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| Description | Object Type | NAM Accession Number |
|---|---|---|
| Smith and Wesson Mark 2 (New Century Conversion) .455 in revolver 1915 (c); marked to W Myers, Durham Light Infantry. | Firearms | 1963-12-251 |
| Eleven photographs: the 2nd Bn Durham Light Infantry at Imphal, 1944; the Black Watch, British Army of the Rhine, at Sennelagar, Germany, 1949; a 25 pdr of the British Army of the Rhine; the Household Cavalry carriage driving, Tatton Park, 1985; Lancashire Fusiliers' Minden Open Day, 1997; the 'Old Man and Scythe' pub, Bolton; Royal Artillery yacht club sloop sailing past HMS Vanguard, Cowes, 1953 (c); Women's Royal Army Corps with 46 (M) HAA- Regiment Royal Artillery, at Aberystwyth, 1953-55. | Photographs | 1999-02-18 |
| First World War Tribute Medal 1914-19: Marsden Colliery, County Durham; commemorative medal celebrating the return of the Marsden Miners in World War One; awarded to Pte Frederick Bulmer, of either the East Yorkshire Regiment or the Durham Light Infantry; manufactured by Fattorini and Sons, Bradford, Yorkshire 1919 (c). | Medals | 1999-03-36 |
| Officer's mameluke-hilted Sabre sword, 1817; latch back blade, inscribed with presentation inscription and maker's name, J Prosser, London; crossguard with decorated crossbar finials; ivory grip; steel scabbard with gilt fittings and rope type rings; associated with the Napoleonic Wars. | Edged Weapons | 1988-07-26 |
| 29 picture postcards, mostly portraits and groups, of British soldiers, 1913-1916. | Photographs | 1996-11-25 |
| Photocopies of letters written by Pte W Miller, 2/7 Durham Light Infantry, relating to the North Russian Expeditionary Force, October 1918-1919; photograph of Miller in winter dress and an article on the campaign from 'The Sphere', 12 Apr 1919. | Archives | 1995-01-301 |
| Photocopies of letters written by Pte W Miller, 2/7 Durham Light Infantry, relating to the North Russian Expeditionary Force, October 1918-1919; photograph of Miller in winter dress and an article on the campaign from 'The Sphere', 12 Apr 1919. | Photographs | 1995-01-301 |
| Papers of 14741155 Sergeant A R Wilson, Durham Light Infantry and Northamptonshire Regiment, North West Europe 1944-1947. | Archives | 1994-06-169 |
| Papers of George William Thompson, 14th Coy Imperial Yeomanry South Africa, 1900; associated with the Boer War. | Archives | 1994-11-163 |
| Airgraph Christmas card from Maj A V Shuttle, 1st Bn Durham Light Infantry, in Burma to his wife, 1933; air mail letter sent 24 Nov 1944; associated with World War Two, Far East (1941-1945). | Archives | 1992-04-171 |
| 108 files of manuscript notes, newspaper and magazine cuttings and ephemera relating to the British Army. | Archives | 1992-07-94 |
| Photocopy of extracts from 'Robley: Te Ropere 1840-1930', by T Walker, 1992; Robley served with the 68th Regiment in the 2nd and 3rd Maori Wars of 1864-1866 and subsequently transferred to the 91st Highlanders; he undertook a study of Maori tattooing after his retirement. | Archives | 1992-11-140 |
| Papers relating to Capt Dennis Herbert James Ely (1896-1916), 15th Bn Durham Light Infantry, 1911-1956 (c); letters; postcards; press cuttings. | Archives | 2000-03-167 |
| Seven photographic portraits of Capt Dennis Herbert James Ely, 15th Bn Durham Light Infantry, 1914-1915 (c); one group photograph of officers on a musketry course, 1915 (c); associated with World War One, Western Front (1914-1918). | Photographs | 2000-03-168 |
| Five sound cassettes: oral history interview with the Venerable John Derek Hodgson, Archdeacon of Durham, relating to his service with 1st Bn Durham Light Infantry as a National Serviceman and Short Service Commission Officer in the Suez Canal Zone and at Barnard Castle, Durham, 1954-1957, and subsequent links maintained with the battalion; interviewed by Clare Wright, 26 May and 13 July 1994. | Sound Recordings | 2000-04-55 |
| Three photographs relating to Thomas Flanery, possibly of the Durham Light Infantry, 1895-1900 (c). | Photographs | 2000-05-112 |
| Four formation badges, 1944 (c); circular in shape and made of cotton and silk; decorated with the word 'BERLIN' in red silk thread, over a red silk woven circle and against a black background; associated with Maj Dunn, Durham Light Infantry. | Badges | 2000-12-615 |
