5th Battalion Durham Light Infantry - WW1


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Reference WMO/287454

Address:

St Thomas' Church (Stockton Parish Church)

High Street

Stockton-on-Tees

TS18 1SP

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Timber Oak
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Oak Board low on the wall with a built in seat, total dimensions 7 feet 2 inches x 6 feet 2 inches (the faculty authorises 6 feet 6 inches x 6 feet), with a dome at centre top. There are two shelves for vases. The centre panel at top has the regimental badge at centre top, with the dedication below. The outer panels carry the battle honours. This is the Battalion Church. There are old banners on display dating as far back as 1804. The 5th Battalion is the only one to have laid up their colours in their own Parish Church. All other battalions colours are at Durham Cathedral.
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Centre Panel- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/AND IN PROUD MEMORY OF THE/46 OFFICERS, 144 WARRANT OFFICERS AND 729 MEN/OF THE FIFTH BATTALION/THE DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY/WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WA 1914-1919; Left Hand Panel-BATTLE HONOURS/AISNE 1914-18/ARMENTIERES 1914/YPRES 1915 17 18/ GARVANSTAFEL/ ST JULIEN/FREZENBERG/BELLEWARD/HOOGE 1915/LOOS/SOMME 1916 18/ALBERT 1914 16/BAZENTIN/DELVILLE WOOD/POZIERES/GUILEMONT/FLERS-COURCELETTE/MORVAL/LE TRANSLOY/ANCRE HEIGHTS/ARRAS 1917 18/SCARPE 1917/ARLEUX/HILL 70/MESSINES 1917/PILCKEM/LANGEMARCK 1917/MENIN ROAD/POLYGON WOOD/BROODSEINDE/PASSCHENDAELE; Right Hand Panel-BATTLE HONOURS/CAMBRAI 1917 18/ST QUENTIN/ ROSIERES/ LYS/ ESTAIRES/ HAZEBROUCK/BAILLEUL/KEMMEL/SCHEPENBERG/MARNE 1918/TARDENGIS/BAPAUME 1915/ HINDENBURG LINE/HAVRINCOURT/EPEHY/CANAL DU NORD/ST QUENTIN CANAL/BEAUREVOIR/ COURTRAI/SEILE/SAMBRE/FRANCE AND FLANDERS 1914-18/PIAVE/VITTORIO VENETO/ITALY 1917-18/MACEDONIA 1916-18/EGYPT 1915-16/NW FRONTIER INDIA 1915 1916-17/ARCHANGEL 1918-19

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