Issue No 11 Autumn 20051 The Sixtieth Anniversary of the end of World War II 2 The Battle of Hooge on the Ninetieth Anniversary 3 “Our William” by Enid Heron 4 LI News Brief – the future of the Light Infantry 5 A County Regiment (reprinted from Medal News) 6 Gunpowder by Ralph Harrison 7 The Disbandment of 2 DLI (from the Regimental Journal Oct 1955) 8 A Most Memorable Day by Ken Lovell 9 Every Picture tells a Story by Donald McDonald |
Issue No 12 Spring 20061 The Battle of the Somme – Kevin Storey 2 Strike a Light – Peter Nelson 3 The Rifles – update by General Robin Brims 4 A Gallipoli Connection – Major Mike Bond 5 The Battle of Gate Pa – Sjt GP Henry 6 Dim as a TOC H Lamp – John Heron 7 Tanks, banks and West Hartlepool – Peter Nelson 8 Capt. Michael Farr MBE – the archive reviewed by Peter Nelson 9 The American War of Independence and the Development of the Light Infantry – Ralph Harrison 10 The Early Development of the Rifle – Ralph Harrison |
Issue No 13 Autumn 20061 DLI Association 90th Anniversary Pilgrimage to the Somme – John Heron 2 150 years of The Victoria Cross – Sir Peter de la Billiere 3 Major Ian English MC TD – a tribute 4 The DLI 100 Years Ago & 50 Years Ago – Kevin Storey 5 From Pit Yard to Passchendaele 6 Les Baraques War Cemetery, Sangatte, The Story of Joseph Leng 7 A Small Mistake and a Forgotten Battle – Clive Bowery 8 The Gunpowder Story, Delivering the Shot – Ralph Harrison 9 Weaving a New Web – Peter Nelson 10 Friends in Deed – Donald McDonald 11 Genesis of a Superstition – The Third Light – Peter Nelson |
Issue No 14 Spring 20071 Tommy Griffiths Memorial Service 2 ‘Apricots’ – memories of an action in Italy 3 North-East War Memorials Project 4 ‘Name, Rank and Serial Number’ – an original war exhibition 5 Special Feature – ‘The Rifles’ Pull-out Centrefold 6 ‘Coal Field to Battlefield’ – CSM Jimmy McGarey MM 7 Bede College War Memorial 8 John Byrne VC – Irish plaque unveiled 9 The DLI 100 Years Ago & 50 Years Ago 10 DLI Books: ‘For you Tommy the War is Over’ & ‘Jungle Conflict’ 11 A Tale of Two Books |
Issue No 15 Autumn 20071 The Indian Mutiny – Kevin Storey 2 Voices of the DLI – A history of DLI regimental magazines – Peter Nelson 3 The Rev John Beaumont – a Colditz veteran recalled 4 Special 150th Anniversary pull-out feature – facsimile centrefold of ‘The Argo’, the first DLI (68th Reg) magazine issue 5 ‘Durham Pals’ – John Sheen’s book reviewed by John Heron 6 South Shields DLI VCs remembered 7 The Gunpowder Story – Ralph Harrison 8 Major General Gerald Green CBE – Army service with a difference 9 The Soldier’s Field – a personal account of army life by Bernard Seyburn 10 Bits and Pieces – Peter Nelson 11 Passchendaele Pilgrimage – John Heron 12 Joseph Nicholls – dead at 17 |
Issue No 16 Spring 20081 Tributes to Canon Markham and Ken Lovell 2 Veterans return to Death Alley Bridge 3 The Indian Mutiny pt2 4 The DLI 100 Years Ago & 50 Years Ago 5 The work of The Friends 6 The Future – The DLI Museum 7 Faithful Inkerman Dinner Club Report 8 The Gunpowder Story – Assault rifles 9 A DLI Anniversary recalled 10 The TA Centenary 11 The DLI Marches On – Peter Nelson 12. Dancing The Paddington Frisk – the story of James Hackman 13. Somme Memorial Unveiled 14. DLI Crossword |
Issue No 17 Autumn 20081 The Centenary of the TA 2 Durham County Record Office News 3 The DLI Oral History Project 4 The Indian Mutiny – The Siege of Lucknow 5 The Indian Mutiny – The Bombay Light Infantry (2DLI) 6 One Brave Man Remembered – Capt Moss Cohen MM 7 The Gunpowder Story – The Sniper Rifle 8 Poetry of Lieut J H B Lyon MC 9 The DLI 100 Years Ago & 50 Years Ago 10 ‘In Search of Tom’ – a review 11 DLI 250 Anniversary photographs 12 DLI Crossword |
Issue No 18 Spring 20091 ‘A Long Long War’ – a review 2 Queen’s Medal winners 3 ’50s Fun 4 Sgt Michael Gibson GC 5 Pozières and The Banks of Green Willow 6 Tribute to Major Peter Lewis MC 7 The ‘Faithful’ Inkerman Dinner Club Annual Dinner and VC Stone Ceremony 8 Lt Col William A Weightman TD – tribute 9 Anthony Eddy 10 A Man of Style – Maj Maurice Kirby 11 Changi Jail (2DLI) 12 Lt Col J W Jeffreys DSO 13 The DLI 100 Years Ago & 50 Years Ago |
Issue No 19 Autumn 20091 Normandy 65 years on 2 The DLI 100 Years Ago & 50 Years Ago 3 Colonel H S Sell OBE MC TD 4 Today and Tomorrow – ‘They shall grow not old…’ 5 Codename: Archambault (Major Gilbert Maurice Norman) 6 Bishop Auckland, Hebburn and Kandahar? 7 The British Regiment 8 Pte Arthur Wilson – POW march from Poland 1945 9 The Sentinel’s Creed – The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington, USA 10 Mystery Man – Lt William Watson DCM 11 The Rifleman’s Dream – Afghanistan (poem) |
Issue No 20 Spring 20101 Cos ……. the Aegean Dunkirk 2 An Encounter with a VIP by a member of the RMP in Italy 3 Kohima 1944 – ‘One of the greatest battles in History’ 4 Kohima – Campaign Map (DLI Museum Friends production) 5 Tracing Great War Ancestors – Finding Uncle Bill A DVD Review 6 Casting Around (Paul Dunn’s DLI statuettes) 7 The Silver War Badge 8 Seeing in the Dark (Herschel, ex-Durham Militia, and infra-red light) 9 The Medals of Lt Col Nathan Cohen OBE 10 Pozières revisited – The unveiling of the Butterworth Memorial 11 The DLI 100 Years Ago & 50 Years Ago |
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