aircraft and anti-tank and machine-gun tracer; the rushing, rending crash of the Mattresses'.

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However, many TAVR units were reduced to cadres in 1969, including the County of Durham Rgt. P Battery returned to become a Troop in

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on 24 October under the command of Lt-Col W.J. Bowker, CMG, DSO. One detachment (seven officers and 244 other ranks) went to relieve

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There was a further round of mergers in the TA in 1961, with 463 LAA Rgt absorbing two other County Durham RA units: 437 LAA Rgt at

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On 21 May the battalion was sent up to learn the routine of trench holding with 85th Bde. A and B Companies were attached to 3rd Bn

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The old drill hall at Livingstone Road was demolished in the 1970s and the new central police station was built on Garrison Field.

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appointed 10 July 1869; he later reverted to active command of the battalion and was re-appointed Hon Colonel on 19 January 1881.

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s 'hit-and-run' attacks along the South Coast, and there was a pressing need for LAA guns.112th (DLI) LAA Rgt briefly reinforced

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The battalion was formed at Sunderland on 14 September 1914. The 2nd Line TF units of the Northumbrian Division assembled around

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in place of the RA's white, to denote the unit's DLI ancestry. This tradition was continued postwar by 582 and 463 LAA/SL Rgts.

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on 13 September. During the war, 2/7th Bn had suffered 26 deaths (10 while in Russia, mostly from pneumonia and influenza).

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in command on 10 November 1865. The 'Sunderland' title was authorised in 1867. The unit's uniform was scarlet, with blue

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where it provided the basis for a new 558 S/L Bty formed on 13 February 1941. This battery later joined a newly forming

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was slowed by road and bridge demolitions that the pioneers had to repair, sometimes under shell or machine-gun fire.

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mutiny ringleaders, and escorting the rest of the mutineers to a ship for detention. Several arson attacks on RE and

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A member of the battalion painted the incident of the men standing up at Bellewaarde to avoid the gas and singing

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also caused casualties and work for the pioneers. 8th Division was relieved on the night of 4/5 November, and the

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division was relieved on 6 January 1918. This work included burying telephone cables and clearing captured enemy

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Upon conversion to artillery, the officers, warrant officers and senior NCOs of the 47th S/L Rgt wore green

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21st Army Group's rapid advance across France and Belgium culminated in the attempt to seize Arnhem Bridge (

1152: 948: 869: 847: 743:(25–28 September); during this whole time the battalion was constantly at work, suffering heavy casualties. 177: 172: 551:, where the training became more intense. When the autumn weather deteriorated, the troops were once again 2022: 1559: 1121: 1042: 1018: 1014: 914: 797: 631: 608: 588: 576: 309: 182: 167: 157: 2061: 1379: 1350: 1282:

The 3/7th Bn DLI was formed at Sunderland on 18 June 1915 to supply drafts to the 1/7th Bn. It moved to

1216: 925:. At 05.00 on 28 March the battalion was relieved and went back to the divisional concentration area at 747: 519:. The 7th DLI was distributed around Sunderland by companies, to a roller-skating rink in Park Lane, to 367: 257: 1628:. For this operation C Troop of 364 Bty and G Trp of 366 Bty were attached to the divisional LAA unit, 756:

Company could not get their trench connected until 3 October; meanwhile B Company worked on the roads.

4489: 3139: 1417:(RA) as 'regiments' and their companies were redesignated 'batteries'. The battalion therefore became 2015: 1685: 1224: 1120:, where 2nd Northumbrian Divisional HQ opened in January 1915. The 2nd DLI Brigade was at Leam Camp, 984: 736: 720: 316: 1059:

After re-establishing civilian infrastructure at Tournai, the battalion moved with the Division to

4282:

History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: The Years of Defeat: Europe and North Africa, 1939–1941

2096: 1843:

366 LAA Bty – disbanded to resuscitate 10 Bty from 6/10 Medium Bty in 3rd Medium Rgt as 162 LAA Bty

1735: 1302: 1117: 1098: 1030: 712: 391: 1963: 1700: 1689: 1601: 1585:, in Southern England in October–November 1942. Afterwards it returned to 3 AA Group, first with 1551: 1394: 1283: 1228: 1168: 1156: 1053: 852: 776: 623: 524: 520: 2324: 1716: 4461: 4446: 4431: 4410: 4395: 4360: 4345: 4330: 4315: 4300: 4285: 4266: 4243: 4224: 4209: 4194: 4179: 4164: 2029: 1856:

