Unit / Ship / Establishment:


1/6 Durham Light Infantry

  Detail :

 1/6th Battalion August 1914 : at Bishop Auckland. Part of DLI Brigade, Northumbrian Division. Moved to Bolden Colliery in early August, then Ravensworth Park. Was at Newcastle by October. 17 April 1915 : landed at Boulogne. 14 May 1915 : became 151st Brigade in 50th (Northumbrian) Division. 3 June 1915 : after taking heavy casualties, 1/6th and 1/8th Bns merged to form 6/8th Bn. Resumed original identity 11 August 1915. 15 July 1918 : reduced to cadre strength and transferred to Lines of Communication. 16 August 1918 : transferred to 117th Brigade in 39th Division. 6 November 1918 : disbanded in France.

  Notes:

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 Rank Initials Surname Died Lodge
 Capt. J.T. MONKHOUSE  27-04-1915 Hudson No.2791
Stanhope No.3520
 2Lt G.C. ROBERTSON  21-07-1915 Alnwick No.1167
Vane No.3110
 Lt. T. TAFT  23-12-1917 Vane No.3110
 Lt. T.J.J. BURTON  27-03-1918 Sykes No.1040
 Pte. R.P. PURVES  29-03-1918 St Helen's No.531
 Capt. J. MACKENZIE MC  09-04-1918 Morning Star No.552

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