King's Own Royal Regiment Museum

The National Service Years 1945-59

Kenya & Aden 1958-1959

Private Bill Roberts, 1st Battalion, King's Own, Kenya & Aden

Private Bill Roberts, number 23572170, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, 1958/59, alongside the Equator sign, Kenya.
Accession Number: KO2900/01

Left to right: Private Dick Liver, Private Bill Roberts, and Private Ron Atkinson, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, 1958/59. Going on guard, Kenya.
Accession Number: KO2900/02

St. George’s Day, 1959, Kenya. Left to right: Dick Baxter, Private Bill Roberts, Corporal Woods, Paul Lysart, front; Ron Atkinson, Dick Liver and Trevor Redfern 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, 1958/59.
Accession Number: KO2900/03

Group of seven: Kenya, 1958/59. Left to right: Bob Dudley, Corporal Wood, John Helm, John Hughes, unknown, Private Bill Roberts, Ken Finch, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, 1958/59.
Accession Number: KO2900/04

HMT Dunera
Accession Number: KO2900/05

Private McQue, Aden, Medium Machine Guns, Support Company 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, 1958/59.
Accession Number: KO2900/06

Outside tent in Kenya, Bob Dudley, Dick Baxter, Dick Liver and Private Bill Roberts, Medium Machine Guns Support Company, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, 1958/59.
Accession Number: KO2900/07

Two others and Private Bill Roberts, (on right), 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, 1958/59 ready to wait-on at a mess function, Barnard Castle.
Accession Number: KO2900/08

Private Bill Roberts, and Trevor Redfern, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, 1958/59. Ready to do a physical training test.
Accession Number: KO2900/09

Amalgamation Parade, Westwick Camp, Barnard Castle, Oct 1959.
Accession Number: KO2900/10

Private McQue, Ronnie Bamford, Dick Baxter, Paul Lycart, Johny Ray, in Aden, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, 1958/59.
Accession Number: KO2900/11

Corporal Wood, John Atkinson, unknown, Ron Bamford, Private Bill Roberts. Seated: Bob Dudley and Ken Finch, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, 1958/59.
Accession Number: KO2900/12

Private Bill Roberts, Medium Machine Gun Number 1 Section, Support Company, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, 1958/59.
Accession Number: KO2900/13

Amalgamation Parade, Westwick Camp, Barnard Castle, Oct 1959.
Accession Number: KO2900/14

Private Bill Roberts, photographed age 5, circa 1944.
Accession Number: KO2900/15

Private Bill Roberts, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, 1958/59. Parade in Lancaster, likely to be Sep 1959 and the farewell to Lancaster parade.
Accession Number: KO2900/16

Amalgamation Parade, Oct 1959, Corporal Williams, Private Smith, Private Bill Roberts, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO2900/17

Nine soldiers including Private Bill Roberts, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Amalgamation Parade, Oct 1959, Barnard Castle.
Accession Number: KO2900/18

Thompson Falls, Kenya.
Accession Number: KO2900/19

Sight seeing photograph. Game reserve, Kenya.
Accession Number: KO2900/20

Sight seeing photograph. Game reserve, Kenya.
Accession Number: KO2900/21

Sight seeing photograph. Game reserve, Kenya.
Accession Number: KO2900/22

Sight seeing photograph. Game reserve, Kenya.
Accession Number: KO2900/23

Sight seeing photograph. Game reserve, Kenya.
Accession Number: KO2900/24

Sight seeing photograph. Game reserve, Kenya.
Accession Number: KO2900/25

Sight seeing photograph. Game reserve, Kenya.
Accession Number: KO2900/26

Sight seeing photograph. Game reserve, Kenya.
Accession Number: KO2900/27