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Annual Acquisition Records 1976 - 1980

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.

1976

	KO1144 Hymn, A few more years shall roll. Gift of Ms Mullet, Scotforth.
	KO1145 Epaulette, Lonsdale Local Militia. Gift of Army Museums Ogilby Trust.
	KO1146 Collar badges, officer, 1936-59. Major Jackson, Regimental Headquarters.
	KO1147 The Distinction of Rank of Regimental Officers, 1684 to 1855. Society of Army Historical Research. Purchased.
	KO1148 The Evolution of the Victoria Cross. Gift of the Army Museums Ogibly Trust.
	KO1149 Shoulder title and model soldier. Gift of Mr G Dawson, Ings End, Kendal.
	KO1150 Dairy of Corporal Robert Evan Davies, 1st/5th King’s Own. Gift of Mr G M Lewis, Pontypool.
	KO1151 Photo Private G Manock, pre 1894. Gift of Mr J Manock, Prestwich.
	KO1152 5th King’s Own blue and orange shoulder knot, 1914. Gifr of Mrs S Crowther, Cleveleys.
	KO1153 Kharkene buff for cleaning and renovating khaki equipment and helmets. Gift of Mr McGuirty, Lancaster.
	KO1154 Photocopy of letter from S Hodgson to Colonel Williamson, 1782. Gift of Army Museums Ogilby Trust.
	KO1155 Medals of Private George Dinsdale. Gift of Mr H Dinsdale, Lancaster.
	KO1156 Medals of Private Harry Gaunt. Gift of Mr Manly, Liverpool.
	KO1157 Letters of Captain Jasper Hall, Crimean War. Purchased.
	KO1158 Photo: Private Isaac Rosenberg, 11th King’s Own. Purchased.
	KO1159 Photo: 5th King’s Own at Fleetwood, 1914/15. Copy from original lent by Mr W H Clapp, Fleetwood.
	KO1160 Officers mess waiters coat and waistcoat. Gift of Lieutenant Colonel Royle, Lancaster.
	KO1161 Barrow and North Lonsdale Volunteer Training Corps badge. Purchased.
	KO1162 Railway ticket to attend Rugby match in Leicester. Gift of Mr C Case, London.
	KO1163 Photo of St. Thomas’s Old Boys who volunteered for service in the Boer War, 1900. Gift of Mr G H Burrows, Lancaster.
	KO1164 Helmet, forage caps, uniform and equipment of N E Barnes, 1st Volunteer Battalion. Gift of M S Graham, Ulverston.
	KO1165 Photos 2nd Active Service Company, South Africa. Transferred from City Museum.
	KO1166 Photo B Company, 2nd/5th King’s Own. Gift of Mr R Swaite, Lancaster.

1977

	KO1167 Book: The Army of Charles II. Purchased.
	KO1168 Medals of Private Abraham Smith,1st and 9th King’s Own; Private Henry Park, 2nd King’s Own; photographs and postcards. Gift of Mr C Smith, Lancaster.
	KO1169 Photos, 5th King’s Own, 1953-1962. Gift of Mr J Lawrence, Lancaster.
	KO1170 Medals of Warrant Officer Class 2 Patrick J Mckeever. Bequest.
	KO1171 Medals of Corporal William Atkinson Neill, King’s Own. Gift of Mrs W A Neill, Manchester.
	KO1172 Button, 1815-51. Purchased.
	KO1173 Medals of Private James Newall, 1st and 8th King’s Own. Gift of Mrs J M Magee, Stockport.
	KO1174 Character and discharge certificates of Corporal John Renshaw. Gift of The National Army Museum, London.
	KO1175 Prints from negatives, Colonel Grover Collection, India and Burma, 1903-1912. From album KO0507.
	KO1176 Shako plate, photos and commission certificates, Lieutenant Francis Staden Harrison. Gift of Miss H A Harrison, Cranborough, Sussex.
	KO1177 Certificate of employment 1918, Mrs Best, Prisoner of War Care Committee. Gift of Colonel H J Darlington.
	KO1178 Cards, postcards and photographs, circa First World War. Gift of Mr G Dawson, Kendal.
	KO1179 Silk postcard ‘to my sweet heart’. Gift of Mr Leack, Lancaster.
	KO1180 Book: Revolver Shooting in War by Captain Charles Dunlop Tracy, King’s Own. Gift of Major Hardy, Regimental Secretary, 3rd Battalion, Yorkshire Volunteers.
	KO1181 Books, ledgers, photos, receipts, documents relating to the 4th Battalion, King’s Own. Captain N E Barnes Collection. Gift of M S Graham, Ulverston.
	KO1182 Items of regimental silver; History of the United Nations forces in Korea; . Gift of Regimental Headquarters, King’s Own Royal Border Regiment.
	KO1183 King’s Own Royal Regiment, Saucer. Gift of Mr John Lawrence, Lancaster.
	KO1184 Medals to Private George Eckley; Private M Brown; Private McLeod; Private Holmes; Private Footman; Private P Healey; Private J Jackson; Lance Sergeant T Williams. Gift of The Border and King’s Own Royal Border Regiment Museum, Carlisle.
	KO1185 Photo, Officers and soldiers of the 5th King’s Own; newspaper cuttings; diary of Private J Crossley, 1915. Gift of Mrs E Crossley, Lancaster.
	KO1186 Photo, 1st King’s Own, Aldershot, 1886; invitation to 3rd and 4th Battalion Ball; dessert plate. Gift of Miss Rowlandson, Durham.
	KO1187 Medals to Sergeant James Henry Masser. Gift of Mrs B Masser, Nantwich.
	KO1188 Cloth helmets, belts and sashes of Captain J S Nornabelle, 4th King’s Own. Gift of M Beardshaw, Hessle, East Yorkshire.
	KO1189 Regimental Brooch. Purchased.
	KO1190 Regimental leaving certificate, 1930s-1950s. Gift of Major Christopher Warren, Lancaster.
	KO1191 Book: A Dictionary of Military Uniform by W Y Carman. Purchased.
	KO1192 Programme for laying up the Colours of the 1st and 3rd King’s Own, 1961. Gift of Colonel H J Darlington.