| Pair of slip-on shoulder tabs, Maj Dunn, Durham Light Infantry, 1944 (c). | Badges | 2000-12-616 |
| Pair of shoulder tabs, Maj Dunn, Durham Light Infantry, 1945 (c). | Badges | 2000-12-617 |
| Pair of shoulder titles, Maj Dunn, Durham Light Infantry, 1944 (c). | Badges | 2000-12-618 |
| Four formation badges of the 24th Infantry Brigade, Maj Dunn, Durham Light Infantry, 1955-1958 (c). | Badges | 2000-12-619 |
| Five formation badges of the 2nd Infantry Brigade; associated with Maj Dunn, Durham Light Infantry, 1959-1960 (c). | Badges | 2000-12-620 |
| Pair of formation badges of the War Service Controlled Units, 1953-1955 (c); associated with Maj Dunn, Durham Light Infantry. | Badges | 2000-12-621 |
| Two pairs of formation badges, 51st Brigade, 1945 (c); associated with Maj Dunn, Durham Light Infantry. | Badges | 2000-12-622 |
| Formation badge, 1st Infantry Division, 1953 (c); associated with Maj Dunn, Durham Light Infantry. | Badges | 2000-12-623 |
| Pair of formation badges, 2nd Infantry Division, 1953 (c); associated with Maj Dunn, Durham Light Infantry. | Badges | 2000-12-624 |
| Formation badge, British Commonwealth Division in Korea, 1950-1953 (c); associated with Maj Dunn, Durham Light Infantry. | Badges | 2000-12-625 |
| Two formation badges, 43rd (Wessex) Division, Territorial Army, 1963-1966 (c); associated with Maj Dunn, Durham Light Infantry. | Badges | 2000-12-626 |
| Three formation badges, 20th Armoured Brigade, 1971-1972 (c); associated with Maj Dunn, Durham Light Infantry. | Badges | 2000-12-627 |
| Collar badge, The City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders), 1949 (c); rectangular in shape, made of metal and decorated with a spur, with a rowel to the right entwined with the letters 'RR'. | Badges | 2000-12-629 |
| 19 photographs collected by Pte Arthur Burnett Bartley, Seaforth Highlanders, World War One, Western Front, 1916 (c). | Photographs | 1994-02-177 |
| Collection of 1701 photographs taken by Gale and Polden, Aldershot, showing British regiments and corps, including uniform, kit layouts, mascots, tattoos, portraits of monarchs and soldiers and ceremonial photographs, including the 1937 and 1953 Coronations. | Photographs | 1992-10-143 |
| 29 copy photographs, 1901-1902; taken by Tpr Cecil Westmore Landon, 21st Bn Imperial Yeomanry, with Rimington's Column, Boer War (1899-1902). | Photographs | 2001-06-112 |
| Album of photographs, Staff College, 1861-1876. (Album dimensions: 31 x 27 x 4.5 cm). | Photographs | 1982-04-412 |
| Obituary of CQMS 'Gus' Gilding, 1st Bn The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) and Durham Light Infantry in World War Two (1939-1945). From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. | Archives | 2001-07-239 |
| Photocopy press cutting: 'France's top award for World War One veteran 103, on birthday', taken from 'The Canberra Times', 17 Apr 1999; relates to Pte Gabriel James Green receiving the Legion of Honour in April 1999; Pte Green served in the 2/5th Bn Buffs (East Kent Regiment)and 2/6th Bn Durham Light Infantry during World War One (1914-1918). From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. | Archives | 2001-07-248 |
| Collection of military band music from around the world, collected by the late Mr Harold Leonard Sidney Plunkett, nd. | Sound Recordings | 2001-12-44 |
| Silver and ivory Piquet (card game) marker, 1891 (c); hallmarked; inscribed, 'The Officers 2nd Battn The Buffs From Officers Det 68th Light Infantry Aldershot 1891'; previously in possession of Officers' Mess 2nd Bn The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. | Silver | 2001-04-1098 |
| File: 6th Statement, 24 Apr 1918. One of eight files of papers; consisting mostly of sworn statements, sent to the Government Committee on the Treatment by the Germans of British Prisoners of War, by courts of enquiry held at The Hague, Holland, March-June 1918. | Archives | 2001-07-703-3 |
| Button, large, officer, Durham Light Infantry, nd; sealed 11 Dec 1945. | Badges | 2002-04-734 |
| Button, small, officer, Durham Light Infantry, nd; sealed 11 Dec 1945. | Badges | 2002-04-735 |
| Officer's full dress helmet plate, Durham Light Infantry, 1902-1914. | Badges | 1992-03-85 |
