King's Own Royal Regiment Museum

The National Service Years 1945-59

Private Ernest Hodgson, 1st King's Own, Hong Kong, 1954-56

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Also see items sent home by Private Hodgson to his family.

    
'Best turnout' medal awarded to private Recruit Lance Corporal Ernest Hodgson on completion of his basic training at Bowerham Barracks, Lancaster.
Accession Number: KO2918/27

Photographs relating to Private Ernest Hodgson, number 23188133, 1st King’s Own, Hong Kong, 1954-1956.

Soldiers in Hong Kong.
Accession Number: KO2859/101

Street scene in Hong Kong.
Accession Number: KO2859/102

Soldiers in civilian clothes on rickshaw bicycles.
Accession Number: KO2859/103

Soldier at drums.
Accession Number: KO2859/104

Two King’s Own soldiers.
Accession Number: KO2859/105

Group of King’s Own soldiers and local at Bea Stables, Hong Kong.
Accession Number: KO2859/106

The Departure from Hong Kong, Band and Drums at Harbour.
Accession Number: KO2859/107

The Departure from Hong Kong, Military Band seated, playing at Harbour.
Accession Number: KO2859/108

Building at Mombasa, Kenya.
Accession Number: KO2859/109

Group of King’s Own soldiers, probably at Mombasa, Kenya.
Accession Number: KO2859/110

Market stall at Mombasa, Kenya.
Accession Number: KO2859/111

Street view, Mombasa, Kenya.
Accession Number: KO2859/112

Adderley Street, Cape Town, South Africa.
Accession Number: KO2859/113

Gardens, Cape Town, South Africa.
Accession Number: KO2859/114

Queen’s Birthday Parade, 21st May 1956, Hong Kong, Military Band.
Accession Number: KO2859/115

Queen’s Birthday Parade, 21st May 1956, Hong Kong, Corps of Drums. 
Accession Number: KO2859/116

Queen’s Birthday Parade, 21st May 1956, Hong Kong, Royal Navy on parade.
Accession Number: KO2859/117

Queen’s Birthday Parade, 21st May 1956, Hong Kong, Corps and Drums on parade.
Accession Number: KO2859/118

Queen’s Birthday Parade, 21st May 1956, Hong Kong, Dog handlers on parade.
Accession Number: KO2859/119

Queen’s Birthday Parade, 21st May 1956, Hong Kong, Royal Navy on parade.
Accession Number: KO2859/120

Advert for Kwong Kee Embroidery co. Hankow Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Accession Number: KO2859/121

Permanent Pass for Bandsman Hodgson, 1st King’s Own.
Accession Number: KO2859/122

Permanent Pass for Bandsman Hodgson, 1st King’s Own.
Accession Number: KO2859/123

Bandsmen of the King’s Own on board a boat, possibly ferry, Hong Kong.
Accession Number: KO2859/124

'The Ceremony, or Court, of Neptune', crossing the Equator, on board the troopship brining the 1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment, back from Hong Kong, 1956.
Accession Number: KO2859/125

'The Ceremony, or Court, of Neptune', crossing the Equator, on board the troopship brining the 1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment, back from Hong Kong, 1956.
Accession Number: KO2859/126

'The Ceremony, or Court, of Neptune', crossing the Equator, on board the troopship brining the 1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment, back from Hong Kong, 1956.
Accession Number: KO2859/127

'The Ceremony, or Court, of Neptune', crossing the Equator, on board the troopship brining the 1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment, back from Hong Kong, 1956.
Accession Number: KO2859/128

'The Ceremony, or Court, of Neptune', crossing the Equator, on board the troopship brining the 1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment, back from Hong Kong, 1956.
Accession Number: KO2859/129

'The Ceremony, or Court, of Neptune', crossing the Equator, on board the troopship brining the 1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment, back from Hong Kong, 1956.
Accession Number: KO2859/130

Adderley Street, Cape Town, South Africa
Accession Number: KO2859/131

Group of soldiers at Saighton Camp, Barnard Castle.
Accession Number: KO2859/132

Mountain climbing, 1956, four men at the summit
Accession Number: KO2859/133

Mountain climbing, 1956, four men at the summit.
Accession Number: KO2859/134

Mountain climbing, 1956, five men at the summit.
Accession Number: KO2859/135

Mountain climbing, 1956, four men at the summit.
Accession Number: KO2859/136

Mountain climbing, 1956, four men at the summit.
Accession Number: KO2859/137

Mountain climbing, 1956, one man at the summit.
Accession Number: KO2859/138

Mountain climbing, 1956, one man at the summit.
Accession Number: KO2859/139

Scenes of the New Territories, boy with cow.
Accession Number: KO2859/140

Tiger Balm Garden.
Accession Number: KO2859/141

Two soldiers on board ship.
Accession Number: KO2859/142

Two soldiers on board ship.
Accession Number: KO2859/143

Group of soldiers at Saighton Camp, Barnard Castle.
Accession Number: KO2859/144

Camp, Nissen huts, at Kowloon Peak, Hong Kong.
Accession Number: KO2859/145

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