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Archive of General Sir Archibald Hunter GCB GCVO DSO TD LLD
at the King's Own Royal Regiment Museum, Lancaster.

History of the 5th Battalion King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment in the the Great War

Hunter, as honorary colonel of the 5th Battalion received a copy of the battalion's history.

Letter to General Sir Archibald Hunter, Colonel of the Regiment, from Lieutenant Colonel G W Sharpe, Commanding 5th Battalion, King’s Own.

The King’s Own. 5th Battn.
Lieutenant Colonel G W Sharpe and all ranks of the 5th Bn The King’s Own Royal Regt. (Lancaster) would feel greatly honoured if General Hunter, their Honorary Colonel, would accept from them this record of their history during the Great War 1914 to 1919.
Lancaster 28 Jul 1921
Accession Number: KO2590/369
 

Accession Number KO2590/369

Accession Number KO2590/370

 

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