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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

bulletKO0758 Drum Majors Tunic and sash, 3rd King’s Own. Gift of Mrs J Whitaker, Lancaster.
bulletKO0759 Shoulder titles and regimental badges. Gift of E H Welch, Lancaster.
bulletKO0760 Medals of Sergeant Drummer W Brown. Gift of Mrs J Whitaker, Lancaster.
bulletKO0761 Unofficial holdall, account book and certificates of service relating to Private Charles Vaughan. Gift of Mr F M Carnell, Worcester.
bulletKO0762 Waist belt plate, circa 1850-76. Gift of Mr T Roscoe, Lancaster.
bulletKO0763 Sash and razor. Gift of Mr E Towers.
bulletKO0764 Medals of Private John Pye; Private John Richard Pye and Private John Thomas Ismay. Gift of Mr Walter Pye, Lancaster.
bulletKO0765 Medals, uniform, equipment and insignia etc of Colour Sergeant Richard Watson, Volunteer Battalion. Gift of Miss E Parkinson, Lancaster.
bulletKO0766 Album of photos, King’s Own officers and others. Gift of Miss E Parkinson, London.
bulletKO0767 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.
bulletKO0768 Photos, Regimental Depotk 1939. Gift of Mr G Blackburn, Lancaster.
bulletKO0769 Photos, 1st King’s own, 1873 and 1909; Private Tom Grady, VC. Gift of Mr C Dosser, Kent.
bulletKO0770 Medals of Lieutenant Colonel John Bois. Mrs Bois, Bexhill on Sea.
bulletKO0771 Medals of Lieutenant General Oswald Cuthbert Borrett. Gift of Lady Borrett.
bulletKO0772 Embroidery of Lion, 1915. Gift of Mr Harry Brown, London.
bulletKO0773 Prints of HM King George III; Duke of Cumberland; Colonel Thomas Stanley and Right Honourable Viscount Strange. Gift of Mr Wilkinson, Lancaster.
bulletKO0774 Medals of 2nd Lieutenant William Lancelot James, 2nd King’s Own. Gift of Mrs Eileen James, Swanage.

1952

bulletKO0776 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.
bulletKO0777 Drawing of an officer of the King’s Own, circa 1842 by B T A Griffiths. Gift of Mr H Y Usher, Accrington.
bulletKO0778 Photos, 1st King’s Own Rugby Team, 1925-1930 and Machine Gun Company, 1931, Palestine. Gift of Mr W Clark, Lancaster.
bulletKO0779 Photo: The Gallant 200, Lancaster, September 1914. Gift of Mr William Jackson, Lancaster.
bulletKO0780 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.
bulletKO0781 Coatee, King’s Own, 1829-1831; Coatee, Lonsdale Local Militia, 1808-1816. Gaunt Collection, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.

1953

bulletKO0782 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.
bulletKO0783 Photo of Stained Glass Medallion. Gift of Captain W M Garner.
bulletKO0784 Photos of the 1st/5th King’s Own 1914-16. Gift of Mr W D F Fawcett, Lancaster.
bulletKO0785 Photos of portrait miniature of Lieutenant Colonel James Wynch. Gift of Lieutenant Col J H Burley.
bulletKO0786 Printed album of 1st King’s Own, Lucknow, 1910. Gift of Major G B Burke, Lichfield.
bulletKO0787 List off officers, 4th Regiment, 1841. Gift of the Officer Commanding, Regimental Depot, Lancaster.
bulletKO0788 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.
bulletKO0789 Photo, 5th King’s Own, Kirkham, 1910. Gift of Mr J R Denwood, Lancaster.
bulletKO0790 Freedom of the City of Lancaster title deed. Photos of Freedom ceremony 1953. Gift of the Officer Commanding, Regimental Depot, Lancaster.
bulletKO0791 Photos: Freedom of Lancaster Ceremony, 1953. Gift of The Editor, The Lancaster Guardian, Lancaster.
bulletKO0792 Collection of medals, Waterloo to South African War, including Long Service and Good Conduct Medals. Gift of Lieutenant Colonel C W Grover.
bulletKO0793 Medals of Sergeant Alfred Price, 5th King’s Own. Gift of the sister and brothers of the late Sergeant Alfred Price, Lancaster.
bulletKO0794 Photos: Presentation of Freedom of Lancaster, 1953. Gift of Brigadier R N Anderson.
bulletKO0795 Photos: 1st King’s Own, Teal Bridge Camp, Korea. Gift of the Officer Commanding, 1st King’s Own.
bulletKO0796 Photos: 2nd Lieutenant Gardener and 5th King’s Own Camp, 1912. Gift of Mrs A Hallam, Lancaster.

