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Private John 'Jack' Bates

See also KO1385, for other material.

Christmas Card 1/5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, ‘In the Field, 1918’
Accession Number: KO1531/01

Christmas Card 2/5th Battalion King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment
Accession Number: KO1531/02

‘Green Privilege’ Censor Envelope to Mrs Bates 32, St. Leonard Gate, Lancaster, sent home by Private John Bates, number 35016, 2/5 King’s Own.
Accession Number: KO1531/03

Envelope ‘On Active Service’ Church Army addressed to Mrs Bates, 32 St. Leonard Gate, Lancaster. Field Post Mark dated 31 Dec 1917 Passed by Censor.
Accession Number: KO1531/04

Letter home, on Church Army Recreation Hut notepaper, from Private John Bates, number 35016, KORLR, dated ‘Wednesday’
Accession Number: KO1531/05

Leave pass to Private H Mawson, number 112114, B Coy, 8th Battalion Machine Gun Corps.
Accession Number: KO1531/06

Leave passes - blank - Machine Gun Corps
Accession Number: KO1531/07

Letter home to parents from Private John Bates, number 35016, 2nd/5th King’s Own royal Lancaster written from Ward C No 3 Canadian General Hospital, France. 29 Jan 1917? Boulogne.
Accession Number: KO1531/08

Letter home to Mother, Dad and Nell from Private John Bates, number 35016, 2/5 King’s Own. Five pages handscript. 20 Oct 1917 (?)
Accession Number: KO1531/09

Active Service, Privilege Envelope addressed to Mrs Bates, 32 St. Leonard Gate, Lancaster, from Private John Bates, number 35016 of the 2nd/5th Battalion King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.
Accession Number: KO2735/01

Pass (Army Form B295) Printed Jun 1917. Pass to be absent from quarters
Accession Number: KO2735/02

Letter to ‘Mother, Dad and Nell’ at 32 St. Leonard Gate, Lancaster.
1 Nov 1917 page one of five from Private J Bates, number 33016, 2nd/5th King’s Own in France.
Accession Number: KO2807/01a

Letter to ‘Mother, Dad and Nell’ at 32 St. Leonard Gate, Lancaster.
1 Nov 1917 page two of five from Private J Bates, number 33016, 2nd/5th King’s Own in France.
Accession Number: KO2807/01b

Letter to ‘Mother, Dad and Nell’ at 32 St. Leonard Gate, Lancaster.
1 Nov 1917 page three of five from Private J Bates, number 33016, 2nd/5th King’s Own in France.
Accession Number: KO2807/01c

Letter to ‘Mother, Dad and Nell’ at 32 St. Leonard Gate, Lancaster.
1 Nov 1917 page four of five from Private J Bates, number 33016, 2nd/5th King’s Own in France.
Accession Number: KO2807/01d

Letter to ‘Mother, Dad and Nell’ at 32 St. Leonard Gate, Lancaster.
1 Nov 1917 page five of five from Private J Bates, number 33016, 2nd/5th King’s Own in France.
Accession Number: KO2807/01e

Pencil Sketch of entrance to Billets sent with letter of 1 Nov 1917 by Private J Bates, number 33016, 2nd/5th King’s Own in France.
Accession Number: KO2807/02

Letter to ‘Mother, Dad and Nell’ at 32 St. Leonard Gate, Lancaster
3 Dec 1917 page one of four from Private J Bates, number 33016, 2nd/5th King’s Own in France.
Accession Number: KO2807/03a

Letter to ‘Mother, Dad and Nell’ at 32 St. Leonard Gate, Lancaster
3 Dec 1917 page two of four from Private J Bates, number 33016, 2nd/5th King’s Own in France.
Accession Number: KO2807/03b

Letter to ‘Mother, Dad and Nell’ at 32 St. Leonard Gate, Lancaster
3 Dec 1917 page three of four from Private J Bates, number 33016, 2nd/5th King’s Own in France.
Accession Number: KO2807/03c

Letter to ‘Mother, Dad and Nell’ at 32 St. Leonard Gate, Lancaster
3 Dec 1917 page four of four from Private J Bates, number 33016, 2nd/5th King’s Own in France.
Accession Number: KO2807/03d

