King's Own Royal Regiment Museum

The National Service Years 1945-59

Regimental Depot, Bowerham Barracks - Groups

Regimental Depot, Bowerham Barracks, The King’s Own Royal Regiment, Lancaster, Dec 1951
Rear row, left to right: Private D Earnshaw, Private W Ellison, Private T E Gough, Private D Parkinson, Private J Pearson, Private K Leigh, Private T Roscoe, Private F A Todd, Private J Thompson, Private L Fawcett, Private G Getty, Private J Kersey, Private W Broomofield, Private J Mills, Drummer K Greenwood, Private E A Fox.
Centre row, left to right: Private G Southward (Army Catering Corps); Private D R Curran, Lance corporal K Clarkson, Lance corporal W Waite, Corporal L Martin, Corporal A Christie, Corporal P J Morris, Corporal D Nelson, Corporal R Moulton, Corporal D Philipson, Corporal N Waters, Corporal P Heaton, Corporal W Chafer, Corporal J Beresford, Corporal W Drury, Lance corporal A Calcuni, Lance corporal J Norris, Private L Jackson (Army Catering Corps).
Front row, left to right: Corporal W Hearne (Army Catering Corps), Sergeant G Campbell, Sergeant C Halsall, Sergeant V Mitchell, Senior Staff Instructor T Thompson (Army Physical Training Corps), Lieutenant J D Thorn (Training Officer), WO1 F Revington (Regimental Sergeant Major), Captain D J Martin (Adjutant), Major J B Underwood (Commanding Officer), Major (QM) M Darkes MBE (Quartermaster), Colour Sergeant R A Crane, Lieutenant K G Cain (Platoon Officer), Sergeant E Hearsey (Orderly Room Sergeant), Sergeant E Edwards, Sergeant J Brooks, Corporal G F Hallwood, Corporal H Brennand.
Accession Number: KO2693/20

Vittoria Platoon, Regimental Depot, King's Own Royal Regiment, August 1952.
Accession Number: KO0788/012

Platoon, Regimental Depot, King's Own Royal Regiment, circa 1952.
Accession Number: KO2918/32

King’s Own Royal Regiment Platoon, Number 52/18 Group, after six weeks basic training, carried out at Fulwood Barracks, Preston, by the East Lancashire Regiment Non-Commissioned Officers, prior to joining up with the King’s Own Royal Regiment at Bowerham Barracks and then onwards to Germany, 1952.
Accession Number: KO3032/07

Intake of National Servicemen at Bowerham Barracks, Lancaster, from Mar 1952. R C Taylor (Army Number 22793061) is picture left hand side front row. The training officer is Lieutenant Thorne, and to his right is Sergeant Edwards. Later known to the men of 'A' Company of the 1st Battalion in Korea as ‘Daddy Edwards’. Later promoted Colour Sergeant of 'A 'Company in Korea.
Accession Number: KO2590/332

Badajoz Platoon, Regimental Depot, King's Own Royal Regiment, February 1953.
Accession Number: KO0788/019

Salamanca Platoon, Regimental Depot, King's Own Royal Regiment, February 1953.
Accession Number: KO0788/020

San Sebastian Platoon, Regimental Depot, King's Own Royal Regiment, February 1953.
Accession Number: KO0788/021

Vittoria Platoon, Regimental Depot, King's Own Royal Regiment, February 1953.
Accession Number: KO0788/022

Depot, King’s Own Royal Regiment, San Sebastian Platoon, Feb 1953
Accession Number: KO0883/278

Depot, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Tobruk Intake 1953
Accession Number: KO0883/281

Group of officers and soldiers of the King's Own Royal Regiment who took part in the 1953 Coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth II in July 1953.  The officer fifth from the left in the front seated row is Major Donald Long MC.  Fifth from the left on the rear row is Private Leonard Knowles of the 5th Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO3051/02

Platoon, Regimental Depot, King's Own Royal Regiment, October 1953.
Accession Number: KO2311/11

Depot, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Peninsular Platoon, 7 Nov 1953
The officer in the centre of the front row is 2nd Lieutenant E B Harley-Parish.
Accession Number: KO1121/131

