King's Own Royal Regiment Museum

2000-2003 Report

Trustees

Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Warren (Chairman) (from November 2002)
Colonel John de Cordova OBE (Chairman to November 2002)
Major Philip Oglethorpe TD
Major Tony Booth
Lieutenant Colonel Peter Dew
Lieutenant Colonel Dennis Stopford
Mrs Sara-Jane Dennis (from November 2001)
Major Tony Farrell (ex officio - Regimental Secretary)
Dr Andrew White MA PhD FMA FSA (ex officio - Head of Museums Service) (Retired 31 March 2003) 

Staff
Peter Donnelly BA AMA - Curator

Introduction

For various reasons the museum did not publish an annual reports for 2000-01 or 2001-02 so we now present a report covering three years which provides an opportunity to look back as the City Museums Service is about to step forward into a partnership with the Lancashire County Council Museums Service.  What follows is only a brief summary of the many events which took place.

Trustees

In November 2002 Colonel John de Cordova stepped down as Chairman, but is remaining as a Trustees.  Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Warren, who joined the Trustees in November 2001, succeeded him as Chairman.  In November 2002 we welcomed Mrs Sara-Jane Dennis as a Trustee.

Staff

April 2003 will see the departure from the museum service of Dr Andrew White, Head of Museums, after almost twenty years in post.  The new staff structure is yet to resolved, but it is expected that Peter Donnelly will continue as Curator of the King’s Own Royal Regiment Museum.

Key Events

2000-2001

As the year started repairs to the ceiling, which had caused the King’s Own gallery to be closed to the public were completed.

May saw Peter Donnelly attend a memorial service on behalf of the Regiment in Portugal.  Whilst there he also visited Peninsular War battle-sites in Spain and gave a presentation to the British Ex-patriot community on the King’s Own. 

Following a visit by the Curator to the 1st Battalion in Bosnia the museum hosted an exhibition on their work as part of the Stabilisation Force.  A second visit to Bosnia, in September, included a battlefield tour to Italy. The tour, attended by 40 people,  comprised a visit to Monte Cassino and a study of the attack of 1st Battalion King’s Own on the village of Montone in July 1944.  To compliment the tour a substantial information pack, covering the campaign in Italy, was produced.

Whilst the battalion was in Bosnia the museum borrowed various items of Regimental Silver for display thus providing a rare opportunity for members of the public to see what is normally only seen by mess members.

In July Peter Donnelly gave a joint presentation with Major Andrew Dennis and Major Danny Parsonage at the launch of the Lancaster Military Heritage Group titled ‘Roman Legionnaire to NATO Peacekeeper’ to a packed audience in the Town Hall.

2001-2002

The major exhibition of the year in the King’s Own Gallery was ‘Dressed to Kill’ a history of British army uniform from 1680 to the present day.  The exhibition was produced by Sara-Jane Dennis and Theresa Boyle, Students at Lancaster University.

With Foot and Mouth Disease affecting so much of the North of England military training was heavily restricted and this gave the Lancastrian and Cumbrian Volunteers an opportunity to take part in a guided tour of the historic military sites of Lancaster, including the Castle, Regimental Chapel, Westfield Village, and Bowerham Barracks.  This event was extremley successful and has since been repeated for other groups.

In the spring the 1st Battalion King’s Own Royal Border Regiment deployed to Cyprus for two years and the museum has been pleased to be able to maintain contact.  A survey of Regimental Silver in the Sergeants Mess was undertaken and  research into the individuals who presented, or are referred to on, the items was carried out. 

As part of his on-going work of recording the operations and training activities of the Regiment, Peter visited Arnhem Company’s exercise in Jordan, and the Lancastrian and Cumbrian Volunteers, during their annual camp in the far north west of Scotland.

HRH The Duke of York visited the museum in his capacity as Patron of the Army Museums Ogilby Trust.  He had the opportunity to meet staff, supporters and users of the Regimental Museum.

In January 2002 the Curator was invited to visit Chindit Company Group who were detached from Cyprus to the Falkland Islands.  The visit again provided an excellent  opportunity to record the operations of the Regiment and was generously supported by Media Operations, Army.

2002-2003

The Regimental highlight of the year was the presentation of New Colours to the 1st Battalion in Cyprus, by the Colonel in Chief, HRH Princess Alexandra. 