Meanwhile, the TA elements of 112nd (DLI) LAA Rgt reformed on 1 January 1947 at Sunderland as

1789: 1751: 1743: 1645: 1641: 1617: 1425: 922: 910: 902: 898: 882: 479: 436: 340: 285: 261: 214: 199: 4161:

History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 1: The Regular British Divisions

913:), so A and B Companies of 1/7th DLI were ordered to make a counter-attack on the village of 4484: 4423:, London: War Office, 7 November 1927; RA sections also reprinted in Litchfield Appendix IV. 4381: 3548: 2053: 2036: 1473: 991: 990:

After the Battle of the Aisne, 50th Division's infantry battalions were reduced to training

959: 740: 543:

After the Home Service men had been separated, the DLI Brigade concentrated under canvas at

382: 351: 1029:. The Germans began to retreat from their positions on 18 October, and the pursuit through 4277: 3422: 3383: 2065: 1884: 1872:, and the following year, on the disbandment of AA Command, the regiment amalgamated with 1868:, but this AGRA was disbanded the following year. On 1 January 1954 the regiment absorbed 1597: 1466: 1435: 1414: 1346: 752: 691: 684: 641: 619: 451:

that had previously formed part of the 5th VB DLI. The cyclist company transferred to the

440: 408: 344: 147: 81: 4524: 3946: 2052:

After World War I the 7th DLI subscribed towards the cost of the DLI Memorial Chapel at

1699:

and 25th Field Regiment, RA, which had been desperately fighting off a German attack at

2004: 1954:

The TAVR was expanded again in 1971, and the cadre of the County of Durham Rgt formed

1792: 1709: 1270: 1220: 1091: 1064: 656: 467: 70: 4108: 1899:

When the TA was reduced to the Territorial Army and Volunteer Reserve (TAVR) in 1967,

4541: 1780: 1750:

for which D-Day was 24 March 1945. 364 LAA Battery was hurriedly trained to operate '

1516: 1402: 1375: 874: 802: 636: 563:

on 17 April, the rest of the battalion following on 19 April, arriving the same day.

516: 448: 336: 4259:

History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: Victory in the West

1469:

and there were notable air raids on Tyneside on 9 April and Sunderland on 25 April.

4532: 4254: 1818: 1600:. From now on the regiment was training for the planned Allied invasion of Europe ( 508: 273: 253: 193: 4515:

Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth – Regiments.org (archive site)

4242:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1947/Imperial War Museum and Battery Press, 1993, 292:

in the air defence role until 1975, when its successor unit reverted to infantry.

4178:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1935/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, 4163:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1934/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, 1680:). 112th (DLI) LAA Regiment caught up on 7 October, when it arrived to reinforce 579:. The DLI Bde was at Ryveld, and at 16.30 on 23 April 1/7th Bn began marching to 507:

at its annual training camp, which had started on 25 July. Orders to prepare for

2011: 1836:

365 LAA Bty – disbanded to resuscitate 21 Bty unlinked from 20/21 Medium Bty in

1726: 1662: 1621: 1547: 1321: 1212: 1187: 1007: 972: 918: 878: 830:

track known as 'Railway Street' while the rest of the division took part in the

580: 572: 504: 496: 463: 269: 264:

and saw action as infantry and pioneers in some of the bloodiest actions on the

234: 151: 4193:

London: HM Stationery Office, 1937/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,

1829:

364 LAA Bty – disbanded to resuscitate 11 Bty unlinked from 2/11 Medium Bty in

1052:

After the Armistice, the battalion colours were taken out of St Paul's Church,

1888: 1310: 1255:

The following officers commanded 2/7th Bn during the North Russia expedition:

1191: 1136:

on 16 August. In November 1915 the division moved into winter quarters around

1079:

The following officers commanded 7th and 1/7th battalions during World War I:

