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King’s Own Royal Regiment Museum
2010-2011 Report
Vice President
Colonel John de Cordova OBE
Trustees
Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Warren (Chairman)
Colonel John de Cordova OBE (to Nov 2010)
Major Philip Oglethorpe TD
Lieutenant Colonel Peter Dew
Major James Welsh
Major Danny Parsonage
Major Steve Firth MBE (from Nov 2010)
Mr John Hardy (from Nov 2010)
Major Mike Brandwood
(ex-officio – County Regimental Secretary)
Mr Paul Thompson
(ex officio - Lancaster Museums Service)
Staff
Peter Donnelly BA AMA - CuratorThe museum is supported by Lancaster
City and Lancashire County Councils.
Overview
Whilst this Annual Report tends to look back on a busy year of
activities in the museum, it is also a chance to look forward. The
museum continues from strength to strength, but there are limitations in
what can be achieved. The two major limiting factors are time and money.
The Curator and Trustees always have plenty of ideas, some more
ambitious than others, which will all take money and time to see to
fruition. It is now harder than ever to raise money and bodies such as
the Heritage Lottery Fund are much more demanding in the way projects
are run and managed, and it is not always possible, as a small
Regimental Museum, to achieve their ambitious targets. That said, the
Curator is always keen to work with external bodies to raise the funds
and achieve more, whether that’s an acquisition of a collection of
medals or a new and exciting way to tell the Regiment and Soldiers story
to a new audience. Whilst the odd £50,000 donation would achieve
fantastic things, the smaller donation of a few hundred can also be
significant in the impact it can have.
The demand for the Regimental Museum remains and has not diminished in
the decades since the King’s Own Royal Regiment amalgamated. People
still come through the door to look, ask questions and bring fantastic
items to be added to the collection. More than ever our collections are
being used by people across the world via our website and email.
The museum still carries on the work which was the vision of the
founders in the 1920s, I sincerely hope that Mr Bland, Colonels Cowper,
Keith, Carter and others would look on and be impressed with what we do.
Trustees
The Museum Trustees met in November and welcome Mr and Mrs Caveliero to
the meeting who presented the letters of Lieutenant Colonel Charles
Bevan to the Curator for addition to the museum’s collection.
The Chairman spoke on the role of the museum, set against a world of
change in both local and national government as well as the recent
Strategic Defence Review.
Colonel John de Cordova resigned as a trustee after over two decades of
service to the museum. His service was recognised by his appointment as
the First Honorary Vice President of the King’s Own Royal Regiment
Museum.
Major Steve Firth MBE and Mr John Hardy were elected unanimously as new
trustees.
Charity Statement of Purpose and Public Benefit.
The King’s Own Royal Regiment Museum provides a ‘living’ history of the
character, activities, tradition and history of the British Army and in
particular The King’s Own Royal Regiment, Lancaster. This is achieved
through the preservation, interpretation and display of artefacts,
archives etc for the purposes of historical research, information and
education and the enjoyment of the general public.
Environmental Statement
The King’s Own Royal Regiment Museum is committed to do what it can to
reduce our impact on the environment. Where possible the museum uses
recycled materials, and certainly great effort is made to re-use
envelopes for both correspondence and sales, this also saves money. We
re-use paper, use recycled paper, and recycle all sorts of waste
material from paper and cardboard to tin cans and glass. Writing and
printing on the back of paper is such a simple way to minimise on waste.
Public transport is used where possible and of course the curator is a
keen cyclist.
The Energy Performance Operational Rating of the City Museum building is
53, which rates the museum as ‘C’. ‘A’ being the most efficient, ‘G’
being the worst, and a rating of 100 would be typical for our type of
building. (Certificate Reference Number: 0880-0810-6149-5426-3002).
Acknowledgements
It is never possible to acknowledge and thank everyone who has helped
the King’s Own Museum over the year in this report, but some assistance
is above and beyond and needs specific mention. Grateful appreciation
goes (in no specific order) to Pat and David Shackleton; Gaynor
Greenwood; Elspeth Griffiths; Howard Martin; Christopher and Gail
Knight; Army Heritage Branch for the kind gift of the digital recorder
for oral history projects; Major Max Davison, Officer Commanding King’s
Division Training Team; Colour Sergeant Steve Bowman, 4th Battalion, The
Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment; Major Simon Walton, Quartermaster, 1st
Battalion, The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment; WO1 Darren Szymanski, 3rd
Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment; WO1 Neil Barnett, Garrison Sergeant
Major, Fulwood Barracks, Preston; Corporal John Redmond, 1st Battalion,
The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment; Corporal Scott Little, 1st Battalion,
The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment; Martin Evans and Jackie Britton for
their continued support and provision of a London base for the curator’s
southern operations!