As part of his involvement with the Regimental Association the Curator arranged for a party of approximately 40 to fly out and attend the celebrations.  He also provided exhibition material for the Fete Day and the reunion in the Sergeants Mess. 

Armed with his camera he took over 1200 photographs of the event, and has since provided a special commemorative album of photographs to HRH Princess Alexandra.

No new exhibitions have been created with time being prioritised for the production of publications and research at other institutions such as the Public Record Office.  Research has included gallantry awards for the Second World War and medals rolls for the First World War and the list of titles published appears elsewhere in this report.

In January 2003 the Curator was part of a small party which visited Ethiopia in order  to follow the route taken by the King’s Own in 1868 during their expedition to that country to release hostages held by Emperor Theodore.  The visit was fascinating and involved walking for nearly 160 miles through very mountainous terrain.  Over £1600 has been raised in sponsorship.

Collections Management

Finance

The Museum is pleased to record the continued support of grant giving bodies:

Donations received in response to enquiries etc:

Museum Publications

Also produced is Volume Three of the King’s Own The Story of a Royal Regiment by Colonel Julia M Cowper digitised and published on CD-Rom.

In addition to this growing list of publications, the museum produces two videos:

The Museum also produces information sheets on various topics and new additions in this period are:

The range of books and information sheets is continually expanding.   Future research and publication depends very much on the time and resources available at any one time.  The Public Record Office at Kew, is just one of many other institutions who hold a wealth of information on the Regiment - the surface of which has only been explored.

Enquiries

A major growth area in recent years has been the interest in family history, for which military records provide an important source of information, and as a result the impact upon regimental museums has been massive.  Continued expansion of the data held on computer - in catalogues, indexes and lists - allows many enquiries to be answered quickly.

Research into the 1914 Star and 1914-15 Star Medal Rolls at the Public Record Office has meant that we have a very clear list of the soldiers of the Regiment who served overseas in the first two years of the First World War and further work to research the British War Medal roll will provide, for the first time ever, a list of every soldier of the King’s Own who fought in the First World War.  This valuable work is vital - but will take about 50 days at the Public Record Office.

The Curator is presently investigating access to rolls of men who served with the Regiment from 1920 onwards.  Whilst excellent details exist covering all officers (in both the official Army List and Regimental Lists) sadly details relating to other ranks are proving very difficult to find.

Talks

Work with outside bodies

Exhibitions

The Curator is a personal member of the following organisations:
Associate of the Museums Association
Science and Industry Collections Group
North Western Federation of Museums and Art Galleries
KORBR Association, Lancaster Branch

The Museum is a member of:
The Western Front Association
Military History Society
Orders and Medals Research Society
Army Historical Association
Machine Gun Corps Association
North West Museums Service (until Nov 2002)
North West Museums, Archives and Libraries Council (from Nov 2002)