Regimental Depot, King's Own Royal Regiment, Soccer Team, Cup Winners.  1953.
Winners, Lancaster and District Wednesday League 1952-53.  Winners, North West District Preston League 1952-52.  Runners-up, North West District Small Units League Cup, 1952-53.
Rear row, left to right: Sergeant B Swann; Private J Dixon; Private W Lawson; Private J Callow; Private J Lawson; Lance Corporal N Cooper; Corporal R Tomlinson.
Front row, left to right: Private G Slack; Private S Barrett; Private R Briggs; Senior Staff Instructor G Welsh (APTC); Captain J Wilkinson; Private B Stonehouse and Private J Jacques.
Accession Number: KO0788/023

Depot, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Group Peninsular II Platoon circa 1954
Rear row, left to right: Privates Quilliam; Robinson; Clement; Bamber; Tipping; Wilson 23; Mann; Lloyd; Leather; Brown; McCabe.
Centre row, left to right: Privates Albion; King; Woodworth; McFarlane; Cheetham; Hesketh; Wilson, 33; Ashton; Lord; Williams; Edwards; Wright; Wilson, 32.
Front row, left to right: Privates Nolan; McComish; Kirkahm; Kay; Lance Corporal Hargreaves; Sergeant Woodward; Corporal Griffiths; Lance corporal Dagless; Privates James; Basterfield; Abramson.
Accession Number: KO0883/282 and KO2490/275

Depot, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Platoon, Aug 1954
Rear row, left to right: Privates Simpson; Crawshaw; Engleby; Lyons; Roberts; Askew; Davidson; Makinson; Petty ; Foster; Monk; Wright.
Centre row, left to right: Privates Murphy; Jones, 44; Williams; Cooper; Atkinson; Trembath; Phillipson; Nuttall; Thompson; Dixon; Jones, 37; Parkinson; Branson.
Front row, left to right: Privates Barrett; Webster; Barker; Lance corporal Shaw; Lance corporal Reader; 2nd Lieutenant Clarke; Major H T Roberts; Sergeant Valentine; Lance corporal Hayes; Lance corporal Rowe; Lance corporal Hancock; Private Johnson; Private Brand.
Accession Number: KO1017/106

Depot, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Alma Platoon, Jun 1954
Rear row, left to right: Privates Woodend; Taylor; Sharples; McGurty; Emms; Cogswell; Cockbain; Acrigg; Boyce; Wilson; Featherstone.
Centre row, left to right: Privates Bradley; Whiting; Mason; Clarkson; Redhead; Bolton; Mills; Bonnell; Faulkner; Birchall; Dyer.
Front row, left to right: Privates Cole; Mellor; Lance corporal Barnes; Corporal Greenwood; Major H T Roberts; Sergeant Waters; Corporal Scupp; Lance corporal Lord; Privates Cunningham; Bradshaw.
Accession Number: KO1017/107

Depot, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Group Peninsular II Platoon circa 1954
Rear row, left to right: Privates Quilliam; Robinson; Clement; Bamber; Tipping; Wilson 23; Mann; Lloyd; Leather; Brown; McCabe.
Centre row, left to right: Privates Albion; King; Woodworth; McFarlane; Cheetham; Hesketh; Wilson, 33; Ashton; Lord; Williams; Edwards; Wright; Wilson, 32.
Front row, left to right: Privates Nolan; McComish; Kirkahm; Kay; Lance Corporal Hargreaves; Sergeant Woodward; Corporal Griffiths; Lance corporal Dagless; Privates James; Basterfield; Abramson.
Accession Number: KO2490/275

King’s Own Royal Regiment, Depot, Platoon, Nov 1954
Accession Number: KO1023/25

Depot, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Platoon, Nov 1954
Accession Number: KO1023/30

Depot, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Platoon, March 1955
Rear row, left to right: Private Robinson; Watson; Young; West; Britton; Hornby; Lund; Woods; Talbot; Stordy; Eastham; Martin; Miller; Nuttall; Tiffin.
Centre row, left to right: Private Wrathall; Stanhope; Wilkinson; Smith; McCormick; Jewell; Redford; Partington; Smithers; West; Phillipson; Saul; Ward; Potter.
Incomplete: Front row, left to right: Privates Jackson; Ostle; Lance corporals Roberts; Trembath; 2nd Lieutenant Abbott; Major H T Roberts; Sergeant Woodward; Corporal Green; Lance corporal Rowe; Privates Dundon; Wilson.
Accession Number: KO1023/35

