VETERANS left a lasting reminder of their renowned regiment alongside a memorial to some of its heroes.
All 11 Durham Light Infantry (DLI) holders of the Victoria Cross are listed on the memorial stone unveiled near the entrance to the regimental museum in Durham, in September.
Instigators of the tribute, members of the Faithful Inkerman Dinner Club, returned to the dli Museum yesterday to bury a time capsule in a small glass casket in front of the memorial tablet.
The time capsule, made at the Phoenix Hot Glass studio, at Sunderland's National Glass Centre, contains items of regimental memorabilia, details about the dinner club, and a copy of The Northern Echo which carried the story about the unveiling of the memorial.
The cap badge of the late Albert Shipman, a former DLI bugle major, who first suggested mounting some form of memorial, is engraved on the casket.
Lieutenant Colonel Fred Phillips performed the ceremonial burial yesterday, joined by George Fraser and Colin Armstrong, the secretary and chairman of the dinner club, plus other members
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