2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry.
Regular Army Battalion.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 1,563 recorded WW1 deaths for the 2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry.
LAMBERT-SHEA, (MC+Bar.DCM.LS&GCM)..
Joseph Patrick. Captain & Quartermaster. 2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt, Somme, France. Died of wounds. 01-12-1917. Age 44. Husband of Ada Lambert-Shea of Leighton Road, Hove, Sussex, UK. Served in the South African Campaign. Stone Inscription :- "May He Rest In Peace". |
NORTHEY, (DSO.MiDx2).
William. Major. 2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Died of wounds. 22-10-1914. Age 38. Son of the late Rev. E.W. Northey & the late Florence Elizabeth Northey (nee Honywood) of Woodcote House, Epsom, Surrey, UK.. Married Violet Jane Ferguson in 1905. Served in the South African campaign. Born 20-01-1876 at Chaddesden, Derbyshire. |
SHARP,
Archibald Dobbie. Private, 59433. 2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Trefcon British Cemetery, Culaincourt, Aisne, France. 24-09-1918. Age 34. Son of Squire Mitchell Sharp & Ellen Sharp of Bishop Auckland, County Durham, UK. Husband of Alice Sharp of Carlton Terrace, Spennymoor, County Durham, UK. Stone Inscription :- "Oh! Rest In The Lord". |