Letter to ‘Dad, Mother and Sister’ at 32 St. Leonard Gate, Lancaster 15 Dec 1917. Single page letter from Private J Bates, number 33016, 2nd/5th King’s Own in France.
Accession Number: KO2807/04

Letter to ‘Mother, Dad and Nell’ at 32 St. Leonard Gate, Lancaster. Dated ‘Tuesday 25th’ Page one of two from Private J Bates, number 33016, 2nd/5th King’s Own in France.
Accession Number: KO2807/05a

Letter to ‘Mother, Dad and Nell’ at 32 St. Leonard Gate, Lancaster. Dated ‘Tuesday 25th’ Page one of two from Private J Bates, number 33016, 2nd/5th King’s Own in France.
Accession Number: KO2807/05b

Front of envelope addressed to 35016 Private J Bates, 2/5th King’s Own, A Coy. Postmarked Lancaster 13 Jan 1918, also stamped Return to Sender and Returned Letter Branch, Birmingham.
Accession Number: KO2807/06

YMCA Envelope addressed to Mrs Bates, 32 St. Leonard Gate, Lancaster, postmarked 25 Aug 1917 and passed by Field Censor
Accession Number: KO2807/07

King’s Own Christmas Card signed ‘Jack’ probably sent in Dec 1917 from Private Jack Bates, 2/5th King’s Own.
Accession Number: KO2807/08

 
‘Greetings From France’ ‘With Best Wishes for a Happy Xmas and a Bright New Year’ 57th Division BEF France, Xmas 1917. Signed ‘Jack’ from Private Jack Bates, 2/5th King’s Own.
Accession Number: KO2807/09

Lace Hall at Ypres before the First World War
Accession Number: KO2807/10

Lace Hall at Ypres after the bombardment
Accession Number: KO2807/11

St. Jacques Church, Ypres after the bombardment
Accession Number: KO2807/12

Bell Tower of the Lace Hall, Ypres, after the bombardment
Accession Number: KO2807/13

Lille Road, Ypres after the bombardment.
Accession Number: KO2807/14

Modern copy photograph of Private Jack Bates, number 35016, of the 2nd/5th King’s Own.
Accession Number: KO2807/15

Private Cecil Blamire, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, a friend of Private Jack Bates of the 2nd/5th King’s Own, and his brother, ? Blamire, in Royal Naval Uniform. Autographed and dated 10 May 1919. Photo by Herbert of Lancaster.
Assumed to be Number 4246/241670 Acting Sergeant Cecil Blamire who served with both the 2nd/5th and 1st/5th Battalions.
Accession Number: KO2807/16

Unknown soldier, First World War, possibly a King’s Own Territorial Soldier but shoulder title not clear. Photo by Herbert of Lancaster.
Accession Number: KO2807/17

Group of soldiers of the Machine Gun Corps
Accession Number: KO2807/18

Letter from 241352 Private Joseph Child, 2nd/5th King’s Own, 2nd Army Central School of Instruction, dated 26 May 1917. To Ellen. – Miss N Bates, 32 St. Leonards Gate, Lancaster.
Mention of Jack and Cecil in the letter – which would be Private Jack Bates (number 35016, 2nd/5th King’s Own) and Private Cecil Blamire.  Page one of three
Accession Number: KO2807/19a

Letter from 241352 Private Joseph Child, 2nd/5th King’s Own, 2nd Army Central School of Instruction, dated 26 May 1917. To Ellen. – Miss N Bates, 32 St. Leonards Gate, Lancaster.
Mention of Jack and Cecil in the letter – which would be Private Jack Bates (number 35016, 2nd/5th King’s Own) and Private Cecil Blamire.  Page two of three
Accession Number: KO2807/19b

Letter from 241352 Private Joseph Child, 2nd/5th King’s Own, 2nd Army Central School of Instruction, dated 26 May 1917. To Ellen. – Miss N Bates, 32 St. Leonards Gate, Lancaster.
Mention of Jack and Cecil in the letter – which would be Private Jack Bates (number 35016, 2nd/5th King’s Own) and Private Cecil Blamire.  Page three of three
Accession Number: KO2807/19c

Army Form A 14. Cover for certificates and other documents of a soldier on Discharge or Transfer to the Reserve
Accession Number: KO2807/20

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