Soldiers of the RegimentLance
Corporal Robert Parkinson
Lance Corporal Robert Parkinson, number 22688812, 1st Battalion, King’s
Own Royal Regiment.
United Nations Korea Medal - unnamed as issued to Lance Corporal Robert
Parkinson, 1 King’s Own - Number 22688812
Accession Number: KO2457/01
Letter dated 22 Sep 1955 relating to the issue of the UN Medal for Korea
Accession Number: KO2457/02
Army Form C 310 Third Class Army Certificate of Education to Lance
Corporal Robert Parkinson, number 22688812, 1st Battalion, King’s Own
Royal Regiment. Dated 15 Dec 1953.
Accession Number: KO2457/03
Discharge book of Lance Corporal Robert Parkinson of 1 KORR and transfer
to Reserve - 5 KORR
Accession Number: KO2457/04
Release leave - statement of soldier’s account Army form O 1744 - Lance
Corporal Robert Parkinson, 15 Jul 1954
Accession Number: KO2457/05
Statement of Account - Army form N 1559 - to Private Parkinson
Accession Number: KO2457/06
Reserve and Auxiliary forces Act 1951 - Notes for the Guidance of
Servicemen
Accession Number: KO2457/07
National Service Acts - Allowances to wives and dependants of men called
up under the National Service Acts
Accession Number: KO2457/08
Certificate of Service (Army Form B 108D) Robert Parkinson - for
discharge from 5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment. Enlisted 26 Jul
1954 to 2 Jan 1958.
Accession Number: KO2457/09
Notice to be given to a man completing service in the regular....etc.
Lance Corporal Robert Parkinson
Accession Number: KO2457/10
Notice to a member of group ‘N’ Army General Reserve (Army Form D 427)
Accession Number: KO2457/11
Envelope to Lance Corporal R Parkinson - from 5 KORR 18 Mar 1958
Accession Number: KO2457/12
Slip from paymaster for Korean Service Gratuity for Oct 1953 to May 1954
to Private R Parkinson
Accession Number: KO2457/13
Ministry of Labour and National Service notice relating to information
to be provided on enlistment
Accession Number: KO2457/14
National Service Form (Army Form B2764) to R Parkinson, from 5 KORR 28
Jul 1954
Accession Number: KO2457/15

Private Robert Parkinson in uniform, circa 1952
Accession Number: KO2457/16

Private Robert Parkinson in uniform, sat on motorcycle, circa 1952
Accession Number: KO2457/17

Parade through Lancaster, possibly 5 KO 1956-57
Accession Number: KO2457/18

Parade through Lancaster, possibly 5 KO 1956-57
Accession Number: KO2457/19

Group of soldiers of 1st King’s Own in Germany in 1952/53 Believed to be
in Belsan
Accession Number: KO2457/20

Belsan Memorial, Germany, circa 1952-53
Accession Number: KO2457/21

Group of 1 King’s Own soldiers with field gun in Germany circa 1952/53
Accession Number: KO2457/22

Private Robert Parkinson with field gun in Germany circa 1952/53
Accession Number: KO2457/23

Group of soldiers of the 1st King’s Own, Germany circa 1954-55
Accession Number: KO2457/24

Depot squad group of King’s Own National Servicemen circa 1952 at
Bowerham Barracks, Lancaster
Accession Number: KO2457/25

Group of soldiers of the 1st King’s Own including Robert Parkinson circa
1952-54, possibly Germany or Korea
Accession Number: KO2457/26

Three soldiers of 1st King’s Own in the Korean Winter 1953/54, including
Robert Parkinson in the centre
Accession Number: KO2457/27

Two soldiers of the 1st King’s Own in Korea, Winter 1953/54
Accession Number: KO2457/28

Lance Corporal Robert Parkinson in Korea, 1953/54, 1st King’s Own, stood
next to stone
Accession Number: KO2457/29

1st King’s Own in Korea, group of camouflaged vehicles circa 1953/54
Accession Number: KO2457/30

Lance Corporal Robert Parkinson in Korea, 1953/54, 1st King’s Own, sat
on stone
Accession Number: KO2457/31

Group of 1st King’s Own on patrol in Korea, 1953/54
Accession Number: KO2457/32

Lance Corporal Robert Parkinson in Korea, 1953/54 with machine gun and
camouflaged vehicle
Accession Number: KO2457/33

Unknown resting soldier, 1st King’s Own, Korea, 1953/54
Accession Number: KO2457/34

Colour Sergeant ‘Chick’ Knight, CQMS, Support Coy, 1st King’s Own,
Korea, 1953/54
Accession Number: KO2457/35

Troopship HMT Empire Windrush
Accession Number: KO2457/36

Troopship HMT Empire Trooper
Accession Number: KO2457/37

Troopship HMT Empire Orwell
Accession Number: KO2457/38

Troopship HMT Empire Fowey
Accession Number: KO2457/39

Support Company of 1st King’s Own top right is Lance Corporal Robert
Parkinson, circa 1952-57
Accession Number: KO2457/40

Soldiers of the 1st King’s Own at Bowerham Barracks, Lancaster, in Jun
1954 ‘Home from the Far East’. Back row, left to right, Lance Corporal
Robert Parkinson, Privates A Banks, W Simpson, J F Heron, J Shackleton,
Corporal A Rogerson. Front left to right, Privates G Patterson, W
Swithenbank, C Taylor, P Wilson, J Dalton and Corporal F Isaac.
Accession Number: KO2457/41
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