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Soldiers of the RegimentPrivate
William Procter Parr
This collection of material relates to Private William Parr MM,
number 3534 and 241256 of the 2nd/5th Battalion, King's Own Royal
Lancaster Regiment.
Medals:
 | Military Medal to Private William Procter Parr, number 241256,
2nd/5th King’s Own.
Accession Number: KO1095/01 |
| Allied Victory Medal to Private William Procter Parr, to number
3534, 2nd/5th King’s Own
Accession Number: KO1095/02 |
| British War Medal to Private William Procter Parr, to number
3534, 2nd/5th King’s Own
Accession Number: KO1095/03 |
Letter Nov 1917 re XIX Corps and 57th Division
Accession Number: KO1095/04
Mounted letter and newspaper cutting relating to Private William Procter
Parr MM. Letter from the Postmaster at Lancaster and dated 26 Sep 1918.
Post Office
Lancaster 26 Sep 1918
Dear Madam,
I am very pleased to hear of the honour conferred on Mr W P Parr, and
his name has been forwarded to the Secretary for inclusion in the list
published in the Post Office Circular.
I enclose the newspaper cuttings.
Yours faithfully.
Cook
Postmaster
Mrs A Taylor
Military Medalist – Lancaster Guardian,
Private W P Parr, King’s Own, who has been awarded the Military Medal
for devotion to duty in France, is the only son of Mrs Taylor, St.
Mary’s Gate. He is an old boy of the National School, and has been at
the Front about twelve months, having joined the King’s Own in January
1915. He was home on furlough at Christmas.
Military Medal for Lancaster Soldier
The Mayor of Lancaster, Councillor William Briggs, J P, this morning
presented the Military Medal to Private William Procter Parr, 2nd/5th
King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, (stepson of Mr Samuel Taylor,
Church Street), for gaining valuable information and encouraging
initiative in his patrol at Passchendale, Nov 1917. Private Parr is an
old boy of the National School, Lancaster.
His Worship, after pinning on the medal, said it afforded him great
pleasure to present the medal to one of their local battalion, and hoped
he would live long to wear the well-deserved honour.
Accession Number: KO1095/04
| Mounted newspaper cuttings related to Lancaster men killed WW1
Private W L Carradice, De Vitre Street, Died of wounds 10 Apr 1917
Private Samuel Balderston/Balderson, number 242423, 8th King’s Own,
Highfield Terrace, Carnforth, died of wounds 27 Apr 1917
Private John Henry Longton, number 23875m, 6th King’s Own, 11 Dundee
Street, Killed in action 9 Feb 1917
Lance corporal J J Nicholson, 26 Clarance Street, Killed 7 Jun 1917
Private Oscar Graham Primmer, Field View, Slyne Road, Died of wounds
3 Aug 1917 with the Tank Corps.
Sergeant J Corless, 47 Beresford Terrace, died of wounds 15 May 1917
Private T Walling, Halton, died of wounds Mar 1917
Private F Hullard, Chapel Street, Galgate, died of wounds 23 May
1917
Private E J Jackson, 13 Redvers Street, died of wounds 13 Apr 1917
Accession Number: KO1095/05 |
| Mounted newspaper cuttings related to Lancaster men killed WW1
Corporal S H Wilson, number 1874, King’s Own, 4 Langley road, Killed
9 Mar 1917
Private L Penrith, 16 Captain’s Row, died of wounds 28 Jul 1917
Private Edward Victor Monks, number 201551, 1st/4th King’s Own, 16
Cavendish Street, Killed in action 18 May 1917
Corporal W Clapham, number 242406, 1st/5th King’s Own, 5 Ford
Street, killed in action 31 Jul 1917
Private J H Croskell, Glasson Dock, died of wounds 15 May 1917
Sergeant Thomas Wilkinson, number 240316, 1st/5th King’s Own, 7
Melbourne Road, killed in action 20 Nov 1917
Private John Dobson, number 26648, 8th King’s Own, 12 Argyle Street,
killed in action 12 May 1917
Private Richard Carter, number 34608, 1st/4th King’s Own, 81 Lune
Street, killed in action 20 Sep 1917
Private Henry Hargreaves, number 34621, 1st/4th King’s Own, 15
Adelphi Street, killed in action 18 Sep 1917
Accession Number: KO1095/06 |
| Mounted newspaper cuttings related to Lancaster men killed WW1
2nd Lieutenant Wilfred Brash, 1st/5th King’s Own, killed in action 9
Mar 1917
Sergeant W Teasdale, 72 Clarence Street, killed in action 20 Sep
1917
Sergeant Major G W Barrow, Marshall House, Scotforth, died in
hospital, Jan 1917
Lieutenant S T Scott, Northumberland Street, Morecambe, died of
wounds 11 Apr 1917
Private Charles Sainsbury Bagley, number 242436, 1st/5th King’s Own
died of wounds 29 Oct 1917
Quartermaster Sergeant Reginald Smith, number 240658, 2nd/5th King’s
Own, killed in action 28 Mar 1917. Blades Street, Lancaster.
Private William Briggs, number 240678, 2nd/5th King’s Own, Killed in
action 19 Feb 1917. Dorrington Road, Lancaster.
Private Joseph Caton, number 240064, 2nd/5th King’s Own, killed in
action 26 Oct 1917
Private J Gardner, 13 Bowerham Terrace, Died 3 Nov 1917
Accession Number: KO1095/07 |
| Mounted newspaper cuttings related to Lancaster men killed WW1
Private Harry Rawes, number 27651, 6th King’s Own, died at sea, 15
Apr 1917. 31 Lune Street, Lancaster.
