(Numbered 151st Inf Bde on 12 May 1915)
Headquarters - Durham
OC Brigadier General J.W.Sears
was comprised of the:
6th Battalion - Durham Light Infantry
7th Battalion - Durham Light Infantry
8th Battalion - Durham Light Infantry
9th Battalion - Durham Light Infantry
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The Battalions
of the
Durham Light Infantry Brigade
6th Bn - The Durham Light Infantry
HQ - Bishop Auckland (Co Durham)
CO - Lt Col H.C Watson
was comprised of:
'A' Company (Coy) - Bishop Auckland
'B' Coy - Bishop Auckland
'C' Coy - Spennymoor
'D' Coy - Crook
'E' Coy - Stanhope
'F' Coy - Barnard Castle
'G' Coy - Consett
'H' Coy - Consett
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7th Bn - The Durham Light Infantry
HQ - Sunderland (Co Durham)
CO - Lt Col E Vaux
was comprised of:
'A' Company (Coy) - Sunderland
'B' Coy - Sunderland
'C' Coy - Sunderland
'D' Coy - Sunderland
'E' Coy - Sunderland
'F' Coy - Sunderland
'G' Coy - South Shields
'H' Coy - South Shields
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8th Bn - The Durham Light Infantry
HQ - Durham
CO - Lt Col W.C Blackett
was comprised of:
'A' Company (Coy) - Gilesgate
'B' Coy - Gilesgate
'C' Coy - Chester-le-Street
'D' Coy - Birtley
'E' Coy - Beamish
'F' Coy - Stanley
'G' Coy - Houghton-le-Spring
'H' Coy - Hamsteels
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9th Bn - The Durham Light Infantry
HQ - Gateshead (Co Durham)
CO - Lt Col F.R Simpson
was comprised of:
'A' Company (Coy) - Gateshead
'B' Coy - Gateshead
'C' Coy - Gateshead
'D' Coy - Gateshead
'E' Coy - Felling
'F' Coy - Chopwell
'G' Coy - Blaydon
'H' Coy - Blaydon
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