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Corporal Joseph Blanshard

Copy of Royal Humane Society Certificate to Joseph Blanchard, saving the life of a boy 22 Aug 1929, Walney Channel, Barrow in Furness. (Act prior to his enlistment in to the King’s Own.
Accession Number: KO2922/01

Copy of certificate: Royal Army Service Corps Driving School, Feltham. Corporal Joseph Blanshard, number 3710373, 2nd Battalion, King’s Own attended an Instructor’s Course in Driving and Maintenance at this School and was classified ‘O2”. 15 Oct 1938.
Accession Number: KO2922/02

Copy of Second Class Army Certificate of Education, Private Joseph Blanshard, 3710373, Depot, King’s Own Royal Regiment. 5 Jul 1933
Accession Number: KO2922/03

Copy of Army Form B104-01 Report to next of kin the Shrapnel wound to spine received by Sergeant Joseph Blanshard, 148th Regiment, RAC, 8 Aug 1944. Addressed to Mrs D M Blanshard, 50 Sloop Street, Barrow in Furness.
Accession Number: KO2922/04

Copy of letter to Mrs Blanshard from Captain R N Anderson, Adjutant, 2nd Battalion, King’s Own, dated 17 Jan 1938, following her request that her son is discharged on compassionate grounds. Page one of two.
Accession Number: KO2922/05

Copy of letter to Mrs Blanshard from Captain R N Anderson, Adjutant, 2nd Battalion, King’s Own, dated 17 Jan 1938, following her request that her son is discharged on compassionate grounds. Page two of two.
Accession Number: KO2922/06

Group of soldiers, circa 1933 at Regimental Depot, Bowerham Barracks, Lancaster.
Accession Number: KO2922/07

Private Joseph Blanshard, number 3710373, King’s Own Royal Regiment, circa late 1930s.
Accession Number: KO2922/08

Copy of cover of Regular Army Certificate of Service to Private Joseph Blanshard, number 3710373, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO2922/09

Copy of first page of Regular Army Certificate of Service to Corporal Joseph Blanshard, number 3710373, King’s Own Royal Regiment and Later Royal Armoured Corps.
Accession Number: KO2922/10

Copy of Final Assessments of Conduct and Character on Leaving the Colours, 29 Jan 1945, from Regular Army Certificate of Service to Corporal Joseph Blanshard, number 3710373, King’s Own Royal Regiment and Later Royal Armoured Corps.
Accession Number: KO2922/11

Copy of Service with the Colours showing Transfers, in any, to other Corps, from Regular Army Certificate of Service to Corporal Joseph Blanshard, number 3710373, King’s Own Royal Regiment and Later Royal Armoured Corps.
Accession Number: KO2922/12

Copy of Certificate of Transfer to Army Reserve from Regular Army Certificate of Service to Corporal Joseph Blanshard, number 3710373, King’s Own Royal Regiment and Later Royal Armoured Corps.
Accession Number: KO2922/13

Copy of Certificate of Discharge from Regular Army Certificate of Service to Corporal Joseph Blanshard, number 3710373, King’s Own Royal Regiment and Later Royal Armoured Corps.
Accession Number: KO2922/14

Copy of Education attainments etc from Regular Army Certificate of Service to Corporal Joseph Blanshard, number 3710373, King’s Own Royal Regiment and Later Royal Armoured Corps. Page one of two.
Accession Number: KO2922/15

Copy of Education attainments etc from Regular Army Certificate of Service to Corporal Joseph Blanshard, number 3710373, King’s Own Royal Regiment and Later Royal Armoured Corps. Page two of two
Accession Number: KO2922/16

HMT Dorsetshire
Built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast in 1920 as a Bibby Line freighter she was converted to trooping in 1927 at Barrow in Furness. She was sister ship to HMT Shropshire. She was converted to a hospital ship in 1939 and remained in service until 1948 when she was refurbished and became a migrant ship. In 1953 she carried her last troops from Liverpool to Korea.
Accession Number: KO2922/17

Copy of rear of HMT Dorsetshire Postcard, (ko2922/17). With message to wife, from Corporal Joseph Blanshard, number 3710373, 2nd Battalion, King’s Own.
Accession Number: KO2922/18

2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Swimming and Polo Team, 1934.
Left to right, rear: Private Parker; Sergeant Cooke; Private Evans; Lance corporal Toole. Seated, left to right: Private Downing, Lieutenant Hillyard and Private Blanshard.
Accession Number: KO2922/19

Company of the 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, circa 1930s, with Colonel of the Regiment, Brigadier Hardy.
Accession Number: KO2922/20

2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Rugby XV, Aldershot, 1937
Accession Number: KO2922/21

Machine Gun Company, 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, St. George’s Day, Silver Jubilee Year, 1935.
Accession Number: KO2922/22

2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Support Company, Winners of the Company Rugby Cup, 1934, 1935 and 1936.
Rear, left to right, Lance Corporal Passant; Private Walker; Private Pole; Private Halsall; Lance corporal Blanshard; Private Wood; Private Cotter; Private Mills; Corporal Curtis.
Seated, left to right: Sergeant Kenyon; Private Taylor, Corporal Davies; Lieutenant B A Burke; Lance Sergeant Hughes; Lance Corporal Goggin; Company Sergeant Major Parker
Accession Number: KO2922/23

Copy of telegram regarding serious wound to Sergeant Blanchard, number 3710373, dated 11 Aug 1944. Page one of two
Accession Number: KO2922/24

Copy of telegram, regarding serious wound to Sergeant Blanchard, number 3710373, dated 11 Aug 1944. Page two of two.
Accession Number: KO2922/25

Copy of telegram regarding transfer of Sergeant Blanchard to Nation Orthopedic Hospital, Brockley Hill, Stanmore, 20 Aug 1944.
Accession Number: KO2922/26

Photo of sweetheart badge from Palestine, Corporal Joseph Blanchard, number 3710373, 2nd Battalion, King’s Own.
Accession Number: KO2922/27

Photo of rear of sweetheart badge from Palestine, Corporal Joseph Blanchard, number 3710373, 2nd Battalion, King’s Own.
Accession Number: KO2922/28

Photo of Sports Medal, Front – 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Runner Up 1938 440 x. Corporal J Blanshard.
Accession Number: KO2922/29

Photo of Sports Medal, rear – 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Runner Up 1938 440 x. Corporal J Blanshard.
Accession Number: KO2922/30

Photo of Sports Medal, front – 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Runner Up 1938 100 x. Corporal J Blanshard
Accession Number: KO2922/31

Photo of Sports Medal, rear – 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Runner Up 1938 100 x. Corporal J Blanshard
Accession Number: KO2922/32

Photo of Sports Medal, front – 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Winner 1938, 220 x. Corporal J Blanshard
Accession Number: KO2922/33

Photo of Sports Medal, rear – 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Winner 1938, 220 x. Corporal J Blanshard
Accession Number: KO2922/34

Photo of Sports Medal, front – 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Winner, 1938, Javelin. Corporal J Blanshard.
Accession Number: KO2922/35

Photo of Sports Medal, rear – 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Winner, 1938, Javelin. Corporal J Blanshard.
Accession Number: KO2922/36

Photo of Sports Medal , front – Command Rugby Football Competition, Runners Up 1936-37, 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Lance Corporal J Blanshard.
Accession Number: KO2922/37

Photo of Sports Medal , rear – Command Rugby Football Competition, Runners Up 1936-37, 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Lance Corporal J Blanshard.
Accession Number: KO2922/38
 

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