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333^ ^ ie Durham Light Infantry.
73 Captain Soltau-Symons served in the South African "War in 1899-1900 with the 1st Battalion Durham Light
Infantry; with the Ladysmith uelief Force, was present at the battle of Colenso, and operations on the Tugela.
Record of the Services of the 1st Battalion Durham Light Infantry (formerly the 68th Durham
Light Infantry).
Raised in 1756 as the 2nd Battalion "Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Constituted 68th Foot in 1758, and pro-
ceeded to Cherbourg and St. Malo. To England, 1758. To Scotland, 1762. To Ireland, 1763. To
Antigua, 1764. To England, 1773. To Scotland, 1774. To Ireland, 1776 To England, 1782. (En-
titled " Durham.") To the Channel Islands, 1783. To Gibraltar, 1785. To the West Indies, 1794.
To England, 1796. To Ireland, 1797. To England, 1800. To the West Indies, 1801. To England,
1806. (Made Light Infantry, 1808.) To Wabheren, 1809. To the Peninsula, 181 1 (battles of Salamanca,
Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes, and Toulouse). To Ireland, 1814. To Canada, 1818. To Ireland,
1829. To Scotland, 1833. To Gibraltar, 1834. To Jamaica, 1838. To Canada, 1841. To England,
1844. To Ireland, 1846. To Malta, 1851. To the Crimea : 1854 (battles of Alma and Inkerman and
siege of Sebastopol). To the Ionian Islands, 1856. To England, 1857. To Burmah, 1857. To New
Zealand, 1864 (war in 1864-65). To England, 1866. To India, 1872. To England. 1887. To Ireland, 1893.
To England, 1898. To South Africa. 1899 (relief of Ladysmith, Tugela Heights, Laing's Nek).
Record of the Services of the 2nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry (formerly the 106th Bomhay
Light Infantry).
Raised at Poona as the 2nd Bombay European Light Infantry in 1840. To Belgaum, 1844. To
Aden, 1846. Right Wing to Poona, 1848. To Belgaum, 1849. To Kurrachee, 1853. To Persia,
1856 (battles of Reshire, Bushire, and Khooshab). To Belgaum, 1857. To Bombay, i860. ToNeemuch,
1861. Entitled " 106th (Bombay) Light Infantry," 1861. To Nusseerabad, 1864. To Meean Meer,
1867. To Umballa, 1868. To Jhansi and Nowgong, 1870. To England, 1874. To Ireland, 1880. En-
titled "2nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry," 1881. To Gibraltar and Malta, 1882. To Egypt.
1885. To India, 1887.