1038: 968: 827: 696: 676: 528: 371: 129: 1966:, thus reuniting all the former Volunteer units of the DLI in one battalion. 1951:, in which part of R Bty formed a Troop of 118 Field Squadron at Sunderland. 1167:, a new home service division forming in southern England, with 214th Bde at 659:

sector, and stayed in this quiet sector until mid-November, when it moved to

1858:

582 (The Durham Light Infantry) Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment, RA

1759: 1462: 1430: 1141: 1128:

through Sunderland to Newcastle. The 2nd Northumbrian Division was numbered

1026: 932:

After the March battles, 50th Division was withdrawn to rest and refit near

888:

On 24 March the 1/7th DLI was sent to defend the canal in a gap between the

768: 700: 597: 548: 277: 204: 4392:

History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: Anti-Aircraft Artillery 1914–55

4265:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1962/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2004, 1353:, which had already undergone conversion. The new battalion formed part of 1017:

was in full swing, and the 8th Division participated in the forcing of the

703:. The usual trench work continued, often under shell and machine gun fire. 4359:, Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1948/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2014, 1975: 1770:

SP Bofors gun preparing to cross the Rhine with 15th (Scottish) Division.

1649: 1398: 1294:

When the TF was reconstituted on 7 February 1920 (and reorganised as the

1175: 1010:

shelling. The division was engaged in diversionary attacks in September.

980: 560: 512: 4479: 1573:

The AA defences of Southern England were severely tested in 1942 by the

1438:

sites in the South of England, with occasional raids on the North East.

4421:

Titles and Designations of Formations and Units of the Territorial Army

1987: 1918: 1528: 1446: 1317: 1204: 1046: 933: 4284:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1988/London: Brasseys, 1996, 4236:

History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918

1795:

on 28 March, but thereafter the Rhine crossings remained quiet as the

1535:, which served on in AA Command until it was disbanded in March 1945. 1045:

came into force on 11 November, while the battalion was marching into

955:) were halted, and 1/7th DLI was relieved on the evening of 12 April. 947:

on 9 April, and the 50th Division was sent to shore up the retreating

455:. The 7th DLI formed part of the Durham Light Infantry Brigade in the 427:

Cap badge of the Durham Light Infantry, Territorial version (1909–53).

1704: 1413:

On 1 August 1940 all the converted S/L units were transferred to the

1336:

90 cm 'Projector Anti-Aircraft', displayed at Fort Nelson, Portsmouth

1125: 660: 652: 552: 3790:

119th LAA Rgt War Diary, November 1944, at 15th (Scottish) Division.

2095:

22nd (Service) Bn (3rd County Pioneers) Durham Light Infantry was a

690:

In December 1915 the division returned to the Ypres Salient, in the

555:

in schools around Gateshead. Orders to proceed overseas to join the

2060:. The old colours of the Sunderland Volunteer Infantry were in the 958:

The very weak 50th Division was sent to a 'quiet sector' along the

3707:

119th LAA Rgt War Diary, August 1944, at 15th (Scottish) Division.

1821:

with the same numbers. On 1 April, this regiment was redesignated

1765: 1747: 1715: 1564: 1445: 1331: 1244: 1034: 837: 816: 793: 758: 670: 651:

when not in the front line. It then moved to better trenches near

587:. British forces were fighting to stabilise the British line (the 500: 462:

When war broke out in 1914, the battalion was commanded by Lt-Col

422: 18:

47th (Durham Light Infantry) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery

4499: 4221:

The Fighting Pioneers: the Story of the 7th Durham Light Infantry

1742:

112th (DLI) LAA Regiment was given special roles by XII Corps in

1374:

The TA's AA units were mobilised on 23 September 1938 during the

805:

and constructing shelters, until they were relieved on 26 April.