| Photocopies of reports from Leicester newspapers, 1900; describe the activities of local men in the Boer War, including descriptions of the Battle of Colenso. | Archives | 1986-02-77 |
| Research notes accumulated by J H R Colvin during the writing of his book, 'Not Ordinary Men', 1994, about the battle of Kohima. | Archives | 1994-12-118 |
| Photograph album of 96 images showing the Durham Light Infantry in the vicinity of Ypres, 1915; associated with World War One, Western Front (1914-1918). | Photographs | 2002-06-82 |
| Photograph of a group of the Durham Light Infantry, 1915 (c). | Photographs | 2002-07-178 |
| 41 photographs of the invasion of Shanghai by the Japanese, taken by Pte R Nicholson, Durham Light Infantry, 1938. | Photographs | 1992-12-158 |
| Four sound cassette tapes: oral history interview with Lt Col J F Warren who joined the Army in 1931, went through Sandhurst, did his ULIA year with the Durham Light Infantry 1933-1934 and then went to the 3/20 Burma Rifles from 1934-1939. Interview conducted on 9 October 1996.(Transcript Available) | Sound Recordings | 1996-10-79 |
| Photocopies of letters written by Sgn Maj Gen Robert Wyatt Meadows, to his sister during his service, 6 May 1854-4 Apr 1880, and a memoir to 1880 entitled 'A short history of my life'. | Archives | 1987-03-24 |
| Collection of medals: New Zealand Campaigns Medal 1845-66; New Zealand Campaigns Medal 1845-66; Colonial Officers Auxiliary Forces Decoration 1894-1930; associated with 2nd and 3rd Maori Wars (1860-1872). | Medals | 1975-02-104 |
| Three sound cassettes: oral history interview with Mr Alfred Sampson recalling his service first with the Essex Regiment at home and in Egypt 1940-1941, and then with the 1st Durham Light Infantry in Egypt, Syria and Palestine 1941; India 1942-1944; Burma 1943-1944; UK 1945-1946. Interview conducted on 27 June 1991. | Sound Recordings | 1991-06-69 |
| Fifteen chromolithographs after G D Giles and F Feller from the series 'Her Majesty's Army', 1890 (c). | Prints | 1963-11-3 |
| Cap badge, Durham Light Infantry, nd. | Badges | 2002-11-545 |
| Photograph album of 52 sepia photographs associated with the Crimean War (1854-1856). Photographed by Roger Fenton. With four loose duplicate photographs. (Album dimensions: 32 x 25 x 4 cm). | Photographs | 1964-12-151-6 |
| Collection of official letters from Horse Guards to Lord Raglan (Commander-in-Chief, Crimea) and Lt-Col T M Steele (Military Secretary). The letters are from the Military Secretary (Maj-Gen Charles Yorke) and the Adjutant-General (Maj-Gen George Wetherall) and their subordinates, and relate to appointments, promotions, leave, establishments, arrivals and departures of troops, and related matters. From the papers of Gen Sir William John Codrington (1804-1884), Commander in Chief during the Crimean War (1854-1856), 1855-1856.(Printed finding aid available) | Archives | 1968-07-377-1 |
| Album of 22 photographs compiled by Col H Smythe, 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry), Crimean War 1854-1856. View of Sevastopol, the Redan, Malakoff; Woronzoff Ravine; Naval Brigade; graves. (Album dimensions: 35.5 x 47 x 4 cm). | Photographs | 1972-03-3 |
| Microfilm copies of documents of Col Edward Birch Reynardson, 1829-1879; associated with the Crimean War (1854-1856). | Archives | 1979-08-56 |
| 650 photographs, 1939-1947; compiled by the Commando Association; associated with World War Two (1939-1945). Includes some graphic images of concentration camp victims. | Photographs | 1985-11-36 |
| Four copy letters with English translations, 1865 (c); from Maori supporters to Col Henry Harpur Greer, 68th Regiment; relating to William Patene, Patareha, New Zealand; associated with 2nd and 3rd Maori Wars (1860-1872). | Archives | 2002-11-714 |
| Staff Sergeant's sword, 1895, pattern 1862, Line Infantry; manufactured by Robert Mole and Son, Birmingham, 1895 (c); obsolete pattern issued to Durham Volunteers, 1896; associated with 4th Bn Durham Light Infantry. | Edged Weapons | 2002-12-25 |
| Collection of postal items and ephemera relating to the British Forces in Iceland during World War Two, 1940-1945. | Archives | 2002-12-104 |
| Copy photograph: Maj Thomas de Courcy Hamilton, 68th (Durham) Light Infantry and Army Staff, 1856 (c); associated with the Crimean War (1854-1856). | Photographs | 1961-08-32 |