Acquisitions 1st April 2000 -  31st March 2003

KO2317     Framed Photograph - KO Group in India circa 1920-30 gift of Dr Andrew Whitton, Halton, Lancaster.
KO2318     Photographs, 2nd Battalion in Burma, 107th Regiment RAC (King’s Own), Purchased from the Imperial War Museum (Not previously registered)
KO2319     Photographs, 107th Regiment RAC (King’s Own), Purchased from the Imperial War Museum (Not previously registered)
KO2320     Paperwork, books and archives of  Major George C Milnes Collection (5th King’s Own) Donated 21 Nov 1929.  Not previously accessioned.
KO2321     Football Medal ‘The King’s Own’ B Coy Atbara, 1930. Purchased, market stall, Preston.
KO2322     Photographs, 6th Battalion 1940-41.  Purchased from the Imperial War Museum. Not previously registered.
KO2323     Photographs, 1st Battalion, May 1941. Purchased from the Imperial War Museum. Not previously registered.
KO2324     Photographs, motorbikes and despatch riders, Second World War. Purchased from the Imperial War Museum.  Not previously registered.
KO2325     Photographs 1st Battalion King’s Own Training Course, 1943. Purchased from the Imperial War Museum.  Not previously registered.
KO2326     Photographs, 1st Battalion King’s Own Exercise Crocodile, March 1944. Purchased from the Imperial War Museum.  Not previously registered.
KO2327     Photographs 1st Battalion King’s Own in Italy 1944-45. Purchased from the Imperial War Museum.  Not previously registered.
KO2328     Photographs 2nd King’s Own in the Middle East 1940-41. Purchased from the Imperial War Museum.  Not previously registered.
KO2329     Photograph 1 KO SS Scillon (National Maritime Museum Photograph)   Acquired for display purposes.
KO2330     World War Two maps, gift of Mrs A Power, Oakenclough
KO2331     Photographs, First World War, purchased from the Imperial War Museum, not previously registered.
KO2332     Long Service and Good Conduct Medal and miniature Second World War Group to Sergeant G Snape.  Cap badge and Association badges.  Gift of Mr Snape,  Preston (son).
KO2333    Watch worn by Victor (Teddy) Joyce Number 5441587 during the Burma Campaign 1944, bought in 1940 in Newhaven.  Carried in a green bag to keep it safe.Joyce enlisted on 3 Apr 1940 at the age of 20 in the Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry and transferred to the King’s Own in Mar 1942 before going to India and  then onto Burma.  He returned to the UK in 1945 and discharged 23 May 1946.  Gift of Mr Joyce.
KO2334     Photographs 1st Battalion King’s Own in Hong Kong, Korea etc.  Newspaper cuttings circa 1959.  Gift of Mr Oxley, Cowan Bridge.
KO2335     Photograph 2 KO Regimental Lion at Gebeit, in 1949, after work had been done to clean the lion.  Gift of Mr Brooks.
KO2336     Photographs King’s Own 1920s onwards.  Gift of George McClements, Lancaster
KO2337     Stoneware Jar - Ointment Anti-Gas - Purchased, Lancaster
KO2338     Books (58) purchased to add to coverage.
KO2339     Photographs, King’s Own 1920’s onwards.  Gift of Gordon Tyson, via Border Regiment Museum, Carlisle.
KO2340     Photograph Private Harold Airey, 1/5 King’s Own and 55th Division Special Order of the day 3rd Jan 1919. Gift of James and Sylvia Howard.
KO2341    Photographs Philippolis Cemetery, South Africa.  Gift of Lieutenant Colonel Muckler.
KO2342    Paperwork relating to Lance Corporal L Caldecott, No. 23247178, circa 1958.  Gift of Mr Caldecott.
KO2343    Album of photographs relating to 7th Battalion King’s Own in India in the Second World War - mainly of a local nature and not military content.  Gift of The Right Worshipful the Lord Mayor of Liverpool
KO2344    Airgraph from Private Teddy Joyce, 2nd King’s Own 1944  Gift of Teddy and Peggy Joyce, Dorset.
KO2345     Album of photographs relating to the King’s Own in Korea etc. Gift of Lieutenant Colonel  P J Aindow, Preston
KO2346     Postcard showing King’s Own cap badge and 1917 Christmas Card. Gift of Mr Wollaston, Deal, Kent.