Collections Management
Despite the many pressures on the Curator’s time work does take place on
the collections. Further and more in-depth documentation has taken
place. Various collections of papers previously recorded with a single
line entry have been expanded into a reference for each individual item.
Colonel William Carter DSO MC’s papers now number over 200 separate
entries. This allows for great awareness of the full collection,
especially once all the details have been added to our website.
New items, when received, are also carefully documented and carefully
stored prior to ensure they are held in the best conditions possible.
Stocks of acid-free boxes and polyester envelopes remain healthy from
the large purchase made of stocks in the previous year.
The curator continues to monitor and take care of the collections,
whether they are held in store or on display. A regular programme of
inspection takes place to ensure everything is well cared for.
Finance
Whilst sales remain healthy in both the museum shop and by post there is
a continued decline in donations received, especially in response to
enquiries. The museum does not make a charge for enquiries, however we
suggest a donation is made. We suggest a donation of at least £10 is a
reasonable contribution to the cost of answering an enquiry. The curator
includes a request for a donation in the body of the text of an email
and each page of the museum’s website request support. Donations may be
made on line by those who have a ‘Paypal’ account. The cost, to the
museum, of receiving a ‘Paypal’ donation is minimal and less than the
cost of a credit card transaction.
Fundraising continues to be one of the hardest, and most unpredictable,
tasks.
The museum received no legacies in this financial year. Information on
legacy giving can be requested from the Curator. Any legacy, no matter
who small, can help the future development and continued work of the
museum.
Enquiry donations & other fundraising £1777.95
Public Donation Box (in gallery) £284.03
Grants Received, 2010-11:
Heritage Lottery Fund (General Sir Archibald Hunter acquisition)
£2066.99
Friends of Lancaster City Museum (Mayson Medallion acquisition) £500.00
CBC Charitable Trust £500.00
No money was claimed from the Inland Revenue under the ‘Gift Aid’ Scheme
in this financial year. A claim for 2009/10 and 2010/11 will be made in
the next financial year, and included Gift Aid from the Sponsored Cycle
ride the total will be just under £1000.
The museum encourages all donors, who meet the rules, to make a Gift Aid
donation, allowing the museum to reclaim the tax that has been paid on
the amount, presently 25p for every £1 donated.
A full statement of accounts for the year will be presented at the
Trustees Meeting, November 2011 and once approved will be submitted to
the Charity Commission.
Publications
The museum continues to provide historical information, photographs &
illustrations etc to authors and researchers undertaking projects or
writing books. Two titles of note this year have been:
| The Fighting Padre. Letters from the trenches 1915-1918 of Pat
Leonard DSO. Edited by John Leonard and Philip Leonard-Johnson.
Published by Pen & Sword. |
| Crimea, the Last Crusade, by Orlando Figes. Published by Penguin
Books Ltd |
The Curator has continued to contribute articles to the Nostalgia
pages of the Lancaster Guardian. This has included:
| 70th Anniversary of Royal Visit to Bowerham Barracks, 1940 |
| 70th Anniversary of Dunkirk |
| Boer War to tie in with World Cup |
| General Sir Archibald Hunter |
| The Victoria Cross |
One of the things the Curator was involved with was the BBC’s Match
of the Day World Cup coverage in South Africa. Football was put to one
side and the story of the Boer War 110 years previous was told.
Des Lynam, writing in The Daily Telegraph of 6th July 2010, commented on
the coverage:
“…Well, leading contender for television performer of the World Cup
must be Lawro [the BBC’s Mark Lawrenson] himself….
Then suddenly in one programme we had Lawrenson as David Starkey. He
visited Spion Kop, the scene of a famous battle during 1900 during the
Second Boer War where the British suffered dreadful casualties and it
all ended in disaster. It was a brilliant piece of tele-journalism. The
history was clearly explained with mentions of a young Winston
Churchill, who was a courier during the battle, and Ghandi, the future
great leader of India, who was a stretcher-bearer.
