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12th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry    12th Battalion (Tyneside Scottish) Durham Light Infantry served with the 70th Infantry Brigade. On the 1st of February 1940 the Battalion transferred from the DLI to the Black Watch and was renamed 1st Battalion, Tyneside Scottish, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment).   1st Sep 1939 HQ Established 4th Sep 1939 Embodiment Complete 4th Sep 1939 Reorganisation 5th Sep 1939 Guards 6th Sep 1939 Inspection 8th Sep 1939 Air Defence 13th Sep 1939 Tactical Exercise 14th Sep 1939 Conference 18th Sep 1939 Exercise 21st Sep 1939 Course 25th Sep 1939 Training 28th Sep 1939 Air Defence 4th Oct 1939 Route March 9th Oct 1939 Essential Trades 10th Oct 1939 Reliefs 16th Oct 1939 Billets 17th Oct 1939 Reliefs 19th Oct 1939 Civil Defence 19th Oct 1939 Postings 25th Oct 1939 Postings 29th Oct 1939 Concert 30th Oct 1939 Confinement 31st Oct 1939 Reinforcements 1st Nov 1939 Postings 22nd Nov 1939 Address 27th Nov 1939 Civil Defence & Training 4th Dec 1939 Course 7th Dec 1939 Training 11th Dec 1939 Training 15th Dec 1939 On the Move 19th Dec 1939 Concert 20th Dec 1939 Visit 24th Dec 1939 Christmas Wishes 6th Jan 1940 Postings 7th Jan 1940 Posting 8th Jan 1940 Defence 17th Jan 1940 Lecture 24th Jan 1940 Snow 26th Jan 1940 Exercise 29th Jan 1940 Air Raid 1st Feb 1940 Redesignation 22nd Apr 1940 On the Move 2nd May 1940 Aerodromes 16th May 1940 Defence 17th May 1940 Orders If you can provide any additional information, especially on actions and locations at specific dates, please add it here. Those known to have served with 12th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry during the Second World War 1939-1945. Brett Thomas Patrick. Cpl. The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List Records of 12th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry from other sources. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. Announcements The Wartime Memories Project has been running for 24 years. If you would like to support us, a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting and admin or this site will vanish from the web. 18th April 2024 - Please note we currently have a huge backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 263925 your information is still in the queue, please do not resubmit, we are working through them as quickly as possible. Looking for help with Family History Research?   Please read our Family History FAQ's The free to access section of The Wartime Memories Project website is run by volunteers and funded by donations from our visitors. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the War? Our Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. We are now on Facebook. Like this page to receive our updates. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to WW2. We would like to obtain digital copies of any documents or photographs relating to WW2 you may have at home. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII second 1939 1945 battalion Did you know? We also have a section on The Great War. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. Want to know more about 12th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry? There are:1363 items tagged 12th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second World War. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices. Links

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