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Annual Acquisition Records 1951 - 1955
The Regimental Journal, The Lion and The Rose, later The Lion and The
Dragon, and the Museum's Annual Report has always published a list of
acquisitions to the museum's collection. This listing briefly
describes the items acquired and the donor's name.
1951
| KO0758 Drum Majors Tunic and sash, 3rd King’s Own. Gift of Mrs J
Whitaker, Lancaster. |
| KO0759 Shoulder titles and regimental badges. Gift of E H Welch,
Lancaster. |
| KO0760 Medals of Sergeant Drummer W Brown. Gift of Mrs J Whitaker,
Lancaster. |
| KO0761 Unofficial holdall, account book and certificates of service
relating to Private Charles Vaughan. Gift of Mr F M Carnell, Worcester. |
| KO0762 Waist belt plate, circa 1850-76. Gift of Mr T Roscoe, Lancaster. |
| KO0763 Sash and razor. Gift of Mr E Towers. |
| KO0764 Medals of Private John Pye; Private John Richard Pye and Private
John Thomas Ismay. Gift of Mr Walter Pye, Lancaster. |
| KO0765 Medals, uniform, equipment and insignia etc of Colour Sergeant
Richard Watson, Volunteer Battalion. Gift of Miss E Parkinson,
Lancaster. |
| KO0766 Album of photos, King’s Own officers and others. Gift of Miss E
Parkinson, London. |
| KO0767 Helmet plates and buttons etc, 10th Lancashire Rifle Volunteers
and 1st Volunteer Battalion. Medal of Private Patrick Carr. Gift of the
Imperial War Museum, London. |
| KO0768 Photos, Regimental Depotk 1939. Gift of Mr G Blackburn,
Lancaster. |
| KO0769 Photos, 1st King’s own, 1873 and 1909; Private Tom Grady, VC.
Gift of Mr C Dosser, Kent. |
| KO0770 Medals of Lieutenant Colonel John Bois. Mrs Bois, Bexhill on Sea. |
| KO0771 Medals of Lieutenant General Oswald Cuthbert Borrett. Gift of
Lady Borrett. |
| KO0772 Embroidery of Lion, 1915. Gift of Mr Harry Brown, London. |
| KO0773 Prints of HM King George III; Duke of Cumberland; Colonel Thomas
Stanley and Right Honourable Viscount Strange. Gift of Mr Wilkinson,
Lancaster. |
| KO0774 Medals of 2nd Lieutenant William Lancelot James, 2nd King’s Own.
Gift of Mrs Eileen James, Swanage. |
1952
| KO0776 Bugle recovered from battlefield at Waterloo; Abyssinian horn
beaker; snuff box to Crimean officers; silver coffee pot presented by
Prince Henry of Prussia; coatee; saddle cloth; sacrament certificate,
1684; certificate Freedom of Cork, Drum major’s sash; Lee Metford
Carbine; collection of photos of officers and others; Photos; 1st King’s
Own 1930s; 2nd King’s Own 1930s. Gift of the Officer Commanding,
Regimental Depot, Lancaster. |
| KO0777 Drawing of an officer of the King’s Own, circa 1842 by B T A
Griffiths. Gift of Mr H Y Usher, Accrington. |
| KO0778 Photos, 1st King’s Own Rugby Team, 1925-1930 and Machine Gun
Company, 1931, Palestine. Gift of Mr W Clark, Lancaster. |
| KO0779 Photo: The Gallant 200, Lancaster, September 1914. Gift of Mr
William Jackson, Lancaster. |
| KO0780 Sword of Lieutenant (QM) Edward Storey; Commission Certificates
of Lieutenant Joseph Storey; 10th Lancashire Rifle Volunteers. Photo 7th
King’s Own, India, 1944. Gift of Mr Edward F Storey, Lancaster. |
| KO0781 Coatee, King’s Own, 1829-1831; Coatee, Lonsdale Local
Militia,
1808-1816. Gaunt Collection, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. |
1953
| KO0782 Royal United Services Institute Medal to Major L I Cowper;
printed card with history of the Regiment; drawings of shako plates etc.
Illustrations of battles and uniforms. Return of Loyal Lancaster
Volunteers. Gift of Colonel L I Cowper, Lancaster. |
| KO0783 Photo of Stained Glass Medallion. Gift of Captain W M Garner. |
| KO0784 Photos of the 1st/5th King’s Own 1914-16. Gift of Mr W D F
Fawcett, Lancaster. |
| KO0785 Photos of portrait miniature of Lieutenant Colonel
James Wynch.
Gift of Lieutenant Col J H Burley. |
| KO0786 Printed album of 1st King’s Own, Lucknow, 1910. Gift of Major G B
Burke, Lichfield. |
| KO0787 List off officers, 4th Regiment, 1841. Gift of the Officer
Commanding, Regimental Depot, Lancaster. |
| KO0788 Photos: officers; regimental depot, 1930s and 1950s; 1st King’s
Own 1898-1953; 5 King’s Own 1950s; Regimental Association functions;
Gift of the Officer Commanding, Regimental Depot, Lancaster. |
| KO0789 Photo, 5th King’s Own, Kirkham, 1910. Gift of Mr J R Denwood,
Lancaster. |
| KO0790 Freedom of the City of Lancaster title deed. Photos of Freedom
ceremony 1953. Gift of the Officer Commanding, Regimental Depot,
Lancaster. |
| KO0791 Photos: Freedom of Lancaster Ceremony, 1953. Gift of The Editor,
The Lancaster Guardian, Lancaster. |
| KO0792 Collection of medals, Waterloo to South African War, including
Long Service and Good Conduct Medals. Gift of Lieutenant Colonel C W
Grover. |
| KO0793 Medals of Sergeant Alfred Price, 5th King’s Own. Gift of the
sister and brothers of the late Sergeant Alfred Price, Lancaster. |
| KO0794 Photos: Presentation of Freedom of Lancaster, 1953. Gift of
Brigadier R N Anderson. |
| KO0795 Photos: 1st King’s Own, Teal Bridge Camp, Korea. Gift of the
Officer Commanding, 1st King’s Own. |
| KO0796 Photos: 2nd Lieutenant Gardener and 5th King’s Own Camp, 1912.
