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6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry     The 6th Battalion Durham light Infantry was a unit of the Territorial Force with their HQ at The Drill Hall, Union St, Bishop Auckland were A and B Coy's were also based. C Coy was based at The Armoury, Spennymoor. D Coy at The Armoury, Crook. E Coy at The Armoury, Stanhope. F Coy at The Armoury, King St, Barnard Castle. G and H Coy's were both based at The Armoury, Edith St, Consett.    The 6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry was a territorial battalion based at Bishop Auckland serving with DLI Brigade, Northumbrian Division. They had just departed for their annual summer camp when war broke out and they were at once recalled their home base. The 50th division was mobilised for war service on the 5th of August 1914 and took up their allotted positions on the Tyne defences with the 6th DLI being based at Bolden Colliery, then went on Ravensworth Park near Newcastle by October. They proceeded to France on the 17th of April 1915, landing at Boulogne, the division concentrating in the area of Steenvoorde just as the German army attacked Ypres, using poison gas for the first time. The 50th Division were rushed into the battle. On the 14th of May the formation was renamed 151st Brigade, 50th (Northumbrian) Division. They saw action in The Battle of St Julien, The Battle of Frezenburg Ridge and The Battle of Bellewaarde Ridge. On the 3rd of June after suffering heavy casualties, the 1/6th and 1/8th Battalions merged to form 6/8th Battalion and on the 15th of July the battalion was reduced to cadre strength and transferred to the Lines of Communication. They resumed their own identities on the 11th of August after recieving reinforcements and on the 16th the 6th DLI joined 117th Brigade 39th Division. They were in action during the Battles of the Somme, including, the fighting on the Ancre, The Battle of Thiepval Ridge, The Battle of the Ancre heights and the capture of Schwaben Reddoubt and Stuff Trench as well as The Battle of the Ancre. In 1917 they fought in The Battle of Pilkem Ridge, The Battle of Langemarck, The Battle of the Menin Road Ridge, The Battle of Polygon Wood and The Second Battle of Passchendaele. In 1918 they were in action at The Battle of St Quentin, The actions at the Somme crossings, The Battle of Bapaume and The Battle of Rosieres before moving to Flanders. They took part in The fighting on Wytschaete Ridge, The First and Second Battle of Kemmel and The Battle of the Scherpenberg. The Division had suffered heavy losses and they were reduced to a cadre by the 1st of June 1918 and took on a role supervising courses of instruction for newly arrived American troops, beginning with units of the 77th American Division at Wolphus. They moved to Varengeville on the 15th of August. By the Armistice the order had already been given to disband the training cadres and the 6th DLI were disbanded in France on the 6th of November 1918. 3rd Aug 1914 The 6th DLI Return From Camp 4th Aug 1914 Durham Territorials break camp  At Conway Camp in North Wales, reveille was sounded at 4am. The Territorials of the 6th, 7th and 8th Battalions Durham Light Infantry quickly broke camp and marched to the station to board special trains back to their County Durham bases to mobilize for war. 11th DLI Martin Bashforth 5th Aug 1914 F Coy 6th DLI leave Barnard Castle  The men of F Coy, 6th Durham Light Infantry were ordered to report to the Drill Hall in Barnard Castle at 8am, to prepare to leave at 4.30pm to rejoin the rest of the Battalion at Bishop Auckland. They had arrived home just after mid-day yesterday. Teesdale Mercury 9th Aug 1914 6th DLI to East Boldon  The Territorials of the 6th Durham Light Infantry left Bishop Auckland for East Boldon. 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Want to know more about 6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry? There are:6007 items tagged 6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served with 6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry during the Great War 1914-1918. Broadley James. Pte. Broadley William. L/Cpl. Brown Edward. Pte. (d.10th Sept 1915) Brown Joseph. CSM. Brown Nathan. Sgt. Brown Nathan. Sjt. Campbell John. Sgt. (d.15th Oct 1918) Carroll Thomas Joseph. Sgt. Carswell-Hunt MC. William David. Mjr. (d.5th Apr 1917) Corker Samuel. Pte. (d.14th April 1917) Cowley Thomas. Pte. Crummett Albert. Pte. (d.20th July 1917) Denham William. Pte. (d.26th April 1915) Dent William Albert. Capt. Egan James Patrick. Pte. (d.14th Apr 1917) Finn MM, DCM. Patrick. CSM. (d.27th May 1918) Hallett William. Pte. Hamer Charles. Pte. (d.1st Oct 1916) Howe Richard Algeo. 