1978

	KO1193 Medals of Corporal Frederick Warburton, 9th and 1st King’s Own. Gift of Mrs F Warburton, Rochdale.
	KO1194 Letters, newspaper cuttings and photograph relating to the Home Guard in Morecambe. Gift of Major R Hardy, Loughton, Essex.
	KO1195 Bullet picked up from Islandhawana, 1879. Gift of N O G Holcroft, Ingleton, North Yorkshire.
	KO1196 Regimental cane from Darjeeling, 1914. Gift of Mrs EM Poyner Wall New Milton, Hampshire.
	KO1197 Medals of Sergeant Joseph Wren Mashiter, 1st/5th King’s Own, news cuttings; signalling flags. Gift of Mrs M Mashiter, Brookhouse, Lancaster.
	KO1198 Standing Orders, 4th King’s Own, 1815-1812. Purchased.
	KO1199 Regimental crockery. Gift of 4th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Border Regiment.
	KO1200 Book: Iron Division, The History of the 3rd Division by Robin McNish. Purchased.
	KO1201 Book: Dress Regulations for the Army 1900, reprint. Purchased.
	KO1203 Photos: 5th King’s Own, 1914. Gift of Mr W Thompson, Lancaster.
	KO1204 Book: Wellington’s Army, 1809-1814 by C W C Oman. Not previously registered.
	KO1205 Book: The Evelyns in America. Not previously registered.
	KO1206 Books: General William Dyotts Diary, 1781-1845. Purchased.
	KO1207 Book: The Campaign in Mesopotamia, 1914-1918. Evans. Not previously registered.
	KO1208 Book: Regimental Records by J S Farmer. Not previously registered.
	KO1209 Book: Regimental History by Major W C Likeman. Not previously registered.
	KO1210 Off print of article on Lieutenant Colonel John Piper, by H Y Usher. Not previously registered.
	KO1211 Book: outline of the Development of the British Army up to 1914. Not previously registered.
	KO1212 Book: A Furness Military Chronicle by Alfred Fell. Not previously registered.
	KO1213 Hart’s Army List, 1839. Not previously registered.
	KO1214 Medals, photo and poem of Private Herbert Eccles, King’s Own. Gift of Mrs H Eccles, Milnthorpe.
	KO1215 Medal of Sergeant J Brady. Purchased.
	KO1216 Medals of Sergeant George McMillan, 6th King’s Own. Not previously registered.
	KO1217 Medals and photos of Private Matthew Farrell, 1st/5th King’s Own. Gift of Mrs E Winder, Lancaster.
	KO1218 Photographs and postcards, India and 1st King’s Own circa 1910-1913, sent home by Drummer J Taylor, in 1913. Gift of Miss G L Hughes, Littleover, Derbyshire.
	KO1219 Photos, 2nd King’s Own, Sergeants, 1929; 1st King’s Own Boxing Team, 1926. Gift of Mr Cornthwaite, Lancaster.
	KO1220 Battle dress blouse, 1949, 4/5 King’s Own. Purchased.
	KO1221 South Lonsdale Home Guard Association badges. Gift of Mrs E Roberts, Melling.
	KO1222 World War One Steel Helmet. Purchased.
	KO1223 Photo, 5th King’s Own at Abergavenny, 1939. Gift of Mr E Burrows, Lancaster.
	KO1224 Medals of Captain Walter George Spier, King’s Own. Bequest.
	KO1225 Photos: 5th King’s Own, Lancaster 1914. Gift of Mr John Lawrence, Lancaster.
	KO1226 Silk scarf, table cloth and photo, 1936. Gift of Miss A Burrows, Morecambe.
	KO1227 Photos of Leros War Cemetery. Gift of Mr D Redman, Winchburg, West Lothian.
	KO1228 Embroidered representation of the Colours; bed plate; photos, 1st and 2nd King’s Own, 1930s. Gift of Mr A C Bent, Weston, Southampton.
	KO1229 Button cleaning guard, 1956. Not previously registered.
	KO1230 Plans of a review, 1765. Copied from original in the British Museum.
	KO1231 Photos: Private W McComb, Dublin; group photo, Dublin. Gift of Mr R Newton, Knutsford.
	KO1232 Shoulder belt plate, King’s Own, officer, 1822-1855. Purchased with grant aid from the Army Museums Ogilby Trust.

