Events Sept 2010 – January 2011

8 September 2010, 7.30pm (doors open 6.45pm) – Durham Town Hall

Talk: Lt. Col. Nick Kitson – 3 Rifles in Afghanistan

Lt. Col. Nick Kitson, Commanding Officer of the Third Battalion of The Rifles, will present a candid and frank insight, speaking personally rather than from an official MOD script. This will be a unique opportunity to hear a respected British officer give a balanced and highly informative review of the recent 3 Rifles Battle Group tour in Afghanistan.

Cost: £10 (raising funds for Care for Casualties, the Rifles charity set up to support soldiers injured in Afghanistan); tickets are available from the DLI Museum

25 September 2010, 1.30pm

Visit: Heugh Gun Battery, Hartlepool

John Southcott, Chairman of the Heugh Gun Battery Trust, will lead us on a tour of the Battery with a long history from 1859 to 1956, including the famous Bombardment of the Hartlepools on 16 December 1914.

Cost: Pay individually on site – Adult £4.00; Concession £2.50.

4 November 2010, 7.30pm (doors open 6.45) – Venue to be confirmed

Talk: Col. Ted Shields – 2DLI at Kohima

Colonel Ted is The Rifles Colonel, Durham and recently visited Kohima as part of his role as Chief of Staff of 2^nd Division, with whom 2DLI served at Kohima (see recent article in The Durham Bugle). He is a devotee of regimental History and sits on The Rifles Heritage Committee, so this talk will be authoritative and, knowing Ted, it will also be entertaining.

Cost: £10 Friends, £15 non-Friends

22 January 2011, coach leaving DLI Museum at 9.00am and returning 5.30pm

Visit: Fusilier Museum, Bury

A special tour has been arranged by the Regimental Secretary and passionate curator Col. Mike Glover. The Fusilier Museum is of particular interest for two reasons. First, it has the most recently developed regimental museum exhibitions in the north of England since the DLI Museum was re-displayed ten years ago. Second, the Lancashire Fusiliers and Durham Light Infantry share a similar 20^th century history in WWI and WWII and both regiments were amalgamated in 1968. The new Fusilier Museum tells the story of the Lancashire Fusiliers and the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers up to the present day.