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Annual Acquisition Records 1981 - 1985

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.

1981

bulletKO1295 Photo: Grave of Private Grady VC. Warrant Officer Class 2, 16 Transport Squadron, New South Wales, Australia.
bulletKO1296 Photo: 9th King’s Own, 1915. Gift of Mr Fred Jones, Chadderton, Oldham.
bulletKO1297 Documents relating to the service of William Jones, 2nd King’s Own. Gift or Private Dickson, Royal Wessex Yeomanry, Gloucester.
bulletKO1298 Commendation certificate of Private G F Sturley, October 1917. Gift of Leicester Museums.
bulletKO1299 Book: The March to Magdala, by F Myatt.
bulletKO1300 Album of photos, 1st Volunteer Battalion, 1880-1900s. Gift of C M Huthwaite, Grange over Sands.
bulletKO1301 Photo of Private Harry Christian; Medal of Private J Hall. Gift of Mr J Christian, Cockermouth.
bulletKO1302 Photo: 3rd King’s Own awaiting departure to South Africa, 1900; sports medal; report on Bombay Presidency 17th Rifle Meeting, Poona. Gift of Mr William Kitchen.
bulletKO1303 Book: The Bantams. Purchased.
bulletKO1304 Indian Mutiny Medal Roll, 1st/4th King’s Own. Gift of Major J J Tiggs MBE.
bulletKO1305 Medals and documents of Private Peter Renshaw. Gift of Mr H J Walters, Lancaster.
bulletKO1306 Photos, 1st King’s Own in India, 1930s. Sight seeing photos. Pass to Pte James Peters, 1st King’s Own, later killed on board the SS Scillin, 14 November 1942. Gift of Mr J L Wiggins, Lancaster.
bulletKO1307 Photos: Drummer J F Thompson, Drum Major Wilfred R Thonmpson, and corps of drums. Gift of Mrs N Bower, Wantage.
bulletKO1308 Photo: Brigadier J H Hardy. Gift of the Imperial War Museum.
bulletKO1309 Journal of Lieutenant E A Maude, 4th Militia Battalion, 1900-1902. Purchased with grant aid from the Army Museums Ogilby Trust.
bulletKO1310 Medals of Lieutenant Malcolme Ross Hall MC. Gift of Mrs M Harkness, Sedbergh.
bulletKO1311 Bush hat worn by Major Openshaw, 2nd King’s Own; cap from Japanese soldier; Chindit badge; photo of Openshaw as circuit Judge. Gift of Mrs Openshaw, Broughton, Preston.
bulletKO1312 Medals, uniform, khaki cleaner, equipment etc of Lieutenant Colonel Robert Percy Firth White. Gift of Mrs Anne de Halpert, Petersfield, Hampshire.
bulletKO1313 Print of painting by Julian Barrow of the Presentation of New Colours to the King’s Own Royal Border Regiment. Gift of Regimental Headquarters, King’s Own Royal Border Regiment.
bulletKO1314 Cap badge, Lancastrian Brigade. Gift of Mr L M Williams, Barrow in Furness.
bulletKO1315 Book: The British at the Gates, 1812. Purchased.
bulletKO1316 Photo: 2nd King’s Own, Corporal Mess, February 1947. Gift of Mr F N Parkinson, Quernmore.
bulletKO1317 Button, Mess Waiter. Gift of Mr B Anthony, Quernmore.
bulletKO1318 Pieces of shrapnel, photos, documents of W R Thompson. Gift of Mrs N Bower, Oxford.