1979

	KO1233 Princess Mary Gift Box, photographs and documents relating to Private Richard Rogerson, 1st King’s Own. Gift of Mrs E Smith, Ashton, Preston.
	KO1234 Photo: Sergeant Drummer Elston, 2nd King’s own. Copied from original lent by Mr K W Elston, Bolton le Sands.
	KO1235 Book: The Napoleonic Wars by M Glover. Purchased.
	KO1236 Book: Fort Regent A History by William Davies. Gift of the author.
	KO1237 Medals, telegrams, letters of 2nd Lieutenant Lawrence Seymour Brockelbank, 1st King’s Own. Gift of Major C D L Aylwin, Treyford.
	KO1238 Book: The Collected Works of Isaac Rosenberg, by Ian Parsons. Purchased.
	KO1239 Book: Wolfe’s Army by Robin May and G A Embleton. Gift of Mr Embleton.
	KO1240 Piece of hessian (sacking) with label addressed to Private Thomas Walker, 9th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, Prisoner of War, Bulgaria. Found in the upholstery of a chair. Gift of Mrs S Smith, Windermere.
	KO1241 Photos: 5th King’s Own, officers, 1913-1920s. Gift of Mr J Lawrence, Lancaster.
	KO1242 Medals of Sergeant Charles Ford, King’s Own. Gift of Mrs Ford, Lancaster.
	KO1243 Coloured photo of Drummer Biggs, King’s Own. Album of photos, South Africa, 1899-1902. Gift of Lieutenant Colonel J S S Biggs, Weymouth, Dorset.
	KO1244 Band tunic, pre 1881. Purchased with grant aid from the Army Museums Ogilby Trust.
	KO1245 Programme, Beating Retreat, 1928, Command Central Ground. Gift of Major B W Baker, Liverpool.
	KO1246 Photo, 4th King’s Own, Camp, 1912. Gift of Captain Longhurst, 1st King’s Own Royal Border Regiment, Weeton, Lancashire.
	KO1247 Photo, 1st Volunteer Battalion, Scarborough. Gift of Major J L Wilson, Surbiton.
	KO1248 Sports medal to Private A Simister. Gift of Mrs Simister, Carnforth.
	KO1249 Postal cover, Centenary of the Zulu War; print of Zulu Warrior. Gift of Major G E Pinnington, Transvaal.
	KO1250 Paperknife picked up by Mr J Bell on the beach at Dunkirk, 1940. Gift of Mr J Bell, Lancaster.
	KO1251 King’s Own shoulder title, circa 1940. Anonymous.
	KO1252 Photo of King’s Own graffiti on an Italian monument in the Western Desert. Photo E Company, 1st/5th King’s Own. Gift of Colonel J A Ayhmer, London.
	KO1253 Book: The British Army Today and Tomorrow. By Colonel H C B Rogers. Gift of the Author.
	KO1254 Sword, Militia, made by Simon Harvey. Not previously registered.
	KO1255 Album of photos 2nd King’s Own Palestine, 1938-39. Gift of Colonel C H Lincoln, Bexhill on Sea.
	KO1256 Certificates and presentation clock, Sergeant MacKay. Gift of Mr C MacKay, Bristol.
	KO1257 Certificate of Discharge to Private Terence Byrne, 2nd King’s Own. Gift of Headquarters London District.
	KO1258 Photos: British War Cemetery, Habbaniya, Iraq and War Memorial at Tobruk, Libya. Gift of Mr John Jenkinson, Burnley.
	KO1259 Cap badges worn by Home Guard. Mr J MacArthur, Arkholme.
	KO1260 Documents and letters relating to service and pension of Private J Wood. Gift of Mr T G Wood, Hornby.
	KO1261 Photo: 5th King’s Own, 1914; saucer, 4th Battalion. Gift of Mr John Lawrence, Lancaster.
	KO1262 Short History of the 3rd County of Lancaster Home Guard. Gift of Colonel Huck, Hest Bank, Lancaster.
	KO1263 Folder containing a copy of the military career of Sergeant Carsley. Gift of Mr H Stark, Mitcham, Surrey.

