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This is a re-post as I posted before in the wrong place. I really need the WWI diary of the 10th Battalion of The Durham Light Infantry.
My grandfather was in the 10th Battalion of the DLI, which I understand was a section of the 14th Light Division, in turn part of the 43rd Brigade. He was a private, and his number was 12316. I understand they landed in Boulogne 21st May 1915, but some places say they departed from Southampton and landed ar Le Havre. Le Havre is some 160 km away so I would like to know which is correct? I understand they then amassed at St.Omer around the 25th May, and moved toward Ypres.
My grandfather was killed at Ypres and his name is on the Menin Gate.
After learning all I can, I believe he must have been killed in the the Attack on Hooge which began on 30th July 1915. He was killed (*Blown to bits* we children were always told) on 31st July 1915. This is cross referenced by what I have read on some sites by the fact that there was very heavy shell fire that day, and it was the first time the Germans used Liquid Fire - flamethrowers, although I do not think it affected the 10th Bat DLI from all that I have read.
I am doing my ancestry, and I have found his medal roll cards , which obviously were given posthumously. I cannot find his service records or which part of the 10th battalion he was in. No doubt they were destroyed in the great fire. All I can tell you was that he used to breed Clydesdale horses in Linlithgow scotland, and had only recently married my grandmother in Seaham Durham, when he joined up. He had a son to her, my father, whom he saw just once at a week old. Daddy was born on the 19th June 1914 so I guess my grandpa may have already joined up , because my grandmother always said he just saw my father once.
I am trying to find out
1) when and where he would have joined up
2) where he would have been sent to
3) If he was present (wherever it was)when the King inspected the troups I think this may have been after his death but some sites say 1914 not 1915. Which is correct?
4) If he was there (wherever it was) when Kitchener addressed the troups
5) Again, there are at least 3 different dates given for Kitchener addressing the 14th Division on Hankley Common. Don't know which is correct,6) I understand they landed in Boulogne 21st May 1915, but some places say they departed from Southampton and landed ar Le Havre. Le Havre is some 160 km away so I would like to know which is correct? I would like to know the answer of 4&5&6 for certain.
7) From some sites I learned that some of the trenches seem to have names. Where exactly would my grandfather have been on the night of 30th at Hooge? Where was the 10th battalion of the DLI on that night?
Are there any photos of the panels of the *A's* on the Menin Gate? I understand these are panels 36 & 38?
9) is it correct that the 10th Battalion of the DLI in 1914
10) Is there actually a section on this site about the DLI in WW1 at Hooge?

Sorry if posted in the wrong place!
Any help much appreciated.Many Thanks!

I assume your grandfather is James Davidson Adams. Born in Linlithgow and enlisted at Seaham Harbour. He is one of 25 men from 10 DLI killed on 31 July 1915. All this information is from "Soldiers Died in the Great War"

The Long winding trail has the followng basic information about 10th (Service) Battalion Durham Light Infantry.
Formed at Newcastle on 22 August 1914 as part of K1 and attached to 43rd Brigade in 14th (Light) Division. Moved initially to Woking, then Aldershot and on to Witley in November 1914, returning to Aldershot in February 1915.
21 May 1915 : landed at Boulogne.
12 February 1918 : disbanded in France.

So his unit formed in Newcastle.

It is very unlikely that your grandfather was in the Army in June 1914. His unit was in one of the first of the Kitchener's army units to form up, and his regimental number is in the same range as many of the others killed on that day. It is very likely that he was one of the eager volunteers to follow the call to arms, joining up to leave leaving a wife and baby. If he had only seen his baby once, it may reflect his civilian employment or some family circumstance.

The 10 DLI were on the NE edge of Zouave wood on 31 July 1915. According to the Official Histopry, the German attackm on attack Hooge took place at 3.15 AM on 30 July. The defenders were the 7 KRRC and 8th bn Rifle Brigade of 41 st Brigade. These had relieved what the OH describes as the very tired and worn 7 RB and 8 KRRC. 42nd Brigade was in the line to the Left of 41 Brigade. 43 Brigade seem to have been in reserve on 30 July. The german attack, suppored by flamethrowers was a success and resulted in the capture of Hooge crater. This battle is well known for the gallentry of Sidney Clayton Woodruffe who was awarded the VC.

During the afternoon of 30 July three battlaions of 43 Brigade, including 10 DLI took over the trenches from ther battered 41st Brigade. The OH says that "At 2 AM the German night attack with liquid fire failed, but further efforts of the 14th Division on the 31st to gain ground were brought to nought by the enemy's heavy artillery fire,"

You may know this already, but your grandfather was one of the first people to have to fight against an enemy equipped with flamethrowers.