KO2347     Invitation Card to fundraising event for ‘In aid of the King’s Own Royal Regiment Comforts Fund and Greek Famine Relief’ Gift of Mrs Matthews, Caton, Lancaster.
KO2348     Despatch Riders Clothing Dated 1945 gift of Mr Ian Howard, Morecambe.
KO2349     Service Dress Jacket, beret, side hat and No 1 Cap.  Gift of Lieutenant Colonel Dew, Halton, Lancaster.
KO2350     Great Coat, mess waistcoat, sword,  side cap, trousers and  mess boots.  Gift of  Major J G Jackson.
KO2351     Photographs, archives, and exhibits relating to Private William Edward Sellars, who served with the 1st Battalion King’s Own in Italy in 1944.  He was wounded and died of his wounds in 1946.  Items include personal effects, cap badges, recognition patches etc.  Gift of his family.
KO2352     Hand Grenade Cut Away for display, purchased from Delville Wood Museum Shop, France.
KO2353     Photographs, paperwork, and books relating to Sergeant F G Madasa, 6th Battalion  King’s Own.  Gift of  Lieutenant Colonel (Retd) G N Heal.
KO2354     Badges, Prisoner of War Comforts Committee Collectors Badge, World War One and Lancaster Peace Celebrations, 1919.  Gift of Mrs K Ives, Levens near Kendal.
KO2355     First World War Memorial Plaque to Joseph Oxley, ex 1/4 KO Died of wounds 22 Sep 1917.  Number 200612. 5th Bn Certificate of Service to 3711345 Private G Oxley.  George Oxley  is recorded on the back of the certificate as serving with the Royal Navy between 1916 and 1920.  He joined the TA in 1937, and served in France and was at Dunkirk, and in January 1941 he transferred to the Royal Navy.  He is listed as a Telegraphist who was lost on HM Submarine Vandal on 24 Feb 1943, aged 43.  He is recorded on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.  Gift of Mr J Oxley.
KO2356     Cooling water pipe for .303 Vickers machine gun.
KO2357     Photo, grave of Captain A C S Julius, 107th Regt (King’s Own) RAC at Mook War Cemetery, Limberg, near Nijmegen.  Gift of Mr Frank Brooks, Grange over Sands.
KO2358     King’s Own Military Police, Group photo circa 1912?  Purchased.
KO2359     Hand-drawn plan of Sebastopol showing the positions of the Allied Armies in Winter Quarters. Transferred from the Moor Hospital, Lancaster via Social History collections.
KO2360     Photographs, and material relating to donors service with King’s Own in World War Two.  Gift of Mr Charles Whitehurst, Stoke on Trent.
KO2361      Booklet of First World War postcards - Ypres British Front During the War 1914-1918.  Gift of Mrs Robinson, Bare, Morecambe.
KO2362    British War Medal and Allied Victory Medal to Lieutenant R W Higginson.  Purchased.
KO2363     Travels with a Leros Veteran by Pauline Bevan gift of the author
KO2364     Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross by Richard Doherty and David Truesdale gift of the authors.
KO2365     Various books, training manuals and Drill books.  Gift of Mr J Westmoreland, Bolton le Sands.
KO2366     Victoria Crosses of the Anglo-Boer War by Ian Uys. Gift of George Museum, South Africa.
KO2367     Decorative Pin Cushion (circa 1912-1918).  Sent home by Richard Geary to his wife or girlfriend.  Richard Geary enlisted as a Boy soldier approx 1910, born 1895, lived in Lancaster and served during the First World War.  Gift of Mr Derek Carter, Caton, Lancaster.
KO2368     Photographs, King’s Own 1930’s and 1950s including Rugby Team and Depot Band.  Gift of Mrs Metcalfe, Lancaster.
KO2369     Binocular Prismatic No 5 Case Mk 1 dated 1944.  Various items of redundant equipment.  Gift of Quartermaster Technical 1 KORBR
KO2370     Side cap, regimental notepaper and envelope, and programme for 1949  Amalgamation Parade of 1st and 2nd Battalions.  Gift of Major Roger Horsfield.
KO2371     Book, British Battalions on the Western Front  by Ray Westlake.  Gift of the Author.
KO2372     1939-45 War Medal to Private John Hall, 3718702 KORR KO Died 10 Jun 1942 Age 19.  Gift of Mrs Anderton, Garstang.