2nd. Lt. Jackson John W.. Pte. (d.24th June 1915) Kane Joseph. Pte. (d.26th October 1917) March John Arthur. Pte. Mitchell Sidney. Pte. Mitchell Sidney. Pte. Moreland James Loftus. Pte. (d.16th Sep 1916) Newby James. Pte. (d.27th May 1918) Newby James. L/Cpl. (d.27th May 1918) Quickmire James William. L/Cpl. Richardson John Thomas. Pte. (d.16th Sep 1916) Robinson Joseph. Pte. (d.30th May 1918) Royall Richard Harold. Pte. Scarr James. Pte (d.16th Sep 1916) Stoddart MSM. Bertie. Sgt. Summerson Joseph Richardson. Pte. Vayro Thomas. Sgt Wardle John Alfred. Pte. (d.1st October 1916) Williams John D.. Sgt. Wilmot Albert Edward. (d.19th May 1915) Wilson Michael. Pte. 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He joined the Durham light Infantry as a Corporal in 1914. He was promoted to Sergeant and then on disembodiment he was listed as a Company Sergeant Major. In 1917 he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for Valuable Services in the field. Bertie survived the war. Maisie Robinson Add to this record.   Pte. Thomas Cowley 6th Btn. Durham Light Infantry Thomas Cowley served in France from 19th of April 1915 until he was honourably discharged on 19th of November 1917, aged 40. Mark Taylor Add to this record.   Pte. Charles Hamer 6th Btn. Durham Light Infantry (d.1st Oct 1916) Charles Hamer died on 1st of October 1916 in the second phase of the Somme campaign. His name is etched onto the Thiepval memorial as he has no known grave. He died somewhere around the area of the attack on the German defences that day. This was a trench system known as Prue. The 6th Battalion fought hard that day. From what I can understand so far, their start point for the battle was in Starfish trench. I believe his body to be in that area which is north of Highwood and close to Flers. Chris Standley Add to this record.   Pte. Albert Crummett 6th Btn Durham Light Infantry (d.20th July 1917) Albert Crummett enlisted with the Norfolk Regiment and was transferred to 6th Durham Light Infantry. Albert was taken into the 49th Casualty Clearing Station on the 19th of July 1917, wounded by a gunshot wound to the left thigh. He died on the 20th July and is buried in Achiet Le Grande war cemetery near Arras. Graham Crummett Add to this record.   Sgt. Thomas Joseph Carroll 6th Battalion Durham Light Infantry Tommy Carroll served 38 years with 6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. 38 Years With Durhams Retirement of C.S.M. T. Carroll of Bishop Auckland At the Sergeants' Mess, Drill Hal1, Bishop Auckland, last night, C.S.M. T. Carroll was the recipient of two presentations on the occasion of his retirement after 38 years' service with the 6th D.L.I. first with the Old Volunteers, then the Territorials, the sergeants of the Battalion C.S.M. Carroll was given a Westminster chiming clock, and from the hon. members of the mess a silver teapot, both being suitably Inscribed. W. Bradley occupied the chair. R.S.M. L. Pearce said that 38 years in the Army during which time there had been two wars seemed a good record. He congratulated Tommy Carroll, and was pleased to see him looking so well even after the hard and strenuous life he had led. "As I look round the room I wonder how many more old sweats Bishop Auckland has got," he said. "I see 'Old Bill' Condon and Bob Harburn in their glorious array Bobby Barron, W. Lancaster and others." He said it gave him great pleasure to extend to C.S.M. Carroll the life membership of the mess. Mr J. G. L. Drummond, on behalf of the honorary members of the mess, said he was delighted to have the honour of asking Mc Carroll to accept the silver teapot. He was delighted to know that the sergeants' mess had bestowed on Tommy Carroll life membership of the mess. Mrs Pearce, wife of the A.S.M., handed over the presents to C.S.M. Carroll, and, on behalf of herself and the company present, hoped that he would have the pleasure of enjoying them for many years. C.S.M, Carrot. then responding, said that 38 years ago he joined the Battalion drummer-boy, and Old Bill Condon was then his colour-sergeant. But it seemed many years to recall, he had enjoyed with serving the Battalion. "I do most sincerely regret having to relinquish my association with the 6th D.L.I.," he said, " but Anno Dominio calls and however much one feels like refusing to answer the like good soldiers we obey. An ertertaining programme was afterwards provided by Mr J. Donnelly's Party Mr H. Copper (baritone), Mr Albert Coates (tenor), and Mr Aby Brown (comedian). Adele Fasa Add to this record.   