Scene Durham Station, time 5am DRO: D/DLI 2/8/11(55-56)
Territorials return to Durham
8th Battalion Durham Light Infantry arrive at Durham station on the day war is declared
This watercolour by Cyril Lomax depicts the scene on North Road station when a second train load of Durham territorial soldiers arrived back from their annual training camp at Conway, North Wales.
Caption:
1914
Scene Durham Station, time 5am
Very tired and thirsty baggage guard of
8th DLI just returned from Conway.
Porter, finding truck full of Refreshments
for the RFA [Royal Field Artillery] arriving later
“This truck ought to be
shifted”
So they shifted it!
Date: 1915
Artist: Lomax, Cyril
Reference: DRO: D/DLI 2/8/11(55-56)
Where to find this: Durham County Record Office: Durham Light Infantry collection
Contributed by Durham County Record Office