And the link was explained between those Spion Kops at various football
grounds in memory of the battle, not least the most famous of all at
Anfield, where Lawrenson enjoyed his best playing days. In my ignorance
I had been unaware of the connection. He presented and narrated the
story in exemplary fashion and it was very moving”
An example of just one of the many things that the museum gets involved
with, but where acknowledgement and credit is rarely given!
A range of information sheets and publications are made available to
visitors on the history of the King’s Own. The Commonwealth War Graves
Commission also kindly supply a range of free full colour leaflets and
booklets cover their work as well as the history of the major campaigns
of both World Wars.
Work has started on the reprint of ‘My Dear Annie’ the letters of
Lieutenant Herbert Borrett sent home during the Abyssinian Campaign of
1868, and this should be published in the summer of 2011. The Curator is
also involved with the publication of the World War One Diaries and
Letters of Private William Hodgson of the 2nd/5th Battalion and an
account of the 1st Battalion during the Italian Campaign in 1943-45.
Both titles are due for publication in the summer of 2011.
War Diaries – Digitisation Project
The War Diaries on CD-rom remain a steady seller with 67 being sold this
year. Again fewer than previous years, but they still provide a good
source of income.
The War Diaries are for sale and advertised within the museum, as well
as on our website, and the curator brings them to the notice of people
researching the First World War when answering enquiries.
Website
The museum’s website continues to be an important method of accessing
our collections and information on the history of the regiment. Once
again more than fifty thousand visits were made, with a very slight
decrease in the total compared to last year of 522, but 50,737 visitors
remains a very impressive figure.
Over five thousand more items from the museum’s collections have been
listed or appear on our website since last year. This represents just
over one half of the museum’s collection with 15,600 items being listed.
Many more specific enquiries are being received as a result of this,
including requests for digital copies of photographs and documents.
Major additions during the year include the following:
| Details on Colonels of the Regiment |
| Abyssinian Commemorative Glass Jug |
| Increased information on battalions World War One |
| Volunteer Training Corps, World War One |
| King’s Own Prisoner of War Comforts Committee |
| Increased information on battalions in World War Two |
| Private Livesey’s account of the 2nd Battalion in Syria, June
1941. |
| Photographs of the 1st King’s Own at Aldershot, 1886 |
| Photographs of the Regiment’s connections with Dover |
| Cigarette cards and silks |
| Coins, currency and money |
| Spoons, razors, knives |
| Aerial photographs, World War One |
| Regimental calendars |
| Silver War Badge |
| Identity discs |
| Home Guard badges |
| Theatre Posters |
| Photographs of the Territorial Force camps 1908-1914 |
| Archive of General Sir Archibald Hunter |
| Listing of Commissions and Warrants |
| Listing of Royal Military College Examination Papers |
| Listing of the collections of: WO2 A C Bent; Private J E Davies;
Lieutenant Colonel Tilly; Lieutenant Colonel J F M Openshaw;
Lieutenant A S Latham; Lieutenant Colonel E C Cadman; Lieutenant
Colonel W A Robinson; Sir Thomas Harley; Major ECV Todd, Major TCV
Todd; Private William Hodgson; Lieutenant Colonel A M Dykes; Captain
John Challenor; Major G C Milnes; Captain W N Briggs; Major N S
Lyson and Captain John Welch |
With just over 50% of the museum’s collection now appear on the
website there is still much work to be done. As time and resources
permit the website will be expanded. The addition of the General Sir
Archibald Hunter Archive, purchased with grant aid from the Heritage
Lottery Fund, was a very time consuming project, but sets a standard for
other parts of our collection.
Web Statistics:
www.kingsownmuseum.plus.com
Month |
Visits |
Hits |
April
2010 |
3536 |
42529 |
May
2010 |
3722 |
45993 |
June
2010 |
3063 |
42031 |
July
2010 |
3455 |
41970 |
August 2010 |
3348 |
55906 |
September 2010 |
2860 |
56499 |
October 2010 |
3230 |
56913 |
November 2010 |
4756 |
82658 |
December 2010 |
4628 |
68023 |
January 2011 |
6297 |
92536 |
February 2011 |
5735 |
90831 |
March
2011 |
6107 |
87702 |
Totals |
50 737 |
763 591 |
Overall totals from Aug 2005 - 217,369 visitors
The museum also has a page on Facebook which has over 600 ‘fans’. The
Facebook page is used to communicate changes and additions to the
museum’s website, as well as promote events. The Facebook allows for
users to ‘write on the museum’s wall’ and make requests for assistance
from other ‘fans’. People can and do upload their own images, include
pictures of their families as well as post links to other pages which
are of interest. Facebook costs the museum nothing but is an excellent
tool to reach out to a growing number of people.
