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The Durham Light Infantry (D.L.I.) 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.

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  • The Durham Light Infantry (D.L.I.) 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.
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  • Durham Light Infantry
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  • The Dirty Little Imps
  • The Faithful Durhams
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  • External Image
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  • see[[#Battle honours
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  • Dark Green (from 1903)
  • Facing colour:
  • Red and Dark Green
  • Regimental Colours:
  • White (from 1881)
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  • Within a Bugle Horn stringed the letters "D.L.I."
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  • 2Regularbattalions
  • * First World War – 42 battalions
  • * Second World War – 15 battalions
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  • Light infantry
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