King's Own Royal Regiment Museum

First World War

2nd/4th, 3rd/5th and 4th Reserve Battalions, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

A group of the 3rd/4th (Reserve) Battalion (TF) of the King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment at Weeton Camp, near Blackpool, in 1915.
Accession Number: KONeg0161

Believed to be members of the 4th (Reserve) Battalion, (2nd/4th Battalion) of the King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment in front of the Tower Ballroom at Blackpool in 1915.
Accession Number: KO2546/29

Believed to be members of the 4th (Reserve) Battalion, (2nd/4th Battalion) of the King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment in front of the Tower Ballroom at Blackpool in 1915.
Accession Number: KO2950/70

 
Soldiers of the 2nd/4th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment and the land lady.  Possibly in Blackpool, 1915.
Accession Number: KO2950/84

Soldiers of the 4th (Reserve) Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment at Blackpool, 1916.
Accession Number: KO2590/353

4th Reserve Battalion Officers at Park Hall, Oswestry, July 1917.
Standing, left to right: Lieutenant J Crossley (Quartermaster), unknown, unknown, Doctor Smith, Captain J W Boddy, unknown, unknown, Captain S Saer.  Seated, left to right, Captain R Snelson, G F Taylor, Major N E Barnes, Lieutenant Colonel W F A Wadham (Officer Commanding), Captain H R Sykes (Adjutant), Captain G W Sharpe and Captain W C Neill.  Sat crossed legs left S G Voyle and sat right, unknown.
Accession Number KO0674-01-60

Staff of the 4th Reserve Battalion, at Park Hall, Oswestry, July 1917.
Left to right, standing, Quartermaster Sergeant Bond, Lieutenant J Crossley (Quartermaster), Regimental Sergeant Major Morris.  Seated, left to right, Major N E Barnes, Lieutenant Colonel W F A Wadham and Captain H R Sykes (Adjutant).
Accession Number KO0674/01-62

Sergeants, 4th Reserve Battalion, at Park Hall, Oswestry, July 1917.
Accession Number KO0674/01-64

4th Reserve Battalion, Oswestry in 1917.  Included in the group are men called Bibby, Towers and Company Sergeant Major Sweeney, and Lieutenant S G Voyle seated front right.  The dog is called Cider.
Accession Number KO1113/60

4th Reserve Battalion, Oswestry in 1917.  Right on the back row is Herbert Scholes and front row second from right is R H Dickinson both from Burnley.  No other details are known.
Accession Number KO1124/02

Cookhouse Staff, 3rd/4th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.
Accession Number: KO2139/05