Issue No 1 Autumn 20001 Editorial and Reports of the Annual meeting of The Society of Friends of The DLI Museum 2 A soldiers last message home comes to rest after 85 years – Message in a bottle! 3 The Final Game – a unique occasion recorded 4 The History Page – First of a series of easy-to-read histories of the regular battalions of the DLI from 1758 – 1900 |
Issue No 2 Spring 20011 The History Page – An outline history of the Regiment from 1902-1937 2 Major Ian English MC TD tells of the Arras counter attack as a lesson in manoeuvre warfare 3 Brief outline of the story of the Volunteer Battalions 4 Padre Major Fred Blackburn tells of his meeting with “Monty” |
Issue No 3 Autumn 2001The Annual General Meeting of The Society of Friends of the DLI Museum 1 The History Page. The completion of the easy-to-read history of the DLI 2 Durham County Records 3 Forging Memories – by David Thompson 4 Flimsy Tins & Jerry cans – by Major I R English MC TD 5 Citations & More – by Maj. Mike Spurrier 6 Antigua, a posting of the 68th Foot – by Major Randal Cross 7 Lonely Graves, South Africa |
Issue No 4 Spring 20021 The “Faithful” Inkerman Dinner Club and the background to The VC Celebration Stone 2 The Address given by Canon G.H. Markham at the reunion service in Durham Cathedral, Sept 1, 2001 3 Feelings – David Thompson deals with evidence that confirms how the support of the people at home was appreciated by the troops in the trenches 4 Military Transport – Major I R English MC TD compares the problems met by his father serving with 9 DLI in WW1 with his own experiences in while serving with 8DLI |
Issue No 5 Autumn 20021 The Bad Boys of 2 DLI made their mark in Colditz 2 The San Martino Trail – The story of how eight members of “C” (DLI) Coy of the Tyne Tees Regt from Bishop Auckland accompanied by Major I.R. English (who had escaped this way) and Major & Mrs Randal Cross completed the Trail charity walk 3 Borneo, The Last Campaign of the DLI – Col R W H Crawford OBE relates some of his memories of the last action of the DLI 4 The Wakenshaw family visit the museum on 60th Anniversary of Pte Adam Wakenshaw’s courageous action |
Issue No 6 Spring 20031 How a DLI POW taught Maurice Chevalier to speak English 2 The Battle (that nearly was) of Durban Quay – An eye-witness report by Major I R English MC 3 With the Colours – by Kevin Storey 4 The King and The DLI – by Ralph Harrison 5 Postcards and the DLI – Peter Nelson looks at how the postcard-collecting hobby is of historical relevance to the DLI |
Issue No 7 (labelled 6) Autumn 20031 A Pilgrimage to the Desert Battlefields 2 Outline of the Friends AGM 3 The Jack Banks Story – a WW2 Boy soldier and ‘A Footnote to the Story’ by Canon G.W. Markham 4 The Art of being Blind – Peter Nelson looks at the history of St. Dunstan’s and the fund-raising efforts of postcard artists such as R Caton Woodville 5 Korean Page – Subalterns, “Sammy” Cotton (A Korean Casualty Remembered) 6 The Boxing Bandsman – Ralph Harrison interviews Jimmy Towns |
Issue No 8 Spring 20041 D Day – Ian English recalls his experience with 151 (Durham) Brigade 2 Service in Egypt in 1954 by Philip Windsor-Aubrey (Tins o’ strawberries) 3 Second Battalion War Graves – Fred Farley’s album of photographs of DLI war graves in Burma 4 The 4th (Extra Reserve) Bn 1914-19 – David Thompson writes about an important training and reinforcement unit 5 The Shanghai Incident – Major Mike Bond looks back on his experiences in Hong Kong and those of his father in Shanghai 6 The King & the DLI continued – Ralph Harrison adds detail to his original article 7 A Sign of the Times – A modern day ‘Battiscombe’s Letter’ in the form of an email from Steve Hopper (“C” (DLI) Coy, Tyne Tees Regt in Iraq 8 The Man with the Lamp at the burial of Sir John Moore 9 The Steel of the DLI – The White Gurkhas inc. WW1 poetry dedicated to the Second Battalion |
Issue No 9 Autumn 20041 The Mounted Infantry – Ralph Harrison relates how the regiment came to own a silver model of a pony called Snow 2 Inkerman – Kevin Storey tells the story of the ‘Soldiers Battle’ 150 years ago 3 Counting the Cost – Peter Nelson reflects on the D-Day anniversary and the cost to one particular individual who lost his sight 4 A call for help from the County Record Office – Can you help to identify people in photographs for the record? 5 The DLI Train – Ralph Harrison’s history of the DLI locomotive 6 An Afterthought to ‘Counting the Cost’ (see 3 above) – by Peter Nelson 7 Jack Banks Commemoration – A report of the visit to Blackburn & Darwen 8 3rd Reserve Battalions in WW1 – by David Thompson 9 Hospital Hill, Salerno – Ken Lovell recalls the counterattack 10 Medical duty with 6 DLI recalled by Dr David Joy |
Issue No 10 Spring 20051 Capt Richard W Annand VC DL – The address by General Robin Brims at the Memorial Service for Capt Annand VC DL at Durham Cathedral 2 Durham County Record Office – The Image of the Soldier project 3 Borneo 1962-66 4 Postcards from the DLI Front – Peter Nelson on the recently acquired Fred Lucas postcard collection 5 Paddy Hobin’s escape story – The story of a Sacriston soldier’s three attempts to escape from Germany 6 Trench Art – Peter Nelson writes about the pastime, the skills and some of the items to be found at sales 7 The National Memorial Arboretum |
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