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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 © Images are copyright, Trustees of the King's Own Royal Regiment Museum. You must seek permission prior to publication of any of our images.		Collections - Firearms 1940 Semi-automatic Luger pistol 1940 Semi-automatic Luger pistol, captured at Tobruk during the 2nd Battalion's attack on ‘Butch’ 21-24 November 1941 by Major Sam Waring MC & Bar and passed by him to Corporal Philip Howarth. Major Waring was wounded in the Tobruk sortie and evacuated by sea from Tobruk but died, aged 25, when HMS Chakdina was sunk on 5 December 1941 whilst carrying wounded and enemy prisoners of war to Alexandria. Major Sam Waring MC is commemorated on the Alamein Memorial. He was the son of William S O and A D A Blanche Waring of Totland, Isle of Wight. Accession Number: KO2504/01 © Images are copyright, Trustees of the King's Own Royal Regiment Museum. You must seek permission prior to publication of any of our images. Only a proportion of our collections are on display at anyone time. Certain items are on loan for display in other institutions. An appointment is required to consult any of our collections which are held in store.