The Queen's Colour

"Aisne, 1914, '18" "Ypres, 1915, '17, '18" "Hooge, 1915" "Loos"
"Somme, 1916,'18" "Arras, 1917,'18" "Messines, 1917" "Lys"
"Hindenburg Line" "Sambre'' "Dunkirk, 1940" "Tilly sur Seulles"
"Defence of Rauray" "Gheel" "Tobruk, 1941" "El Alamein"
"Mareth" "Primosole Brigade" "Salerno" "Kohima"

The Regimental Colour

DLI 1st Bn. Regimental Colour

"Salamanca" "Vittoria" "Pyrenees" "Nivelle" "0rthes"
"Peninsula" "Alma" "Inkerman" "Sevastopol" "Reshire" "Bushire"
"Kooshab" "Persia" "New Zealand" "Relief of Ladysmith"
"South Africa, 1899-1902" "Afghanistan, 1919" "Korea, 1952-53"

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Battle Honours of the Durham Light Infantry

1st DLI (68th Light Infantry)

Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Orthes, Peninsula; Alma, Inkerman, Sebastopol; New Zealand; Relief of Ladysmith, South Africa, 1899-1902; N.W.Frontier,1915,1916-17; Halfaya,1941, Syria, 1941; Tobruk, 1941, Relief of Tobruk; Malta, 1942; Cos, Cesena, Pergola Ridge, Sillaro Crossing; Korea, 1952-53; Borneo, 1964.

2nd DLI (2nd Bombay Europeans and 106th Light Infantry)

Reshire, Bushire, Koosh-Ab, Persia; Aisne, 1914, Armentieres, 1914; Hooge, 1915; Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Le Transloy, Hill 70, Somme, 1916; Cambrai, 1917; Somme, 1918; Kemmel; Epehy, Selle, Sambre; Dyle, St Omer-La Bassee, Dunkirk, 1940; Donbaik, Kohima, Mandalay, Burma,1943-45.

5th DLI (T.A) (Area: Stockton, Darlington, Castle Eden)

Gravenstafel, St Julien, Frezenberg, Bellewaarde, Ypres, 1915; Flers-Courcelette, Somme, 1916; Scarpe, 1917; Arras, 1917; Passchendaele, Ypres, 1917; St Quentin, Rosieres, Estaires, Lys; Aisne, 1918.

6th DLI (TA) (Area: Bishop Auckland, Barnard Castle, Consett, Crook, Spennymoor)

As for 5th DLI up to Ypres, 1915; Flers-Courcelette, Le Transloy, Ancre Heights, Somme, 1916; Scarpe, 1917; Arras, 1917; Passchendaele, Ypres, 1917; St Quentin, Rosieres, Somme, 1918; Estaires, Lys; Aisne, 1918; Arras Counter Attack, Dunkirk, 1940; Gazala, Gabr el Fakri, Mersa Matruh, El Alamein, Mareth; Landing in Sicily, Solarino, Primosole Bridge, Sicily, 1943; Villers Bocage, Tilly-sur-Seulles, St Pierre la Vielle; Gheel.

7th DLI (TA) (Area: Sunderland, South Shields. Pioneers)

As for 5th DLI up to Ypres, 1915; Flers-Courcelette, Le Transloy, Ancre Heights, Somme, 1916; Scarpe, 1917; Passchendaele, Ypres, 1917; St. Quentin, Rosieres, Somme, 1918; Estaires, Lys, Aisne, 1918; Arras, 1918; Ypres, 1918.

8th DLI (TA) (Area:Durham, Chester-le-Street, Stanley, Washington)

As for 5th up to Ypres, 1915; Flers-Courcelette, Le Transloy; Ancre Heights, Somme, 1916; Scarpe, 1917; Arras, 1917; Passchendaele, Ypres, 1917; St Quentin, Rosieres, Somme, 1918; Estaires, Lys; Aisne, 1918; Arras Counter Attack, St Omer-La Bassee, Dunkirk, 1940; Gazala, Gabr el Fakri, Mersa Matruh, El Alamein, Mareth; Landing in Sicily, Primosole Bridge; Villers Bocage, St Pierre la Vielle;p Gheel.