Pte. Samuel Corker 1st/6th Battalion 50th (Northumbrian) Division Durham Light Infantry (d.14th April 1917) Samuel was one of 6 brothers and one sister (my mother Elizabeth, who was the baby of the family). All of the boys and father worked in the coal mines in County Durham, especially the Burnhope Colliery where they lived. In the 1911 census when Samuel was 15 his occupation was a pony driver. This was a boy employed in driving the horses underground. They were usually 14 or 15 years of age. His brother Adam, who was 20, was a pony putter. This was someone who pushed mine waggons from the working place to a horse road or mechanical haulage road. The putters used to be divided into trams, headsmen, foals, and half-marrows. These were all boys or youths. Their employment consisted in pushing or dragging the coal from the workings to the passages in which horses could be employed, “the putter putts or thrusts behind”. On the Burnhope Colliery Roll of Honour after WW1 Samuel’s occupation was down as a putter so he had moved to the same job as his brother by the time he enlisted. Samuel was killed in Action at The First Battle of Arras, France, April 14th 1917 (aged 21). Arras Memorial, Faubourg D’Amiens British Cemetery, Bay 8. In March 1916 the British Army moved into this sector of the Western Front, which included Arras, and British burials were laid to rest here from that time. The cemetery was used by the British and Dominion Forces until the end of the war in November 1918. After the Armistice more graves were brought into the cemetery from outlying battlefield burials and two cemeteries nearby. Irene Taylor Add to this record.   2nd. Lt. Richard Algeo Howe 6th Btn. Durham Light Infantry Richard Howe was the husband of Mary Grace Humphreys. The 1911 census shows him living with his wife Mary in Sunnybrow, Willington, he was employed as a Colliery Manager. His brother in law John Theodore Gordon Humphreys was staying with them. He served with the 6th Durham Light Infantry, was wounded and survived the war. In January 1918 The Times newspaper published a story of a Patriotic family "The Rev H.J. Humphreys, vicar of Thornley, Tow Law, Durham had five sons. Henry St. Giles Humphreys had been returning from America to enlist when he was killed on the Lousitania when it was torpedoed. John Theodore Gordon Humphreys had been to Sandhurst and was commissioned into the Indian Infantry and killed in action at Narumgombe. Captain Herbert Phillip Wynne Humphreys was an officer in the Royal Flying Corp and had been awarded a Military Cross. Owen (Aled Owain) Humphreys was serving with the Canadian Royal Flying Corps. Captain Noel Forbes Humphreys first served as a despatch rider, then in the Machine Gun Corps and had become a section commander of tanks in France." They omitted to mention the fact that his son in law Richard Howe (married to his daughter Mary Grace) was serving with the Durham Light Infantry. Caroline Hunt Add to this record.   Sgt. John D. Williams 6th Btn. Durham Light Infantry John D. Williams was a miner and a Sergeant in the local Territorials, 6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. He went to France with the 1/6th. Battalion and saw action in the Battle of Ypres, where he was slightly gassed and lot a leg. Add to this record.   L/Cpl. James Newby 1/6th Btn. Durham Light Infantry (d.27th May 1918) James Newby was taken as a wounded prisoner. James died on the 27th of May 1918, as the result of a gun shot wound to the bladder. He is buried in Lille Southern Cemetery. Robert Edwards Add to this record.   Pte. Joseph Kane 1/6th Battalion Durham Light Infantry (d.26th October 1917) It is 100 years since Joseph Kane's death, and it upsets me to think that no one who knew him in life has ever been to visit his memorial listing at Tyne Cot. This feels so incredibly sad so during November 2017 his grandson William aged 82, great granddaughter Helena aged 52 from Australia and great great grandchildren Gabriella & Kurt will pay their respects. If I can find more on his story I'll submit it here. Thank you for this site. Helena Cain Add to this record.   Pte. Richard Harold Royall 1/6th Btn. Durham Light Infantry Dick Royall is supposed to have joined up at 15, originally with 1/6th Welch Regiment. Charles Gordon Clark Add to this record.    Albert Edward Wilmot 6th Btn. Durham Light Infantry (d.19th May 1915) Albert Wilmot died in action near Ypres. Amanda Burford Add to this record.   Pte. Sidney Mitchell 6th Btn. Durham Light Infantry Sid Mitchell served with the 1/6th Battalion DLI. He was wounded (date not known) and after recovering, assigned to the 36th Labour Battalion Royal Fusiliers where he was wounded again. He finished his war service sometime after 1920. Ralph Halse Add to this record.   