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The Durham Light Infantry (DLI) 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.

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  • The Durham Light Infantry (DLI) 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. (en)
  • Le Durham Light Infantry britannique est un régiment d'infanterie de la British Army (armée de terre britannique), qui combattit au cours des deux conflits mondiaux. (fr)
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  • 1968-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • 1881-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • see [[#Battle honours
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  • Red and Dark Green (en)
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  • Dark Green (from 1903) (en)
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  • White (from 1881) (en)
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  • Within a Bugle Horn stringed the letters "DLI"
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  • 2Regularbattalions
  • * First World War – 42 battalions
  • * Second World War – 15 battalions
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  • Light infantry
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  • see [[#Battle honours (en)
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  • Cap badge of the Durham Light Infantry, King's crown version . (en)
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  • Colonel-in-Chief (en)
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  • White (en)
  • Dark Green (en)
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  • 1881 (xsd:integer)
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  • Within a Bugle Horn stringed the letters "DLI" (en)
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  • Double: Moneymusk (en)
  • Quick: The Light Barque (en)
  • Slow: The Old 68th (en)
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  • Devil's Last Issue (en)
  • Dirty Little Imps (en)
  • The Faithful Durhams (en)
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  • Capt Burini, D.L.I. (en)
  • Patrick O'Donovan The Observer (en)
  • Sean Kelly O.C. A Company 2nd D.L.I. (en)
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  • ...small, cheerful, slightly disrespectful men who were at their best when things were most beastly and who would go home to vote as far left as they could. There was a singular lack of military nonsense about them and yet the were so professional that they made their neighbours, the United States Marines, look [like] amateurs. (en)
  • I think the only thing that saved us that night was the amount of liquor the Boche found in Estairs and Neuf-Berquin, as I have never heard such a noise in my life as they made singing. (en)
  • So the first thing we saw at daybreak were these panels that stood out brilliantly. About half way through the morning every 25-pounder gun in the Commonwealth Division began firing red, white and blue smoke on the Chinese lines in front of us. While this was going on, the men in the forward positions jumped on the trench parapets and gave three cheers for Her Majesty. There was some concern that the Chinese might take advantage of the cover provided by the smoke and attack us, but they behaved themselves and probably thought that we were all mad. (en)
  • Then the tanks spotted more movements away forward where the elephant grass gave way to trees and began to brass it up properly. Soon they stopped. A plaintive message relayed through many sets had reached them: we were brassing up the advanced elements of 5th Indian Division of the beleaguered IVth Corps! Imphal was relieved. We sat alone in the sunshine and smoked and ate. Soon the staff cars came purring both ways. The road was open again. It was a lovely day. (en)
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  • Le Durham Light Infantry britannique est un régiment d'infanterie de la British Army (armée de terre britannique), qui combattit au cours des deux conflits mondiaux. (fr)
  • The Durham Light Infantry (DLI) 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. (en)
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  • Durham Light Infantry (en)
  • Durham Light Infantry (fr)
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