Enquiries
A double count of the enquiry figures confirms that one less enquiry was
answered in 2010/11 compared to the previous year with the annual total
standing at 1217. By far the majority of enquiries are received by
email, and this makes life a little easier when a reply can include
links to our website to draw the person’s attention to the fact that
much of what they want can actually be found on the internet. The
internet has revolutionised the way we work and share information on
both regimental history and the material in our collections.
Some enquiries are a direct result of collection listings on our
website. A person may request information about a single photograph of
Lebong Barracks, India, and then their enquiry leads to considerable
research on all the photographs of colonial buildings, in the museum’s
collection. The internet search engines, such as ‘Google’ are certainly
doing their job when it comes to the King’s Own Museum!
Enquiries continue thick and fast, and to be honest the museum does
little to encourage them or advertise the service we offer. If we did
there would be probably more than we could cope with!
Who do you think you are? Live.
Once again the Curator flew the flag for the King’s Own at the BBC’s
annual family history show at Olympia, ‘Who do you think you are? Live.’
The Curator answered 135 enquiries or identified objects at the Army
Museums Ogilby Trust sponsored stand. Whilst not all was military, with
the odd Boy Scout photograph cropping up, the key benefit of the stand
is letting the public know what Regimental and Corps museums can offer.
The BBC will be running the event again in 2012 and with another series
of the popular television programme due for broadcast in the summer it
will continue to be an important part of the museum’s calendar. Without
the co-ordination of AMOT and the support of the other museums which
take part the stand could not be as successful as it is.
Talks & Activities
The King’s Own Museum and Curator takes part in the national Heritage
Open Days and the local ‘Lancaster Unlocked’ events, as well as
providing a range of talks and lectures both within the museum and to
other organisations. A number of sessions have been run including:
| ‘On the War Path’ Lancaster’s Military Heritage Walk |
| Meet the World War One Soldier |
| Meet the Second World War Soldier (70th Anniversary events) |
| Morecambe Local History Research Group talk. |
| Letters from World War One talk |
| Archives of the King’s Own talk. |
Whilst a good number of schools visit the museum and take part in the
education session on Home Front in World War Two the curator is
increasingly being asked to provide specific sessions for local primary
schools. The Curator dressed as a First or Second World War soldier is
now a regular at the Remembrance Day events at Sandylands School in
Morecambe and this year a group of pupils from Torrisholme School
visited the museum to further their knowledge on the First World War.
History students from the University of Cumbria have also visited to see
‘History at Work’.
There is great scope for expansion of the First World War session as
schools not only use the topic as part of their history, but also for
citizenship, English literature and art. Visits from Primary Schools are
far easier to encourage and thought is being given to organising a
special week of activities to tie in with Remembrance Day and/or Armed
Forces day.
Work with outside bodies
| Army Museums Ogilby Trust |
| RAF Habbaniya Association |
| Western Front Association – North Lancashire Branch |
| War Memorials Trust |
| Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment |
| BBC Radio Lancashire |
| Imperial War Museum |
| The National Archives |
| Lancaster Guardian |
| Museum of the Wagoners Special Reserve |
| North West Evening Mail, Barrow |
| English Heritage/ Heritage Open Days. |
| Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
| Torrisholme School, Morecambe |
| Sandylands School, Morecambe |
| War Memorial Village, Westfield, Lancaster |
| Who Do You Think You Are? Live. |
| HM Prison Preston |
| North Down and Ards Books of Honour Project |
Exhibitions
“The Last Post”
Held in one of the ground floor exhibition rooms and opened in March
2010 the exhibition ran to July 2010 and included many letters,
postcards and similar items from the King’s Own collection to compliment
the displays provided by British Postal Museum. The exhibition included
photographs, medals, uniform and a recreation of the postman’s hut as it
would have been just back from the front line trenches in Ypres! The
exhibition has received tremendous positive feedback.
