King's Own Royal Regiment Museum

First World War

1st/4th (TF) Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, 1915-19

The 1st/4th Battalion arriving in Tonbridge, 1915.
Accession Number KO0674/01-46a

The 1st/4th Battalion arriving in Tonbridge, 1915.
Accession Number KO0674/01-46b

The 1st/4th Battalion arriving in Tonbridge, 1915.
Accession Number KO0674/01-46c

The 1st/4th Battalion arriving at Tonbridge, 1915.
Accession Number KO0674/01-46d and KO1083/05

The arrival of the battalion's baggage, Tonbridge, 1915.
Accession Number KO0674/01-46e

Group of the 1st/4th King's Own at Tonbridge, 1915.
Accession Number KO0674/01-46f

Group of the 1st/4th Battalion at Tonbridge, 1915, including Sergeant Francis Richardson in the foreground looking at the camera.
Accession Number KO1691/03

Church Parade, 1st/4th Battalion at Tonbridge, 1915.
Accession Number KO0674/01-46g

Church Parade, 1st/4th Battalion at Tonbridge, 1915.
Accession Number KO0674/01-46h

Church Parade, 1st/4th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, Tonbridge, 1915.
Accession Number: KO1540/01

1st/4th Battalion, river crossing, Tonbridge, 1915.
Accession Number KO0674/01-52a

'Taken on the road side whilst out on a march' 1st/4th Battalion, Tonbridge, 1915.
Accession Number KO1408/07

The military funeral, at Rye, of Private James Bell, number 2284, of the 4th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment who died in Rye Hospital, Rye, Sussex on 6th October 1915.
Accession Number KO2564/05

Group of Territorial Force cyclists, including, it is believed, some from the 1st/4th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment and the location is in the Sevenoaks area, Kent.
Accession Number: KO2246/03

Field Telephone Section, 1st/4th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, circa 1915.
Accession Number: KO2638/01

Number 1 Platoon of 'A' Company, 1st/4th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.
Accession Number: KO2916/06

Number 7 Platoon of 'B' Company, 1st/4th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.
Accession Number: LM96-45-809 (Lancaster City Museum Collections)

Group of Territorial Force soldiers, believed to be 4th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment from visible shoulder titles.
Accession Number: KO1398/03

Officers of the 1st/4th Battalion at Bedford before proceeding overseas on 3rd May 1915.
Rear row, left to right: 2nd Lieutenants James Fisher, Harry Robert Sykes, Harold Arthur Brocklebank, R H Steinthal, Edward Spearing, Lieutenants Geoffrey Fell Taylor, E H Hewitt, Alexander Allen Wright, 2nd Lieutenant William Campbell Neill, Lieutenant John Fisher, and 2nd Lieutenant Thomas William Dugdale.
Middle row, left to right: Lieutenants Robert Gardner and James Crossley (Quartermaster), Captains W Gareniares Pearson, James Vince Barrow, George B Balfour, J M Mawson, Ralph D'albin Morrell, Lieutenants H Y Huthwaite, George Henry Walker, and 2nd Lieutenant George Braddyll Bigland.
Front row, left to right: Captain W D Barrett, Major A F Rutherford, Major R Thompson (Second in Command), Lieutenant Colonel W F A Wadham (Commanding), Captain V A Jackson (Adjutant), Major Nicholas E Barnes and Captain R P Little.

An autograph album featuring the signatures of most of these officers was collected by Captain R P Little.
Accession Number KO0674/01-54b and KO0428/01

Lieutenant Colonel Walter F A Wadham, Commanding Officer, 1st/4th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment at Bedford on 3rd May 1915.
Accession Number: KO0674/01-54a

Officers of the 1st/4th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment at Bedford, 3rd May 1915.
Left to right: Major A F Rutherford; Major Robert Thompson; Lieutenant Colonel Walter F A Wadham VD; Captain V A Jackson (Adjutant) and Major Nicholas E Barnes.
Accession Number: KO0674/01-56a

Officers of the 1st/4th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment at Bedford, 3rd May 1915.
Left to right: 2nd Lieutenant William Campbell Neill; 2nd Lieutenant Harold Arthur Brocklebank; Lieutenant Alexander Allen Wright; 2nd Lieutenant Harry Robert Sykes and Lieutenant Ernest Henry Hewitt.
Accession Number: KO0674/01-56b

Officers of the 1st/4th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment at Bedford, 3rd May 1915.
Left to right: Lieutenant H Y Huthwaite; Lieutenant George Henry Walker; 2nd Lieutenant George Braddyll Bigland and 2nd Lieutenant William Campbell Neill.  Seated left to right: Captain W Gareniares Pearson and Captain George B Balfour.
Accession Number: KO0674/01-58a

Officers of the 1st/4th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment at Bedford, 3rd May 1915.
Left to right: 2nd Lieutenant Harry Robert Sykes; Lieutenant John Fisher; R P Little and Captain James Vince Barrow.
Accession Number: KO0674/01-58b