1980

	KO1264 Regimental sweetheart pin cushion, sent home by Private Arthur W Pipe, 11th King’s Own. Gift of Mrs E Thurtle, Acle, Norwich.
	KO1266 Copy of letter from Major Thorne, 1901, sketch map of Lancaster Hill, Vryheid. Uniform jacket of Colonel Gawne, 2nd King’s Own. Gift of Mrs Cooke, Exmouth, Devon.
	KO1267 Photo, 4th King’s Own at Ulverston, 1905. Gift of Mr G Higham, Newcastle upon Tyne.
	KO1268 Medals of Captain Edward Gerald Mytton Thornycroft. Photo of grave and letters concerning his death. Gift of Mr J Calvert, Boytons, Hampstead.
	KO1269 Photocopy of letter sent by Richard Fortune, 1st Royal Lancashire Militia from Corfu to his parents. Copied from originals lent by J Jawett, Bradford.
	KO1270 Photos 5th King’s Own, 1912-1915. Gift of Dr Whitton, Halton.
	KO1271 Documents, medals etc of Private Thomas Henry Birkett-Smith, 1st/5th King’s Own. Gift of Mrs Riding, Glenleg, South Australia.
	KO1272 Photos, 2nd and 5th King’s Own, 1930s-1950s. Gift of Major Peter Taylor, Adjutant, 4th King’s Own Royal Border Regiment, Lancaster.
	KO1273 Minute Book of 1st Battalion Mess, 1949-1959. Gift of Colonel C H Lincoln.
	KO1274 Book: Uniforms of the British Yeomanry Force, 1794-1914: The Sussex Yeomanry. Gift of the Army Museums Ogilby Trust.
	KO1275 Prints: panorama of the Defence of Sebastopol. Gift of Mr F A Betts, Esher, Surrey.
	KO1276 Medals, letters and documents of Private Leonard Craig, Pioneer Corps; permanent pass of Private Christopher Craig, King’s Own. Gift of Mrs Craig, Lancaster.
	KO1277 Photographs of the 8th King’s Own in Malta, 1941/42. Gift of Mr Harold Shaw, Ashton under Lyne.
	KO1278 The Times History of the War, Illustrated. Gift of Mrs Ogden, Blackpool.
	KO1279 Cloth epaulette from tunic worn by 2nd Lieutenant W R Thompson when wounded on 1st July 1916. Gift of Mrs Bower, Wantage, Oxfordshire.
	KO1280 Cap Badge, Lancastrian Brigade. Gift of Lieutenant Colonel T C V Todd, Minorca.
	KO1281 Medals, uniform, equipment and documents relating to the service of Colonel V L de Cordova. Gift of Colonel John de Cordova, Berlin.
	KO1282 Photo: Officers, 2nd King’s Own, 1926. Gift of Mr M Brogan, Lancaster.
	KO1283 Photo and certificates of Ensign F S Harrison, 1870s. Gift of Mrs H A Harrison, Crowborough.
	KO1284 Documents and postcards relating to the service of Private Richard Rogerson, King’s Own. Gift of Mrs E Smith, Ashton, Preston.
	KO1285 Royal Lancashire Militia cap badge, 1852. Gift of Mr Pye, Lancaster.
	KO1286 Photos: 1st and 2nd King’s Own, 1920s and 1930s. Gift of Mr B Edgings, Westcliffe on Sea, Essex.
	KO1287 Design for Altar Desk for memorial to General Sir R A Anderson. Gift of Colonel H J Darlington.
	KO1288 Medals, documents and photographs of Lieutenant Colonel William Ernest Grice Ord Statter. Gift of Mrs R Ord Statter, Falmouth, Cornwall.
	KO1289 Photos, 5th King’s Own, 1920-1930s. Gift of Mr W Clements, Lancaster.
	KO1290 Photos, 2nd and 5th King’s Own, 1920-1930s. Gift of Lieutenant Colonel J M Hardy, Lancaster.
	KO1291 Figure of the King’s Own, 1792, made by Michael Sutty. Purchased.
	KO1292 Pair of powder horns, circa 1799 and 1820. Purchased.
	KO1293 Map: A new an accurate map of the present seat of war in North America. Purchased.
	KO1294 Helmet, 1st Volunteer Battalion, Other ranks. Purchased with grant aid from the Army Museums Ogilby Trust.

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