Durham Light Infantry

E390187

British Army regiment infantry regiment

The Durham Light Infantry was a historic British Army light infantry regiment, renowned for its service in major conflicts from the Napoleonic Wars through both World Wars.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Durham Light Infantry canonical	5
68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry)	1
Durham Light Infantry regiment	1
The Durham Light Infantry	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army regiment ⓘ infantry regiment ⓘ
alliedWith	The Durban Light Infantry ⓘ surface form: Durban Light Infantry Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) ⓘ surface form: Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)
amalgamatedInto	The Light Infantry ⓘ
associatedWith	County Durham ⓘ
battleHonoursCount	over 40 ⓘ
branch	British Army ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dateDisbanded	1968 ⓘ
dateFormed	1881 ⓘ
disbandedBy	amalgamation ⓘ
formedFrom	106th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Light Infantry) ⓘ Durham Light Infantry self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry)
garrison	Durham ⓘ
militaryUnitType	light infantry ⓘ
motto	Faithful ⓘ
nickname	The D.L.I. ⓘ
notableEngagement	Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ Battle of El Alamein ⓘ Battle of Inkerman ⓘ Battle of Salamanca ⓘ Battle of Vitoria ⓘ surface form: Battle of Vittoria Battle of the Somme ⓘ Italian campaign ⓘ surface form: Italian Campaign (Second World War) North-West Europe campaign ⓘ surface form: North-West Europe Campaign 1944–1945 Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855) ⓘ surface form: Siege of Sevastopol (Crimean War) Third Battle of Ypres ⓘ
notableFor	distinguished service in both World Wars ⓘ heavy casualties in First World War ⓘ
participatedIn	Crimean War ⓘ World War I ⓘ surface form: First World War Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ surface form: Indian Mutiny Korean War ⓘ Malayan Emergency ⓘ Napoleonic Wars ⓘ North-West Frontier campaigns ⓘ Second Boer War ⓘ World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
recruitingArea	County Durham ⓘ Tyneside ⓘ
regimentalMuseum	Durham Light Infantry Museum ⓘ
regimentalMuseumLocation	Durham ⓘ
role	light infantry ⓘ line infantry ⓘ
successor	The Light Infantry ⓘ
tradition	light infantry drill ⓘ
uniformFeature	light infantry bugle horn badge ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

8th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry → partOf → Durham Light Infantry ⓘ

8th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry → parentUnit → Durham Light Infantry ⓘ

this entity surface form: Durham Light Infantry regiment

9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry → partOf → Durham Light Infantry ⓘ

King’s Shropshire Light Infantry → alliedWith → Durham Light Infantry ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Durham Light Infantry

Durham Light Infantry → formedFrom → Durham Light Infantry self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry)

Northumbrian infantry tradition → hasHeritage → Durham Light Infantry ⓘ

8 DLI → partOf → Durham Light Infantry ⓘ

8 DLI → wearsCapBadgeOf → Durham Light Infantry ⓘ