Pte. Sidney Mitchell 6th Btn. Durham Light Infantry Private Sidney Mitchell’s six-digit regimental number falls within a group allocated to new recruits of the 1/6th Battalion Durham Light Infantry during the first week of March 1917. His birthday fell in late April, so it is fair to say he enlisted close to his birthday. He was wounded in his upper right back by grenade and had lung damage because he was gassed. He also had a machine gun wound in his ankle and shrapnel in his abdomen. He was transferred to the Labour Corps in July 1918, as the date fits with when his additional regimental number (631581) was issued. He served his final war days out with the 12th Labour Corps in France until demobbed. Ralph Halse Add to this record.   Pte. William Denham 6th Btn. Durham Light Infantry (d.26th April 1915) William Denham was a Private in the 6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, landing France on the 20th of April 1915 and killed only 6 days later on the 26th of April 1915. David Broadley Add to this record.   L/Cpl. William Broadley 5th Btn. Durham Light Infantry William Broadley joined up on the 17th of December 1914 with the 6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry at Consett. His service record shows he was in military custody from 14th of September 1916 to 21st of September 1916 for being caught by police out of uniform. On the 17th November 1917 he was posted to France in the 5th Battalion then 7th Battalion of the DLI. On the 27th of May 1918 he was posted as missing and on the 9th August posted as POW, Germany. He was demobilised on the 24th of March 1919. David Broadley Add to this record.   CSM. Joseph Brown 6th Btn. Durham Light Infantry My Grandfather Joseph Brown was a member of 2nd Volunteer Battalion Durham Light Infantry before it became the 6th DLI (TF) in 1908. He served throughout the war before being honourably discharged on the 31st January 1918 due to injury's with the rank of Company Serjeant Major (CSM). Unfortunately I never had the chance to talk to him, also along with a great many records his were destroyed during the blitz of WW2. Like him I also served with the TA, with the 7th Battalion The (Durham)Light Infantry based at Bishop Auckland and Durham. I would like to think I served in some of the same drill halls, and I did his memory proud. Ian Brown Add to this record.   Pte. James Patrick Egan 6th Btn. Durham Light Infantry (d.14th Apr 1917) James Egan served with the 6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry during WW1 and died, age 29, on the 14th April 1917. He is buried in Cherisy Road East Cemetery, Heninel in France. He was the husband of Annie Egan, of 61, Cadton Street, Shieldfield, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Louise Egan Add to this record.   Pte. James Loftus Moreland 6th Btn. Durham Light Infantry (d.16th Sep 1916) James Loftus Moreland was the son of James Moreland and Winifred (nee Kell). He was born in August 1896. His father James had joined the 6th Durham Light Infantry in 1908 and was sent to the front with the regiment in 1915. His son joined the same regiment in 1916 as a conscript just turned 21. He joined the regiment near High Wood during the battle of the Somme. It is said that he was in the same trench as his father and when he was shot his father carried him back to a clearing station but it was too late. He died on 16th September 1916. James is buried in Adanac cemetery. His father who served until 1919 had also served during the Boar War lived until 1953. Gavin Bake Add to this record.   Pte. Edward Brown 6th Btn. Durham Light Infantry (d.10th Sept 1915) This is a photograph of the headstone of Ned Brown who served with 6 Bn D.L.I He died of wounds on 10th September 1915 and is buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension. Also there is reference to the Brown Brothers on http://www.newmp.org.uk with a very interesting and touching letter from Nathan Brown published in the Durham Chronicle 24th September 1915: Crook Private's Gallant End. The death last weekend of Private E. Brown, of Crook, son of Mr Brown, chairman of the Auckland Board of Guardians, is conveyed in the following letter from his brother, who is also serving with the 6th Durhams in France. Private Nat Brown says: – "I know how you all feel about it. Poor old father and mother will fret an awful lot, I know. I’ve not the heart to write to them. Poor old Ned was hit with a shell, and it blew one of his legs off. I was working not far off him at the time, but I did not know till they had taken him to the hospital. They told me how brave he was, cheerful and in every respect a gallant fellow, as I knew he would be if the time came to prove it. We had such a jolly night together the night before he was hit." Derrick Walker Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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