| “It’s great to see how the soldiers lived” JWL CA13 |
| “Very moving and appreciate what you have done” Angela LA1 |
| “It’s good to see the faces of the people who fought and lived
or died..” GPB LA3 |
| “I have found this exhibition very interesting, two of my great
uncles were killed in action in WW1. The letters home gives some
insight to what these soldiers went through. It’s great that the
children are encouraged to learn the history” CH TN28 |
| “Fantastic exhibit, thoroughly enjoyed it” PG LA1 |
| “Wow. In-laws brought me” JB, Banbury |
| “Been coming to this great museum for 36 years! Always a
fantastic and interesting day.” JG and SG LA1 |
| “Had a really interesting talk with the man dressed in uniform”
MA |
| “Very moving and I loved reading all the different stories in
the letters” ZMG LA1 |
| “Excellent exhibition. Hope all the schools visit.” L PR4 |
| “...It was also sad reading about the soldiers losing their
lives” K. |
| “Very sad, but we need to remember them. They died that we may
live.” RG BB1 |
| “Excellently laid out and very informative” BB5 |
| “Wonderful. They shall never be forgotten. God bless them all.”
TS PR3 |
| “Fantastic! An Amazing exhibition! Very well set out” MD LA3 |
| “Brave, brave men who fought and died for our freedom if only
society raised such brave men now. Our Army has the finest bravest
men around. God Bless to you all.” CT BB1 |
| “Sad but uplifting” BR LA2 |
| “Fabulous to see that all the boys who ‘got it’ are still
remembered with love. The Simpsons from Fleetwood”
“Passing through Lancaster, what a treat to see this!” JM DL1 |
| “A very good exhibition with plenty for the children. I enjoyed
it and would visit again” JB LA9 |
| “It was very interesting and moving!” N. Germany |
Visitor comments to King’s Own Museum & The Last Post Exhibition,
2010.
Images of Empire
Lancaster City Museum Visitor Service Assistant, Madeleine Coupe,
curated a special exhibition titled ‘Images of Empire’ which was
displayed on the mezzanine floor of the King’s Own Gallery. Madeleine
selected a handful of images from the museum’s collection focussing upon
the Empire end of the Victorian Era. Photos included views in Singapore,
Hong Kong, India, Africa and Malta, not only featuring the military, but
also the impact of the military upon the civilian populations. Shortly
afterwards Madeleine was appointed to a temporary post at the Judges
Lodgings Museum in Lancaster, and has since left the service for a
heritage job in Norwich.
Remembrance – Images of the Western Front
This special exhibition was prompted by a talk by David Shackleton to
the local branch of the Western Front Association, which meets on the
first Monday of each month in the museum’s meeting room. David gave an
illustrated talk on the cemeteries and memorials of the Western Front
and agreed to provide the images for the exhibition. Along with the
stunning colour photographs a range of objects relating to the First
World War are displayed along side. The exhibition had a well attended
preview in November and has received much praise.
Some of the images from the exhibition were supplied to Leighton’s
Hairdressers in Sedbergh, Cumbria, who use their shop window display to
promote Remembrance Day each year. This is the second year that the
museum has provided items for the display.
A complete set of the images used in the exhibition were also provided
to HM Prison Preston to assist with their Remembrance Day service. The
museum had previously supplied regimental history resources to the
Prison, where former members of the armed forces can be found amongst
both prison staff and the inmates.
The museum hopes to continue to be able to work with such outside bodies
in order to promote both regimental and military history.
Wash Scene Forward Operations Base – Afghanistan 2010.
With a little bit of imagination the wash bowl, ‘puffing billy’ water
heather and washing line with desert combats can take our visitor to
real life Afghanistan where troops from all three battalions of the Duke
of Lancaster’s Regiment have been on active service this year. Using
photographs provided by members of the battalion and various items of
kit (begged, borrowed and stolen) as well as being kindly sent by
serving soldiers, the wash scene is created. What can not be created is
the heat, dust and smells of the actual base, but as one visitor
commented “it really brings it all home to you”.
Sadly a box of “exhibits” gathered together and destined for the museum
has been lost, with a few other items, in transit between Camp Bastion
and Catterick Garrison. Whilst the Royal Military Police are looking in
to the matter their priorities are no doubt to the more valuable or
personal items stolen rather than a box of everyday and ordinary odds
and ends put to one side for the museum.
Some items did make it via ‘hand baggage’ including a small Afghanistan
made carpet – illustrated with a map of the country and various pieces
of military hardware.
