Talk:Durham Light Infantry

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Battle of Loos 1915
Why no mention? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.241.183.241 (talk) 17:09, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Famous Fictional Member
As an amusing piece of trivia, it might well be worth noting that the egregious cartoon character Andy Capp served with this Regiment. In the earliest Capp cartoons, dating from the early 1950's, Andy is frequently to be seen wearing a British Army greatcoat with "D.L.I." distinctions on the shoulder. It is interesting to speculate about his service record... quite possibly George McDonald Fraser's immortal Private McAuslan would have had a rival for the position of Worst Soldier in the world! 86.177.210.142 (talk) 20:10, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

1944 image in Douet
A quick retitle of the image; the figure front centre appears to be an officer - wears a tie, has a Webley holster, carries binos, depsite the fact he also carries a STEN. Soldier to his right is a Corporal - two stripes visible on left sleeve. I retitled the image to reflect this. Are either of these men identifiable perhaps? Mungo Shuntbox (talk) 07:41, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

Restructure
The article, which seems to be battalion orientated, has 4 battalion lists, 1 containing battle honours and 3 with various periods of history. I'll merge the history lists, so that each battalion is mentioned once and has its history in one place. I'll add a bit to the WW2 histories where I can. Comments welcome. Usedtoknowthat (talk) 17:10, 24 May 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the tidy ups, guys. I'll make smaller edits, researched before, not during, and pay more attention to the prose. Don't hold your breath, I'm a physicist, I do numbers, not this grammer and spelling lark :). Usedtoknowthat (talk) 16:17, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

I've done what I set out to do, and after looking at other regimental pages, I can see I could have done better. I'll give my fingers a rest first.

This page definitely NEEDS MORE PICTURES! Usedtoknowthat (talk) 18:30, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

Rewrite
I hinted at a rewrite above and here it is. I even got an editor at work to check my English ("You need more commas, " she said, "and learn the difference between loose and lose!"). It may be a bit long according to the style guide, but thats what editors are for! I've also written a new page Battalions of the D.L.I. for the small details of the component battalions. I'm sure theres lots I've missed, so happy editing. Usedtoknowthat (talk) 20:24, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Battle honours section: battle honours are awarded to the regiment, not individual battalions. This section looks artificial.  Have you for a citation for this list? Hamish59 (talk) 21:11, 19 March 2015 (UTC)
 * That section was left over from the page version I first saw. I think it came from here:- http://www.lightinfantry.me.uk/dli.htm, I did some 'tidying up' on it to make it more logical (to my eyes anyway), it may not be correct by the protocol of these things. And you are right, honours are awarded to the regiment, this may be a bit too much detail. Do you know which ones went on the Colours? Usedtoknowthat (talk) 23:05, 19 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Understood. I will rewrite as a single list.  As to emblazoned ones; just 10 form WWI and 10 from WWII plus all others.  I have a list somewhere around here.  Hamish59 (talk) 23:37, 19 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Good work. Usedtoknowthat (talk) 10:13, 20 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Da nada. All done now.  Hamish59 (talk) 15:09, 20 March 2015 (UTC)

Regimental Colonels
Anyone have a list of them after 1908? Usedtoknowthat (talk) 23:26, 9 May 2015 (UTC)
 * After 1934...Usedtoknowthat (talk) 18:14, 13 August 2015 (UTC)

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