(Titles)
(Pre 1881)
68th (Durham Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot
106th (Bombay Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot

(Post 1881)
1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry.
2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry.

Earliest recognised formation: 68th Regiment: 1756, when it was initially raised as the 2nd Battalion of the 23rd Foot (Royal Welsh Fusiliers) - renumbered the 68th in 1758
106th Regiment: 1839 as the 2nd Bombay (European) Regiment. (An Honourable East India Company regiment - which also had disbanded predecessors dating back to 1826).
Regiment taken onto the British establishment 1861

Amalgamated: 1968, with the Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry; the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and the Shropshire Light Infantry, to form "The Light Infantry" - the old DLI becoming the 4th Battalion of this new regiment.

Peninsula War 1808 - 1814 68th Regiment

Military General Service Medal. 1793 - 1814 clasps:
Total Medals:151 Max clasps:6
Salamanca:96
Vittoria:136
Pyrenees:94
St. Sebastian:18
Nivelle:45
Orthes:93


Battle Honours: Salamanca; Vittoria; Pyrenees; Nivelle; Orthes; Peninsula.