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Durham Light Infantry

Durham Light Infantry
Durham Light Infantry cap badge (Kings crown).jpg
Cap badge of the Durham Light Infantry, King's crown version (1902–53).
Active 1881–1968
Country  United Kingdom
Branch  British Army
Type Infantry
Role Light infantry
Size

2 Regular battalions

  • First World War – 42 battalions
  • Second World War – 15 battalions
Garrison/HQ Sunderland Barracks, Sunderland (1881–1884)
Fenham Barracks, Newcastle upon Tyne (1884–1939)
Brancepeth Castle, Durham (1939–1962)
Nickname(s) The Dirty Little Imps
The Faithful Durhams
Colours Facing colour:
White (from 1881)
Dark Green (from 1903)
Regimental Colours:
Red and Dark Green
March Slow: The Old 68th
Quick: The Light Barque
Double: Moneymusk
Anniversaries Inkerman Day (5 November)
Hooge Day (9 August)
Engagements Mahdist War
Second Boer War
First World War
North West Frontier
Second World War
Korean War
Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation
Battle honours see below
Commanders
Ceremonial chief Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra of Kent
Insignia
Identification
symbol
Within a Bugle Horn stringed the letters "D.L.I."

2 Regular battalions

The Durham Light Infantry (D.L.I.) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1968. It was formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) and the 106th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Light Infantry) along with the Militia and Volunteers of County Durham.

The regiment served notably in the Second Boer War, World War I and World War II, the Korean War and the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation. During times of peace it had duty in India, China, West Germany and Cyprus.

In 1968, the regiment was amalgamated with the Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry, the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and the King's Shropshire Light Infantry to form The Light Infantry, which again amalgamated in 2007 with the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment and the Royal Green Jackets to form a new large regiment, The Rifles, which continues the lineage of the regiment.


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