KO2373     Infantry Training Manual, 1902, former property of Richard Jackson Snape, 2nd Volunteer Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment Donors grandfather.  Gift of Mrs Houghton, Lancaster.
KO2374     Silver Tankard, ‘Presented to Captain R P F White MC by the Officers of the 5th Bn The King’s Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)’ circa 1936. Silver compact, with King’s Own Lion and Ribbon.  Given to Mrs Clare White by her husband. Pack of Regimental Playing Cards. Etching of Officers Mess, Bowerham Barracks, by P H Marriner, 1932.  Photographs, badges and newspaper cuttings.  Gift of Anne de Halpert.
KO2375       War Poem by William Stewart (unknown) written at Wharncliffe War Hospital, 6 May 1918.  Gift of Mr P Heywood, Morecambe.
KO2376     Commemorative/memorial Vase to Private James Simpson, No 1515, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment killed in action 23rd April 1915.  Regimental   paperweight, photographs and bible.  Gift of Mr T. Hewison, Twickenham.
KO2377     Allied Victory Medal to Private A Bell, No 8290 KORLR Killed in Action 8 May 1915 with 1 KO.  Next of kin listed at George and Margaret Bell of 14 Aspden Street, Hulme, Manchester.  Aged 33 at the time of his death. Commemorated on the Menin Gate, Ypres for he has no known grave.  Gift of Mr D Holt, Rawtenstall.
KO2378     Photographs, rugby team and officers circa 1939.  Gift of Mr George Hawkins via  Captain Charles Wingrove.
KO2379      Scarlet Tunic - label marks 4 King’s Own Made by J & B Pearse & CO London.   With two Lion collar dogs and general service buttons.  Circa 1908-1914.  Trousers.  Gift.  Anonymous.
KO2380     Watch inscribed ‘ G W Beachcroft KOR From MLV Dulwich College June 1915’ Gerald William Beachcroft served in the KORR from 29 May 1915 to 31 Jul 1917  and was killed in action whilst with 7 KO.   Gift of Mrs W E J Best, Milford Haven.
KO2381     Photographs of Major Wingrove MC, circa 1920.  Collection of books relating to Prisoners of War in World War Two.  Gift of Captain Charles Wingrove.
KO2382     ‘Bygone Heat’ Travels in the Middle East, by Richard Long, Chapter One is about 2nd Lieutenant Richard Long and his National Service with the King’s Own.  Gift of the author.
KO2383      Photos 1 KO Germany 1952.  Gift of Mr F Dunne.
KO2384      Photos 1/5 KO in Blackpool, December 1914. Anonymous via Captain Bonner, Museum of the Manchesters
KO2385      George V Pattern Sword.  ‘Presented to RSM H Lindsay MM 1st Bn KORR by Lieutenant R T Somerville on his appointment to the Adjutantcy.  Lieutenant Somerville became Adjutant of the 1st Battalion on 4 Mar 1921.  Gift of Mr Taylor, Primrose Bank, Orphir, Orkney. 
KO2386     Letter to his brother from No 1466 Private James Wilson, H Coy, 4 KORLR  19 Aug 1914 whilst based at Slough protecting railway lines.  Gift of Mr Fraser, Gatebeck, Kendal.
KO2387     Photograph of Private William Smith, Number 15593, 8 KORLR.  Gift of Mr M S Smith
KO2388     Photograph of the grave of Private Frank Vallery, 1 KORR, Killed in Action 22 May 1941.  Gift of Dr C E Morris.
KO2389     7 KO Regimental Association Book of members.   Gift of Major John W Devonshire, Santa Monica, California.
KO2390     Early First World War Gas Mask worn by Private Fred Tickle Number 265388 of  the King’s Own.  Discharge Certificate to Private Tickle.  Gift of Mrs Vera  McCarthy, Barrow in Furness.
KO2391     British War Medal and Allied Victory Medal to Private Bryan Cumpsty, Number 27456, 1 KO Killed in Action 28 Jun 1917.  Commemorative scrolls, personal and official paperwork etc.  Gift of Ethel Cumpsty, Lancaster.
KO2392     Grave photograph of Lance Corporal Douglas Gordon Blake 3714582 - 2 KO Died of Wounds 22nd Nov 1941 Age 24.  Son of Mr and Mrs. George William Blake, husband of Eva Blake, of Didsbury, Manchester.  Buried in Tobruk War Cemetery, Libya.  Gift of George Ellwood, Lancaster.
KO2393     Album of photographs 2 KO, Khartoum and Amalgamation Parade in Trieste.  Individual group photographs.  Gift of Mrs Aileen Taylor.