Depot, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Marne Platoon, March 1955
Rear row, left to right: Private Eddington; Belshaw; Bentley; Hampson; Cookson; Bolton; Chorley; Egerton; Hartley; Greenhalgh; Davies; Baldwin.
Centre row, left to right: Privates Heyworth; Fishwick; Harper; Grimshaw; Burns; Barlow; Dickinson; Fox; Bartlett; Campain; Clayton; Bowes; Griffiths; Chadwick; Bradshaw.
Front row, left to right: Privates Gregson; Connor; Almond; Lance corporal Hargreaves; Sergeant Hammond; Major H T Roberts; Corporal Greenwood; Lance corporal Petty; Privates Clegg; Bramwell; Boote.
Accession Number: KO2490/289

Depot, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Macedonia Platoon, April 1955
Rear row, left to right: Privates Auty; Lance corporal Gollings; Privates Cornall; White; Dane; Hawkrigg; McLoughlin; Mercer; Brown; Gardner; Askew; Barton; Butterworth; Banks.
Centre, left to right: Privates Ireland; Howard; Heyes; Eastwood; Dowthwaite; Batty; Burns; Kirby; McLusky; Molyneux; Gregson; Ackers; Clubb.
Front row, left to right: Privates Cross; Caton; Preston; Corporal Shaw; Lieutenant Clarke; Major H T Roberts; Sergeant Idions; Corporal Barnes; Privates Latus; Dixon; Hartley.
Accession Number: KO1023/31

Depot, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Group Macedonia II Platoon April 1955
Rear row, left to right: Privates Ashton; Parkinson; Tomkinson; Sainsbury; Stevenson; Sheldon; Thompson 67; Shaw; Andrews; Greer; Norton; Brewer; Scott.
Centre row, left to right: Privates Pearson; Rossitor; Birthwistle; Curry; Swithenbank; Peebeles; Nolan; Simpson; Young; Rimmer; Caden; Scanlan; Rawcliffe; Redman; Williamson; Williams.
Front row, left to right: Privates Lancaster; Wilson; Redshaw; Corporal Porter; Corporal Lomax; Lieutenant Clarke; Major H T Roberts; sergeant Hamer; Corporal Hayes; Privates Taylor; Garrity; Thompson; Rankin.
Accession Number: KO2490/279

King’s Own Royal Regiment, Depot, Inkerman Platoon, 5th November 1955
Rear row, left to right: Privates Patterson; Bonnick; Hughes; Norris; Armistead; Devlin; Fox; Armitage; Kitt; Harrison; Cottam; Schofield; Crook.
Centre row, left to right: Private Martin; Davies; Nicholson; Capstick; Bennett; Hartley; Callon; Barker; Knowles; Fisher; Barnish; Dawson.
Front row, left to right: Private Clarke; Recruit Lance corporal Artis; Lance corporal Shandley; Corporal Egan; Lieutenant P J Clarke; Sergeant Greenwood; Lance corporal Little; Recruit Lance Corporal Flannagan; Private Holden
Accession Number: KO1023/40 and KO2490/288

King’s Own Royal Regiment, Depot, Inkerman No 2 Platoon, November 1955
Rear row, left to right: Privates Windsor; Thomas; Woolhouse; Helm; Taylor; Mccabe; Walsh; Passey; Ramejkis; Cairns; Roach; Dyer; Beresford.
Centre, left to right: Privates Bloomfield; Willcox; Davies; Bunker; Thompson, 34; Kennedy; Oldfield; Aird; Houston; Gibbons; Thompson, 33.
Front row, left to right: Private Smith; Recruit Lance corporal Fawley; Lance corporal Fell; Corporal Shaw; Lieutenant P J Clarke; Sergeant Hamer; Recruit Lance corporal Topham; Recruit Lance corporal Fidler; Private Leech.
Accession Number: KO1023/37 and KO2490/276

Depot, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Group Messines I Platoon, November 1955
Rear row, left to right: Privates Preston; Kay; Roberts; Clarke; Morton; Pate; Coates; Gore; Stansfield.
Centre row, left to right: Privates Murray; Wilson; Chapman; Harness; Melling; Campbell; Lofthouse; Barton; Todd.
Front row, left to right: Private Rae; Recruit Lance Corporal James Armfield; Corporal Cathgart; 2nd Lieutenant P J Clarke; sergeant A E Hammond; Lance Corporal Hargeaves; Recruit Lance corporal Hirst and Private Berry.

