Photo Gallery
Accommodation for Soldiers and
Officers
Bowerham Barracks, Lancaster
The camp of the 3rd and 4th (Militia) Battalions of the King's Own Royal
Lancaster Regiment on the field at Bowerham Barracks, Lancaster, July
1887.
Accession Number: KO0316/25
Main gate to Bowerham Barracks, Lancaster,
circa 1906.
Accession Number: KO0314/01-015e and KO2195/01
Selective enlargements of the above image.
Accession Number: KO0314/01-015e
Depot, King’s Own, Bowerham Barracks,
Lancaster,
Armoury and Gate, circa 1904.
Accession Number: KO0651/10-34
Bowerham Barracks, Lancaster. Main entrance to the Barracks from
Bowerham Road. Circa 1904. The recruiting poster at the left of
the picture is seeking men to join the Militia.
Accession Number: KONeg0126
The band of the 3rd and 4th (Militia) Battalions of the King's Own Royal
Lancaster Regiment at Bowerham Barracks, Lancaster, 1889.
Accession Number: KO0132/01
The Active Service Company of the 1st Volunteer Battalion of the King's
Own Royal Lancaster Regiment at Bowerham Barracks, Lancaster, prior to
their departure to South Africa in 1900. The Active Service Company
was formed of volunteers who were going to assist the regular forces in
the 'Boer War' of 1899-1902.
Accession Number: KO0022/07
Bowerham Barracks, Lancaster, Married Quarters, circa 1906.
‘Bay View Series’ Published by B Cunningham, Bay View, Lancaster.
(William Wood Collection) Accession Number:
KO3124/07
Bowerham Barracks, Lancaster, ‘A’ Block and Sergeants Mess, circa 1906.
‘Bay View Series’ Published by B Cunningham, Bay View, Lancaster.
(William Wood Collection) Accession Number:
KO3124/08
Bowerham Barracks, Lancaster, ‘B’ Block From the Square, circa, 1906.
‘Bay View Series’ Published by B Cunningham, Bay View, Lancaster.
(William Wood Collection) Accession Number:
KO3124/09
The return from Church Parade, Depot, Bowerham Barracks, Lancaster, 31st
August 191?.
Accession Number: KONeg0134
Parade Ground, Bowerham Barracks, Lancaster, circa 1933-36.
Accession Number: KO0705/010
Cricket Field, Bowerham Barracks, Lancaster, circa 1933-36.
Accession Number: KO0705/011
General view of 'Hodgson' Block, Bowerham Barracks, Lancaster, 1953.
Accession Number: KO0788/03
'C' Company's Room, Regimental Depot, Bowerham Barracks, Lancaster, March
1897
Accession Number: KO0241/02a
Selective enlargement of KO0241/02a
Selective enlargement of KO0241/02a
Selective enlargement of KO0241/02a
Barrack Room at Bowerham Barracks, Lancaster, in 1933.
Accession Number: KO0705/14
'South Africa' Barrack Room in 'Brook' Block at Bowerham Barracks,
Lancaster, in 1953.
Accession Number: KO0788/004
Soldier's Kit layout, 1930s
Accession Numbers: KO2490/505 and KO2490/506 (also KO2513/094A and
KO2513/04B)
Soldier's Kit layout, Coloured photograph, 1930s with enlargements.
Accession Numbers: KO2589/26b and KO2589/26a
Corporal J H Curtis of the 2nd Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment in
his bed space, whilst probably not at Bowerham Barracks, the scene dates
from the same period of the example photographs above (1930s).
Accession Number: KO2513/052
Soldier's Kit layout, 1953
Accession Number: KO0788/018
Ante Room, Officers Mess, Regimental Depot, Bowerham Barracks,
Lancaster, March 1897,
Accession Number: KO0241/03
Dining Room, Officers Mess, Regimental Depot, Bowerham Barracks,
Lancaster, March 1897
Accession Number: KO0241/01
Interior of Armoury, Bowerham Barracks, Lancaster, 1897
Accession Number: KO0788/117a
Interior of Store room, Bowerham Barracks, Lancaster, 1897
Accession Number: KO0788/117b
Mess Room 'Old Barracks' in Lancaster, circa 1890, which probably means
that it is the mess room used by the 3rd and 4th (Militia) Battalions of
the King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. The Militia occupied
wooden buildings within Bowerham Barracks.
Accession Number: KO0710/06
Band of the 3rd and 4th (Militia) Battalions, King's Own Royal Lancaster
Regiment, Bowerham Barracks, Lancaster, 1894.
Accession Number: KO0316/27 and KO1110/01
Officers Mess and Accommodation at Bowerham Barracks, Lancaster.
Accession Number: KO0651/10-33
The Gym at the Regimental Depot, Bowerham Barracks, Lancaster, circa
1933-36.
Accession Number: KO0705/12
The Cookhouse at the Regimental Depot, Bowerham Barracks, Lancaster,
circa 1933-36.
Accession Number: KO0705/13
The Mayor of Lancaster, M J Hodkinson, "congratulating a soldiers wife
after inspecting her home at the married quarters", Depot, Bowerham
Barracks, Lancaster, January 1931. Mrs Nixon was the wife of
Sergeant Nixon.
Accession Number: KO0242/02
The Kitchen at Bowerham Barracks, Lancaster. The Mayor of
Lancaster, M J Hodkinson, with Sergeant Nixon, Major General W H Beach,
Commanding 42 East Lancashire Division. The Mayor's visit was part
of a regimental recruiting drive. 23rd January 1931.
Accession Number: KO0242/03
View of Bowerham Barracks entrance gate, 1950s.
Accession Number: KO0788/002
Architect's model of the proposed Church of England Teachers' Training
College, to be constructed on the Bowerham Barracks site, Lancaster.
Many new buildings were constructed on the parade ground, but many of
the original buildings were to be retained, such as the Barrack Blocks,
Married Quarters, Officers Mess and Armoury.
Accession Number: KO1121/106
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