King's Own Royal Regiment Museum

First World War

7th (Service) Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

Unknown group of the 7th Battalion, taken at Lucknow Barracks, Tidworth, in June 1915.
Accession Number KO1780/04

Platoon group of the 7th Battalion, taken at Lucknow Barracks, Tidworth, in June 1915.  Private James Miller, who was later awarded a Victoria Cross, appears fifth from the left on the back row.
Accession Number KO1851/01 

Officers of B Company, 7th Battalion, October 1916.
Accession Number KO0883/256

Officers of the 7th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.
Accession Number: KO2590/333

The 7th Battalion in 1917.
Accession Number KO1586/01

Bayonet Drill, officers of the 7th King's Own including 2nd Lieutenant Threadgold.
Accession Number: KO1356/05

The 7th Battalion in France and Flanders, 1917, parading past soldiers of another regiment.  1917.
Accession Number KO1586/02

Photographs from an Album put together by Charles Leslie Roberts who was commissioned into the 7th Battalion King's Own in September 1914.  He was transferred to the Machine Gun Corps in February 1916.

Alfresco lunch on the range, Perham Downs, 24th January 1915.
Accession Number KO1769/01-05

Number 2 Company - Company Sergeant Major Wilkins 'Down to it' Perham Downs, 27th January 1915.
Accession Number KO1769/01-08

Bridge Building, Clevedon, circa February 1915.  No 5 Platoon's Bridge.
Accession Number KO1769/01-19

Holds 60 men.
Accession Number KO1769/01-20

The Adjutant, Captain R M Phelipps.
Accession Number KO1769/01-24

Officer Commanding No. 1 Company, Captain G N Openshaw at Clevedon circa February 1915.  Sergeants Warner and Shearson to the right of the picture.
Accession Number KO1769/01-25