Recruit Lance Corporal James Armfield, played football for Blackpool and England and later became a football manager and football commentator. His autobiography makes mention of Corporal Cathcart and Corporal Hargreaves saying that whilst he may be a footballer, he’d never become a soldier!
Accession Number: KO2490/283

Photograph of Warrant Officers and Sergeants of the Regimental Depot, Bowerham Barracks, Lancaster, 1955
Accession Number: KO2115/02

King’s Own Royal Regiment, Depot, St. Lucia Intake, 4 February 1956
Rear row, left to right: Privates Smalley; Mullen; Davenport; Moore; Davies; Mills; Hoole; Lincoln; Clarke; Wardle; Childs; Rooney; Crompton; Blackburne; Swales.
Centre row, left to right: Privates Thompson; Moore; Collopy; Hacking; Black; Huntington; Pye; Jepson; Nicholson; Smith; Ward; Nicholson; Tomlinson.
Front row, left to right: Privates Montford; Pattinson; Lance corporal Foxhall; Corporal Whatley; Sergeant Waite; Lieutenant P J Clarke; Major H T Roberts; Sergeant Hunt; Corporal Harrison; Lance corporal Sharpe; Privates Norton; Dickinson; Blundell.
Accession Number: KO1023/56

Depot, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Lys Platoon, June 1956
Rear row, left to right: Privates P Battle; R Price; N Jackson; T Tipple; J H Anderston; S Challis; D B Carter; D Singleton; R Chapman; W Lancaster.
Centre row, left to right: Privates A Armer; B Pritchard; L A Wilkinson; H J Crompton; H Foulkes; R Tallentire; G Porter; C Harper; D S Holt; A Jackson; E G Haddow.
Front row, left to right: Private D J Dunn; A J Cotterill; W E Riley; Corporal F C Roberts; 2nd Lieutenant J M N A Hall; Sergeant R L Woodward; Cpl W Bain; Lance Corporal H R Howarth; Private A Wilkinson; Private A Winn.
Accession Number: KO1023/32

King’s Own Royal Regiment, Depot, Marne Platoon, 23rd September 1956
Rear row, left to right: Privates Ramskill; Helme; Thompson; Harrington; McGee; Smith; Davis 61; Clewlow; Simister; Hamilton; Mullarkey; Hull; Bond; Moran; Hitchen.
Centre row, left to right: Privates Whelan; Spurrell; Grumbley; Nichols; Griffiths; Brogan; Yates; Davis 62; Adams; Riley; McMurrie; Crane; Fiddler.
Front row, left to right: Privates Neville; Macari; Sherburn; Norman; Lance Corporal Best; Corporal Whatley; 2nd Lieutenant Ireland; Sergeant Hamer; Lance corporal Foote; Privates Bainbridge; Taylor; Wilkinson; Walker; Lythgoe.
Accession Number: KO1023/26 and KO2490/286

King’s Own Royal Regiment, Depot, Sebastopol Platoon II, 13 November 1956
Rear row, left to right: Privates Thompson; Stirzaker; Parker; Twiname; Thomasson; Wall; Osbaldestin; Coupe; Cartwright.
Centre row, left to right: Privates Fenner; Fusco; Iddon; Peel; Clements; Farrow; Reekie; Daniels; Johnson.
Front row, left to right: Privates Spencer; Smith; Rigby; Sergeant Waite; 2nd Lieutenant James Howard; Lance Corporal Topham; Privates Taylor; Worthington; Phillipson; Bowles.
Accession Number: KO1023/41

King’s Own Royal Regiment, Depot, Sebastopol Platoon, 13 November 1956
Rear row, left to right: Privates Conlong; Muldoon; Allen; Critchley; Jewkes; Bradley; Craig; Collier.
Centre row: Privates Moser; Greenwod, 73; Grime; Monks; McCombe; Barrow; Birstall; Coulthard.
Front row, left to right: Privates Stott; Hennedy; Murphy; Corporal Foxall; Sergeant Desormeaux; 2nd Lieutenant James Howard; Corporal O’Donoghue; Privates Jones; Campbell; Greenwood, 74.
Accession Number: KO1023/39

Corunna Platoon, Feb 1957 Intake, Depot, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Private Robert Duncan is sat second from the right; Corporal Harrison is sat to the left of the officer, and Sergeant George Ellwood to the right of the officer.
Private Goldstein, is second from the right on the first standing row. He was a table tennis player from Blackpool.
Accession Number: KO2958/03

King’s Own Royal Regiment, Depot, Nive II Platoon, 6th January, 1957
Rear row, left to right: Privates Parry; Partington; Sharples; Nicholson; McCrystal; Potts; Wishman; Star; Speaks; Fowler; Baxter; Rayworth.
Centre row, left to right: Privates Marshall; Maunder; Lawton; Penson; Platt; Rafferty; Toobey; Brooks; Hesketh; Futrell; Lashbrook.
Front row, left to right; Williamson; Quirk; Yates; Corporal Robert; Sergeant Young; Lieutenant Taylor; Corporal Egan; Privates Stanley, Whitehead; Burbridge.
Accession Number: KO1023/28 and KO2490/287