KO2394     Photographs of graves of various soldiers killed in 1916.  Gift of Abel Peters.
KO2395     Victorian Tunic, with shoulder titles ‘Lancaster’.  Purchased, Lancaster.
KO2396     Debt of Honour - The Young Men of Chipping and Whitewell District who died for their country in Three Great Conflicts of the 20th Century.  Gift of the Author, Mr E Ashley.
KO2397     Salute the Soldier Week 29 Apr 1944 to 6 May 1944 Morecambe and Heysham.  Promotional leaflet.  Gift of Mr Franklin, Lancaster.
KO2398      Thanksgiving for Victory Order of Service 1945.  Gift of Mrs Robinson, Morecambe.
KO2399     1914 Star and British War Medals to Private W Rose Number 2051 R Lanc R. Transferred from Tameside Museums Service.
KO2400     Queen’s South Africa Medal to Trooper S L Innes of Lumsden’s House with bars Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Johannesburg. King’s South Africa Medal to Lieutenant S Long Innes of Imperial Yeomanry with bars South Africa 1901 and  South Africa 1902.  1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Allied Victory Medal and  Memorial Plaque to Lieutenant S Long-Innes of the King’s Own.  Photographs, commemorative scroll and regimental photograph frame.  Gift of Miss Spalding, Northampton.
KO2401     First World War watercolour drawings and pen and ink sketches by Albert Ellwood MC.  Gift of Mr A E E Jones, Shirley, Solihull, nephew of Albert Ellwood.
KO2402     Regimental Army Lists (Keith’s List) and Regimental Histories.  Transferred from the King’s Own Royal Border Regiment Museum, Carlisle.
KO2403     KORR Lanyard blue and gold.  Gift of Mr J M N Aylmer Hall.
KO2404     Gliding to War (4 KO 56 Anti-Tank Fictional Account)
KO2405     Method of Instruction Squad Drill Depot The King’s Own Royal Regiment.  Purchased at auction.
KO2406     The Fallen of Field Broughton by Howard Martin.  Gift of the author.
KO2407     Books, paperwork and archives relating to the Second World War service of Mr L W Glover.  Gift of Mr Glover.
KO2408     Cloth with embroidered representation of the Colours of the King’s Own Royal Regiment, Lancaster, inter-war period.  Gift of Mr Berry, Lancaster
KO2409     Sun deflector (for sight) from No. 3 Rifle World War One.  Gift of Mr Petifer, Lancaster.
KO2410     King’s Own Cap Badge and Shoulder titles.  Gift of Mr Riley, Lancaster.
KO2411     Prisoner of War Comforts Committee collectors box.  Wooden and marked  PWCC in painted letters.  Gift of Mr Graham Davis, circa 1990, not previously acknowledged.
KO2412     Photographs and archives related to the service of Private Harold Gordon Cooper, 1/5 KOLRR, First World War.  Later Post Office Company Home Guard Gift of Mrs J Fox, Boston, Lincolnshire.
KO2413     Photograph of the wooden grave marker and memorial window of 2nd Lieutenant R A Hildyard of the King’s Own in the Parish Church, Hythe, Kent.  Gift of Fergus Read, Preston.
KO2414     Light Oak Settle commissioned by the museum on behalf of Mr L Southwell in memory of his late wife and father-in-law Colour Sergeant Bland of the KORLR.
KO2415      World War Two civil defence paperwork.  Gift of Mr Coates, Lancaster.
KO2416     Copy photographs of Private F Marsden, number 10589, 2 KO as part of group with nurses and copy photo of Sergeant Robert Eales, number 9312, 2 KO.  Sent as an enquiry and not previously registered.
KO2417     Single Cigarette Card - Territorial Army Uniforms - 4th Battalion KORLR World War One (see original artist’s sketch by L Cattermole in collection KO2290/01). Purchased.
KO2418     Photograph of Private J Johnson, number 2145, 5th Battalion King’s Own, bible and Christmas cards.  Gift of Miss Burdett, Lancaster.
KO2419     Photograph of Private S T Day, number 41640, 8 KO, and commemorative scroll.  Died 1 Oct 1918
KO2420     Mine detector handle, with 1937 pattern webbing. Purchased.
KO2421     Running Medal - B Company Sports 1933 - Private W E Donnelly. Purchased.
