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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.

Miscellaneous invoices, receipts and other paperwork 1st/4th King’s Own.

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List of soldiers names, amounts, in francs, and notes about payments and signatures.

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Receipt for 30 francs signed by Private M J Dawson, 1st/4th King’s Own, 11 Jul 1917.

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Receipt for 50 francs signed by Private William L Parke, number 201567, 1st/4th King’s Own, 11 Jul 1917.

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Receipt for 40 francs signed by Private F Morgan, number 200499, 1st/4th King’s Own, 11 Jul 1917.

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Handwritten copy of receipt from ‘Sloan Sq Shop’ dated 26 Mar 1919 for supply of Times, Daily Mail and Daily Mirror.

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List of items bought by Sergeant Seager for Battalion Mess, dated 24 Dec 1918, including the washing of table cloths.

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Statement of account for Headquarters Mess, showing balance 16 Feb 1919

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List of items received by Battalion Headquarters Mess from Regimental Canteen, dated 1 Feb 1919

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Note dated 6 Mar 1919 relating to cigarettes and Gold Flake tobacco.

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List of items supplied to Battalion Headquarters mess, 14 Mar 1919

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List of items supplied to Battalion Headquarters mess, 15 Mar 1919

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Receipt to PRI 1st/4th King’s Own from 164th Infantry Brigade Headquarters dated 26 Dec 1917 for drinks supplied on 24 Dec 1917.

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Handwritten receipt on Regimental Note paper, dated 4 May 1919.

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List of soldiers names, amounts in francs and signatures, dated 16 Jan1919.

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Army Form C 2121 ‘A’ Form Messages and Signals
Message to Town Major from PMC, 1st/4th King’s Own re 10 franc payment

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Note to PMC from OC A Company, dated 23 Aug 1917, re cheque for Mess Allowance.

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Note to PRI from OC D Company dated 23 Aug 1917 re cheque for Mess Allowance of D Company Officers.

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Army Form C 2121 ‘A’ Form Messages and Signals
Receipt for cheque for the sum of Ł4.10 received by 2nd lieutenant J H Evans, OC B Company, 1st/4th King’s Own. 

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Documents relating to claim for damage to billets, Dec 1917
Letter, in French, to Colonel Balfour, dated 20 Dec 1917 and initialled ‘AE’ which would be Captain Albert Ellwood of the 1st/4th King’s Own.

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Documents relating to claim for damage to billets, Dec 1917
Claim in French, dated 18 Dec 1917, and stamped ‘Mairie de Reclinghem’ with English translation on rear.  “Claim for damages….for damage caused by British troops at the house that I own at the hamlet of Lilette…”

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Documents relating to claim for damage to billets, Dec 1917
Claim and financial cost of damages at house dated 18 Dec 1917, French with English translation on rear.

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Bill, handwritten in French, for bottles of Champagne, dated 6 Jan 1918.

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Receipt for 60 francs, 9 Jan 1918.

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Invoice, handwritten in French for a pig weighing 88 kilos and 200 kilos of potatoes, dated 11 Jan 1918.

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Receipt for 10 francs from the PRI, 1st/4th King’s Own, for washing football outfits, 23 Jan 1918.  12 shirts, 14 pairs of pants, 16 pairs of stockings and repairs.

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Invoice, handwritten in French for potatoes, dated 24 Dec 1917.

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Invoice, handwritten in French for a pig weighing 123 kilos, dated 5 Jan 1918.

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Invoice, handwritten in French for a pig weighting 91 kilos, dated 24 Dec 1917

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Receipt for 2nd Lieutenant Parson’s messing allowance at the XIXth Corps School, dated 10 Oct 1917

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Receipt for 2nd Lieutenant Clark’s messing allowance at the XIXth Corps School, dated 10 Oct 1917

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Certificate of payment of share of Mess Allowance, Lieutenant Bolton, dated 15 Jan 1918, Musketry and Lewis Gun School, I Corps.

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Handwritten receipt for 20 francs received in respect of Private Sharpe attending a course for Officers Mess Cooks at the School of Army Cookery, Fifth Army HQ, dated 27 Aug 1917

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Receipt for 15 francs received by Private W P Jones, C Company Cook, dated 1 Nov 1917, as prize for grease collection.