The museum is most grateful to all of those who have assisted with our
contemporary display including Majors Simon Walton and Max Davison, WO1s
Neil Barnett and Darren Szymanski, Colour Sergeant Steve Bowman;
Corporals Scott Little and John Redman.
The Curator is a personal member of the following organisations:
| Associate of the Museums Association |
| Friends of Lancaster City Museum |
The Museum is a member of:
| The Western Front Association |
| Military History Society |
| Orders and Medals Research Society |
| Army Historical Association |
| Salonika Campaign Society |
Acquisitions
Yet again we have had another year of really quality acquisitions to the
museum’s collection. A few stand out above the others.
Whilst the museum was unable to even consider bidding for the Victoria
Cross and Military Medal of Lance Sergeant Tom Neely VC MM of the 8th
Battalion, which sold for over £130,000, we were very pleased to be able
purchase a small medallion of another regimental VC. Lance Sergeant Tom
Fletcher Mayson was awarded the VC in 1917 and on his return home in
December 1917 he was presented with a gold medallion, chain and watch by
the people of his village, Silecroft, and near-by Millom. The 9ct Gold
medallion and chain were offered for sale to the museum, which acquired
it through a 100% grant from the Friends of Lancaster City Museum. The
chain and medallion are now on display alongside Mayson’s Medals.
At the annual meeting of the museum’s trustees Mrs Sally Caveliero
presented to the museum the letters of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Bevan.
Bevan commanded the 4th Foot in 1811 and committed suicide after he felt
he was unfairly criticised by The Duke of Wellington. Declined an
inquest by the Duke and feeling that the name of the regiment had been
slighted he killed himself. His sword was donated to the museum in
the1980s and so wonderful that the archive is now with the museum as
well. In the fullness of time each letter will be digitised, transcribed
and added to the museum’s website.
In December the Curator was forwarded and email which had been received
elsewhere in the museum service many months previously. Not lost in
“cyber space” bust just sat in an inbox unread! The email was concerning
the potential donation of some World War One diaries and fortunately the
potential donor had not disposed of the diaries elsewhere by the time
the museum contacted her! The diaries were those of a friend of a
relative, so other than the diaries, there is only limited information
about the officer who wrote them. A little research turned up a
fascinating story.
The diaries were written by Frederick Herman Delafield, who was born in
March 1877 and was commissioned into the King’s Own Royal Lancaster
Regiment in August 1915. Delafield was at the time the Manager of a
Chemical Works at Winnington, Northwich, Cheshire. His Army Book 439
(Officers Record of Service) presented some interesting clues: he spoke
German and French and received a PhD from Heidelberg. A small amount of
research turned up the fact that just days before he was commissioned
into the King’s Own he changed his name from Ludwig Johann Friedrich
Hermann Dellsohaft. His father and brother changed their names at the
same time, his brother later serving with the Royal Army Medical Corps.
The diaries which are now in the process of transcription, are not the
easiest to follow, but cover his service with the 2nd/5th Battalion of
the King’s Own, and hopefully one day will be published in some form.
The Curator and Trustees wish to thank all those who have generously
donated items to the museum’s collection. The full list for 2010/11 is
produced below:
| KO2833 Photographs of, and relating to the service of, WO2 Robert Harker,
1st Battalion, King’s Own, killed in action 3 July 1918. Copied from
originals lent by Mr Peter Edwards, Ipswich. |
| KO2834 Conductor’s Baton and case, “Presented to Major General R N
Anderson DSO CBE By Bandmaster P Russell and the Regimental Band.” “The
King’s Own Royal Regiment Hong Kong January 1956”. Purchased. |
| KO2835 Photograph Grave of Private James Cunningham, number 20127, 6th
Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment killed in action 27 Aug
1915. “Believed to be buried in this cemetery”. Lone Pine Cemetery,
Anzac, Gallipoli. Gift of John Debenham MBE, Farnborough. |
| KO2836 Photographs of King’s Own Royal Regiment coatee in the collection
of the Costume Museum, Bath. Circa 1815-1820. Made by B Luxmore,
Illfracombe. Gift of Hannah Sargant, via email. |
| KO2837 Digital copies of material relating to the service of Lance
Corporal John Webster, King’s Own, First World War. Copied from items
lent by Mr Malcolm Warwick, Barrow in Furness. |
| KO2838 Photographs of carved stone work ‘Fifth Battalion King’s Own
Royal Regiment’ at Carnforth Drill Hall, Lancashire. By email. |
| KO2839 Cribbage Board and Rough wooden box with brass top made into
cribbage board, and stamped ‘Sergeants Mess King’s Own’. Coloured print
of LMS Locomotive, ‘The King’s Own’. Various First World War postcards
of King’s Own Subjects. Various books. ‘Lion’ Comic. Contemporary
photographic copy of presentation certificate from the Mayor of
Lichfield to the 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment,
prior to their departure for South Africa, 1 Dec 1899. Purchased. |
| KO2840 War medal, pay book, side cap and photograph of Margaret Ann
Eggleston, ATS, who served in Lancaster with the King’s Own in World War
Two. Gift of Mr Whitehead, Heysham, Morecambe. |
| KO2841 The Fighting Padre. Letters from the trenches 1915-1918 of Pat
Leonard DSO. Edited by John Leonard and Philip Leonard-Johnson.
