19th (Service) Battalion, (2nd County), Durham Light Infantry.
Pals Battalion. Formed in Durham, 13th January 1915, by Durham Parlimentary Recruiting Committee as a Bantam Battalion.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 547 recorded WW1 deaths for the 19th (Service) Battalion, (2nd County), Durham Light Infantry.
BELL, W. Lance Corporal, 589. 19th (Service) Battalion, (2nd County), Durham Light Infantry. Dive Copse British Cemetery, Sailly-le-Sec, Somme, France. 18-07-1916.
NAPIER, James William. Serjeant, 422. 19th (Service) Battalion, (2nd County), Durham Light Infantry. Wanquetin Communal Cemetery. Pas-de-Calais, France. 28-11-1916. Age 23. Son of James William Napier of Dean Road, South Shields, County Durham, UK. Stone Inscription :- "Fear God Honour The King".