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Receipt for 9 francs received by Private William Jefferies, number 200029, B Company, dated 1 Nov 1917 as grease prize.

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Receipt for 9 francs received by Private William P Jones, number 200421, C Company Cook, 1st/4th King’s Own, dated 7 Nov 1917 as 2nd Prize for dripping.

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Receipt for 15 francs as 1st Prize for Dripping during the month of Oct 1917, dated 7 Nov 1917, Private William Jefferies, number 200029, Senior Cook, B Company, 1st/4th King’s Own.

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Receipt for training of Private Frederick Jervis Kay, number 200098, Officers Mess Cook.  School of Army Cookery, Second Army, dated 4 Jun 1917. 

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Memo to OC 1st/4th King’s Own re allowance for Captain Williamson, attending a course, dated 19 Apr 1917.

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Invoice from the Administration of Uccle, dated 5 May 1919, for coal supplied.

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Receipt from the Administration of Uccle, dated 14 Apr 1919, for coal supplied.

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Handwritten receipt, on small piece of paper, listing ‘voucher’ and ‘cash’ dated 16 Mar 1918 and signed by Captain J H Evans.  Private Askew.

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Handwritten receipt, on small piece of paper, listing ‘voucher’ and ‘cash’ dated 16 Mar 1918 and signed by Captain J H Evans.  Private Cattow.

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Handwritten receipt, on small piece of paper, listing ‘voucher’ and ‘cash’ dated 16 Mar 1918 and signed by Captain J H Evans.  Private J Theobald.

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Handwritten receipt, on small piece of paper, listing ‘voucher’ and ‘cash’ dated 16 Mar 1918 and signed by Captain J H Evans.  Private B Mortimer.

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Handwritten receipt, on small piece of paper, listing ‘voucher’ and ‘cash’ dated 16 Mar 1918 and signed by Captain J H Evans.  Private J B Quey?

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Handwritten receipt, on small piece of paper, listing ‘voucher’ and ‘cash’ dated 16 Mar 1918 and signed by Captain J H Evans.  Private J Park.

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Handwritten receipt, on small piece of paper, listing ‘voucher’ and ‘cash’ dated 16 Mar 1918 and signed by Captain J H Evans.  Private Slattery.

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Handwritten receipt, on small piece of paper, listing ‘voucher’ and ‘cash’ dated 16 Mar 1918 and signed by Captain J H Evans.  Private R Patten.

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Handwritten receipt, on small piece of paper, listing ‘voucher’ and ‘cash’ dated 16 Mar 1918 and signed by Captain J H Evans.  Private Pullard.

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Handwritten receipt, on small piece of paper, listing ‘voucher’ and ‘cash’ dated 16 Mar 1918 and signed by Captain J H Evans.  Private Blease.

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Handwritten receipt, on small piece of paper, listing ‘voucher’ and ‘cash’ dated 16 Mar 1918 and signed by Captain J H Evans.  Private Lindsay.

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Certificate that 30 francs was paid to Corporal R Carruthers, number 200371, 4th King’s Own, on 6 Oct 1918.  Dated 3 Nov 1918.

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Hand written receipt for fire wood, dated 22 Dec 1917 to Colonel Balfour.

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Bill from Nouvelles Galeries et Magasins Reuins, 36-38 Rue de Dunkerque, Saint Omer, France.  Dated 23 Jun 1917

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Bill from Maison Lengrand, Charles Lengrand, Coyecques, Pas de Calais), to Officers Mess, 29 Jan 1918.  Supply of alcohol.

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Hand written list for supply of alcohol from Maison Lengrand, Coyecques, France.

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Bill from Maison Lengrand, Charles Lengrand, Coyecques, Pas de Calais), to Officers Mess, 1918.  Supply of alcohol.

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Bill from Grand Bazar de l’Hotel de Ville, dated 11 Oct 1917 for various household items.

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Bill from Grand Bazar de l’Hotel de Ville, dated 27 Nov  1917 for various household items.

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Handwritten note about packs of playing cards and Lieutenant Thomas.

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Receipt for Five tennis balls, from PMC 1st/4th King’s Own, dated 9 Jun 1917

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Handwritten account, in French, dated 12 Sep 1917, for drinks and food supplied to the Officers Mess, would appear to be account for a function.

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Handwritten receipt, in French, dated 6 Feb 1918 to Officers Mess.

 

 

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