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Sergeant Joseph Wren Mashiter MM

Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Allied Victory Medal and Second World War Defence Medal (Home Guard) to Sergeant Joseph Wren Mashiter, number 240389, 1st/5th King’s Own
Accession Number: KO1197/01

1/5th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, Souvenir Card to Sergeant Joseph Wren Mashiter MM
Accession Number: KO1197/06

Newspaper reprint from Daily Mail - The Splendid Story of the Battle of Ypres by Will Irwin
Accession Number: KO1197/07

Signalling Flag, blue and white, used by Sergeant Joseph Wren Mashiter 1/5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, First World War
Accession Number: KO1197/08

Signalling Flag, blue and white, used by Sergeant Joseph Wren Mashiter 1/5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, First World War
Accession Number: KO1197/09

Signalling Flag, blue and white, used by Sergeant Joseph Wren Mashiter 1/5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, First World War
Accession Number: KO1197/10

Christmas Card, 1917
Accession Number: KO1716/01

Greetings from Caton, Victoria Institute, 19 Jan 1916 letter
Accession Number: KO1716/02

5th King’s Own at Denbigh Station, Aug 1913.
Whilst this photograph is marked ‘Hornby 1910’ and ‘Hornby Station’ on the rear it is unlikely to be Hornby. The postmark appears to be 5 Aug 1913 and ‘Denbigh’. It is sent from Joe Mashiter to Mr C Mashiter, Tarnwater, Tunstall, Kirkby Lonsdale, with the message: “This is a nice place to camp we are having fine weather” surely if it was Hornby the people in Tunstall would be aware of the weather!
Published by Scott & Co, Press and Military Photographer, 7 Thistle Street, Kirkcaldy.
Accession Number: KO1716/03

Police and civilians watch as soldiers watch away from Caton, Lancashire, railway station. Circa 1901?
Close inspection of the photograph does not reveal any King’s Own cap badges and one officer has a mourning band on his arm – which could suggest it is 1901 after the death of Queen Victoria.
Written on rear “Territorials de-training at Caton for Camp on ‘Holme Banks’”
Caption written on front states: “4 Lancs arriving at Caton 1901”  It could of course be an error and should be 1910.
YMCA Series 30
Accession Number: KO1716/04

Group of King’s Own Territorial soldiers at Holmescales, 1911.
Postcard addressed to Mr Mashiter, Low Mill, Caton, near Lancaster, from Private J W Mashiter. Postmarked 10 Aug 1911, Kendal.  The message reads: "We had this taken on Monday, I am getting on alright."
Photograph number 38 by Jordison, Kirkby Stephen. Group with ‘Caton’ chalked on small board.
Accession Number: KO1716/05

Two soldiers of the 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, photographed in Didcot in 1914.
Accession Number: KO1716/06

2nd/5th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, Signallers School at Blackpool, 1916.
Accession Number KO1716/07

2nd/5th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, Signallers at Blackpool, 1916.  Lance Corporal J W Mashiter is standing third from left.  Joseph Mashiter, from Caton, went to France with the 1st/5th Battalion in February 1915, was wounded on 4th May 1915 and after time at Lees Court Military Hospital at Faversham in Kent joined the 2nd/5th, before returning to France, completing his service as a Sergeant.  He served in the Home Guard from June 1940 to December 1944.
Accession Number KO1716/08

G H Q P & T School not all KO
Accession Number: KO1716/09

HQ PT School , France,
Accession Number: KO1716/10

Another view of the 2nd/5th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, Signalling school, in Blackpool, 1916.  Lance Corporal Joseph Wren Mashiter is second the left.
Accession Number KO2233/01

Lees Court Military Hospital, Faversham, Kent, 1915
Accession Number: KO2233/02

Lees Court Military Hospital, Faversham, Kent, 1915 with Lance Corporal J W Mashiter, from Caton, pictured in Bed.
Accession Number: KO2233/03

Lees Court Military Hospital, Faversham, Kent, 31st May 1915, with Lance Corporal Joseph Wren Mashiter, from Caton, Lancashire, 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, pictured in wheelchair.
Accession Number: KO2233/04

Lees Court Military Hospital, Faversham, Kent, 1915, with Lance Corporal Joseph Wren Mashiter, from Caton, 1st/5th, Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, pictured.
Accession Number: KO2233/05

Lees Court Military Hospital, Faversham, Kent, 3rd July 1915, with Lance Corporal Joseph Wren Mashiter, from Caton, 1/5th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, pictured in horse drawn carriage.
Accession Number: KO2233/06

Interior view of Victoria Hall, Caton, with table laid for 1919 ex-Servicemen’s dinner
Accession Number: KO2233/07

J W Mashiter MM pictured in Ypres in 1938 alongside First World War tank
Accession Number: KO2233/08

Certificate to mark service in the Home Guard to J W Mashiter between 10th June 1940 and 3rd December 1944
Accession Number: KO2233/09

Poem ‘The Kaiser’s Dream’
Accession Number: KO2233/10

5 KO J W Mashiter and instructor group
Accession Number: KO2233/11

Corporal Joseph Wren Mashiter, number 1868 and 240389, 1st/5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment with his family, early in the First World War.
Accession Number: KO2233/12

Sergeant Joseph Wren Mashiter, 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, with his family, First World War.
Accession Number: KO2233/13

Pay book to Lance Sergeant J W Mashiter
Accession Number: KO2233/14

Standard letter sent with 1914-15 Star
Accession Number: KO2233/15

Receipt for Military Medal to Lance Sergeant J W Mashiter 24 Nov 1919
Accession Number: KO2233/16

Standard Letter informing of wound to Private J W Mashiter, 6 Jul 1917
Accession Number: KO2233/17

News cutting relating to five Mashiter Brothers in the Army
Accession Number: KO2233/18

Certificate of Identity - soldier Discharged - Joseph Wren Mashiter, 240389 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, 1919
Accession Number: KO2233/19

Lancaster Guardian 8 Oct 1965 with memories of 5 KO at Didcot
Accession Number: KO2233/20

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