1954

bulletKO0797 Prisoner of War Radio, 1945. Medals of Private T Willson, King’s Own. Gift of Private G Wilson, Bradford.
bulletKO0798 Tea ration tin, 1915 and cocoa tin, 1915 which saved the life of donor. Ex Sergeant T J Owen, 5th King’s Own. Northwich.
bulletKO0799 Photo, Officers, 3rd and 4th Battalion.
bulletKO0800 Full dress scarlet tunic, 1902-1914. Gift of Lieutenant Colonel A G W Broadhurst.
bulletKO0802 Helmet plate, Queen Victoria Chocolate tin, and embroidered representation of the Colours. Gift of Mrs F A Burton, Lancaster.
bulletKO0803 Medals and photo of CSM Thomas Wilkins. Gift of Mr Wilkins.
bulletKO0804 Medals and photo of Corporal George Marsden. From the Solicitor of the late Corporal George Marsden, via Major Heap, Lancaster.
bulletKO0805 Invitation to 3rd and 4th Battalion, Ball. Gift of Mr Garnett, Lancaster.
bulletKO0806 Advice re recruiting, Earl of Derby’s Regiment of Militia, 1703.
bulletKO0807 Mention in Despatches to Captain J E D Pridie, 6th King’s Own. Gift of Major L Heap, Regimental Depot, Lancaster.
bulletKO0808 Medals, photos etc, of Warrant Officer Class 2 Charles Connor. Gift of Miss T Connor, Lancaster.
bulletKO0809 Album of photos, 2nd King’s Own,1890s.
bulletKO0811 Photos, officers, 1st King’s Own, 1931. Gift of Major Heap, Regimental Depot, Lancaster.

1955

bulletKO0812 Photo, 1st King’s Own, Iraq, 1941. Gift of the Officer Commanding, Regimental Depot, Lancaster.
bulletKO0813 Watercolours, private soldiers, 1784 and 1795. Gift of Mrs E G Finnery, Kingston upon Hull.
bulletKO0814 Silk ribbon knot worn by volunteers of the 5th King’s Own, 1914. Gift of Mr W T Thompson, Lancaster.
bulletKO0815 Medals of Company Sergeant Major Ellis Williams. Gift of Mrs H Williams, Lancaster.
bulletKO0816 Photo: 1st King’s Own officers, 1954. Gift of the Regimental Depot, Lancaster.
bulletKO0817 Cap badges, proficiency badge, wound stripe and active service abroad badge, worn by donor. Gift of Mr F W Langford, Blackpool.
bulletKO0818 Pewter Tankard, Sergeant H Watlers, 2nd King’s Own, 1873. Gift of Mrs Anne Hunton, Preston.
bulletKO0819 Programme, Trooping the Colour, Hong Kong, 1955. Gift of Colonel L I Cowper, Lancaster.
bulletKO0821 Regimental Calendar, 1897; Photos: 2nd King’s Own 1899-1910. Gift of Mrs a A Stackley, Tamworth.
bulletKO0822 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.
bulletKO0823 Medals of Colonel George Theodore Elphinstone Keith. Gift of Major T E Keith.
bulletKO0824 Miniature medals of General Sir Archibald Hunter.
bulletKO0825 Photos: 56th Anti-Tank Regiment in India 1945-46. Photos: 66th Anti-Tank Regiment, 1941-44. Gift of Lieutenant Colonel Greenhalgh, Northampton.
bulletKO0827 Letter from Louise Mountbatten to Major L Heap, January 1944. Gift of Major L Heap.
bulletKO0828 Photos: 2nd King’s Own 1892-1900. Gift of Mrs Clarkson, Lancaster.
bulletKO0829 Photos: Depot, 1932 and depot band 1942; 1st King’s Own, India, 1935. Gift of Mrs Long, Lancaster.
bulletKO0830 Photo, 1st Duke of Lancaster’s Own Regiment of Militia, 1856. Gift of Brigadier T B Trappes Lomax, Thetford.
bulletKO0831 Handbook for use at Arakan, 1943; Maps, Burma and India, 1930s; Gift of RSM T W Morrison, Barrow in Furness.

 

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