1982

bulletKO1319 Medals and discharge certificate of Private Albert Beardwood. Gift of Mr G Beardwood, Wigan
bulletKO1320 Certificates of discharge to Private George Fairclough, 2nd Volunteer Battalion. Gift of Mrs Russell, Lancaster.
bulletKO1321 Book: An Historical Composition of the 4th Division, 1809-1977. Gift of Lieutenant Colonel Mason.
bulletKO1322 Korean War propaganda leaflet. Gift of Captain M A J Loweless, Maidstone.
bulletKO1323 Badges, shoulder titles etc. Gift of Mrs Darlington, Melling.
bulletKO1324 Watercolour of Private Henry Watts, 4th King’s Own, 1831. Purchased with grant aid from the Army Museums Ogilby Trust.
bulletKO1325 Photo: Officers, 2nd King’s Own, India, 1944. From an original lent by Mrs Openshaw, Broughton
bulletKO1326 Embroidered representation of the Colours of the King’s Own. Gift of Mr Charles A Marshall, Overton.
bulletKO1327 Photo: Colonel H J Darlington, Shield hanging, Shire Hall, Lancaster. Purchased.
bulletKO1328 Book: An Illustrated guide to Rifles and Sub Machine Guns. Gift of the Publisher.
bulletKO1329 Certificates of Corporal H Osborne, King’s Own. Gift of Mr R Osborne, Solihull.
bulletKO1330 Photo of Colour Sergeant Richard Watson, 5th King’s Own. Gift of Mr G Dawson, Kendal.
bulletKO1331 Documents and badges of Private Rimmer, circa 1946. Gift of Mr O Rimmer, Southport.
bulletKO1332 Book: 1st King’s Own Bounds, India, 1935; programme, trooping, 1935; photos, 1st King’s Own 1930s. Gift of Mr G Edwards, Lancaster.
bulletKO1333 Letters from Lieutenant Henry John Darlington, to his wife whilst serving in Palestine, 1938-39. Photos and newspaper cutting. Gift of Mrs N B Darlington, Melling.
bulletKO1334 Shoulder titles. Purchased.
bulletKO1335 Photos, documents and medals of Major C V B Bird, King’s Own. Bequest.
bulletKO1336 Photos: 1st/5th King’s Own, 1915. Gift of Mrs Isabel Risely, Barrow in Furness.
bulletKO1337 Memorial card of Private Joseph Burns, 2nd King’s Own. Gift of Mr R Holland, Carnforth.
bulletKO1338 Side cap, photographs, 4/5 King’s Own, maps, etc. Gift of Colonel D B Long, Morecambe.
bulletKO1339 Photos, 2nd King’s Own, India, 1945. Gift of G G Perry, Hastings.
bulletKO1340 Medals of Private John Booth DCM, photos, cap badge. Gift of Mrs D Davies, Reddish, Stockport.
bulletKO1341 Photos, General Sir Archibald Hunter with the Ayrshire Yeomanry. Gift of Mrs R Darlington, Pollock, Hampshire.
bulletKO1342 Portrait of Private James Miller VC. Gift of James Ingham for the late H A Ingham, Churchtown, Garstang.
bulletKO1343 Staybrite cap badge. Gift of Mr Wilkinson.
bulletKO1344 Memorial plaque and certificate, letter, of Private William Hooton, 6th King’s Own. Gift of the Mayor of the Borough of Wyre, Poulton.
bulletKO1345 Officers Spurs, from G D Thompson, 5th King’s Own. Gift of Colonel D B Long, Morecambe.
bulletKO1346 Photo Bowerham Barracks. Copied from original in City Museum.
bulletKO1347 Photos of graves of men of the 107th Regiment, Bayeux War Cemetery. Gift of Mr J D Gedge, Lancaster.
bulletKO1348 Buttons, 1st Royal Lancashire Militia. Gift of Mr J C Anderson, Ashton in Makerfield.
bulletKO1349 Bass Drum, 5th King’s Own. Gift of the Officer Commanding 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Border Regiment.
bulletKO1350 Book: The Colours of the British Army, by R F McNair. Gift of Major A W Wynch, Newbury, Berkshire.

