Durham Light Infantry Bde

(Numbered 151st Inf Bde on 12 May 1915)

Headquarters - Durham

OC Brigadier General J.W.Sears

was comprised of the:

6th Battalion - Durham Light Infantry

7th Battalion - Durham Light Infantry

8th Battalion - Durham Light Infantry

9th Battalion - Durham Light Infantry

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The Battalions

of the

Durham Light Infantry Brigade

6th Bn - The Durham Light Infantry

HQ - Bishop Auckland (Co Durham)

CO - Lt Col H.C Watson

was comprised of:

'A' Company (Coy) - Bishop Auckland

'B' Coy - Bishop Auckland

'C' Coy - Spennymoor

'D' Coy - Crook

'E' Coy - Stanhope

'F' Coy - Barnard Castle

'G' Coy - Consett

'H' Coy - Consett

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7th Bn - The Durham Light Infantry

HQ - Sunderland (Co Durham)

CO - Lt Col E Vaux

was comprised of:

'A' Company (Coy) - Sunderland

'B' Coy - Sunderland

'C' Coy - Sunderland

'D' Coy - Sunderland

'E' Coy - Sunderland

'F' Coy - Sunderland

'G' Coy - South Shields

'H' Coy - South Shields

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8th Bn - The Durham Light Infantry

HQ - Durham

CO - Lt Col W.C Blackett

was comprised of:

'A' Company (Coy) - Gilesgate

'B' Coy - Gilesgate

'C' Coy - Chester-le-Street

'D' Coy - Birtley

'E' Coy - Beamish

'F' Coy - Stanley

'G' Coy - Houghton-le-Spring

'H' Coy - Hamsteels

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9th Bn - The Durham Light Infantry

HQ - Gateshead (Co Durham)

CO - Lt Col F.R Simpson

was comprised of:

'A' Company (Coy) - Gateshead

'B' Coy - Gateshead

'C' Coy - Gateshead

'D' Coy - Gateshead

'E' Coy - Felling

'F' Coy - Chopwell

'G' Coy - Blaydon

'H' Coy - Blaydon

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