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Collections - Archives - Soldiers Documents
Certificate of Discharge, Army
Form B 2079
 
Left: Certificate of Discharge, Army Form B
2079, to Company Sergeant Major William Ralph, number 240001, King’s Own
Royal Lancaster Regiment. Enlisted 1 Feb 1886 and discharged 28 Aug
1919.
Accession Number: KO1071/08
Right:
Certificate of Discharge, Army Form B 2079, to
Private Charles Eyres, number 17552, 3rd Battalion, King’s Own Royal
Lancaster Regiment. Enlisted on 6 Feb 1915 and discharged 16 May
1916, no longer physically fit for war service.
Accession Number: KO1939/05
There are a number of examples in the museum's collection and include
the following:
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Private William Patrick
Brown, number 9876, 2nd Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster
Regiment. Enlisted at Woolwich, 5 October 1908, discharged 29th
March 1919 after serving ten years and 217 days with the Colours.
'Marks and scars' include a 'Robinson Crusoe' tattoo on the back of his
left forearm and a bird on his right forearm.
KO2873/36 |
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Private Thomas Byrne,
number 3705683 from the East Lancashire Regiment, 8th March 1927. Enlisted
9th March 1923. KO2539/02 |
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Private Charles Eyres,
number 17552, 3rd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.
Enlisted on 6 February 1915 and discharged 16 May 1916, no longer physically
fit for war service. KO1939/05 |
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Sergeant
Harry Hamer, number 5844, 1st and 7th Battalion, King's Own
Royal Lancaster Regiment. Enlisted on 22 Nov 1898 and discharged
19 Sep 1919. KO3046/09 |
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Private Albert Ernest Johnson, number 9657,
2nd and 6th King's Own. Enlisted 19 March 1908 and discharged 23 August
1916. KO2843/06 |
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Company Sergeant Major
Stanley Pollitt, number 4844, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.
Enlisted on 26 July 1895 and discharged ‘no longer physically fit for War
Service’, 4 July 1916. KO1452/16 |
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Company Sergeant Major
William Ralph, number 240001, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.
Enlisted 1 February 1886 and discharged 28 August 1919. KO1071/08 |
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