1983

bulletKO1352 Standing Orders, 1st King’s Own, 1933; Photos 1st King’s Own, 1950; City of Lancaster celebrations, 1937. Gift of Lieutenant Colonel J M Hardy, Lancaster.
bulletKO1353 Roll of Prisoners of War, King’s Own, First World War; Photos; POW letters and notification of death of Private R Helme, 1st/4th King’s Own. Gift of Mr E Postlethwaite, Dalton in Furness.
bulletKO1354 Photo: Unknown officer of the King’s Own, First World War.
bulletKO1355 1st Battalion, Standing Orders, 1928. Gift of Lieutenant Colonel Peter Dew, Halton.
bulletKO1356 Photos: First World War and early 1920s, Lieutenant Tom Threadgold, including POW Camp, 1918. Gift of Mr Edward Green, Linton, Cambridgeshire.
bulletKO1357 Photos, 1st and 2nd King’s Own, 1920s. Gift of Mr V Snape, Hollesley, Suffolk.
bulletKO1358 Photos, Medals of Lieutenant Colonel William Howard Green. Gift of Mrs L Green, Aldwick, West Sussex.
bulletKO1359 Photo: King’s Own badge, in stone, on hillside at Gebeit, Sudan, photographed in 1983. Gift of Colonel G S Hatch, Woolwich.
bulletKO1360 Photos: Grave of Lance Sergeant Tom Fletcher Mayson VC; Memorial of Lance Corporal J Hewitson VC; Private James Hewitson VC. Gift of Mr H Ogden, Coniston.
bulletKO1361 Medals, New Testament, of Private James Gardner, 1st/5th King’s Own. Gift of Miss M Gardner, Bowerham, Lancaster.
bulletKO1362 Photos: Private William Graham, 2nd King’s Own, 1920s. Gift of Mr J Graham, Chadderton, Oldham.
bulletKO1363 Photo: 4 Platoon, 11th King’s Own. Gift of Mr E Wilkinson, Lancaster.
bulletKO1364 Photo: 1/5 King’s Own at Didcot, 1914. Gift of Mr W Thompson, Lancaster.
bulletKO1365 Certificate of discharge and framed photo of Private Thomas William Lawrence. Gift of Mr John Lawrence, Lancaster.
bulletKO1366 Badges of the 24th Infantry Brigade, 1st King’s Own, Trieste. Gift of Mr K Healiss, Liverpool.
bulletKO1367 Photos of 5th King’s Own, 1930s-1950s. Gift of Captain E H Gabbot, 4th King’s Own Royal Border Regiment.
bulletKO1368 Book: The Singapore Polo Club. Gift of the Author.
bulletKO1369 Book: Battle of the Somme. Purchased.
bulletKO1370 Book: Riflemen Form. Gift of the Army Museums Ogilby Trust.
bulletKO1371 Canvas document folder, made by Waring and Gillow, 1940. Gift of 4th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Border Regiment.
bulletKO1372 Rug, woven in India, circa 1936. Photos, 1st King’s Own, 1930s. Gift of Mr E Burrows, Barrow in Furness.
bulletKO1373 Uniform of Sir W G Cameron. Gift of Mr Charles N Macnair, Edinburgh.
bulletKO1374 Medals of Private Myras Smith, 1st King’s Own. Gift of Mr J R Smith, Lancaster.
bulletKO1375 Medals of Sergeant Alfred Fishwick, 2nd/5th King’s Own. Gift of Miss A Fishwick, Lancaster.
bulletKO1376 Medals of Private Thomas Henry Fishwick, 8th King’s Own. Gift of Miss A Fishwick, Lancaster.
bulletKO1377 Stable Belt. Gift of Colonel Donald Long MC, Morecambe.
bulletKO1378 Portrait of 2nd Lieutenant James Mackay, King’s Own Mounted infantry. Purchased.
bulletKO1379 Christmas and other cards, First World War. Gift of Mrs I Risley, Barrow in Furness.
bulletKO1380 Silver topped stick, 1952-1953. Gift of the Officer Commanding, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Border Regiment.

