Memorial

Durham Light Infantry - Chapel

Durham Light Infantry - Chapel- Altar

Source: Copyright John Scurr

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Current Location

East side of the South transept., Durham Cathedral, Palace Green, Durham, Durham, Durham, DH1 3ES, England

NZ 27360 42133

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Chapel: Dedicated within church building
WMR Reference Number: 10230
Description: Regimental chapel with large wooden screen featuring a central panel with Durham Light Infantry Regular, Territorial and Militia Battalion Badges and the regimental history. At either side are panels with the battle honours of the regiment. Contained on panel are two plaques with history of regiment and regimental badges. The Chapel also commemorates those members of the regiment who served in the Second World War.
Inscription: Original Panel: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/IN HONOUR OF THE/OFFICERS, WARRANT OFFICERS, NON-/COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN/OF THE/DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY/WHO LAID DOWN/THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/1914-1919/THIS CHAPEL HAS BEEN SET APART/AS A REGIMENTAL MEMORIAL AND/AS A MOUNUMENT OF THE GRATITUDE OF/THEIR FELLOW COUNTRYMEN WHOM/THEY INSPIRED BY THEIR DEVOTION/SUSTAINED BY THEIR COURAGE/AND DELIVERED BY THEIR SACRIFICE Replacement Panel, centre: 1758 DLI 1968/THE DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY/IN 1968 MERGED INTO/THE LIGHT INFANTRY/AFTER TWO HUNDRED AND TEN YEARS/OF PROUD AND HAPPY ASSOCIATION WITH/THE COUNTY OF DURHAM/THE GALLANTRY AND DEVOTION WITH WHICH/THE REGIMENT DISCHARGED ITS DUTY OVER/THESE YEARS IS PLAIN FOR ALL TO SEE/WHO ENTER THIS CHAPEL/GREATER LOVE HATH NO/MAN THAN THIS THAT A/MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE/FOR HIS FRIENDS/ Left Hand Side: (Battle Honours until WW1) Right Hand Side: (Battle Honours WW2 and onwards)

Maker(s): William Douglas Caroe FSA, Architect
MR PILKINGTON JACKSON, Architect
Costs: £1500
Sponsor Type: public
Maintenance History: 1968: Following the merge of the Durham Light Infantry with the Somerset and Cornwall, Shropshire and Yorkshire Light Infantries, it was decided that the central panel in the memorial screen be replaced with an inscription commemorating the 210 years of the Durham Light Infantry. Designed by Pilkington Jackson. 1923: Originally the screen was unveiled with a dedication to members of the Durham Light Infantry who had laid down their lives in the Great War 1914-1919. This was designed by W D Caroe. Below the dedication was the regimental badge, flanked by the Arms of the See and of the Cathedral. Above the screen were the figures of St George and the Dragon, flanked by St Cuthbert and St Oswald. The woodwork is in the tradition of the 17th Century work of Bishop Cosin in the Cathedral.