KO2422     Brass matchbox cover - town crest of Arras on one side and ‘F C Rigg King’s Own BEF France 1919’ on the other.  Purchased.
KO2423     Tent rifle holder - used around tent post and rifles slot into webbing loops, purchased.
KO2424     New Testament, bible and book of common prayer given to Sergeant John W Heap, First World War.  Gift of Miss Lloyd.
KO2425     Photograph C Company, 2 KO, KORR 1924, Gift of Mrs K Lowery,  Leicester.
KO2426     Various King’s Own Sweetheart brooches, purchased.
KO2427     Eyeshields Anti-Gas Mk 11 Packet Dated 1942.  Gift of Mr D Norris, Lancaster.
KO2428     Collection of First World War postcards (180) sent home by Sergeant J M Read of 1st/5th Battalion.  Purchased.
KO2429     Framed photograph of B Company 5th Battalion King’s Own outside the Preston Street Drill Hall, Fleetwood.  Gift of Mr L P Holmes, Fleetwood.
KO2430      Identity Bracelet of 2nd Lieutenant R B Holmes, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.  Gift of Mr and Mrs Homes, Liverpool.
KO2431      ‘Lest We Forget’ Card to help ex-soldiers after the First World War gift of Mrs Sue Whiteside, Lancaster.
KO2432      Material relating to the TA Service of Major Corless.  Gift of Mrs Angela Mills.
KO2433     Photographs of King’s Own graves.  Gift of Mr Joe Hodgson, Preston.
KO2434     Colour slides of Presentation of New Colours to 4/5 King’s Own at Giant Axe Field, 30 Jun 1962.  Gift of Mr John Preston, Lowestoft.
KO2435      Photograph, badge and paybook of ATS R Woolgar at Bowerham Barracks, 1942.  Mrs Woolgar, Isle of Wight.
KO2436     Cine film of the 1955 Trooping the Colour by 1st Battalion King’s Own Royal Regiment in Hong Kong.  Gift of Mr G Smalley, Morecambe.
KO2437     Prisoner of War Postcard sent home by Private W Harvey, Possibly: Number 15140, 2 KO.  Captured at Frezenberg, 8 May 1915. Prisoner of War Postcard sent to Regimental Care Committee, King’s Own Reg, with London address, 15 May 1917 postmark.  Acknowledging receipt of parcel from Rowntree of York.  Including Cocoa Milk Margerine, Quaker Oats Pudding, potted meat, meat loaf, ham joint, chocolate and marmite. Sent to Private T Heald, 17609 of 2nd KO.  Taken prisoner on 8 May 1915 at Frezenberg with 2 KO.  Purchased.
KO2438     ‘King’s Own Lancers’ by Thomas Wilson - compiled from the Songs sung by the   Sergeants in the camp of the 1st Volunteer Battalion of the King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.  Purchased.
KO2439     Booklets of postcards feature scenes of France and Belgium and various Military Cemeteries. Gift of Mrs Whiteside, Lancaster.
KO2440     Slide of the memorial to William Crowe Ensign of the 4th KO who was killed at New Orleans 8 Jan 1815, age 20.  Gift of Mr John Kerr, Westbury.
KO2441     First World War Medal Group to  Sergeant J W Sandham, Number T4 1496 KORLR.  Sports medals, badges etc. Gift of Mr John Sandham, Slyne with Hest.
KO2442     School Record cards for Captain W T Lyons MC 8th KO and Captain J S Lyons MC  8th KO.  Royal Ulster Rifles Regiment Museum.
KO2443     Sports Medal to Corporal E Leadbetter of 5 KO.  1930164 Brigade Football.  Purchased.
KO2444      Allied Forces Headquarters, 2 May 1945, Special Order of the Day - Victory in Italy. Relating to Wilfred Ashley Booth, 1 KORR, programmes and Christmas card.  Gift of Mr Booth, Blackburn.
KO2445      Photograph: 2nd Bn KORR Winner of the Northern Command Driving Competition 1934  Private Hall with Rose and Violet and Lance Corporal Bastow with Herbert  and Minnie.  Mr Bastow, via Staffordshire Regiment Museum
KO2446     Photographs of King’s Own Graves Peronne Road Cemetery, France.  Gift of Mr Spencer, Lancaster.
KO2447     Royal Army Pay Corps mess uniform of Major David Hardy.  Gift of Mrs D Hardy, Overton.
KO2448     With the Fighting Cock and Black Cat in India and Burma by Ray Goodacre.  A History of the 82nd Anti-Tank Regiment  Includes details on Colonel Thompson - former King’s Own.  Gift of the author.
