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*'''1969''' 4th Battalion (formerly Durham Light Infantry) was disbanded | *'''1969''' 4th Battalion (formerly Durham Light Infantry) was disbanded | ||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
| − | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/68th_Regiment_of_Foot 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry)] Wikipedia<br>[http://www.lightinfantry.me.uk/dli.htm The Durham Light Infantry] www.lightinfantry.me.uk<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durham_Light_Infantry Durham Light Infantry] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Light_Infantry The Light Infantry] Wikipedia<br> | + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/68th_Regiment_of_Foot 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry)] Wikipedia<br> |
| − | [http://web.archive.org/web/20080109015853/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/068-758.htm 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry)] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071214220347/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/068-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site.<br> | + | *[http://www.lightinfantry.me.uk/dli.htm The Durham Light Infantry] www.lightinfantry.me.uk<br> |
| − | [http://web.archive.org/web/20071228184348/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/068DLI.htm The Durham Light Infantry] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071214220347/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/068-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221222438/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/106.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived site<br> | + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durham_Light_Infantry Durham Light Infantry] Wikipedia<br> |
| − | [http://county.durham.gov.uk/sites/dli/Pages/Collections.aspx Durham Light Infantry Museum] at Aykley Heads, Durham<br> | + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Light_Infantry The Light Infantry] Wikipedia<br> |
| − | [http://www.durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/Pages/DurhamLightInfantry.aspx Durham County Record Office] holds Durham Light Infantry Records<br> | + | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20080109015853/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/068-758.htm 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry)] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071214220347/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/068-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site.<br> |
| − | [http://www.durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/Pages/Photographs2.aspx The Story of Jimmy Durham] includes two photographs of the 2nd Battalion in India and Burma 1897-1899. Durham County Record Office | + | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20071228184348/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/068DLI.htm The Durham Light Infantry] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071214220347/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/068-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221222438/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/106.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived site<br> |
| + | *[http://county.durham.gov.uk/sites/dli/Pages/Collections.aspx Durham Light Infantry Museum] at Aykley Heads, Durham<br> | ||
| + | *[http://www.durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/Pages/DurhamLightInfantry.aspx Durham County Record Office] holds Durham Light Infantry Records<br> | ||
| + | **WW2Talk Forum [http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/17704-invaluable-resource-tools-enlistment-and-discharge-books/ thread] about Enlistment and Discharge Books from 1921 onwards | ||
| + | *[http://www.durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/Pages/Photographs2.aspx The Story of Jimmy Durham] includes two photographs of the 2nd Battalion in India and Burma 1897-1899. Durham County Record Office | ||
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Revision as of 03:58, 2 July 2013
Also known as The Northumberland Fusiliers
Chronology
- 1745 raised as the 68th Regiment of Foot by John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford
- 1746 disbanded
- 1758 2nd Battalion, 23rd Regiment of Foot redesignated as the 68th Regiment of Foot
- 1782 became 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot
- 1808 became 68th (Durham Light Infantry) Regiment
- 1881 amalgamated with the 106th Regiment of Foot(Bombay Light Infantry) and became the 1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
- 1968 amalgamated with three other county light infantry regiments to become 4th Battalion The Light Infantry
- 1969 4th Battalion (formerly Durham Light Infantry) was disbanded
External Links
- 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) Wikipedia
- The Durham Light Infantry www.lightinfantry.me.uk
- Durham Light Infantry Wikipedia
- The Light Infantry Wikipedia
- 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) including deployments Regiments.org, an archived site.
- The Durham Light Infantry including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion Regiments.org, an archived site
- Durham Light Infantry Museum at Aykley Heads, Durham
- Durham County Record Office holds Durham Light Infantry Records
- WW2Talk Forum thread about Enlistment and Discharge Books from 1921 onwards
- The Story of Jimmy Durham includes two photographs of the 2nd Battalion in India and Burma 1897-1899. Durham County Record Office
