Fighting Pioneers

The Story of the 7th Battalion DLI

By: CLIVE DUNN

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Paperback | 31 March 2026

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Story of the 7th Battalion Durham Light Infantry. With the creation of the Territorial Force in 1908 the battalion was re-designated as the 7th Battalion. It went to France in April 1915 with the rest of the Northumbrian Division seeing action almost immediately at the Second battle of Ypres. In November 1915 the battalion was picked to become the divisional pioneers. The 1/7 Battalion suffered 600 fatalities. In 1920 when the Territorial Army was reformed it was re-raised in its original role as infantry. The story concludes on 10 December 1936 when the 7th Battalion Durham Light Infantry became the 47th (Durham Light Infantry) A.A. Battalion R.E. (T.A.), whose personnel went on to serve in the Second World War. AUTHOR: Clive Dunn is a retired civil servant with a keen interest in military history, especially the First World War, and has visited the battlefields of France and Belgium many times. He was raised on the tales told to him by his grandfather, Private Stan Douglass, who served throughout the War with the 7th Durham Light Infantry.

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