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Reverend Cyril J K Burnell

Cap Badge, brass, found by the Reverend C J K Burnell near Hill 60 (Ypres) on 27th April 1936.  Burnell had served as a Chaplain during the First World War attached to the 1st Battalion between 1916 and 1918.
Accession Number KO0627/01

Half Village sign for ‘Guillemont’, Somme, France, First World War.
Accession Number: KO1962/01

1845 pattern officer's sword and scabbard
Accession Number: KO1962/02

British War Medal to Reverend Cyril Joseph K Burnell, Chaplain Forces, Padre of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.
Accession Number: KO1962/03

Allied Victory Medal to Reverend Cyril Joseph K Burnell, Chaplain Forces, Padre of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.
Accession Number: KO1962/04

1914-15 Star to Reverend Cyril Joseph K Burnell, Chaplain Forces, Padre of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.
Accession Number: KO1962/05

    
First World War Medal, Italy, 1915-1918.
Accession Number: KO1962/06

Trench Map, France, Sheet 57c SW
Accession Number: KO1962/07

Trench Map, France, Sheet 57D SE
Accession Number: KO1962/08

Trench Map, France, Sheet 51B NW
Accession Number: KO1962/09

Trench Map, France, Sheet, 62B NW and 62B SW
Accession Number: KO1962/10

Programme for the 51st (Highland) Division War Memorial, Unveiling by Marshal Foch, at Beaumont Hamel (Somme) on Sunday 28 Sep 1924.
Accession Number: KO1962/11

King’s Own Royal Regiment, Order of Service at the Laying up of Colours, carried by the 1st Battalion, The King’s Own Royal Regiment throughout the Crimean War and the Closing stages of the Indian Mutiny. At the Priory Church of St. Mary at Lancaster, Saturday 9 Jul 1938.
Accession Number: KO1962/12

Army Book 439, Officers Record of Service for Reverend Cyril J K Burnell.
Accession Number: KO1962/13a

Telegram advising the end of the war.
Accession Number: KO1962/13b

‘Reserve’ label named to Captain Burnell, for use in railway carriage.
Accession Number: KO1962/13c

Permission to Rev C J K Burnell, to be away from Arquata from 12 Nov 1918 to 15 Nov 1918 for the purpose of visiting the Monastery of St. Columbanus at Bobbio, dated 10 Nov 1918.
Accession Number: KO1962/13d

Army Form W 3089 Movement order, dated 27 Apr 1919 for Miss Dorothy Lea.
Accession Number: KO1962/13e

Army From W3089 Movement order, dated 27 Apr 1919 for Major C J K Burnell, CF.
Accession Number: KO1962/13f

Army Form Z 3 Protection Certificate (Officer) For Cyril J K Burnell, CF, dated 2 May 1919.
Accession Number: KO1962/13g

King’s Own Royal Regiment, Lancaster, Trooping the Colour, at Whittington Barracks, Lichfield, 23 Apr 1934.
Accession Number: KO1962/14

Imperial War Graves Commission. Order of Ceremonial at the Unveiling of the Arras Memorial by Marshal of the Royal Air Force, The Lord Trenchard, GCB, DSO, on Sunday 15 May 1932.
Slip of paper attached to the front of the programme notes that the date of the ceremony was moved to 31 Jul 1932 as a mark of respect to the memory of the late President Doumer, and in sympathy with the French people in their period of National mourning.
Named to Rev C J K Burnell in pencil on front.
Accession Number: KO1962/15

Notes on The Arras Memorial. Showing details of those commemorated on the memorial, including the Air Force Memorial. Listing the five units with the largest numbers of men recorded and the 13 holders of the Victory Cross.
Foolscap sheet, duplicated. Dated Arras 4 May 1932.
Accession Number: KO1962/15b

Notes on The Arras Memorial and Faubourg d’Amiens Cemetery, dated 18 Jul 1932.
Accession Number: KO1962/15c

Notes on The Arras Memorial showing the number of commemorations for particular regiments. Including the 340 men of the King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.
Foolscap sheet. Circa 1932.
Accession Number: KO1962/15d

Imperial War Graves Commission. Order of Ceremonial at the Unveiling of the Somme Memorial by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales in the Presence of the President of the French Republic on 16 May 1932.
As a mark of respect to the memory of the late President Doumer, and in sympathy with the French people in their period of National mourning, the ceremony was postponed to 31 Jul 1932.
A slip of paper attached to the front cover has been torn off, this contained details of the postponement and the fact that Lord Hailsham, Chairman of the Imperial War Graves Commission was unable to take part as he was at the Imperial Conference in Ottawa, his place was taken by the Vice Chairman, Major-General Sir Fabian Ware.
Named to Rev C J K Burnell in pencil on front.
Accession Number: KO1962/16

British Legion Battlefields Pilgrimage Order of Service, at the Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium, 8 Aug 1928
Accession Number: KO1962/17

King’s Own Royal Regiment, Order of Service on the Occasion of the Unveiling and Dedication of the War Memorial of the Regiment, 1939-45. Lancaster Priory and Parish Church, 3 Apr 1948
The Sermon was by Rev C J K Burnell, Rector of Newent, Gloucestershire, and formerly Chaplain to the 1st Battalion, King’s Own, in the First World War.
Accession Number: KO1962/18

King’s Own Royal Regiment, Memorial Service Holden in the Lancaster Priory and Parish Church on Sunday 6 Nov 1938.
Accession Number: KO1962/19

The Ceremony of Laying Up A Stand of Colours of the 2nd Battalion, King’s Own, Presented in 1859 and the unveiling of a memorial window to the Late General Sir Archibald Hunter. Sunday 28 Nov 1937.
Accession Number: KO1962/20

Commission Certificate, Reverend Cyril Joseph K Burnell MA, Chaplain to the Forces, Fourth Class, Regular Army, Reserve of Officers, Jan 1928.
Accession Number: KO1962/21

Renewal of Contract of Acting Chaplin engaged for Duty with Expeditionary Force, 21 Aug 1916, for Rev C J K Burnell.
Accession Number: KO1962/22

Army Chaplains contract with the War Office, for Reverend Cyril J K Burnell, dated 10th May 1915.
Accession Number: KO1962/23

Letter notifying Rev C J K Burnell about his passage to Gibraltar on board the P&O Steam Ship, Medina, leaving Tilbury Dock, London on 1 May 1915.
Accession Number: KO1962/24

Renewal of Contract as Acting Chaplain engaged for Duty with Expeditionary Force, dated 23 Apr 1918, for Rev C J K Burnell. Now with the British Forces in Italy.
Accession Number: KO1962/25

Renewal of contract as Acting Chaplain engaged for Duty with Expeditionary Force, dated 20 Jun 1917, for Rev C J K Burnell.
Accession Number: KO1962/26

List of Passengers on board the SS Medina, 1 May 1915. Leaving London for Australia on 1 May 1915 for Australia. Including Rev C J Burnell, with a passage to Gibraltar. Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
Accession Number: KO1962/27

Trench Map France, Sheet, 57 B NW
Accession Number: KO1962/28

Unidentified military band, formed of officers and soldiers from a mix of different regiments.  It is assumed that the officer stood at the rear, second from the left is Rev C J K Burnell.
Accession Number: KO1962/29

Assumed to be Rev C J K Burnell, CF.
Accession Number: KO1962/29b

Folder for documents, marked by printed stamp “Supplied for the Public Service” and in ink “12th Inf. Bde.” and “C J K Bunell CF” note incorrect spelling of his name.
Accession Number: KO1962/30

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