Purchased. |
| KO2842 Queen’s South Africa Medal, 1914 Star Medal Group to Lance
Corporal Robert Hardy, 1st Battalion, King’s Own. Gift of Mrs West, Kirkheaton, Huddersfield. |
| KO2843 1914/15 Star Medal Group, and paperwork to Private Albert Ernest
Johnson, King’s Own. Gift of Mr Brian Johnson, Astley, Manchester. |
| KO2844 1st/5th Battalion Souvenir Card, photographs of Private John
James Tallantire, 1st/5th Battalion, King’s Own. Gift of Mr Caffrey,
Workington, Cumbria. |
| KO2845 ‘Briggs Transfer’ of King’s Own Royal Regiment Cap Badge,
designed by the Royal School of Needlework and approved by the War
Office, sold by Wm Briggs & Co. Manchester. Purchased. |
| KO2846 Silver cup, Indian, inscribed: “Darjeeling Sky Races May 1908.
Garrison Stakes, Presented by R Pymm Esq. Won by E Coltas.” Sgt Edwin
Coltas, 1st Battalion, King’s Own, later killed in action with the 8th
Battalion, April 1917. Gift of Flight Lieutenant D G Kinsella RAFVR (Retd)
MBE AE, Elstead, Surrey. |
| KO2847 Photograph of Private Bryan Cumpstey, 1st Battalion, King’s Own,
killed in action 28th June 1917. Gift of the late Ethel Nicholson
Cumpstey, niece, via Mr Collier, Lancaster. |
| KO2848 Africa Star Medal group, photographs, letters relating to the
service of Lance Corporal Douglas Blake, 2nd Battalion, King’s Own,
killed in action on 22nd November 1941. Photographs and correspondence
relating to Eva Blake’s annual provision of a wreath on his grave, until
her death in June 2010. Gift of Mr and Mrs Bond, Cheadle Hulme,
Cheshire. |
| KO2849 Photograph of Private Ernest Brockbank, 1st/4th & 7th Battalions,
King’s Own. Killed in action 7 Oct 1917. From an original lent for
copying by Mrs C Blair, Chapel Stile. |
| KO2850 Photographs, documents etc relating to the service of Colour
Sergeant Albert Hawkins and his family with the 1st Battalion, King’s
Own, 1930s and 1940s. Gift of Mrs Ruth Hawkins, daughter, Lichfield,
Staffordshire. |
| KO2851 Photograph of ‘San Sebastian’ Platoon, at Bowerham Barracks,
Lancaster, 1958. Gift of Mr David Armstrong, Barnard Castle. |
| KO2852 Photograph of soldiers of ‘C’ Company, 2nd Battalion King’s Own,
September 1910. Gift of Mr Stockill, Copthorne, West Sussex. |
| KO2853 Photograph and envelopes of Lance Corporal Albert Edward Scott
(of Morecambe), 107th Regiment, RAC, King’s Own. Gift of Mr John Airey,
Sedbergh, Cumbria. |
| KO2854 Rosary, leather case, razor, badges and archive items relating to
the service of Private John Edward Richards, 9th Battalion, King’s Own.