447:. There were eight companies, six at Livingstone Road and two at 272:. Between the wars it became an air defence unit, serving during 4329:, Samson Books 1978/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2001, 4206:

Riflemen Form: A study of the Rifle Volunteer Movement 1859–1908

1137: 926: 796:

sector in April. After the success of the opening attack of the

4490:

David Porter's work on Provisional Brigades at Great War Forum

4428:

The Corps of Royal Engineers: Organization and Units 1889–2018

4234:

Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds & Lt-Col R. Maxwell-Hyslop,

1477: 1060: 1695:

On 29 October 15th (S) Division was rushed up to relieve the

1476:

of experienced officers and men to 235th S/L Training Rgt at

300:

During an invasion scare in 1859, large numbers of part-time

1313:. This lasted for three months during the political crisis. 1006:

in August. A number of casualties were suffered from German

2032:, DSO, a former Regular DLI officer, appointed 10 July 1937 1508:

in January 1942, with four LAA batteries numbered 364–367.

4407:

Operation Plunder: The British and Canadian Rhine Crossing

1799:

fell back in the face of 21st Army Group's rapid advance.

1523:

at the beginning of April and then briefly transferred to

343:

of the former Sunderland Volunteer Infantry raised in the

4342:

Battle Honours of the British and Indian Armies 1695–1914

695:

relieved at the beginning of April 1916 and moved to the

4519: 4357:

The History of the Fifteenth Scottish Division 1939–1945

571:

The division completed its concentration in the area of

256:

formed in 1860. It went on to become a Battalion of the

4394:, London: Royal Artillery Institution/Brassey's, 1994, 1316:

The 7th DLI opened a new drill hall at Dykelands Road,

1239:

stores led to firefighting and increased guard duties.

2099:

battalion raised in West Hartlepool on 1 October 1915.

2000:

Col Thomas Reed, former CO, appointed 22 November 1905

1324:; from 1933 it was designated Support (or S) Company. 1419:

47th (Durham Light Infantry) Searchlight Regiment, RA

1393:

that was being organised to take over the defence of

711:

50th (Northumbrian) Division was not involved in the

350:

Under the scheme of 'localisation' introduced by the

4240:

26th September–11th November, The Advance to Victory

3753:

73rd LAA Rgt War Diary, 1944, TNA file WO 171/1121.

3744:

344th S/L Bty War Diary, 1944, TNA fie QO 171/1207.

1630:

