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| − | ''The Officers of the 6th Battalion, DLI, held a Farewell Dinner to the Officers of 10th Battalion at the Morritt Arms Hotel, Greta Bridge, to mark the formation of this duplicate Battalion. | + | ''The Officers of the 6th Battalion, DLI, held a Farewell Dinner to the Officers of 10th Battalion at the Morritt Arms Hotel, Greta Bridge, to mark the formation of this duplicate Battalion.'' |
| − | The records of the Durham County Archives hold a copy of the Menu Card, signed by those present, which is evidence of those who were members of the Officers’ Mess at that time. The signatures on the Menu Card have been interpreted with the kind assistance of the Editor of “The Bugle” although their appearance here is entirely the responsibility of the author. The spellings will be updated and corrected on this page should a more accurate interpretation become possible as more War Diaries are documented.'' | + | ''The records of the Durham County Archives hold a copy of the Menu Card, signed by those present, which is evidence of those who were members of the Officers’ Mess at that time. The signatures on the Menu Card have been interpreted with the kind assistance of the Editor of “The Bugle” although their appearance here is entirely the responsibility of the author. The spellings will be updated and corrected on this page should a more accurate interpretation become possible as more War Diaries are documented.'' |
'''The Menu''' for the meal was as follows:- | '''The Menu''' for the meal was as follows:- | ||
Revision as of 14:56, 19 February 2012
War Diary 10th Battalion Durham Light Infantry
Farewell Dinner 18th September 1939
The Officers of the 6th Battalion, DLI, held a Farewell Dinner to the Officers of 10th Battalion at the Morritt Arms Hotel, Greta Bridge, to mark the formation of this duplicate Battalion.
The records of the Durham County Archives hold a copy of the Menu Card, signed by those present, which is evidence of those who were members of the Officers’ Mess at that time. The signatures on the Menu Card have been interpreted with the kind assistance of the Editor of “The Bugle” although their appearance here is entirely the responsibility of the author. The spellings will be updated and corrected on this page should a more accurate interpretation become possible as more War Diaries are documented.
The Menu for the meal was as follows:-
Grapefruit Cocktail Hors D’oeuvre
Consomme Claremont Cream Portugaise
Fillet Sole Tartare Sauce
Asparagus & Melted Butter Boiled York Ham Parsley Sauce
Roast Stuffed Duckling. Apple Sauce Roast Leg of Veal
Mashed & Dice Potatoes Green Peas. Spinach
Peach Melba
Welsh Rarebit
Those who signed the Menu Card were as follows (organised into alphabetical order of surname):-
T. Allison
Tony Cookson
R.W. Dennis
Vernon Ferens
M. Gill
Peter Gordon
G.E. Gunton
J.R. Heslop
B. Holroyde
C.R.M. Hutchinson
T.K. Jackson
Peter Jeffreys
R.F. Kennedy
J.W. Kipling
L.J. Kirby
M.J. Lockhart
G.F. Macfeggan
? W. Mella
T.H. Miller
S.D. Oxley
W. Pattullo
J.W. Perry
Frank Platts
W.K. Reives
G.E. Robinson
J.M. Robson
G.J. Rodham
F.J. Slack
H.S.C. Spurrier
G.H. Stobart
Charles W. Surtees
W. Watson
James Widdows
E. Woodthorpe
R.G. Wormald
