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Annual Acquisition Records 1966 - 1970

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.

1966

bulletKO0957 Printed napkin from the Royal Review of Territorial Forces at Knowsley, 1909. Gift of Colonel D B Long, Morecambe.
bulletKO0958 Officers tunic, 4th Foot, worn in India. Gift of Regimental Headquarters, South Staffordshire Regiment.
bulletKO0959 Medals, photos and documents of Private Archie Roddis. Gift of Mrs Roddis.
bulletKO0960 Medals and Princess Mary Tin of Private Harold Cross. Gift of Mr Cross.
bulletKO0961 Medals of Private George Campton. Gift of his grandson.
bulletKO0962 Medal of Private J Gorman. Gift of Major General C B le Goldney CB CBE MC.
bulletKO0963 Tropical Helmet. Gift of Regimental Headquarters, Lancaster.
bulletKO0964 Second World War steel helmet. Gift of Regimental Headquarters, Lancaster.
bulletKO0966 Medal, Waterloo Commemorative Dinner, 1965. Gift of Lieutenant General Sir Richard Anderson.
bulletKO0967 Programme for Drum Head Service at Waterloo, June 1965. Gift of Major E H Cowper.
bulletKO0968 Portrait in oils of Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Lefroy Hodgson. Gift of Mrs Hodgson.
bulletKO0969 Gorget, circa 1745. Gift of F F Radford, Devon.
bulletKO0970 Scarlet tunic, 1898-1914 period. Gift of Miss Johnson, Dover.
bulletKO0971 Programme for memorial service, 1966. Gift of Colonel H J Darlington, Regimental Secretary, Lancaster.
bulletKO0972 Guide book to Memorial Chapel, Lancaster. Gift of Colonel H J Darlington, Regimental Secretary, Lancaster.
bulletKO0973 Medals to Corporal Townshead. Gift of A Andrews, Stanstead Abbots, Hertford.

1967

bulletKO0974 Medals to Lance Corporal G W Goddard. Gift of Mrs M K Goddard, Romiley, Cheshire.
bulletKO0975 Battalion Shooting Medal, Lieutenant F Eaves. Gift of Mr H Bateson.
bulletKO0976 Medals, papers and photos to Private George Travis. Gift of Mrs Travis, Morecambe.
bulletKO0977 Silver rimmed horn beaker, from Abyssinia. Gift of C F R Barclay, London.
bulletKO0978 Photo, 2nd King’s Own, Jersey, 1909. Mr R W Kay, Bedford.
bulletKO0979 Silver Cup of the Loyal and Friendly Society of the Blew and Orange. Purchased.
bulletKO0980 Album of photos, 4th Militia Battalion, 1904-1904. Uniform and equipment. Gift of Mrs D Worsley Taylor, Clitheroe.
bulletKO0981 Hockey Medal, Burma, 1922. Gift of Henry K Clough, Windsor Castle, from the effects of Lieutenant Colonel C L Hodgson.
bulletKO0982 Photos, 2nd King’s Own, Blackdown, 1904. Gift of Mr S Hilton, Worsley, Manchester.
bulletKO0983 Plan of the 4th Foots lines at Secunderabad, 1843. Gift of W W F Wainer, London.
bulletKO0984 Books: A Few Pen and Ink Sketches in Aid of the Civil Power, 1868 and Autumnal Antics of Our Auxiliaries and Others at the late Manoeuvres. Collection of original sketches and drawings. By Lieutenant Henry Buckton Laurence. Gift of Major C S Johnson, Dover.
bulletKO0985 Verners Patent portable plane table. Gift of Brigadier J H Hardy.
bulletKO0986 Typed transcripts of Sergeant Samuel Jackson’s letters of 1847 in India. Gift of G D Austin, Peterborough.