119th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery

227: 222: 143: 135: 125: 103: 91: 76: 58: 50: 31: 3762:80th AA Bde War Diary, 1944, TNA file WO 171/1085. 2064:, (now closed). The colours of the 7th DLI are at 842:Captured German pillbox or 'Mebu' at Passchendaele 746:50th Division made another setpiece attack at the 399:formed the Tyne and Tees Brigade until a separate 4563:Military units and formations established in 1860 3960: 3958: 3894: 3892: 1754:' rocket projectors. These were Canadian-devised 306:3rd (The Sunderland) Durham Rifle Volunteer Corps 4378:, Chatham: Institution of Royal Engineers, 1958. 4062: 4060: 3601: 3599: 3597: 3323: 3321: 3319: 3317: 1703:. 15th (Scottish) then counter-attacked towards 472:1st Durham Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers) 4510:The Regimental Warpath 1914–1918 (archive site) 4314:, Vol II, Wakefield, Microform Academic, 1984, 3416:7 AA Division 1939 at British Military History. 2190: 2188: 2186: 2184: 2182: 2180: 1309:, to guard the docks and the oil stores on the 699:sector, 1/7th DLI marching from Canada Huts to 675:Men of 1/7th Bn DLI parading for the trenches, 4548:Military units and formations in County Durham 4299:, Vol I, Wakefield, Microform Academic, 1984, 3462: 3460: 3458: 3456: 3454: 3452: 3450: 2178: 2176: 2174: 2172: 2170: 2168: 2166: 2164: 2162: 2160: 2018:, appointed 20 May 1922, died 21 November 1925 1554:. 364 LAA Battery was temporarily attached to 4312:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978 4297:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978 3214: 3212: 2631: 2629: 2627: 1207:on 5 October 1918, embarking on HM Transport 868:. The division was in Corps reserve when the 8: 3434:AA Command 3 September 1939 at Patriot Files 3186: 3184: 3149: 3147: 2397: 2395: 2393: 2269:Training Depots, 1873–1881 at Regiments.org. 1945:205 (3rd Durham Volunteer Artillery) Battery 354:in 1873, the Durham RVCs, together with the 4553:Military units and formations in Sunderland 4495:Imperial War Museum, War Memorials Register 4460:, 1939/Uckfield: Naval & Military, nd, 4426:Graham E. Watson & Richard A. Rinaldi, 4053:Tyne Electrical Engineers at Regiments.org. 3974: 3972: 3970: 3808: 3806: 3648: 3646: 3636: 3634: 3624: 3622: 3578: 3576: 3574: 3377:2nd AA Division at British Military History 3351: 3349: 3347: 3337: 3335: 3333: 3298: 3296: 3294: 3243: 3241: 3239: 3237: 3037:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, pp. 345, 348. 3019:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, pp. 227, 244. 2079:, is in the possession of the Vaux family. 1947:while the DLI parts of the regiment joined 1385:47th (DLI) AA Battalion now formed part of 821:Pioneers laying duckboards at Passchendaele 323:. After the death of Vane-Tempest in 1864, 3202: 3200: 3198: 3174: 3172: 3170: 3111: 3109: 3099: 3097: 3095: 3093: 3091: 2979: 2977: 2890: 2888: 2886: 2543: 2541: 2495: 2493: 2491: 2489: 2487: 2411: 2409: 2359: 2357: 2355: 2353: 2351: 2349: 2347: 2208: 2206: 2204: 2202: 2200: 1713:but the Germans had pulled out of Meijel. 1624:, 'Operation Gallop', was spearheaded by 1454:The Battle of Britain was followed by the 386:the 20th Century) and formally became the 370:(DLI), constituted Brigade No 3, based at 34:3rd (Sunderland) VB, Durham Light Infantry 4573:1860 establishments in the United Kingdom 4568:Rifle Volunteer Corps of the British Army 4409:, Barnsley: Pen & Sword Books, 2006, 4067:Northumbrian Volunteers at Regiments.org. 4037: 4035: 4033: 4031: 3993:444–473 Rgts RA at British Army 1945 on. 3988: 3986: 3984: 3908: 3906: 3904: 3476: 3474: 3472: 3230:Overseas Garrisons at Regimental Warpath. 3010:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, pp. 18, 28. 