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Durham Light Infantry
Cap badge of the Durham Light Infantry, King's crown version (1902–53).
Active1881–1968
CountryDurham Light Infantry United Kingdom
BranchDurham Light Infantry British Army
TypeInfantry
RoleLight infantry
Size2 Regular battalions
  • First World War – 42 battalions
  • Second World War – 15 battalions
Garrison/HQSunderland Barracks, Sunderland (1881–1884)
Fenham Barracks, Newcastle upon Tyne (1884–1939)
Brancepeth Castle, Durham (1939–1962)
Nickname(s)The Faithful Durhams
Dirty Little Imps
Devil's Last Issue[1]
ColoursFacing colour:
White (from 1881)[2]
Dark Green (from 1903)[3]
Regimental Colours:
Red and Dark Green
MarchSlow: The Old 68th
Quick: The Light Barque
Double: Moneymusk
AnniversariesInkerman Day (5 November)
Hooge Day (9 August)
EngagementsMahdist War
Second Boer War
First World War
North West Frontier
Second World War
Korean War
Cyprus Emergency
Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation
Battle honourssee below
Commanders
Colonel-in-ChiefHer Royal Highness Princess Alexandra of Kent
Colonel of
the Regiment		Major General Abdy Henry Gough Ricketts CBE, DSO
Insignia
Identification
symbol		Within a Bugle Horn stringed the letters "DLI"
Monument to the Durham Light Infantry, Durham Marketplace.

The Durham Light Infantry (DLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1968. It was formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) and the 106th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Light Infantry) along with the Militia and Volunteers of County Durham.

The regiment served notably in the Second Boer War, World War I and World War II, the Korean War and the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation. During times of peace it had duty in India, China, West Germany and Cyprus.

In 1968, the regiment was amalgamated with the Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry, the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and the King's Shropshire Light Infantry to form The Light Infantry, which again amalgamated in 2007 with the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment and the Royal Green Jackets to form a new large regiment, The Rifles, which continues the lineage of the regiment.

  1. ^ Van Emden p. 235
  2. ^ Vane p. 105
  3. ^ Vane p. 155-156

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