Gift of Mrs A Hallam, Lancaster. |
1954
| KO0797 Prisoner of War Radio, 1945. Medals of Private T Willson, King’s
Own. Gift of Private G Wilson, Bradford. |
| KO0798 Tea ration tin, 1915 and cocoa tin, 1915 which saved the life of
donor. Ex Sergeant T J Owen, 5th King’s Own. Northwich. |
| KO0799 Photo, Officers, 3rd and 4th Battalion. |
| KO0800 Full dress scarlet tunic, 1902-1914. Gift of Lieutenant Colonel A
G W Broadhurst. |
| KO0802 Helmet plate, Queen Victoria Chocolate tin, and embroidered
representation of the Colours. Gift of Mrs F A Burton, Lancaster. |
| KO0803 Medals and photo of CSM Thomas Wilkins. Gift of Mr Wilkins. |
| KO0804 Medals and photo of Corporal George Marsden. From the Solicitor
of the late Corporal George Marsden, via Major Heap, Lancaster. |
| KO0805 Invitation to 3rd and 4th Battalion, Ball. Gift of Mr Garnett,
Lancaster. |
| KO0806 Advice re recruiting, Earl of Derby’s Regiment of Militia, 1703. |
| KO0807 Mention in Despatches to Captain
J E D Pridie, 6th King’s Own.
Gift of Major L Heap, Regimental Depot, Lancaster. |
| KO0808 Medals, photos etc, of Warrant Officer Class 2 Charles Connor.
Gift of Miss T Connor, Lancaster. |
| KO0809 Album of photos, 2nd King’s Own,1890s. |
| KO0811 Photos, officers, 1st King’s Own, 1931. Gift of Major Heap,
Regimental Depot, Lancaster. |
1955
| KO0812 Photo, 1st King’s Own, Iraq, 1941. Gift of the Officer
Commanding, Regimental Depot, Lancaster. |
| KO0813 Watercolours, private soldiers, 1784 and 1795. Gift of Mrs E G
Finnery, Kingston upon Hull. |
| KO0814 Silk ribbon knot worn by volunteers of the 5th King’s Own, 1914.
Gift of Mr W T Thompson, Lancaster. |
| KO0815 Medals of Company Sergeant Major Ellis Williams. Gift of Mrs H
Williams, Lancaster. |
| KO0816 Photo: 1st King’s Own officers, 1954. Gift of the Regimental
Depot, Lancaster. |
| KO0817 Cap badges, proficiency badge, wound stripe and active service
abroad badge, worn by donor. Gift of Mr F W Langford, Blackpool. |
| KO0818 Pewter Tankard, Sergeant H Watlers, 2nd King’s Own, 1873. Gift of
Mrs Anne Hunton, Preston. |
| KO0819 Programme, Trooping the Colour, Hong Kong, 1955. Gift of Colonel
L I Cowper, Lancaster. |
| KO0821 Regimental Calendar, 1897; Photos: 2nd King’s Own 1899-1910. Gift
of Mrs a A Stackley, Tamworth. |
| KO0822 Telegram regarding presentation of new colours, 1926; telegram
relating to 2nd King’s Own in Iraq, May 1941 and hymn sheet for farewell
service, 1st Volunteer Battalion before departure to South Africa, 1900.
Gift of Colonel D R Tittle, London. |
| KO0823 Medals of Colonel George Theodore Elphinstone Keith. Gift of
Major T E Keith. |
| KO0824 Miniature medals of General Sir Archibald Hunter. |
| KO0825 Photos: 56th Anti-Tank Regiment in India 1945-46. Photos: 66th
Anti-Tank Regiment, 1941-44. Gift of Lieutenant Colonel Greenhalgh,
Northampton. |
| KO0827 Letter from Louise Mountbatten to Major L Heap, January 1944.
Gift of Major L Heap. |
| KO0828 Photos: 2nd King’s Own 1892-1900. Gift of Mrs Clarkson,
Lancaster. |
| KO0829 Photos: Depot, 1932 and depot band 1942; 1st King’s Own, India,
1935. Gift of Mrs Long, Lancaster. |
| KO0830 Photo, 1st Duke of Lancaster’s Own Regiment of Militia, 1856.
Gift of Brigadier T B Trappes Lomax, Thetford. |
| KO0831 Handbook for use at Arakan, 1943; Maps, Burma and India, 1930s;
Gift of RSM T W Morrison, Barrow in Furness. |
Only a proportion of our collections
are on display at anyone time. Certain items are on loan for display
in other institutions. An appointment is required to consult any of
our collections which are held in store. |