King’s Own Royal Regiment, Depot, Nive Platoon, January 1957
Rear row, left to right: Privates Eaton; Davis, 27; Barnes; Fawcett; Fisher; Holt; Hudson; Crawford; Lucas; Hogan; Davis 28; Clements.
Centre row, left to right: Privates Barnard; Townley; Tremble; Whittaker; Howcroft; Boardman; Wolley; Crowther; Gillespie; Coupe; Braithwaite; Dixon.
Front row, left to right: Privates Boland; Dand; Burgess; Corporal Whatley; Sergeant Hamer; Lieutenant Taylor; Corporal Bains; Privates Masters; Mottram; Todd.
Accession Number: KO1023/38 and KO2490/284

Depot, King’s Own Royal Regiment, St. Lucia, No 2, February 1957
Rear row, left to right: Privates Knight; Rimmer; McLaughlin; Oakley; Roche; Perry; Hayward; Foster; Higgins.
Centre row: Privates Riley; Savagea; Sailsibury; Kirkbride; Jones 27; Haslam; John; Minns; Hover.
Front row, left to right: Privates Dyson; Grime; Howarth; Corporal Snape; Lieutenant Bainbridge; Sergeant Waite; Lance corporal Topham; Privates Ogley; Walsh.
Accession Number: KO1023/33

Depot, King’s Own Royal Regiment, St. Lucia, No 1, 24th February 1957
Rear row, left to right: Privates Astle; Smithson; Charnley; Cooper; Scarborough; Treacy; McDermott; Hanlon; Johns; Frost.
Centre row, left to right: Privates Wilson, 56; Decosta; Gaitskell; Chadwick; Dawson; Wilsons 59; Sykes; Burns; Dobson; Chambers; Lanson; Shufflebottom.
Front row, left to right: Privates Watson; Hutton; Boyes; Corporal Foxall; Lieutenant Bainbridge; Sergeant Desermeaux; Corporal O Donoghue; Privates Metcalfe; Taylor; Smith.
Accession Number: KO1023/34

Depot, King’s Own Royal Regiment, 30th March 1957. Private Brian Shuttleworth is in the middle row, fifth from the left.
Accession Number: KO3103/06

King’s Own Royal Regiment, Depot, Corunna Platoon, April 1957
Rear row, left to right: Privates Davidson; Still; Thwaite; Walton; Brotherton; Hodhkinson; Jones; Allman; File; Cooper.
Centre, left to right: Privates Maudsley; Harvey; Crook; Connolly; Dawson; Coyle; Watson; Barf; Atkinson; Goldstein; Lane.
Front row, left to right: Privates Marsden; Taylor; Kelsall; Corporal Fell; Corporal Harrison; Lieutenant J H Ball; Sergeant Ellwood; Corporal Foote; Corporal Shaw; Privates Duncan; Howard.
Accession Number: KO1023/29

Depot, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Arras Platoon, June 1957
Rear row, left to right: Privates Hartley; Morrison; Dowthwaite; Jeffery; Mawdsley; Cadman; Kenyon; McCarthy; Cowley; Lawson; Ward; Morby.
Centre row, left to right: Privates Sambrook; Crawford; Wright; Ramsden; Armistead; Walmsley; Hadfield; Obertelli; Hemmings; Needham; Holmes.
Front row, left to right: Private Jackson; Lance corporal Topham; Corporal Snape; Corporal Foxall Sergeant Ellwood; Lieutenant B H Taylor; Corporal O’Donoghue; Private Rawlinson; Private Parkinson; Private White.
Accession Number: KO1023/36

King’s Own Royal Regiment, Depot, Ypres Platoon, 21 July 1957
Rear row, left to right: Privates Lee; Carr; Hicks; Ward; Molloy; Marshall; Dixon; Singleton; Gowland; Roberts; Preston; Graveson.
Centre row, left to right: Privates Parker; Devlin; Burton; Green; Wilkinson; Physick; Morley; Simpson; Young; Case; Lysaght; Rutter.
Front row, left to right: Privates Whaley; Redfern; Jones; Corporals Roberts; Fotte; Lieutenant Ball; Sergeant Desermaux; Corporal Whatley; Privates Burrows; Gara; Davenport.
Accession Number: KO1023/27

