Territorial Force Battalion. Infantry until November 1915 then converted to Pioneer Battalions.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 694 recorded WW1 deaths for the 7th (Pioneer) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry.
FORREST, William Robinson. Second Lieutenant. 7th (Pioneer) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Hermies Hill British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. 12-09-1918. Age 29. Son of James & Jane Forrest of Darlington. Husband of Lilian Forrest of Pierremont Road Darlington, County Durham, Uk.
Stone Inscription :- "There's Some Corner Of A Foreign Field That Is For Ever England".
PEARSON, E. Private, 7/7095. 7th (Pioneer) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz, Somme, France. 25-01-1917.
Thompson, G. private, 2967. 7th (Pioneer) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Peake Wood Cemetery, Fricourt, Somme, France. 16-09-1916.
RICHARDSON, T. Private, 7/2925. 1st/7th (Pioneer) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. 16-09-1916.
WAITER, G.B. Company Serjeant Major, 1849. 1st/7th (Pioneer) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. 26-06-1916. Age 21. Son of Robert & Barbara Waiter of Westcott Terrace, Roker, Sunderland, UK.