James Francis Durham born about January 1885 - 18 August 1910 Bugler, Jimmy Durham with the Mascot Sheep, Aldershot 1904 The article remembers that when the Battalion received orders to go to India, it was intended that Jimmy would be left in a mission school in Cairo. The Sergeants, however, objected and promised to subscribe monthly towards his maintenance. Sgt. Stuart was heartbroken at the thought that Jimmy was not to be allowed to come to India. The men at Ghorupa Barracks India The Band at Poona, India 1897 The men at Mandalay, Burma 1899 Jimmy went with the 2nd Battalion to India and Burma and, when he reached the age of 14, he enlisted into the Durham Light Infantry as a bandsman. He moved to Aldershot in 1902, and from there to Victoria Barracks, Cork in 1904. He moved to Fermoy in 1905. Jimmy Durham at Aldershot 1904 Corunna Barracks Aldershot 1904 Thanks and acknowledgements go to Durham Records Office Page Three