Durham light infantry - 19th battalion

[Peter furness]

My great grandfather was a member of the durham light infantry 19th battalion (nicknamed the bantams).

Does anyone have any idea where they were stationed? My uncle said he was wounded at ypres - got bad shrapnel wounds to his legs and was sent home after that.

35793 private J Furness.

[old-ted]

Hi Peter, your best bet is a book called "Durham Forces in the Field", It is a record of the DLI service battalions during WW1 from raising to being disbanded. It has been reprinted and is readily available. More recently John Sheen has written a book covering the Bantams. You could also do a search on the Long Long Trail wesite. See link at top of page.

Regards

John

[old-ted]

Peter, here's his MIC.

Regards

John

Edit, file did not upload, will try again. J

[old-ted]

Trying again.

John

[Peter furness]

thankyou - that really is great

[treetop]

Does anyone have any idea where they were stationed? My uncle said he was wounded at ypres - got bad shrapnel wounds to his legs and was sent home after that.

35793 private J Furness.

There is an excellent summary of the 19th Battalion movements from enlistment on here under Units and Formations. Try a search and you will see a note from David Thompson who catalogued most of the DLI battalions in an attachment. Cant post exact thread title but search "19th DLI" and you should get the page I did ,gd luck