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The Durham Light Infantry at the Battle of the Somme
DLI 's darkest day on the Somme was 16 September 1916
Durham Light Infantry, 3rd Battalion
Special Reserve battalion
Action at Boetleer's Farm
1st/8th DLI & the Second Battle of Ypres
Arthur Leggett (1894-)
Chester-le-Street saddler taken prisoner of war served with the Durham Light Infantry
Elliot Angus Leybourne (1889-1950)
8 DLI officer interned in Switzerland as prisoner of war
Andrew Wilson (1894-1915)
Bede College student killed at Ypres
Drill Hall, Crook Lane, Barnard Castle
Drill hall commissioned by Durham County Association Territorial Force
Submarine bombardment of Seaham
Colliery town under attack in July 1916
Roland Boys Bradford (1892-1917)
The Victoria Cross brothers of Witton Park
South Shields Seaplane Base
Defending the skies of the north east
John Ridley Ritson (1870-1927)
Taken prisoner at Boetleer's Farm and subsequently commanding officer of 8 DLI
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