King's Own Royal Regiment Museum

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HOME Museum & Collections Sales Donations Events Contact Us REGIMENTAL HISTORY 17th Century 18th Century 19th Century 20th Century First World War Second World War Actions & Movements Battle Honours FAMILY HISTORY Resources Further Reading PHOTO GALLERY ENQUIRIES FURTHER READING LINKS © Images are copyright, Trustees of the King's Own Royal Regiment Museum. You must seek permission prior to publication of any of our images.		Photo Gallery War Memorials Men of the District Bank Who Fell in the Great War, 1914-1919. Photograph of the memorial for Men of the District Bank who fell in the War, 1914-1919. Accession Number: KO3057/14 One of the soldiers of the King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment recorded on this memorial is 2nd Lieutenant George Rowland Paget Howson, of the 1st Battalion, who was killed in action on 9th April 1917. A local newspaper reported the following: "Death in action on Easter Monday while leading his platoon, youngest son of the late Mr R G Howson one of the founders of the Morecambe Music Festival and many years manager of the Lancaster Bank, Morecambe. Deceased joined the service of the London City and Midland Bank, and had been for some years one of the clerks in the Carnforth Branch and prior to that was in the Kirkby Lonsdale Branch." © Images are copyright, Trustees of the King's Own Royal Regiment Museum. You must seek permission prior to publication of any of our images. Only a proportion of our collections are on display at anyone time. Certain items are on loan for display in other institutions. An appointment is required to consult any of our collections which are held in store.