1968

bulletKO0987 Medals and photograph, Colonel Lionel Ilfred Cowper. Gift of Colonel Julia M Cowper, Lancaster.
bulletKO0988 Short history of the King’s Own Regiment. 1901 Luncheon Menu for return of Battalion from Boer War. Gift of Miss Worsley Taylor, Clitheroe.
bulletKO0989 Medals of Sergeant George Hodgson Bell. Gift of Mr E Bell, Lancaster.
bulletKO0990 Set of Regimental Postcards, circa 1908. Gift of Mrs Park, Lancaster.

1969

bulletKO0992 Orders for the Burial of the Unknown Warrior, 1920. Gift of T Byrne, Lancaster.
bulletKO0993 Coloured prints, The American Soldier. Gift of Ronald C Wellstood, Re-enactment Committee, Danbury, USA.
bulletKO0994 Medals to D Jobson. Gift of Mr T Jobson, Windermere.
bulletKO0995 Photos, Major Devenish and 10th King’s Own, First World War. Gift of Major P G Devenish, Salcombe, Devon.
bulletKO0996 Sketch of General Sir William Gordon Cameron. Gift of the Secretary, East Yorkshire Regiment Association, Beverley.
bulletKO0997 Christmas Card, 10th King’s Own, First World War. Gift of Major P G Devenish.
bulletKO0998 Album of letters from and about the Boys, During the Great War 1914-1917. Williams Family. Gift of the Williams Family, Lancaster.
bulletKO0999 Medals to Sergeant H Keats. Purchased.
bulletKO1000 Photo: Drum Major W J Thompson, 1845-1870. Gift of Regimental Headquarters, Lancaster.
bulletKO1001 Record of John Wykeham Lugard. Gift of Mrs P Dennis.
bulletKO1002 Photo Lieutenant Colonel C G S Irvine, 1914. Gift of Major F M Woolmer, Newbury.
bulletKO1003 Medals, photos, equipment etc to Regimental Sergeant Major William Edward Simpson. Gift of Mr J W E Simpson, Stourbridge.
bulletKO1004 Clock from Sergeants Mess of 2nd/5th King’s Own, First World War. Gift of Mrs M Scholes, Morecambe.

1970

bulletKO1005 Photos and newspaper cuttings relating to Sergeant Edmund Bell, and Private James Howard. Gift of Mrs I Howard, Lancaster.
bulletKO1006 Medal to Drummer W Willson, 2nd King’s Own. Gift of Colonel a Bain, Stirling.
bulletKO1007 A short history of the 1st (8th) King’s Own, Second World War. Programme for Amalgamation Parade. Gift of Lieutenant General Sir Richard Anderson, Dorset.
bulletKO1008 Medals of Captain Humphrey Sidney Finch. Gift of Mrs M Finch, Okehampton.
bulletKO1009 Photo, 2nd/5th King’s Own, Farnborough, 1916. Gift of Mr J B Simpson, Pinner, Middlesex.
bulletKO1010 Crockery of the 3rd and 4th Militia Battalions. Gift of R H Cutts, Lancaster.
bulletKO1011 Photos of the 8th King’s Own, 1914. Gift of Mr J Brown, Oldham.
bulletKO1012 Diary of Private C Busson, 1937. Gift of Mr R W Crafter, Lancaster.
bulletKO1013 Letter of Private Wilfred Brash, First World War. Gift of Mr W Speight, Torrisholme.
bulletKO1014 Photos and documents relating to Private Edwin Davies. Gift of Staff Sergeant B Davies, RAMC, Army Careers Office, Lancaster.
bulletKO1015 Sketches, photos, field message books, identity discs, etc. Gift of the Late Captain F K Munro-Thomas.
bulletKO1016 Medal of Private J Kay. Gift of his daughter.
bulletKO1017 Photographs, commissions, war diaries, regimental digests of service, various regimental paperwork etc. Memorial chapel paperwork. Transferred from Regimental Headquarters, King’s Own Royal Regiment Lancaster.

 

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