Sergeant J Brownbill, number 240590, 2nd/5th King’s Own, died of
wounds 24 Aug 1917, 45 Rosebery Avenue, Lancaster.
Corporal James Barker Whitaker, number 241767, 2nd/5th King’s Own,
killed in action 9 Sep 1917.
Signaller Sergeant Charles Haley Lund, number 240115, 1st/5th King’s
Own, killed in action 18 Mar 1917, 14 Percy Road, Lancaster. Buried
in Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery. (Former number 1281)
Corporal John William Pettitt, number 240716, 1st/4th King’s Own,
killed in action 20 Sep 1917
Private John Clark, number 240848, 1st King’s Own, killed in action
9 Apr 1917
Private Thomas Walmsley, number 26679, 8th King’s Own, killed in
action 12 May 1917
Private Bryan Cumpsty, number 27456, 1st King’s Own, killed in
action 28 Jun 1917.
Sergeant Robert George Croft, number 240593, 2nd/5th King’s Own,
killed in action 3 Jun 1917.
Accession Number: KO1095/08 |
| Mounted newspaper cuttings related to Lancaster men killed WW1
Lance corporal Joseph Western, number 240404, 2nd/5th King’s Own,
killed in action 19 Feb 1917. 2 Captain’s Row, Lancaster.
Private Frank Tomlinson, number 24194, 1st King’s Own, died of
wounds 1 May 1917. 66 Newsham Road, Lancaster.
Lance corporal John W Hodgson, number 240035, 2nd/5th King’s Own
killed in action 26 Oct 1917. Richmond’s Yard, Lancaster.
Accession Number: KO1095/09 |
| Mounted newspaper cuttings related to Lancaster men killed WW1,
photographs of the following:
2nd Lieutenant Samuel Herbert Wood, 2nd/5th King’s Own, killed in
action 26 Oct 1917. Son of the late Alexander and Kate Wood of 67
Ullswater Road, Lancaster. Husband of Elsie Muriel Wood of
Langdenholme, Queen’s Drive, Bare, Morecambe. Age 29. Commemorated
on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
2nd Lieutenant William Pinch, 1st/5th King’s Own. killed in action
31 Jul 1917. Son of Joseph and Mary Ann Pinch, Greaves Road,
Lancaster. Age 27. Buried in the Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery.
2nd Lieutenant George Rowland Paget Howson, 1st King’s Own. Killed
in action 9 Apr 1917 age 30. Son of Kate Mary Howson, The Cottage,
Bare, Morecambe, and the later Robert Gardner William Howson. Buried
Mindel Trench British Cemetery, St. Laurent-Blangy.
CSM George William Brown, number 5144, 3rd Battalion, King’s Own,
died in hospital, 6 May 1917. Buried Plymouth (Weston Mill)
Cemetery.
Corporal William Masters, number 201732, 1st/4th King’s Own, killed
in action 26 Oct 1917. Of 57 Ullswater Road, Lancaster. Buried in
Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery Extension.
Private Joseph Johnson Greenwood number 24240, 6th King’s Own. Died
of wounds 27 Feb 1917. Age 19. Amara War Cemetery. Son of Elizabeth
Eleanor Greenwood of 53 St. Oswald Street, Lancaster and the late
John William Greenwood.
Accession Number: KO1095/10 |
| Mounted newspaper cuttings related to Lancaster men killed WW1,
photographs of the following:
Sergeant Robert Henry Colquett, number 23700, 6th King’s Own killed
in action 16 Jan 1917
Private Richard Casson, number 241344, 1st/5th King’s Own, killed in
action 30 Nov 1917
Lance corporal William Rossall, number 68291, 76th Company, Machine
Gun Corps, died 15 Jun 1917. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial,
formerly King’s Own.
Private Austin Hilton, number 241327, 2nd/5th King’s Own, killed in
action 26 Oct 1917
Lance corporal William Docherty (Dockerty) number 240197, 1st/5th
King’s Own. Killed in action 30 Nov 1917
Private Edward Makinson, number 240258, 1st/5th King’s Own, killed
in action 30 Nov 1917
Private Peter Renshall, number 240129, 1st/5th King’s Own, killed in
action 12 Mar 1917, see ko1305
Private John Harney, number 240423, 2nd/5th King’s Own. Died of
wounds 27 Oct 1917.
Lance corporal George Lyon, number 241316, B Company 2nd/5th King’s
Own. Died 19 Jul 1917, age 19. Buried Calais Southern Cemetery, son
of Oswald Brown Lyons and Agnes Ann Lyons of 1 Rigg Lane, Skerton,
Lancaster.
Accession Number: KO1095/11 |
| Mounted newspaper cuttings related to Lancaster men killed WW1
Private James Speight, number 33065, 1st/4th King’s Own. killed in
action 31 Jul 1917.
Private A J Harrison, 2nd Middlesex Regiment, killed in action 31
May 1917
Private Fred Cumbus, number 32655, 8th King’s Own, killed in action
16 Jun 1917.
Private J C Watson
Sergeant W Jacques
Stretcher Bearer Arthur Richard Airey, number 240195, 1st/5th King’s
Own. Killed in action 19 Jun 1917. Of 20 Beach Street, Bare,
Morecambe.
Private John Hudson Garnett, number 240989, 1st/5th King’s Own.
Killed in action 16 Jun 1917. From Caton.
Private Frederick Procter, number 34606, 1st/5th King’s Own, Killed
in action 17 Sep 1917. Of 29 Ramparts, Lancaster.
Private Alfred Smith, number 27462, 7th King’s Own, Killed in action
13 Jun 1917
Accession Number: KO1095/12 |
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