Photo Gallery
King's Own Royal Border Regiment 1959-2006
Civic Links with Lancaster
1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Border Regiment, The Mayor of Lancaster
saying farewell to the Battalion in September 1962 as they moved to
Germany
Accession Number: KO1121/125
The Mayor of Lancaster, Cllr Abbot Bryning, presents new Colour Belts to
Major Christopher Warren, of the King's Own Royal Border Regiment, 1980.
Both the City of Lancaster and City of Carlisle presented Colour Belts to
the 1st and 4th Battalions of the King's Own Royal Border Regiment to
mark the presentation of new Colours to the Regiment in July 1980.
The Colour Belt on the left, held by the Mayor, was presented to the 1st
Battalion, the Colour Belt on the left was presented to the 4th
Battalion. Appleby in Westmorland, a town of which the King's Own
Royal Border Regiment also held the Freedom, presented the 1st
Battalion's Drum Major with a sash.
Major Warren was Tercentenary/New Colours Planning Officer at the time.
The silver lion on the table is from the Militia Battalions' commemorative
piece for the South African War 1899-1902 and is now on display in the
King's Own Museum.
Accession Number: KO2627/01
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