| Six postcard photographs, Durham Light Infantry, 1855-1874 (c). | Photographs | 1978-10-109 |
| A collection of files relating to Victoria Cross recipients between 1855 and 1967 compiled by the Rev Canon William Murrell Lummis MC, Rural Dean of Hingham, Norfolk, retired Captain, Suffolk Regiment; the majority of files contain biographical information and photographs of the recipients together with details of citations and war graves and where known the present ownership of individual medals. | Archives | 1974-07-83 |
| Papers relating to the career of Maj Ernest Ambler, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), Royal Flying Corps, as a prisoner of war, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918), and his service with the West Yorkshire Regiment Depot, during World War Two (1939-1945); items include correspondence, personal papers, newspapers, poetry, menus and currency. | Archives | 2003-01-169 |
| Sound cassette: oral history interview with Lt Col H B Morkill, Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force and Green Howards, World War One (1914-1918) and World War Two (1939-1945), 1918-1947; interview conducted by David Smurthwaite, 11 April 1988. (Transcript available) | Sound Recordings | 1989-05-158 |
| Shoulder title, Durham Light Infantry, nd; (Combined pattern), sealed pattern, sealed 22 Aug 1966; inscribed with 'Durham' under bugle; with plate and pins; made of gilt metal. | Badges | 2003-03-29 |
| Cap badge, 6th Bn Durham Light Infantry, nd; sealed pattern, sealed 27 Mar 1957. | Badges | 2003-03-92 |
| Cap badge, white metal, Durham Light Infantry, nd; sealed pattern, sealed 21 Sep 1950. | Badges | 2003-03-398 |
| 60 drawings in various media by Sgt Ralph Lillford, 121 Supply Platoon, Royal Army Service Corps, made during the artist's National Service in the Suez Canal Zone, Egypt 1953. | Drawings and Watercolours | 1993-10-256 |
| Album of 56 photographs of Gnr C Gale, 4th Light Bty Royal Artillery, North West Frontier, India, 1928-1930 (c). | Photographs | 2003-06-10 |
| Photograph album of 62 photographs, 1930 (c)-1933; belonged to Gnr C Gale, 4th Light Bty Royal Artillery, North West Frontier, India. | Photographs | 2003-06-11 |
| Officer's gilt metal button, 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry), 1855-1881 (c); from a collection of regimental buttons of the British Infantry, 1st Regiment of Foot to 109th Regiment of Foot, 1830-1881; mounted and framed. | Badges | 2003-07-72 |
| Tunic and forage cap, service dress, recruiting sergeants', Durham Light Infantry, 1919 (c); associated with World War One (1914-1918). | Uniforms | 1979-10-48 |
| Other ranks, forage cap badge, 1914 (c); relating to the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment); associated with World War One (1914-1918). | Badges | 1964-04-83 |
| Six plaid brooches, a kilt pin and a whistle of various Scottish Regiments, 1950 (c). | Equipment, uniform | 1967-09-12 |
| Buttons and badges associated with various regiments of the British Army and Belgian Army, 1855-1937. | Badges | 1967-07-28 |
| 15 photographs associated with war cemeteries and memorials in Burma, 1945 (c). P; photographs show Taukkyan War Cemetery and the Rangoon War Memorial; 2nd Division Memorial at Kohima; 2nd Bn Durham Light Infantry Memorial, Kohima; 2nd Bn Dorset Regiment Memorial, Kohima; 1st Bn Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders Memorial, Kohima; Royal Norfolk Regiment; Rangoon War Cemetery; British graves at Kohima. from a collection of 563 loose photographs; associated with World War Two, Far East (1941-1945). From the Burma Memorial Collection of Maj James Allan. | Photographs | 1989-04-116-3103 |
| Set of 20 postcards after J C H Forster, 1972 (c); published by the Toronto Historical Board, 1980 (c). The uniforms of officers and men garrisoned at Toronto, 1793-1870; each with a single figure and inset illustration of a button or shoulder belt plate, and one with a drum banner; inscribed on the reverse as title; associated with the British Army. | Prints | 1984-11-6 |
| Photograph album of 71 photographs, presscuttings, maps and other papers, compiled by Lt W R Selby, 4th Bn 1st Punjab Regiment, Shanghai, 1927. (Album dimensions: 41 x 31 x 7 cm). | Photographs | 1971-12-30 |