Gift of Mrs M T Fray, Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire. |
| KO2855 1914/15 Star, War and Victory Medal, photographs and archives to
Private Herbert Edward Hanson, King’s Own. Gift of Mrs W Waterworth
(niece), Handford, Near Stockport. |
| KO2856 Photographs of Private Frederick William Tyson, 2nd/5th
Battalion, King’s Own. Trench art knives, and paperwork relating to Home
Guard service in World War Two with the 2200 MT Company, Lancashire and
Border Transport Column. Gift of Mr Morris, Formby, Merseyside. |
| KO2857 Gold medal and chain Presented to Lance Sergeant Tom Fletcher Mayson, VC, by the people of Millom and Silecroft, Dec 1917, in
recognition of the award of the Victoria Cross. Purchased with 100%
grant assistance from the Friends of Lancaster City Museum. |
| KO2858 ‘Crimea, the Last Crusade’ by Orlando Figes. Gift of the
publisher. |
| KO2859 Photographs relating to the service of Private E Hodgson, 1st
Battalion, King’s Own in Korea. Copied from originals lent by Mrs Wendy
Hodgson, Lancaster. |
| KO2860 Commission of John William Sandham, RAF (1918) and King’s Own
(1927), and Association Dinner photograph. Gift of Mr John Sandham, Hest
Bank, Lancaster. |
| KO2861 Photographs of Lancaster Royal Garrison Artillery and archive
material to Bombadier, later Battery Sergeant Major William James
Corless, one of the Lancaster Corless family who served in the First
World War. Gift of Mr William Corless, Lancaster. |
| KO2862 Commonwealth Division/King’s Own arm brassard and ‘Buddy’ pocket
hand warmer used by donor in Korea. Gift of Major Tony Booth, Lanchester,
County Durham. |
| KO2863 First World War Memorial Plaque and photograph of Private Arthur
Dixon, number 32157, 1st King’s Own, killed in action 3rd May 1917. Gift
of Mr Alan Dixon, Herne Bay, Kent. |
| KO2864 Letters of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Bevan, who commanded the
4th Foot in 1811. Gift of Mrs Sally Caveliero, Bath. |
| KO2865 Hand painted wooden figure of a Soldier of the 4th Foot, 1742,
supplied by the artist, a retired officer, Lieutenant Ernest Vernon
Howell RA (Retired) Of The Shack, Timsway, Staines, and various
correspondence. The figure was supplied as a sample of work in 1929. Not
previously accessioned. |
| KO2866 Coloured photograph of three soldiers of the King’s Own wearing
red patrol jackets with blue facings. Two private soldiers and one
Corporal (seated). By email from Morrie Forte, Melton West, Australia. |
| KO2867 First World War diaries of Lieutenant Frederick Herman Delafield,
2nd/5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. With letters and
Officers Record of Service. (Originally called Ludwig Johann Friedrich
Hermann Dellsohaft, but changed his name in August 1915). Gift of Mrs
Anne D Saker, Worthing, West Sussex. |
| KO2868 Small copper coin of the Byzantine City of Cherson in the Crimea
with a monogram of the name Romanos, associated with Romanos Lekapenos.
circa 921-944 AD. Found by Major James Paton when road making in the
Crimea near Col. de Balaclava, Sep 1855. With letter from Department of
Coins and Medals, the British Museum, Aug 1961. Not previously
registered. Gift of Major Paton. |
| KO2869 British War Medal to Captain James Balfour Parks, MC, 8th
Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. (Military Cross in
Museum’s Collection, KO0936). Gift of Colonel Andrew Whitton, Halton. |
| KO2870 Piece of hessian (sacking) with label believed to be addressed to
Private Henry Christian, 9th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster
Regiment, Prisoner of War, Bulgaria. Found in the upholstery of a dining
chair - probably re-used war surplus. Gift of Mrs A Smithson, Headingly,
Leeds. |
| KO2871 The Battle of The Lys, 1918, Givenchy and the River Lawe by Phil
Tomaselli. (Battleground Ypres Series) published by Pen and Sword. Gift
of the author. |
| KO2872 Dissertation: The Formation of the 55th (West Lancashire)
Division and the Development of Training and of the Divisional Infantry
School during 1916 and 1917. A dissertation submitted by Major Ian
Riley, University of Birmingham, Centre for First World War Studies.
Gift of the author. |
Peter Donnelly BA AMA
Regimental Curator
King’s Own Royal Regiment Museum
Market Square
Lancaster
LA1 1HT
Curator Telephone: 01524 555619
Museum Telephone: 01524 64637
Fax: 01524 841692
Email:
kingsownmuseum@iname.com
Website:
www.kingsownmuseum.plus.com
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