KO2449     Photograph of the King’s Own Home Guard World War Two - not previously registered.
KO2450     1914-15 Star to 10040 Sergeant George Ward of the KORLR and Memorial Plaque to Sergeant George Ward Killed in action 13 April 1915 with 2 KO.  Gift of Mrs B Ward, Nuneaton.
KO2451     Embroidery of the Regimental Lion and the Words ‘The King’s Own’, Anonymous donation, The Royal Welch Fusiliers Regimental Museum
KO2452     National Service Medal (private purchase), sports medals and insignia etc relating to donor.  Gift of Mr D Shuttleworth, Ontario.
KO2453     Second World War paperwork and photographs of Lieutenant Colonel H T N Batchelor.  Gift of Mr James Batchelor, Dunfermline.
KO2454     Sword and scabbard presented to Colonel T Brinley, 1805.  Item not previously registered.
KO2455     Two German bayonets with scabbards.  Gift of Mr Verity, Lancaster
KO2456     First World War Medals and photograph of 50013 Private Arthur Edward Atherton.  Gift of Mrs Rippon, Daughter, Woodbridge, Suffolk.
KO2457     United Nations Service Medal with Bar Korea - unnamed as issued to Lance Corporal Robert Parkinson, 1 King’s Own - Number 22688812.  With paperwork etc.  Gift of Mr Parkinson, Cockerham,
KO2458     Record of the Expedition to Abyssinia by Holland, Trevenen & Hozier, Henry, HMSO 1870 - Volume One, Two and Map Case. Purchased from Voyager Press  Rare Books and Manuscripts, West Vancouver, BC, Canada.  With grant assistance from Resource/ PRISM Fund.
KO2459     First World War Military Medal group to Sergeant John Cheadle, Number 17681, 8  KO.  Gift of Mr R Woods, Huyton, Liverpool
KO2460     First World War Medal group to Lance Corporal John William Downham, number   2099, 1/5 King’s Own.  Purchased.
KO2461     Photographs various King’s Own Graves.  Gift of Joe Hodgson, Preston.
KO2462     Sterilizing Outfit for use with Waterbottles, insect repellent, ration pack tin opener and latrine paper (unused) and various officer equipment and badges.  Gift of Martin Aylmer-Hall, Winchester.
KO2463     Eight volumes of ‘The Bystander’s Fragments from France’ - by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather.  Purchased.
KO2464     Ladies topee worn by wife of Major Freddie Parker of the King’s Own in India, in the 1930s.  Gift of Mr Parker, Lancaster.
KO2465     Material relating to the First World War service of Tom Fairclough, 1/5 King’s Own.  Gift of Mrs M Barker, Lancaster.
KO2466     Officer’s camp bed, chair, table, wash bowl and buckets, on time property of Major G D Thompson, Medical Officer, 5 King’s Own 1934-1941.  Gift of Mr B Donnelly,  Blackpool.
KO2467     Shooting spoon, sweetheart brooch and photograph relating Sergeant Hamblett and  Sergeant Clarkson of the King’s Own circa 1934.  Mrs Iris Johnson, Fareham,  Hampshire.
KO2468     Photograph of LMS Locomotive 6161 ‘The King’s Own’.  Gift of Anne and Simeon.
KO2469     Battledress jacket and trousers, helmet and Royal Observer Corps uniform of donor  relating to his time with 4/5 King’s Own and ROC.  Gift of Mr Alan Platt, Bolton le Sands, Lancaster.
KO2470     Other ranks cap, circa 1920s.  Gift of Mr R Nagle, via Tolson Memorial Museum, Huddersfield.
KO2471     Paperwork and sweetheart items relating to 3708313 Albet Edward Medcalf, 107th   Regiment Royal Armoured Corps.  Gift of Mr A E Medcalf, nephew, Felixstowe.
KO2472     Officers service dress cap circa 1945-47, paperwork relating to donor’s service in Trieste.  Gift of Mr Norman Lowrenson, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.
KO2473     Paperwork relating to National Service enlistment (1940) of John Winder Salkeld, King’s Own and Corps of Military Police.  Including badges and titles.  Gift of Mr M Salkeld, son, Penrith.
KO2477     Postcards of unidentified King’s Own soldiers, First World War.  Gift of Mr A Brooks, Cowan Bridge.
KO2478     Photograph of grave of Private Osborne Miller, died 24 June 1915, Glasson Dock. Gift of  Mr P Thompson, Morecambe. 

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