| Pattern 1888 Mk II bayonet, 1902; manufactured by Wilkinson Sword Company, London, England; with Union of South Africa scabbard and Canadian frog dated 1906; associated with Durham Light Infantry and Canadian Army. | Edged Weapons | 2003-10-42 |
| Album of 199 photographs associated with the British Army, 1855 (c)-1905 (c). (Album dimensions: 26 x 33 x 5cm). | Photographs | 1986-09-45 |
| Forage cap, peaked, service dress, with badge, officers', Durham Light Infantry, 1906 (c). | Uniforms | 1983-03-84 |
| Collection of orders and instructions, 1961; issued by Maj John Arthur Gordon Arnot, Durham Light Infantry, seconded to the Nigerian Army, while commanding B Coy 3rd Queen's Own Nigeria Regiment at Mweka in the United Nations Congo operations, 1961; comprising a set of orders issued for the same unit at Kele Station, 26 Jul 1961, with instructions and orders issued at Muo 10 September and platoon duty rosters for 10 Sep-24 Oct 1961. | Archives | 1988-06-55 |
| Durham Light Infantry, 1914. Watercoloour by Richard Simkin, 1914. Officer in full dress. | Drawings and Watercolours | 1959-09-31 |
| The Durham Light Infantry on parade, 1864. Watercolour by Richard Simkin, 1900 (c). Battalion in review order, with Colonel mounted and Adjutant in frock coat. | Drawings and Watercolours | 1959-09-94 |
| Durham Light Infantry. Watercolour by Richard Simkin, 1913 (c). Officer in full dress and another in service dress. | Drawings and Watercolours | 1959-09-95 |
| Papers, 1950-1953; relating to the service of Maj David William Ashburnham Swannell, Durham Light Infantry, in 3rd King's African Rifles in Malaya (1948-1960). | Archives | 1988-08-57 |
| Shoulder title, Durham Light Infantry, 1964, sealed pattern, 1964. | Badges | 1989-05-28 |
| Cap badge, other ranks', Durham Light Infantry (6th Bn), 1957, sealed pattern, 1957. | Badges | 1989-05-247 |
| Button, Durham Light Infantry, 1965-1969, sealed pattern, 1965. | Badges | 1989-05-248 |
| India General Service Medal 1908-35, 2nd Issue, clasp: Afghanistan NWF; awarded to Pte L Foster, Durham Light Infantry, 1919; associated with 3rd Afghan War (1919). | Medals | 1989-01-83 |
| Letter written by Pte Thomas Golaghy, 68th Durham Light Infantry in the aftermath of the capture of Sevastopol, 22 Sep 1855; the letter is a facsimile written on Russian notepaper; associated with the Siege of Sevastopol, Crimean War (1854-1856). | Archives | 2004-08-71 |
| Collection of various publications and propaganda leaflets by the American Army and Korean People's Army during the Korean War (1950-1953); also associated with Fanara, Egypt (1945-1956) and Hong Kong. | Archives | 2004-10-75 |
| Cap badge, other ranks', Durham Light Infantry, 1914 (c). | Badges | 1963-12-90 |
| 'Great British Regiments', Set No 0241 of 3000, a set of 52 cap badges and 52 sterling silver medals produced by the Birmingham Mint to commemorate 52 extinct or amalgamated British Regiments, 1975; contained in mahogany presentation case. | Badges | 1993-02-61 |
| 'Great British Regiments', Set No 0241 of 3000, a set of 52 cap badges and 52 sterling silver medals produced by the Birmingham Mint to commemorate 52 extinct or amalgamated British Regiments, 1975; contained in mahogany presentation case. | Medals | 1993-02-61 |
| Photograph album of 301 photographs, 1904-1921; associated with England, India, Switzerland, China and Japan. First of five photograph albums compiled by Lt Col Cyril Nisbet Steel, 25th Punjabis 1901-1930, 16th Punjab Infantry 1930-1932. (Album dimensions: 28 x 38 x 5 cm). | Photographs | 1973-01-64-1 |
| Photograph album of 22 photographs with 15 pages of printed text, 'A Pictorial History and Souvenir of the Second Bn, The Durham Light Infantry, Ahmednagar, India, 1923'; published by the British Historical and Art Publishing Company. (Album dimensions: 27 x 38 x 4.5 cm). | Photographs | 1974-08-89 |
| Photograph album of 64 photographs probably compiled by an officer of the Royal Fusiliers, 1910 (c)-1914; associated with French Army, German Army, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), Durham Light Infantry, Loyal Suffolk Hussars (Imperial Yeomanry), Chinese Army and World War One, Western Front (1914-1918). (Album dimensions: 44.5 x 33 x 4 cm). | Photographs | 1976-05-65 |