Annex A to Monthly Bulletin for November 2016
Photos and captions for the DLI Calendar 2017 (Click on Photo to Enlarge)
FRONT - Unveiling of DLI Lectern - N.M.A. 18 May
Maj Paul Wharton Chairman DLI Assoc, Brig Bob MacGregor-Oakford, Maj Chris Lawton Rifles Vice Chairman, and Buglers of the Light Division Buglers Association at the unveiling of a lectern to the DLI at the National Memorial Arboretum.
JANUARY - Association Indoor Games March 2016
Stockton Branch are Champions
Maj Wharton presents the Champions’ Trophies for the DLI Association Indoor Games to Stockton branch members John Gilder, Lt Col Ted Kemp, Terry Gilbert, John Patterson, Cliff McCormick, and John Hope
FEBRUARY Gravenstafel Ridge Ceremony at the Memorial at Hild-Bede 23 April 2016
Lt Col John Heron greets Lord Lieutenant Sue Snowdon, the College Principal Jan Clark and other guests at the Gravenstafel Ridge Retreat at the College of St Hild and St Bede in Apri
MARCH - Centenary Ales Launch – 8 May
Maj Paul Wharton Chairman, Lt Col John Heron & Association Standard Bearers with the Mayor and Mayoress of Durham at the Launch of DLI Centenary Ales at Newcastle.
APRIL - Unveiling of DLI Lectern - N.M.A 18 May
Members of the DLI Association gather at the DLI Memorial, for the unveiling of a lectern providing information about the Durham Light Infantry at the National Memorial Arboretum.
MAY - At the Stockton Don Bar - Stockton
Riders of the RBL Riders Association at the Don Bar in Stockton with members of the Stockton Branch DLI Association commemorating the first day of the Battle of the Somme 1st July 1916
JUNE - Stockton Branch DLI Association With Some of The RBL Riders Association
Members of Stockton Branch DLI Association with Riders of the RBLRA at the Don Bar in Stockton on the 100th Anniversary of the first day of the Somme battle 1 July
JULY - DLI Standards In Durham Cathedral Cloisters
The Lord Lieutenant Sue Snowdon speaks to the Controller of the Standards, Mr Michael Langelier, at the DLI Reunion on 11 September.
AUGUST - The Durham Light Infantry Association on Parade
Marching Contingents of the DLI Association on Parade on the College Green on Reunion Sunday September.
SEPTEMBER –DLI Veterans party at Thiepval
Durham Light Infantry veterans and others gather around the seat at Thiepval presented by the County of Durham to mark the participation in the Battle of the Somme by 18th Pals Battalion DLI.
OCTOBER - Commemoration of the seat beside the bandstand on the bank of the River Wear
Members of the DLI Association at the seat in Durham dedicated to the DLI who fought at the Battle of the Somme, with the Mayor of Durham, Councillors of Durham County Council and Officials on 20 September
NOVEMBER - Maj Wharton presents a DLI Plaque, to the Vicar of St Paul’s Church Witton Park – 1st Oct
Maj Paul Wharton presents a plaque to the Revd Elishiva Mechanic Vicar of St Paul’s Witton Park at the ceremony to commemorate the dark days of the Battle of the Somme
DECEMBER - Commemoration of the Award of the VC to Roland Bradford at Witton Park on 1 Oct
County Councillors, Parish Councillors, members of the DLI Association and their Padre with the vicar of Witton Park and local school children commemorate the Award of the VC to Brigadier-General Roland Boys Bradford.
FRONT BOTTOM – Old Comrades Together
In-Pensioner Arthur Teasdale with Brigadier Bob MacGregor-Oakford at the DLI Reunion on 11 September. Skippy Teasdale had made the journey from the Royal Hospital Chelsea especially for the Reunion.
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