Depot, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Burma Platoon, 26th January 1958
Accession Number: KO3105/02

‘San Sebastian’ Platoon at Bowerham Barracks, Lancaster, 1958. More than half of the course was formed of graduates, this was the last graduate intake. Donor, David Armstrong, is stood first left of the standing row. After his 10 weeks of basic training he was transferred to the Army Education Corps.
The Sergeant sat to the left of the officer is Sergeant Wilson.
Accession Number: KO2851/01

Depot, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Football Team 1958
Accession Number: KO0883/188 and KO0883/189

Exact Dates Not Known

Depot, passing out group circa 1950s
Accession Number: KO2368/01

Depot, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Group Peninsular I Platoon circa 1950s
Rear row, left to right: Private Bickerdike; Harding; McCann, 27; Recruit Lance Corporal Atkisnon; Farnworth; Heptonstall; McCann, 28; Copoc.
Centre row, left to right: Private Bowker; Recruit Lance Corporal Forrest; Privates Croston; Bailey; Bibby; Bell; Crook; Cook.
Front row, left to right: Privates Howcroft; Hart; Corporal Greenwood; Sergeant Waters; Corporal Petty; Privates Elsworth; Barcock.
Accession Number: KO2490/278

Depot, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Group Waterloo I Platoon circa 1950s
Rear row, left to right; Privates White; McNicholas; Burman; Parry; McDonald; Blinston; Hutchins; Fairfield; Newton; Catterall; Neighbour; Howson.
Centre row, left to right: Privates Farrer; Houston; McLoughlin; Hurley; Harris; Connally; Harrison; Martin; Lowther; Duffy; Lewis; Heaton.
Front row, left to right: Private Jones; Private Doyle; Recruit Lance Corporal Little; Lance corporal Roberts; Lieutenant Clarke; Sergeant Hamer; Corporal Hayes; Recruit Lance corporal Fell; Private Dunn; Private Mullaney.
Accession Number: KO2490/277 and KO2490/280

Depot, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Group Waterloo II Platoon Circa 1950s
Rear row, left to right: Privates Greathead; Carroll; Stockdale; Gibson; Fatties; Carthy; Lockyer; Brown; Doherty; Patterson; Atkinson; Banks.
Centre row, left to right: Rowand; O’Hara; Conrthwaite; Barrow; Unthank; Edmondson; Ward, Mattison; Halstead; Robinson; Round.
Front row, left to right: Privates Bainbridge; Rimmer; Lance corporals Wilson; Kane; Lieutenant Clarke; Sergeant Hammond; Corporal Shaw; Private Dewett; Askew; Hinds.
Accession Number: KO2490/281 and KO2490/282

Depot, King's Own Royal Regiment, National Service Squad Number 57/12 at Bowerham Barracks Lancaster for their end of training photograph. With Sergeant George Ellwood.
Accession Number: KO2617/32

Depot Permanent Staff Groups

Depot, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Group Depot Officers and Sergeants circa 1950s
Second row, left to right: Sergeants Hamer; Thistlethwaite; Brooks; Young; Colour Sergeants A Smith; V Mithcell; R Smith; J Kennedy; Sergeants Mills; Hammond; McGoldrick; Battle; Waters; Woodward.
Front row, left to right: CSM Joe Heath; Lieutenant P J Clarke; Lieutenant A C Booth; Captain G B Hill; Major H T Roberts, Major R J T Evans; Major (Quartermaster) David Gibb DCM; Captain R W Green; Lieutenant J S H Smith; RSM G Hull; QMSI J Lockwood MBE.
Accession Number: KO2490/285

Depot, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Staff, 1956
Accession Number: KO0883/283, KO0883/284, KO0883/285 and KO0883/286

Depot, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Warrant Officers and Sergeants Mess 1958
Rear row, left to right: Sergeants J Allington; J Kersey; W Valentine; W Cox; R Whalley.
Centre row, left to right: Sergeants W Hunter (Royal Army Pay Corps); W Melia; W T Waite; S Bright; D Cross; J Brooks; M Fitzgerald, (Army Catering Corps).
Front row, left to right: Staff Sergeant J Nash; Major (Quartermaster) David Gibb DCM; RSM J Brickell; Major J A W Taylor MC, Commanding Officer: CSM R Higham MM; Captain Dennis Stop ford, Adjutant; Colour Sergeant H Lang.
Accession Number: KO1121/112