Henry de Lisle was born in July 1864 and served in the
2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry. At the time of
finding Jimmy Durham, he was
Lieutenant; by 1896, when he reminisced on his experiences to colleagues, he was
Captain; he became
Major General in 1915 and
Lieutenant General in 1918.
De Lisle was awarded the
Distinguished Service Order for gallantry for his service in
Egypt in 1885 - 1886. He died on 16 July 1955.
De Lisle was a great polo player, a member of many successful teams for the 2nd Battalion.
In the photograph below (left), we see De Lisle as a member of the winning Inter-Regimental Polo Tournament team for 1896 and 1897, when the 2nd Battalion was stationed in India. 'Snow' (shown in the photograph below, right) was one of Henry de Lisle’s best polo ponies and helped him to win the Inter-Regimental Polo Tournament.
This signed photograph (below, left) of Lieutenant General de Beauvoir de Lisle was used in his 1939 book, 'Reminiscences of Sport and War'. De Lisle's medals (shown below, right) are in the
DLI Museum.
