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Colonel Vernon F Royle

Collection of documents etc relating to the service of Colonel Vernon Royle

Tactical Training Memorandum, 5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, circa 1930s.
Accession Number: KO2946/01

Officers Badminton Club Membership Card, King’s Own Royal Regiment. Circa 1950s. Colonel V F Royle as President.
Accession Number: KO2946/02

Training Aid, 5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, 1950
Accession Number: KO2946/03

Lecture on Discipline given by Captain T J Gardner, The King’s Own Regiment. Circa 1917 when Gardner was attached to the Machine Gun Corps.
Accession Number: KO2946/04

Rules of the “King’s Own Club” Lancaster.
Accession Number: KO2946/05

Letter to 2nd Lieutenant V F Royle of 5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment concerning the introduction of personal numbers for officers. Circa 1938.
Accession Number: KO2946/06

Officers Training Corps Certificate ‘A’ – Vernon Fanshawe Royle, Harrow School Contingent, Junior Division, qualified in the Infantry syllabus. !0 Nov 1931.
Accession Number: KO2946/07

Extract of Confidential Report dated 24 May 1938, on Lieutenant V F Royle, signed by Lieutenant Colonel N M Ritchie, Commanding, 2nd Battalion, Blenheim Barracks, North Camp, Aldershot.
Accession Number: KO2946/08

Extract of Confidential Report dated 18 Aug 1936 on Lieutenant V F Royle, signed by Adjutant, 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment. Royle was a Supplementary Reserve Officer.
Accession Number: KO2946/09

Extract of Confidential Report, dated 21 Aug 1933 on 2nd Lieutenant V F Royle, signed by Captain R P F White, 5th King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO2946/10

Extract of Confidential Report dated 1951 on Lieutenant Colonel V F Royle whilst commanding the 5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO2946/11

Envelope addressed to 2nd Lieutenant V F Royle, Supplementary Reserve, King’s Own Royal Regiment. Stanmore Lodge, Lancaster.
Accession Number: KO2946/12

Hints on Etiquette and Dress for Officers of the Territorial Force by An Adjutant. Fourth Edition. Published by Gale & Polden Ltd, London. 1916. (First dated Jun 1914).
The title page has ‘V F Royle, Fairlight, Lancaster’ and the date ‘3 Sep 1931’.
Accession Number: KO2946/13

Visit of King George VI to Lancaster, 1951. View of the Guard of Honour provided by the 5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO2946/14

Visit of King George VI to Lancaster, 1951. View of HM King leaving Lancaster Town Hall to inspect the Guard of Honour provided by the 5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment in Dalton Square, Lancaster.
Accession Number: KO2946/15

Sergeants of the 5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, at Altcar Camp, Jul 1948
Accession Number: KO2946/16

All Ranks of the 5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, at Kinmel Park, 1949.
Accession Number: KO2946/17

Band of the 5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment at Castlemartin Camp, 1950.
Accession Number: KO2946/18

Headquarter Company, 5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment at Castlemartin Camp, 1950
Accession Number: KO2946/19

Officers, 5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment at Castlemartin Camp, 1950.
Standing, left to right: Captain Young; Captain Corless; Lieutenant Thomas; Captain Record; Captain Farrer; Captain Williams; Captain Adrian Royle; Lieutenant Simpkin.
Seated, left to right: Majors Smith; Preston; Todd; Parker (Quartermaster) Boisier Wyles (2 i/c) Colonel Vernon Royle; Captain Ford (Adjutant); Major Thompson (Medical Officer); Majors Harvey; Long; Rev A F Clark.
Accession Number: KO2946/20

Officers, 5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, at Llandbedr, 1951
Accession Number: KO2946/21

Officers, 5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment at Castlemartin Camp, 1959.
Rear row, left to right: George; Pinington; Peter Clarke; Arnold Walker QM TA; Giles Barrett; Keith Wollaston; Ken Clarkson; Philip Oglethorpe;
Middle row, left to right: David Mechie, RAMC; Rev Cosgrove, RC; Merville Goldstone; Jo Norcross (QM); Jim Butler; Peter Simpkin; Tony Mulvaney; Rev. Houghton (CE).
Front row, left to right: Ian Faulder; Ted Corless; John Smith, Adjutant; Donld Long; Vernon Royle; Nigel Gribbon, Commanding Officer; Bob Ingram; Bob Record; Adrian Royle.
Accession Number: KO2946/22

Letter dated 20 Mar 1933 regarding the Commission of Vernon Royle into the 5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment
Accession Number: KO2946/23

Letter dated 24 Mar 1933 regarding the Commission of Vernon Royle into the 5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment
Accession Number: KO2946/24

Letter dated 9 Feb 1933 from Lieutenant Colonel L I Cowper regarding the commission of Vernon Royle into the 5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO2946/25

Letter dated 9 Feb 1933 from Captain R P F White, regarding the commission of Vernon Royle into the 5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO2946/26

An Infantry Battalion (Higher Establishment) June 1941.  War Establishment Strength – 12 Pages
Accession Number: KO2946/27

Army Council Instruction re Families Overseas
Accession Number: KO2946/28

Battalion Orders, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, 3 May 1940, two pages.
Accession Number: KO2946/29

Battalion Orders, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, 10 May 1940, two pages.
Accession Number: KO2946/30

Matters of Interest to British Officers and their families in India. HMSO, 1941.
Accession Number: KO2946/31

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