Photographs of DLI stretcher bearers
Regarding the group photograph:
The man seated in the centre of the picture is a soldier of the Durham Light Infantry; it seems that he has lost his cap badge and replaced it with the DURHAM part of a shoulder title.
He is flanked by a Canadian, standing on the left, and a Bombardier of the Royal Field Artillery on the right. This last one is wearing the ribbons of the Queens and King’s South Africa Medals.
Further reading:
Article about the research of Emily Mayhew into stretcher bearers during the First World War:
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_4-2-2013-9-52-58
Spartacus Educational page on stretcher bearers:
http://spartacus-educational.com/FWWstretcher.htm
“The Stretcher Bearer” by Tommy Crawford, 15th DLI, on Poetry by Heart website:
http://www.poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/the-stretcher-bearer/
“To the Stretcher Bearer” by Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy (Woodbine Willie) on Poem Hunter website:
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/to-stretcher-bearers/
Contributed by John Sheen | Durham County Record Office
