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1st/4th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, First World War Archive.  Documents from file containing Receipted Bills, etc, France and Belgium, 1916-1919.

From Major N E Barnes, 4th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.

Correspondence with Harrods Ltd, London.

ko1181/187-01

Estimate from Harrods Ltd, London, dated 20 Nov 1917 for tableware etc for the Sergeants Mess, totalling £22 7s 8d

ko1181/187-02

Estimate from Harrods Ltd, London, dated 20 Nov 1917 for tableware etc for the Officers Mess, totalling £31 4s 6d

ko1181/187-03

Handwritten note with workings out for the sergeants and officers mess re expenditure on tableware.  Nov 1917.

ko1181/187-04

Invoice from Harrods Ltd, London, dated 18 Dec 1917 for tableware etc for the Sergeants Mess.

ko1181/187-05

Invoice from Harrods Ltd, London, dated 15 Dec 1917 for burners, lamps, wick and chimneys for the Officers Mess.

ko1181/187-06

Invoice from Harrods Ltd, London, dated 21 Dec 1917 for tableware etc for Officers Mess.

ko1181/187-07

Invoice from Harrods Ltd, London, dated 3 Dec 1917 for tableware etc for Officers Mess, also ‘Mess boxes for 8 officers at £10 each’

ko1181/187-08

Invoice from Harrods Ltd, London, dated 27 Nov 1917 for six pairs of scissors and six pairs of clippers. 

ko1181/187-09

Receipt and compliment slip from Harrods Ltd, London, dated 24 Jan 1918.

 

 

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