Officers of the 1st/4th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment at Bedford, 3rd May 1915.
Left to right: Wright; 2nd Lieutenant Harold Arthur Brocklebank; 2nd Lieutenant Thomas William Dugdale and Spearing.  Seated left to right: Captain W D Barratt and Lieutenant Geoffrey Fell Taylor.
Accession Number: KO0674/01-59a

Three officers of the 1st/4th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, including Lieutenant A S Latham, circa 1917
Accession Number: KO2556/24

Group of officers and one soldier of the 1st/4th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, including Lieutenant A S Latham, circa 1917
Accession Number: KO2556/25

Group of 14 soldiers of the King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, outside hut, with memorials.
“In Memory of Fallen Comrades” “Richebourg Festubert France 1915”
“4th Regt of Foot” “The King’s Own Royal Lancaster”
Typed wording on the front of the card: “Designed by G Hack Overseas, marked x 4th KORLR”
Accession Number: KO3124/30

Officers Group of the 1st/4th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, including Lieutenant A S Latham, circa 1917
Accession Number: KO2556/26

  
Group of soldiers of the 4th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, First World War with the helmets marked "4 KO".
Accession Number: KO2950/57

Group of soldiers of the 1st/4th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment on the Somme, 1916
Accession Number: KONeg0163

Carrying party of the 1st/4th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment on the Somme, 1916.
Accession Number: KONeg1064

Senior Non-Commissioned officers of the 1st/4th Battalion King’s Own, May 1918 in France.  They are identified on the rear as shown below:
Standing, left to right,
Sergeant Dawson - likely to be Sergeant Frank Dawson, number 12888, served with both the 7th and 1st/4th King’s Own. Awarded Military Medal. From Stockport.
Sergeant Johnston (No. 2 Platoon) - No clear match but may be Sergeant George Johnson, number 200691, of C Company in January 1918. Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal and Bar - London Gazettes 28th March 1918 and 3rd October 1918.
Quartermaster Sergeant Yates - likely to be QMS Fred Stanley Yates, number 12050, of the 6th and 1st/4th Battalions King’s Own. Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal, London Gazette 6th February 1918.
Sergeant Dickinson - likely to be H Dickinson, number 202739, Military Medal and Distinguished Conduct Medal, London Gazette 15 November 1918. Recorded as being with Number 11 Platoon, C Company, 1st/4th King’s Own in January 1918.
Sergeant Robinson - likely to be Sergeant Thomas Robinson, number 201123 of the 1st/4th King’s Own. Awarded the Military Medal for action on 9 Apr 1918 - London Gazette 7 October 1918. Came from Coniston.
Seated left to right
Sergeant Miles MM - Likely to be, Sergeant Albert Ernest Miles, number 202159, who served with 1st/4th King’s Own and is recorded as being with No 1 Platoon, A Company in January 1918. Mid to late 1918 he was still with A Company. Military Medal awarded in London Gazette 23rd February 1918. Came from Liverpool.
Sergeant Cross - likely to be Sergeant Richard Cross, number 200843, recorded as being with No 1 Platoon, A Company in Jan 1918.
Sergeant Birkett MM - Likely to be Sergeant Arthur Bolton Birkett, number 8931, who served with 1st King’s Own and arrived in France with them on 23rd August 1914. Recorded as being with 3 Platoon, A Company, 1st/4th King’s Own in Jan 1918. Military Medal for action at Wieltje, 31st July 1917. Came from York.
Accession Number: KO2734/01

This object is a very early gas mask worn by number 2030 (later 265388) Private Fred Tickle who served with the 1st/4th Battalion, arriving in France on 3rd May 1915 and discharged on 4th March 1919.  See the sketch of a mask being worn on the First Battalion page.
Accession Number KO2390/01

Group of soldiers of the 1st/4th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, with Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant William Clark, 1919.
Accession Number: KO2981/08

C Company, 1st/4th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment enter Uccle, Belgium, Dec 1918.
Troops wearing helmets with King’s Own badges follow a mounted officer.
Accession Number: KO2956/24

The Transport Park of the 1st/4th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, in the Square at Uccle, Belgium, Dec 1918
Accession Number: KO2956/25

The Transport Section of the 1st/4th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment outside the Town Hall, Uccle, Dec 1918.
Accession Number: KO2956/26

Colour Party of the 1st/4th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. Possibly prior to the transfer of the Colours from England to Belgium, late 1918.
Accession Number: KO2956/28

Officers of the 1st/4th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment., at Uccle, Brussels, Belgium, Feb 1919.
Rear row, left to right: Padre Sayers, Lieutenant Andrews MC; Lieutenant David Burr; Lieutenant S Steeple; Lieutenant Alexander Fyfe; Lieutenant Elliott.
Middle row, left to right: Captain and Quartermaster P W Powell MC; Padre ?; Lieutenant R W Higginson; Lieutenant Frazer; Lieutenant Scott; Lieutenant R S Dane MC and Lieutenant John Wykeham Lugard.
Front row, left to right: Captain Tucker; Captain Basil Peers; Major Simpson; Lieutenant Colonel R Gardner MC; Captain Ashcroft; Captain Wilson (RAMC) and Captain Pobjee
Accession Number: KO2956/29