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1920s-1930s

Album: Palestine, 2nd Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment, 1938-39

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HMT Nevasa at Southampton, the Journey to Palestine Begins, 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO0638/01-001

HMT Nevasa at Southampton, the Journey to Palestine Begins, 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO0638/01-002

Parade prior to the move to Gaza, Sarafand, Palestine, Sep 1938, 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO0638/01-003

Parade prior to the move to Gaza, Sarafand, Palestine, Sep 1938, 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO0638/01-004

Section kits laid out ready in case of emergency. Sarafand, Palestine, Sep 1938. 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO0638/01-005

Platoon Post – Deir Suneid, Gaza, Nov 1938, for railway protection. 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO0638/01-006

Platoon Post – Deir Suneid, Gaza, Nov 1938, for railway protection. 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO0638/01-007

Platoon Post – Deir Suneid, Gaza, Nov 1938, for railway protection. 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO0638/01-008

Al Majdal, a Company Detachment. Oct 1938. 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Palestine.
Accession Number: KO0638/01-009

Company Sergeant Major Green and Lieutenant O’Sullivan at Al Majdal, Palestine, Oct 1938. 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO0638/01-010

Billets at Al Majdal, Palestine. Oct 1938. 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO0638/01-011

Sabotage of the railway, Gaza, Palestine, Sep 1938. 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO0638/01-012

Railway protection: Armoured Trolley, Gaza, Palestine, Nov 1938. 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO0638/01-013

Railway protection: Minesweepers in front of trolley, Nov 1938, Gaza, Palestine. 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO0638/01-014

Railway protection: Minesweepers in front of trolley, Nov 1938, Gaza, Palestine. 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO0638/01-015

Platoon Post at Kuna Yudhs, Oct 1938. 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO0638/01-016

Bren Gunner in trolley, Palestine Railways, Gaza, Palestine, Oct 1938. 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO0638/01-017

Palestine Railways Station Master, Gaza, Nov 1938. 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO0638/01-018

Sentry on top of billets, Gaza, Palestine, Nov 1938. 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO0638/01-019

Regimental Sergeant Major Ralph, Gaza, Palestine, 1938, 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO0638/01-020

Captain Cranston, Royal Army Medical Corps, Medical Officer of the 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment at Gaza, Palestine, 1938.
Accession Number: KO0638/01-021

Gaza, Palestine, Nov 1938, 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Palestine.
Accession Number: KO0638/01-022

Mr Swain, Palestine Police and Lieutenant Colonel Neil Ritchie, Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Gaza, Palestine.
Accession Number: KO0638/01-023

Left to right: Regimental Sergeant Major Ralph, Lieutenant Colonel Neil Ritchie and Captain Richard Neville Anderson at Gaza, Palestine, 1938. 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO0638/01-024

Punitive demolitions, Gaza, Palestine, Nov 1938. 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO0638/01-025

Punitive demolitions, Gaza, Palestine, Nov 1938. 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO0638/01-026

Cookhouse, Kuna Yudhs Platoon Post, Oct 1938. 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO0638/01-027

Left to right: Company Sergeant Major Whelpton, Captain Frederick Montgomery Woolmer and Lieutenant James Nicholas Wickham, Gaza, Palestine, 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO0638/01-028

2nd Battalion King’s Own Royal Regiment about to leave Gaza, 1938
Accession Number: KO0638/01-029

Relief by 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, at Gaza, 1938.
Accession Number: KO0638/01-030

On Operations against Ain Karim, near Jerusalem, 1938. 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO0638/01-031

Jerusalem, Palestine, Jan 1939. 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO0638/01-032

Jerusalem, Palestine, Jan 1939. 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO0638/01-033

Hill Country, Jerusalem, Palestine, Jan 1939. 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO0638/01-034

Battalion Headquarter Billets, Jerusalem, 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment 1939.
Accession Number: KO0638/01-035

Battalion Headquarter Billets, Jerusalem, 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment 1939.
Accession Number: KO0638/01-036

Main Lydda-Jerusalem Road, Palestine.
Accession Number: KO0638/01-037

Watching punitive demolitions, Captain Vivian Elliott Howse, in foreground, Gaza, Palestine. 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO0638/01-038

Watching operations, Aih Karim. Rear to front: Lieutenant Colonel Neil Ritchie; Lieutenant Benson of the Black Watch; Lieutenant Claude Henry Lincoln. 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, 1939.
Accession Number: KO0638/01-039

Corporal Bland, Intelligence Corporal, 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Palestine, 1939.
Accession Number: KO0638/01-040

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