King's Own Royal Regiment Museum

Sergeant John Lacy Rowlandson

Photographs

Probably 4th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment marching through Barrow/Dalton/Ulverston prior to the First World War.
Photo by W Cookson, Photographer, Dalton Road, Barrow in Furness.
Accession Number: KO2951/051

  
Unknown man sat on chair polishing buttons of an officer’s tunic, the collar dog can just been seen, with boots etc in and around Bell Tent. Likely to be pre-First World War territorial force camp.
Suggested that the man may be John Lacy Rowlandson’s father.
Accession Number: KO2951/052

Unidentified Camp, possibly Territorial Force, pre First World War.
Accession Number: KO2951/053

Group of soldiers, ‘KORR Transport’ circa 1920s.
Photographed marked ‘KORR Transport 126’

It would appear that the army numbers of two of the soldiers can be seen printed on their shirts, the numbers are not clear enough to work out for sure.
Accession Number: KO2951/054

Group of King’s Own soldiers and members of the ATS, singing around a piano. ‘x’ marks John Lacy Rowlandson. The photograph appeared in the Lancaster Guardian of 1 Dec 1939. Photo likely to have been taken in Nov 1939 at Bowerham Barracks, Lancaster.

The poster on the wall advertises the Odeon, Lancaster with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Accession Number: KO2951/055

Private John Lacy Rowlandson, King’s Own Royal Regiment, circa 1928
Accession Number: KO2951/056

Private John Lacy Rowlandson, King’s Own Royal Regiment, circa 1928 with an unknown neighbour, photographed in Barrow.
Accession Number: KO2951/057

Private John Lacy Rowlandson, King’s Own Royal Regiment, circa 1928, photographed in Barrow
Accession Number: KO2951/058

Private John Lacy Rowlandson, King’s Own Royal Regiment, circa 1928 with unknown neighbours, photographed in Barrow.
Accession Number: KO2951/059

Private John Lacy Rowlandson, King’s Own Royal Regiment, circa 1928 with unknown neighbours, photographed in Barrow.
Accession Number: KO2951/060

Private John Lacy Rowlandson, King’s Own Royal Regiment, circa 1928.
Accession Number: KO2951/061

Private John Lacy Rowlandson, King’s Own Royal Regiment, on horseback circa 1930s.
Accession Number: KO2951/062

Funeral wagons and horses, 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Cairo, 1930.
Accession Number: KO2951/063

Group of battalion sportsmen, King’s Own Royal Regiment, circa 1930s. Private John Lacy Rowlandson is second from the left at the rear.
Accession Number: KO2951/064

Company Group, Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, circa 1930s. Private John Lacy Rowlandson is the tall soldier stood in the centre of the rear row, with his back to the pillar.
Accession Number: KO2951/065

Sphinx and Pyramid, Cairo, Egypt, 1930
Accession Number: KO2951/066

Soldiers enjoying an ice cream, on leave in Alexandria, Egypt, circa 1930s. ‘x’ marks Private John Lacy Rowlandson.
Accession Number: KO2951/067

Soldiers on leave at Alexandria, Egypt, bathing, circa 1930s. ‘x’ marks Private John Lacy Rowlandson, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO2951/068

Three soldiers, with Private John Lacy Rowlandson stood at the right, Alexandria, Egypt, circa 1930s.
Accession Number: KO2951/069

Two soldiers of the King’s Own and three puppies in wooden box, marked “The Finest Drink Under the Sun”.
Accession Number: KO2951/070

“A freak photo” Private Lawton and Garniss, and Private Green and Garniss. A double exposure on the film resulted in a duplication of similar images.
Accession Number: KO2951/071

Group of soldiers, King’s Own, early 1930s.
Accession Number: KO2951/072

Warrant Officers and Sergeant of 151st Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, at Westgate on Sea, Feb 1943.
Accession Number: KO2951/074

Group of soldiers of the 107th Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, The King’s Own.
Accession Number: KO2951/075

Group of soldiers of the 107th Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, The King’s Own.
Accession Number: KO2951/076

Sergeant John Lacy Rowlandson, of the 107th Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, The King’s Own.
Accession Number: KO2951/077

Group of soldiers of the 107th Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, The King’s Own, the tall soldier in the centre is Sergeant John Lacy Rowlandson, 1944.
Accession Number: KO2951/078

Two soldiers in street scene, the tall soldier is John Lacy Rowlandson.
Accession Number: KO2951/079

Crew members of a Churchill tank of the 107th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps, The King’s Own. Sergeant John Lacy Rowlandson is stood on the left.
Accession Number: KO2951/080

Men of the 107th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps, The King’s Own, are photographed in front of tank “Arkholme”. Sergeant John Lacy Rowlandson is standing third from the left. 1944/45
Accession Number: KO2951/081

Two men of the 107th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps, The King’s Own in front of a Churchill tank, “Able”. 1944/45
Accession Number: KO2951/082

Group of soldiers of the 107th Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, The King’s Own, including third from the right, Sergeant John Lacy Rowlandson.
Accession Number: KO2951/083

John Lacy Rowlandson, front left, at a regimental reunion, May 1962.
Accession Number: KO2951/084

  
Unknown French lady. With message, in French, on the rear, "For Jack, Best memory/remembrance of our kind/nice English teacher, Adeline & Henriette"  A photo kept by John Lacy Rowlandson, 107th Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, The King’s Own.
Accession Number: KO2951/085

Sergeant John Lacy Rowlandson (centre) of the 107th Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, The King’s Own, with another two soldiers and members of a Dutch family, 1945.
Accession Number: KO2951/086

John Lacy Rowlandson, right, with Jansen family who he had been billeted with in 1945 in the Dutch town of Aiorschott.  He returned to see them in the 1950s, they also visited him and his family in Barrow in Furness.
Accession Number: KO2951/087

Photo possibly of John Lacy Rowlandson, or his brother-in-law John Fenton, somewhere in the Middle East.
Accession Number: KO2951/088

Group of soldiers at Bowerham Barracks, 1930s, including marked with a ‘x’ is John Fenton, brother in law of John Lacy Rowlandson.
Accession Number: KO2951/089

Group of soldiers, with motor cycles etc, a ‘x’ marks Wilf Fenton, bother in law of John Lacy Rowlandson.
Accession Number: KO2951/090

Part of a larger aerial photograph, marked "'A' Sqn" on the rear, indicating it was probably used by Sergeant John Lacy Rowlandson when he was with 'A' Squadron of the 107th Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps (The King's Own).  The aerial photograph covers the town of Groesbeek in Holland, and land to the south and the River Maas, including S'Agatha, Breedeweg and Milsbeek.  The photograph was taken after September 1944 as the fields around Groesbeek are full of gliders.  The area was the landing zone for the 82nd Airborne during the Battle of Arnhem.
Accession Number: KO2951/091