King's Own Royal Regiment Museum

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HOME Museum & Collections Sales Donations Events Contact Us REGIMENTAL HISTORY 17th Century 18th Century 19th Century 20th Century First World War Second World War Actions & Movements Battle Honours FAMILY HISTORY Resources Further Reading PHOTO GALLERY ENQUIRIES FURTHER READING LINKS		Collections - Postcards Sergeant John Miles Read, number 242320, 1st/5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. Page One Page Two Page Three Sergeant Read of the 1st/5th Battalion of the King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment sent postcards home to his future wife, Edith Martindale, of Graham Street, Penrith. Almost all the postcards contain no message, just simply a name and address and often a field post mark and censor's mark. Edith Martindale, Feb 1897, to whom all the postcards sent by Sergeant J M Read of 1/5 KORLR were sent - to her address at 135 Graham Street, Penrith. Accession Number: KO2428/001 Souvenir Card of the 1/5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. Named to Sergeant John Miles Read, number 242320, of the 1st/5th King’s Own. Accession Number: KO2428/002 Pre-war postcard postmarked 25 Nov 1905 Ashbourne Accession Number: KO2428/003 Pre-war postcard postmarked 23 Nov 1905 Ashbourne Accession Number: KO2428/004 Red Cross association Lowther Park, Staveley Section Accession Number: KO2428/005 Sergeant J M Read 5 KORLR photo taken when a Corporal - photographic Studio in Carlisle. Accession Number: KO2428/006 Group of five KO soldiers, rear marked ‘Guard Room’ West 2 Accession Number: KO2428/007 Civilian group - ‘and with best wishes to all concerned....for ‘many happy returns of the day’ Accession Number: KO2428/008 Civilian group - ‘In memory of a pleasant excursion, Whit Monday 1905’ Accession Number: KO2428/009 Two ladies - postmarked 23 Jan 1905 Accession Number: KO2428/010 Three ladies ‘Portraits of Celebrities’ ‘the Three Graces!’ Accession Number: KO2428/011 ‘Grave’ for the 2/1st Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry. Formed in 1914, by about Jul 1915 in newly formed Western Mounted Brigade. by Apr 1916 in area of Cupar Fife, Brigade became the 21st Mounted Brigade. Jul 1916 became Cyclist Unit in 14th Cyclist Bde, still at Cupar, and there until the end of 1917. The mock up of a tomb-stone states ‘to take our horses and give us bicycles.’ Accession Number: KO2428/012 ‘A Gallant Regiment - A short Story of the King’s Own’ Reprinted from the Lancaster Observer 14 Aug 1914. Accession Number: KO2428/013 Ypres Place Vandenpeerboom - dated 23 May 1917 from ‘Donald’ of 1/5th South Lancashire Regiment. Accession Number: KO2428/014 Setques - dated 9 Jul 1917 Accession Number: KO2428/015 St Omer - Church - dated 15 Jul 1917 Accession Number: KO2428/016 Lumbres - Vue Panoramique Accession Number: KO2428/017 St Omer - Un coin de la Grande Place - 18 Jul 1917 Accession Number: KO2428/018 St Omer - L’Hotel de Ville - 19 Jul 1917 Accession Number: KO2428/019 St Omer - Jardin Public - 20 Jul 1917 Accession Number: KO2428/020 Calais - Rue Royale - 13 Aug 1917 Accession Number: KO2428/021 Calais - Le Theatre - 14 Aug 1917 Accession Number: KO2428/022 Tournehem - Le Vielle Porte - 11 Aug 1917 Accession Number: KO2428/023 Calais - Panorama vers Notre-Dame - 14 Aug 1917 Accession Number: KO2428/024 Calais - Le Musee et la rue Royals - 16 Aug 1917 Accession Number: KO2428/025 Calais - Vers les Jetees - 19 Aug 1917 Accession Number: KO2428/026 Tournehem - Le Moulin - 22 Aug 1917 Accession Number: KO2428/027 Calais - Le Theatre - 23 Aug 1917 Accession Number: KO2428/028 Calais - Pont Richelieu - 24 Aug 1917 Accession Number: KO2428/029 Calais - Le Rue de la Citadelle - 26 Aug 1917 Accession Number: KO2428/030 Calais - Place du Theatre - 28 Aug 1917 Accession Number: KO2428/031 Calais - Monument eleve a la Memoire du Sumbersible Pluviose 1 Sep 1917 Accession Number: KO2428/032 Calais - La Gare Maritime - 3 Sep 1917 Accession Number: KO2428/033 Calais - Le Steamer ‘Le Nord’ 4 Sep 1917 Accession Number: KO2428/034 Calais - Le Musee et la Rue Royle - 4 Sep 1917 Accession Number: KO2428/035 Calais - Le Musee et la Rue Royle - 4 Sep 1917 Accession Number: KO2428/036 Calais - La Poste - 5 Sep 1917 Accession Number: KO2428/037 Calais - La Gare -7 Sep 1917 Accession Number: KO2428/038 Calais - Le Marche - 9 Sep 1917 Accession Number: KO2428/039 Calais - Le Jardin Richelieu - 10 Sep 1917 Accession Number: KO2428/040 Calais - La Rue Royale - 11 Sep 1917 Accession Number: KO2428/041 Calais - Le Boulevard Jacquard - 12 Sep 1917 Accession Number: KO2428/042 Tournehem - Vue Panoramique - 12 Sep 1917 Accession Number: KO2428/043 Calais - Les Ecluses - 15 Sep 1917 Accession Number: KO2428/044 Calais - Le Boulevard Jacquard - 17 Sep 1917 Accession Number: KO2428/045 Calais - Le Pont Richelieu - 19 Sep 1917 Accession Number: KO2428/046 Calais - Le Boulevard Maritime -20 Sep 1917 Accession Number: KO2428/047 Calais - Le Tramway electrique - 24 Sep 1917 Accession Number: KO2428/048 Calais - Le Pont Richelieu - 27 Sep 1917 Accession Number: KO2428/049 Calais - La Place d’Armes - 27 Sep 1917 Accession Number: KO2428/050 Calais - La Gare Maritime - 27 Sep 1917 Accession Number: KO2428/051 Cathedrale d’Amiens - 1 Oct 1917 Accession Number: KO2428/052 Amiens - Place Rene Goblet - 1 Oct 1917 Accession Number: KO2428/053 Amiens - Catnedrale - 2 Oct 1917 Accession Number: KO2428/054 Amiens - Cathedrale - 3 Oct 1917 Accession Number: KO2428/055 Amiens - La Prefecture - 4 Oct 1917 Accession Number: KO2428/056 Amiens - L’Hotel des Postes - 5 Oct 1917 Accession Number: KO2428/057 Amiens - L’Hotel de Ville - 5 Oct 1917 Accession Number: KO2428/058 Amiens - Le Palais de Justice - 7 Oct 1917 Accession Number: KO2428/059 Amiens - Place et Jardin St Denis - 8 Oct 1917 Accession Number: KO2428/060 Only a proportion of our collections are on display at anyone time. 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