2967: 2965: 2963: 2450: 2337: 2335: 1589:, then back with 5 AA Bde by April 1943. 1538:In August 1942, 112 (DLI) LAA Rgt joined 1134:190th (2nd Durham Light Infantry) Brigade 4024:266–288 Rgts RA at British Army 1945 on. 4013:414–443 Rgts RA at British Army 1945 on. 3922: 3920: 3913:564–591 Rgts RA at British Army 1945 on. 3488: 3486: 3411: 3409: 3372: 3370: 3063: 3061: 2448: 2446: 2444: 2442: 2440: 2438: 2436: 2434: 2432: 2430: 2381: 2379: 2377: 2375: 2373: 2371: 2369: 1506:112th (DLI) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 1499:112th (DLI) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 1087:, DSO, 11 September 1911 to 9 April 1918 763:William Orpen: The Butte de Warlencourt. 4372:History of the Corps of Royal Engineers 3512:Basil Collier, Appendices XXX and XXXI. 2120: 2088: 1262:Lt-Col T.C.B. Holland from 3 March 1919 1104:Major J.P. Turcan from 2 September 1918 4042:County of Durham Rgt at Regiments.org. 3885:60–67 Rgts RA at British Army 1945 on. 3257:TF Training Bns at Regimental Warpath. 2243: 2241: 2239: 2237: 2235: 2233: 2231: 2229: 2227: 1777:15th (Kent) GHQ Troops Royal Engineers 1653:the river was illuminated by B Trp of 1211:the following day and disembarking at 470:family. He had formerly served in the 28: 4533:15th (Scottish) Division War Diaries. 4109:IWM War Memorials Register ref 10230. 3771:Routledge, p. 325; Table LII, p. 332. 2535:Wyrall, pp. 5, 10–11, 20–1, 34–5, 40. 2058:Saint George's Memorial Church, Ypres 2003:George William Hamilton-Russell, 9th 1107:Lt-Col A.H Birchall at demobilisation 644:(PoW) from the overrun front trench. 613:151st (Durham Light Infantry) Brigade 575:and went straight into action at the 7: 3126:10th Provisional Brigade War Diary, 1511:After training, the regiment joined 917:on a broad spur running towards the 411:and gained its first battle honour: 388:3rd (Sunderland) Volunteer Battalion 284:, when it had a special role in the 4223:, Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2015, 3341:Watson & Rinaldi, pp. 110, 114. 1907:, with the following organisation: 1901:463 (Durham Light Infantry) LAD Rgt 1862:92 (AA) Army Group, Royal Artillery 1636:and the field regiment attached to 1357:, also based in Sunderland, within 890:66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division 445:7th Battalion Durham Light Infantry 38:47th (DLI) Searchlight Regiment, RA 4208:, Aldershot: Ogilby Trusts, 1982, 3503:Routledge, Table LXII, pp. 379–80. 3219:67 Division at Regimental Warpath. 3191:71 Division at Regimental Warpath. 3154:63 Division at Regimental Warpath. 2691:Wyrall, pp. 138–45, 148–54, 160–4. 2548:50th Division at Long, Long Trail. 2402:50 Division at Regimental Warpath. 1958:at Hordern in a new regiment, the 1956:A (Durham Royal Artillery) Battery 1930:Q (5DLI) Bty at West Hartlepool – 1874:463 (Durham) Heavy AA Regiment, RA 1351:31st (City of London Rifles) AA Bn 1345:, a searchlight (S/L) unit of the 773:attack on the Butte de Warlencourt 622:, HQ, C and D Companies to 3rd Bn 25: 4505:Orders of Battle at Patriot Files 4445:, Barnsley: Pen and Sword, 2010, 4098:Greenwell at DLI Medal Collection 1825:with the following organisation: 1632:to cover the attached artillery ( 1626:15th (Scottish) Infantry Division 1569:Bofors gun and crew, summer 1944. 1184:67th (2nd Home Counties) Division 873:defensive line from Le Mesnil to 390:of the DLI in December 1887. The 40:112th (DLI) Light AA Regiment, RA 4078:6th/8th Bn DLI at Regiments.org. 3116:63 Division at Long, Long Trail. 1648:the column reached the river at 1450:Formation sign of 7 AA Division. 