Durham Light Infantry

[historylover]

ENQUIRY NOW COMPLETED, WITH THANKS.

Sorry. The photographs - both postcard size - won't load singly or together. I have posted them on Rootschat WW1 awkwardly, but without success here.

Regards,

Patricia

Thankyou for the resize and post Diane.

Perhaps someone else has a similar individual photograph and may have identified its time and place.

Thankyou.

Patricia

[Bardess]

Fingers x'd

[Bardess]

and again

[Cenowski]

Nice pictures, I have Great Grandfather who was in the DLI however as yet i have no picture of him, is nice to see the full uniform in last pic with the BUGLE badge

[auchonvillerssomme]

The 'sash' looks like they are making embroidery belts. Very common passtime and 'make work'

Mick

[KevinBattle]

3 of the patients have obvious head/facial wounds, so probably a specialist ward or hospital to treat those type of injuries.....?

It does look like they are involved in some Occupational therapy making belts, slings etc. Perhaps its a hand/eye co ordination exercise?

The "stripe" on the arm could be just a shadow, from a chair back for example..

Is this possibly a brother?

Name: WINTER, RICHARD

Initials: R

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Private

Regiment/Service: Durham Light Infantry

Unit Text: 14th Bn.

Age: 26

Date of Death: 19/12/1915

Service No: 24668

Additional information: Son of William and Sarah Ann Winter; husband of Susanah Winter, of 11, Crescent Row, Sunderland.

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: O. 7.

Cemetery: POTIJZE BURIAL GROUND CEMETERY