9th DLI (TA) (Area: Gateshead, Blaydon, Felling, Chopwell)

As for 5th up to Ypres, 1915; Flers-Courcelette, Le Transloy, Ancre Heights, Somme, 1916; Scarpe, 1917; Arras, 1917; Passchendaele, Ypres, 1917; Arras, 1918; Tardenois, Marne, 1918; BPAUME, 1918; Havrincourt, Canal du Nord; Arras Counter Attack, St Omer-La Bassee; Dunkirk, 1940; Zt el Mrassas, Point 174; El Alamein, Mareth; Landing in Sicily, Primosole Bridge; Villers Bocage, Tilly-sur-Seulles, St. Pierre la Vielle; Gheel, Roer, Ibbenburen.

10th DLI (Service) 1914-February 1918; TA, 1939-44

Delville Wood, Flers-Courcelette, Somme, 1916; Arras, 1917; Scarpe, 1917; Menin Road, Passchendaele, Ypres, 1917; Dunkirk, 1940; Defence of Rauray.

11th DLI (Service) 1914-November 1918; TA 1939-44

Guillemont, Somme, 1916; Ypres, 1917; Cambrai, 1917; St Quentin, Somme, 1918; Dunkirk, 1940; Defence of Rauray.

12th DLI (Seivice) 1914-November 1918; TA (Tyneside Scottish) 1939-44

Albert 1916; Bazentin, Le Transloy, Somme, 1916; Messines, 1917; Menin Road Ridge, Polygon Wood, Ypres, 1917; Piave, Vittorio Veneto, Italy, 1917-18; Dunkirk, 1940; Defence of Rauray.

13th DLI (Service) 1914-November 1918 

Albert, 1916; Pozieres, Le Transloy, Somme, 1916; Messines, 1917; Menin Road Ridge, Polygon Wood; Ypres, 1917; Piave; Beaurevoir; Cambrai,1918; Sambre.

14th DLI (Service) 1914-February 1918

Loos, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Le Transloy; Somme,1916; Hill 70, Cambrai, 1917.

15th DLI (Service) 1914-November 1918

Loos, Albert, 1916; Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Somme, 1916; Arras, 1917; Scarpe, 1917; Broodseinde, Ypres, 1917; St Quentin, Somme, 1918;. Aisne, 1918; Albert, 1918; Hindenburg Line, Beaurevoir, Sambre.

16th DLI (Hostilities Only 1940-45)

Sedjenane I, E1 Kourzia, Salerno, Volturno Crossing, Teano, Monte Camino, Monte Tuga, Gothic Line, Gemmano, Cesena, Cosina Canal, Athens, Greece 1944-45.

18th DLI (Service) 1915-November 1918
(Area: South Shields, Hartlepool, Sunderland, Darlington)

Egypt, 1915-16; Albert, 1916; Somme, 1916; Arleux, Scarpe, 1917; Somme,1918; Hazebrouck, Bailleul, Ypres, 1918.

19th DLI (Service) 1915-November 1918 (Formed as Bantams, 5ft-5ft 3in)

Bazentin, Somme, 1916; Ypres, 1917; Albert, 1918; Somme, 1918; Ypres, 1918; Courtrai.

20th DLI (Service) 1915-November 1918 (Area: Wearside)

Flers-Courcelette, Ancre Heights, Somme, 1916; Pilckem, Menin Road Ridge, Ypres, 1917; Bapaume, 1918; Somme, 1918; Ypres, 1918.

22nd DLI (Service)1916-July 1918

Somme, 1916; Pilckem, Langemarck, 1917, Ypres, 1917; St Quentin, Rosieres, Somme, 1918; Aisne, 1918.

29th DLI (Service) June 1918-November 1918

Ypres, 1918.

Second-line Territorial Battalions

2/5th, Macedonia; 2/6th, Ypres, 1918; 2/7th, Archangel; 2/8th Macedonia.