1130:63rd (2nd Northumbrian) Division 593:King's Shropshire Light Infantry 358:and the two Regular battalions ( 80: 63: 4480:British Army units from 1945 on 4458:The Fiftieth Division 1914–1919 1860:. Initially, it formed part of 1720:Land Mattress rocket launcher ( 1409:47th (DLI) Searchlight Regiment 939:The next German offensive (the 443:of 1908, the 3rd VB became the 4003:Routledge, Table LXXV, p. 442. 3927:AGRAs at British Army 1945 on. 3697:Routledge, Table XLIX, p. 319. 2037:Sir Robin Chapman, 2nd Baronet 1746:, the assault crossing of the 1665:, until they were relieved by 1049:behind the front-line troops. 899:Actions at the Somme Crossings 832:Second Battle of Passchendaele 374:in the Durham sub-district of 288:. Postwar it continued in the 44:463 (7DLI) LAA/SL Regiment, RA 1: 4370:Maj-Gen R.P. Pakenham-Walsh, 3800:Routledge, Table LVI, p. 365. 3559:Routledge, Table LXV, p. 397. 2028:Col William Basil Greenwell, 1936:R (7DLI) Bty at Sunderland – 1905:County of Durham Regiment, RA 1424:During the early part of the 775:on 5 November (celebrated as 748:Battle of the Transloy Ridges 729:150th (York & Durham) Bde 401:Durham Light Infantry Brigade 108:Durham Light Infantry Brigade 46:County of Durham Regiment, RA 42:582 (DLI) LAA/SL Regiment, RA 4443:Tracing the Rifle Volunteers 4344:, London: Leo Cooper, 1970, 3444:Routledge, Table LX, p. 378. 2043:, TD, appointed 1 April 1967 1925:274 (Northumbrian) Field Rgt 1887:and 885 Locating Battery at 1259:Lt-Col W.J. Bowker, CMG, DSO 1090:Acting Lt-Col A.H Birchall, 733:47th (1/2nd London) Division 679:, near Ypres, 29 April 1916. 112:50th (Northumbrian) Division 36:7th Bn Durham Light Infantry 3726:Ellis, pp. 453, 455, 466–7. 3164:Becke, Part 3b, pp. 117–28. 2306:Dunn, pp. 12–3; Appendix 1. 1343:47th (DLI) AA Battalion, RE 717:Battle of Flers–Courcelette 715:until its third phase (the 632:Battle of Bellewaarde Ridge 557:British Expeditionary Force 476:Distinguished Service Order 435:were subsumed into the new 4589: 4430:, Tiger Lily Books, 2018, 3875:Frederick, pp. 726–7, 954. 3857:Pakenham-Walsh, pp. 486–7. 3539:Routledge, pp. 388-9, 393. 3128:The National Archives, Kew 2636:DLI at Regimental Warpath. 1355:30 (Northumbrian) AA Group 1101:) July to 2 September 1918 725:149th (Northumberland) Bde 609:Battle of Frezenberg Ridge 466:, of the Sunderland-based 453:Northern Cyclist Battalion 313:Lord Adolphus Vane-Tempest 4527:The Territorial Army 1947 4520:Royal Artillery 1939–1945 4327:British Regiments 1914–18 3421:23 September 2015 at the 3403:Routledge, pp. 65–6, 371. 3382:23 September 2015 at the 2871:Wyrall, pp. 274–6, 284–6. 2363:Becke, Pt 2a, pp. 93–100. 2075:. The painting, entitled 2007:, appointed 26 April 1913 1895:County of Durham Regiment 1756:Multiple rocket launchers 1724:) compared to the German 1634:67th (Suffolk) Medium Rgt 1579:27 (Home Counties) AA Bde 1546:covering a wider area of 1303:coal strike of April 1921 1097:Lt-Col B.C. James, DSO, ( 965:Third Battle of the Aisne 527:, and to the Granary at 525:Hendon Valley Road School 499:found the DLI Brigade at 3615:112 LAA Rgt at RA 39–45. 3605:Frederick, pp. 805, 837. 3327:Frederick, pp. 859, 868. 3206:Becke, Pt 2b, pp. 75–82. 3178:Becke, Pt 2b, pp. 101-5. 3103:Becke, Pt 2b, pp. 49–54. 2386:DLI at Long, Long Trail. 2288:Beckett, pp. 135, 185–6. 1995:Edward Temperley Gourley 1986:The following served as 1870:325 (Sunderland) LAA Rgt 1640:). Driving from east of 1616:The regiment arrived in 1472:The regiment supplied a 1307:Whitburn, South Tyneside 1237:Royal Army Service Corps 1186:. The division moved to 905:shortly after midnight. 397:Northumberland Fusiliers 366:) that later formed the 325:Edward Temperley Gourley 3937:Litchfield, Appendix 5. 3521:Routledge, pp. 387–404. 3493:47 S/L Rgt at RA 39–45. 