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First World War

1st/5th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment - Miscellaneous

Un-identified group of the 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment
Accession Number: KO2190/48

Un-identified group of the 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.
Accession Number: KO2190/49

Un-identified group of the 5th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, believed to be in Blackpool and thus would be the 2nd/5th Battalion.
Accession Number: KO2230/01

Group of Lancaster Pals, 1st/5th King’s Own, at Didcot, Sep 1914
Named: back row, left to right, Corporal Alfred Clowes [number 1753, also served South Africa], Herbert Hunter [2196, 240548, commissioned 25 Oct 1917], A Johnson, Mortimar Thomas [2217, died of wounds 9 Jun 1915, buried Lancaster Cemetery], William Alfred Morris [2166 see KO2061], W Matthews (Swindon), Douglas C Wright [2037, killed in action 23 Apr 1195, lived Dale Street, Lancaster], D Sweeney, Frank D Huntington [2116 commissioned 30 Mar 1915], Harry Harold Wright [2030, 240467, enlisted 6 Sep 1914, discharged 3 Jan 1918 (wounded) ko1529], William Huntington, 2199, commissioned 21 Sep 1915.
Second Row: W Gardner [2058, C Company, Wounded 23 Apr 1915], Captain E G Clark, T W Huntington, Thomas Edward Frear [2103, 240504, commissioned in to the RASC, 1 Apr 1918].
Front Row: N Blacow, John J Gilchrist [2036, commissioned 7 Sep 1915], Allan Gilbert Ripper [2159, killed in action 8 May 1915, lived Laurel Bank, Lancaster], W D H Davies, Robert Gardner [2108, commissioned 3 Jan 1915, killed in action 5 May 1915 as 2nd Lieutenant] and George James Slinger [2156, 240530, served 1st/5th, 7th and 1st/4th King’s Own.
Accession Number: KO2795/02

Group of 1st/5th King’s Own, in England. Sergeant Alfred Clowes pictured second left on rear row standing with part of the wooden hut behind him.
Accession Number: KO2795/03

Group of five soldiers, including Sergeant Alfred Clowes, seated right. Postcard dated 15 Feb 1917.
Accession Number: KO2795/04

Group of soldiers, possibly recovering from wounds in England, including Sergeant Alfred Clowes of the 1st/5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.
Accession Number: KO2795/07

Group of soldiers believed to be of the 5th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, with sign ‘Beer for Troops, Urgent’ behind, including Private Harold Holmes, standing second from right.
Accession Number: KO2610/02

Large group of 5th Battalion King’s Own Soldiers at Blackpool listed as ‘convalescing’ circa 1915?
Accession Number: KO1045/02

5th Battalion King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, Territorial Camp Park Hall Camp Oswestry, late First World War Soldiers eating tinned Pears. Various soldiers identified - ‘Twiggy’ Cartmel, a boxer from Blackpool, and Irish chap, George Lambert, donor, and Charlie Walker.
Twiggy Cartmel is probably Private Harold Cartmell, number 1562, from Blackpool, who was wounded at Ypres on 25 Apr 1915.
Charlie Walker could be 2430/240665 Private Charles Walker of both the 5th and 2nd/5th Battalion.
Assume Private George Lambert is number 1641 of the 5th Battalion, who was wounded on 9 Apr 1915.
Accession Number: KO1045/03

Accession Number: KO1045/03a

5th Battalion King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, Camp, North Wales pre First World War after Football Match
Two soldiers identified - Frank ‘Danny’ Lambert (donors brother) and Fred Lambert
Accession Number: KO1045/04

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