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Private Edwin Crook

Suitcase, probably privately purchased and used by Private Edwin Crook, painted on one side.
Accession Number: KO3044/01

 
 

Army Form B108 Regular Army Certificate of Service for Private Edwin Crook, number 23211225, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, who enlisted at Lancaster on 6 Jul 1954 and was transferred to the Army Reserve on 5 Jul 1957. Discharged 5 Jul 1961, from King’s Own Royal Border Regiment.
Served Home 6 Jul 1954 to 21 Nov 1954. Hong Kong 22 Nov 1954 to 7 Oct 1956. Home 8 Oct 1956 to 5 Jul 1957.
Accession Number: KO3044/02

Army Form D401 Notice to be given to a man completing service in the Regular, Reserve or Auxiliary Forces who will become a man of the Army Reserve under the Navy, Army and Air Force Reserves Acts, 1954 and 1959. Nmaed to Private Edwin Crook, number 23211225, King’s Own Royal Border Regiment.
Accession Number: KO3044/03

Private Edwin Crook, number 23211225, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Hong Kong, 1954-1956
Accession Number: KO3044/04

Private Edwin Crook, number 23211225, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Hong Kong, 1954-1956
Accession Number: KO3044/05

Private Edwin Crook, number 23211225, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Hong Kong, 1954-1956
Accession Number: KO3044/06

Private Edwin Crook, number 23211225, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Hong Kong, 1954-1956
Accession Number: KO3044/07

Unknown soldier on the left and on the right Private Edwin Crook, number 23211225, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Hong Kong, 1954-1956
Accession Number: KO3044/08

The boat ‘Man Ping’ with soldiers returning from a trip to Silvermine Bay, Hong Kong, 1955.
Accession Number: KO3044/09

Number 6 Platoon, B Company, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Hong Kong, 1955-56. The two soldiers stood at the back right are noted as being twins.
Accession Number: KO3044/10

Sons of the Regiment, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Hong Kong, 1955.
Accession Number: KO3044/11

Soldiers and ladies at evening entertainment, Hong Kong, 1954
Accession Number: KO3044/12

Soldiers and ladies at evening entertainment, Hong Kong, 1954, The Colour Sergeant, who is standing, is to the right of Private Edwin Crook, who has noted on the rear that the Colour Sergeant is who he works in the stores for.
Accession Number: KO3044/13

Two soldiers in Peninsular War dress, with Private Edwin Crook on the right. The 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment’s Tattoo in Hong Kong in 1956 re-enacted the storming of San Sebastian of 1813. The rear of the photo is marked “guy on left forgot to take his ram rod out of his rifle so when he fired it, it skewered another guy in the shoulder.”
Accession Number: KO3044/14

View of hills Hong Kong, with three soldiers and marked “Route Two”.
Accession Number: KO3044/15

Embroidered regimental table cloth made in Hong Kong for Private Edwin Crook as a gift to his mother, circa 1955.
Accession Number: KO3044/16

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