3277:Titles and Designations 2971:Becke, Pt 1, pp. 89–95. 2709:Wyrall, pp. 164–6, 170. 2673:Wyrall, pp. 100–4, 118. 1960:Northumbrian Volunteers 1903:became the bulk of the 1697:7th US Armored Division 1678:Operation Market Garden 1328:47th (DLI) AA Battalion 949:2nd Portuguese Division 870:German spring offensive 178:German spring offensive 4263:The Battle of Normandy 3978:Litchfield, pp. 55–61. 3848:Routledge, pp. 357–60. 2154:Beckett, Appendix VII. 1938:from 463 (DLI) LAD Rgt 1932:from 463 (DLI) LAD Rgt 1917:P (1st Durham) Bty at 1913:from 463 (DLI) LAD Rgt 1878:463 (7 DLI) LAA/SL Rgt 1852:582 (DLI) LAA Regiment 1771: 1739: 1570: 1495:in the same division. 1451: 1337: 1043:Armistice with Germany 1015:Hundred Days Offensive 1013:By October the Allied 843: 822: 764: 680: 577:Second Battle of Ypres 428: 413:South Africa 1900–1902 4558:Durham Light Infantry 4390:Brig N.W. Routledge, 3812:Routledge, pp. 353–7. 2068:Army Reserve Centre. 2062:DLI Regimental Museum 1769: 1719: 1568: 1449: 1380:Anti-Aircraft Command 1335: 983:until forced back to 848:Third Battle of Ypres 841: 820: 762: 674: 482:during the Boer War. 457:Northumbrian Division 426: 368:Durham Light Infantry 302:Rifle Volunteer Corps 258:Durham Light Infantry 246:The Sunderland Rifles 4500:The Long, Long Trail 4485:DLI Medal Collection 4355:Lt-Gen H.G. Martin, 3780:Martin, pp. 185–206. 3466:Litchfield, p. 56–7. 3394:Routledge, pp. 62–3. 2077:The Miracle of Ypres 1911:RHQ at Sunderland – 1225:Northern Dvina River 1190:, with 214th Bde at 1149:Royal Naval Division 1094:9 April to July 1918 1083:Lt-Col Ernest Vaux, 1004:Battle of the Scarpe 953:Battle of Hazebrouck 892:to the left and the 883:Battle of St Quentin 515:Defences as part of 403:was formed in 1902. 364:106th Light Infantry 280:and the campaign in 3964:Frederick, p. 1014. 3898:Frederick, p. 1024. 3717:Martin, pp. 108–18. 3679:Ellis, Appendix IV. 3055:Dunn, pp. 189–8=95. 2939:Wyrall, pp. 335–43. 2921:Wyrall, pp. 309–34. 2853:Wyrall, pp. 259–72. 2817:Wyrall, pp. 249–53. 2799:Wyrall, pp. 239–48. 2781:Wyrall, pp. 228-37. 2763:Wyrall, pp. 205–25. 2745:Wyrall, pp. 183–98. 2727:Wyrall, pp. 171–81. 2481:Becke, Pt 2b, p. 6. 1949:72 Engineer Rgt, RE 1785:113th (DLI) LAA Rgt 1736:Canadian War Museum 1655:344 Searchlight Bty 1251:Commanding officers 1132:and the DLI became 1118:Newcastle upon Tyne 1099:Devonshire Regiment 1075:Commanding Officers 979:held a position at 589:Battle of St Julien 567:2nd Battle of Ypres 478:(DSO) with the 5th 392:Stanhope Memorandum 360:68th Light Infantry 4310:J.B.M. Frederick, 4295:J.B.M. Frederick, 4204:Ian F.W. Beckett, 3866:Routledge, p. 361. 3735:Routledge, p. 320. 3688:Routledge, p. 306. 3591:Routledge, p. 400. 3530:Frederick, p. 862. 3480:Farndale, Annex M. 3247:Dunn, pp. 197–200. 2957:Wyrall, pp. 344–9. 2835:Wyrall, pp. 253–4. 2585:Wyrall, pp. 59–70. 2194:Frederick, p. 145. 2136:Spiers, pp. 163–8. 1964:The Light Infantry 1772: 1740: 1602:Operation Overlord 1571: 1552:South West England 1452: 1395:North East England 1338: 1273:) from 23 May 1919 1069:Army of Occupation 911:Battle of Rosières 844: 823: 765: 681: 624:Middlesex Regiment 545:Ravensworth Castle 521:Hudson Road School 429: 333:Lieutenant-Colonel 4451:978 1 84884 211 3 4365:978-1-78331-085-2 4335:978-1-84342-197-9 4325:Brig E.A. James, 4229:978-1-47382-348-8 3839:Saunders, p. 149. 3821:Saunders, p. 147. 3067:Dunn, Appendix 4. 2930:Dunn, pp. 165–71. 2912:Dunn, pp. 158–64. 2844:Dunn, pp. 149–51. 2790:Dunn, pp. 138–44. 2736:Dunn, pp. 115–22. 2700:Dunn, pp. 109–10. 2682:Dunn, pp. 98–108. 2621:Wyrall, pp. 90–2. 2603:Wyrall, pp. 72–4. 2567:Wyrall, pp. 52–4. 2454:James, pp. 100–1. 2297:Dunlop, pp. 60–1. 2021:Lt-Col J. 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