Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 8 D.L.I. Battle Honours 1914-18 Drill Hall
Reference
C105.21
Place
CHESTER-LE-STREET
Map ref
NZ 275517
Original Location
Drill Hall, Picktree Lane.
Which war
1914-18
Memorial Description
Plaque, divided into three panels, the central one standing forward of the two wings which slope backwards. The centre top has dentil decoration. The dedication is in gilt lettering in the top centre. The dates “1914” and “1918” are at the top hand left and right respectively. The place names are carried in a single column on all three panels. Details of the presentation are centre bottom. The lettering is in sans serif capitals throughout.
The whole stands on a brick ledge, and looks as though it might have been made to fit the width of the ledge.
The whole stands on a brick ledge, and looks as though it might have been made to fit the width of the ledge.
Materials used
Wood, highly lacquered.
Inscription
His Majesty the King has been
graciously pleased to approve
the following Battle Honours
being awarded to
the Durham Light Infantry
37 Battalions
The Great War.
Battle Honours on this panel are
borne on Colours or Appointments
1914 1918
Aisne 1914 Salamanca Vittorio
Veneto
Gravenstafel Vittoria Albert 1918
Albert 1916 Pyrenees Frezenberg
Flers-Courcelette Nivelle Pozieres
Ancre Heights Orthes Le Transley
Pilckem Peninsula Scarpe 1917
St. Quentin Alma
Passchendaele
Polygon Wood Inkerman Hill 170
Canal-du-Nord Sevastopol Hazebrouck
France & Flanders 1914 Reshire Tardenois
Scherpenberg Bushire Selle
Macedonia 1916-1918 Koosh-Ab Piavr
N.W.Frontier India 1915-16-17 Persia Italy 1917-1918
Kemmel New Zealand Egypt 1915-1916
Beaurevoir Relief of Ladysmith Epehy
Armentieres 1914 South Africa 1899-1902 Bellewaarde
St. Julien Afganistan 1919 Delville Wood
Bazentin Ypres 1915-17-18 Guillemont
Morval Hooge 1915 Cambrai 1917-18
Arleux Loos Menin Road
Langemarck 1917 Somme 1916-18 Bailleul
Rosieres Arras 1917 Bapaume 1918
Estaires Messines 1917 Havrincourt
Marne 1918 Lys Arras 1918
Broodscinde Aisne 1918 Archangel 1918-19
Courtrai Hindenburg Line St. Quentin Canal
Saabre
Presented
to ‘B’ Company 8th Battalion
The Durham Light Infantry
by Col. J. Turnbull
CMG. V.D.
Names
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Dorothy Hall
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Dorothy Hall; James Pasby
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Plaque 8 D.L.I. Battle Honours 1914-18 Drill Hall (C105.21)
CHESTER-LE-STREET Drill Hall
Battle Honours
His Majesty the King has been
graciously pleased to approve
the following Battle Honours
being awarded to
the Durham Light Infantry
37 Battalions
The Great War.
Battle Honours on this panel are
borne on Colours or Appointments
1914 1918
Aisne 1914 Salamanca Vittorio Veneto
Gravenstafel Vittoria Albert 1918
Albert 1916 Pyrenees Frezenberg
Flers-Courcelette Nivelle Pozieres
Ancre Heights Orthes Le Transley
Pilckem Peninsula Scarpe 1917
St. Quentin Alma Passchendaele
Polygon Wood Inkerman Hill 170
Canal-du-Nord Sevastopol Hazebrouck
France & Flanders 1914 Reshire Tardenois
Scherpenberg Bushire Selle
Macedonia 1916-1918 Koosh-Ab Piavr
N.W.Frontier India 1915-16-17 Persia Italy 1917-1918
Kemmel New Zealand Egypt 1915-1916
Beaurevoir Relief of Ladysmith Epehy
Armentieres 1914 South Africa 1899-1902 Bellewaarde
St. Julien Afganistan 1919 Delville Wood
Bazentin Ypres 1915-17-18 Guillemont
Morval Hooge 1915 Cambrai 1917-18
Arleux Loos Menin Road
Langemarck 1917 Somme 1916-18 Bailleul
Rosieres Arras 1917 Bapaume 1918
Estaires Messines 1917 Havrincourt
Marne 1918 Lys Arras 1918
Broodscinde Aisne 1918 Archangel 1918-19
Courtrai Hindenburg Line St. Quentin Canal
Saabre
Presented
to ‘B’ Company 8th Battalion
The Durham Light Infantry
by Col. J. Turnbull
CMG. V.D.
TranscriptC105.21
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