1984

bulletKO1381 German camera; various photos of 5th King’s Own, 1950s. Gift of Colonel D B Long, MC, Lancaster.
bulletKO1382 Japanese sword, medals of Lieutenant Ronald Macdonald MC, 1st/5th King’s Own. Gift of Mrs Macdonald, Lancaster.
bulletKO1383 Letter from Corporal Walter Herbert describing the Battle of Spion Kop, January 1900. Gift of Mrs Evelyn Waters, Hove, Sussex.
bulletKO1384 Photos and documents relating to Private Reginald Teasdale, 2nd King’s Own, 1939-40. Gift of Mr R Teasdale, Morecambe.
bulletKO1385 Identity disc of J Bates; photos Sergeant C Blamire; Private J Bates, First World War. Gift of Mrs Patricia Mee, Dundee.
bulletKO1386 Memorial scroll and plaque to Captain Albert Ellwood. Gift of Mrs E Morris, Neston, South Wirral.
bulletKO1387 Bed plate, Pte R Raven. Gift of Mrs Robinson, Blakeley.
bulletKO1388 Portrait miniature of Lieutenant Colonel James Wynch, 1799. Purchased with grant aid from the Army Museums Ogilby Trust.
bulletKO1389 Tea Cosy, 1938. Gift of Mrs Coddle, Carlisle.
bulletKO1390 Medals and certificate of Private Joseph Connerton, 1st/5th King’s Own. Gift of Mrs A Tamar, Lancaster.
bulletKO1391 Portrait miniature of Colonel Henry William Breton, by P A Barnard. Purchased with grant aid from the Army Museums Ogilby Trust.
bulletKO1392 Photo, 2nd King’s Own, 1934. Gift of Mr J James, Lancaster.
bulletKO1393 Photos: Colonel E A F Carter and Colonel L I Cowper. Gift of Major R L J Pott, MBE.
bulletKO1394 Photos: 2nd and 1st King’s Own 1930s. Gift of Mr E Procter, Kendal.
bulletKO1395 Map of Coronation Parade Route, June 1953. Gift of Colonel Donald Long, Lancaster.
bulletKO1396 Medal of Private Charles Noel Evans, 2nd King’s Own. Photo of A Company, 1st/5th King’s Own. Gift of Mr J Gedge, Lancaster.
bulletKO1397 Discharge certificate of Private John Thomas Gorman, 1905. Gift of Mrs Baker, Blackpool.
bulletKO1398 Medals and photo of Private Michael H Loney. Gift of Mr and Mrs J Loney, Portsmouth.
bulletKO1399 Photo, unknown Militia Officer. Gift of Mr H Wilkinson, Ulverston.
bulletKO1400 Photo, unknown King’s Own officer, circa 1890s. Gift of Major A C A Benda, Farnham, Surrey.
bulletKO1401 Dies for the medal of the Loyal and Friendly Society of the Blew and Orange. Purchased.
bulletKO1402 Unofficial leaving certificate. Gift of the 4th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Border Regiment.

1985

bulletKO1403 Photo: Captain William Trail Arnold. Gift of Mr D Barnes, Ramsbottom.
bulletKO1404 Photos: Colour Sergeant Richard Watson. Gift of Mrs Hogg, Lancaster.
bulletKO1405 Photos of Private William Fishwick, First World War. Gift of Mr Alan Fishwick, Chorley.
bulletKO1406 Medals of Private Fred Locke, 6th and 9th King’s Own. Gift of Mr F Locke, Whitworth, Rochdale.
bulletKO1407 Medals, photo and certificate of Lance Corporal John Lockhead, 1st/4th King’s Own. Gift of Mr H E Johnson, Southampton.
bulletKO1408 Books: War Grave Commission registers for Ypres Menin Gate Memorial and Tyne Cot Memorial. Photos: Sergeant Major Wardle; Camps of the 4th King’s Own; Helmet plate. Gift of Mrs M Patterson, Dungannon, County Tyrone.
bulletKO1409 Photo: Private James Edward Bleasdale, First World War. Gift of Mr John Bleasdale, Heysham.
bulletKO1410 Swagger cane and photograph, Private Joseph Boden, 2nd King’s Own. Gift of Mrs L Slinn, Morecambe.
bulletKO1411 Glass tumbler from King Theodore’s Palace, Magdala, Abyssinia. Gift of Mrs J Phillips, Barnwood, Gloucester.
bulletKO1412 Letters from Lieutenant Herbert Charles Borrett to his wife during the Abyssinian Campaign, 1868. Gift of Mrs J White, Winchester.
bulletKO1413 Reminiscences of the Chindit Campaign, Burma, Private Morgan Rhys. Gift of Lieutenant Colonel W A Robinson, Burgess Hill, Sussex.
bulletKO1414 Badge of the South Lonsdale Home Guard. Gift of Mr T Slack, Lancaster.
bulletKO1415 Photos: 2nd King’s Own, Burma, 1920s. Gift of Mrs M Flynn, Preston.

 

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