THE STORY OF THE
6th BATTALION
THE DURHAM LIGHT
INFANTRY
France, April 1915—November 1918
EDITED BY
CAPT. R.B. AINSWORTH, M.C.
LONDON
THE ST. CATHERINE PRESS
STAMFORD STREET, S.E.
1919
CONTENTS.
| Page | |
| Foreword | 7 |
| CHAPTER I. | |
| The "Salient" | 9 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| Armentières and the Return to the "Salient" | 20 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| The Somme | 25 |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| Arras | 35 |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| Return to the "Salient" | 41 |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| The Somme, the Lys and the Aisne | 45 |
| APPENDICES. | |
| Officers Killed Or Died, Commanding Officers, Decorations, Etc. | 57 |
FOREWORD.
During one of the short periods of training in 1917,it was suggested that lectures should be delivered tothe troops on the history of their battalions in France.Accordingly Capt. G. Kirkhouse, then Assistant Adjutant,set to work to collect material for this purpose. Owing tothere being no officers, and very few men, who had servedcontinuously with the Battalion since April, 1915, the taskwas not easy, and it was found impossible to complete theinformation in time for a lecture before the Battalion returnedto the line. The material was carefully preserved,however, and was the only portion of the records whichsurvived the disaster of the 27th May, 1918. As soon astime permitted, the task was continued, but owing to therebeing very few survivors of earlier days, many details haveprobably escaped notice. Imperfect and incomplete as thestory is, however, it is hoped that the details related willserve to recall other incidents, both pleasant and unpleasant,to those members of the Battalion who have been fortunateenough to survive.
It is regretted that it has not been found practicable toinclude a chapter o