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Warrant Officer Class 2 William Kenneth Eyre

Warrant Officer Class 2 William Kenneth Eyre, number 3710085.
Enlisted on 6th January 1932 as a boy soldier at Dover. Discharged 15th January 1960 from the King’s Own Royal Border Regiment after 28 years and 10 days service.
With service in Palestine, India, Iraq, Gibraltar, British Element Trieste Force (BETFOR), British Army of the Rhine (BAOR), Korea, Hong Kong and East Africa.

General Service Medal with bar ‘Palestine’; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, United Nations Korea Medal and Long Service and Good Conduct Medal to Colour Sergeant William Kenneth Eyre, number 3710085, 1st and 2nd Battalions, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO3075/01-07

 
Shooting Medal to Band Sergeant B Eyre (William Kenneth Eyre) number 3710085, King’s Own Royal Regiment
Accession Number: KO3075/08

Shooting Spoon, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Queen Elizabeth II, unnamed, but awarded to Colour Sergeant William Kenneth Eyre, number 3710085, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment
Accession Number: KO3075/09

Shooting Spoon, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Queen Elizabeth II, unnamed, but awarded to Colour Sergeant William Kenneth Eyre, number 3710085, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment
Accession Number: KO3075/10

Regular Army Certificate of Service to Warrant Officer Class 2 William Kenneth Eyre, number 3710085.
Enlisted on 6th January 1932 as a boy soldier at Dover. Discharged 15th January 1960 from the King’s Own Royal Border Regiment after 28 years and 10 days service.
With service in Palestine, India, Iraq, Gibraltar, BETFOR, BAOR, Korea, Hong Kong and East Africa.
Accession Number: KO3075/11

Scrap Album relating to the service of Warrant Officer Class 2 William Kenneth Eyre, number 3710085, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Cove illustration featuring a view of Hong Kong and Kowloon, circa 1950s
Accession Number: KO3076/001

Cable and Wireless Limited Telegram Received in Hong Kong, 19 Sep 1942. From Liverpool, To CSM W Eyre, 1st Bn KORR British Army Post Office 1. “Sailing now see you soon Peg”
Accession Number: KO3076/002

Anchor Line Menu for the Farewell Dinner on HMT Empire Clyde, dated 11 Oct 1954
Accession Number: KO3076/003

Invitation to attend the St. George’s Day Trooping of the Colour, 23 Apr 1955, Bea’s Stables Camp, from Lieutenant Colonel J B Underwood and the Officers 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, to RQMS and Mrs Eyre.
Accession Number: KO3076/004

Orient Line Menu for St. George’s Day on SS Empire Orwell, dated 23 Apr 1954
Accession Number: KO3076/005

Programme for Trooping the Colour, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, St. George’s Day, Hong Kong, 1955.
Accession Number: KO3076/006

The Crown News, The Journal of the Commonwealth Division. 13 Sep 1954. Volume 11/86 Number 1070.
Including “Farewell to The King’s Own”
Accession Number: KO3076/007

Twisk Times, The Sek Kong Village Newspaper, Hong Kong. 15 Mar 1955. Volume 1 Number 1.
Accession Number: KO3076/008

Programme for The Sek Kong Players “Three One Act Plays” in the Globe Cinema, Sek Kong Village, 30 Sep 1955.
Accession Number: KO3076/009

1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Menu Card, Christmas 1955
Autographed by those attending.
Accession Number: KO3076/010

Invitation from the President and Members of the Warrant Officers and Sergeants Mess, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment to RQMS and Mrs Eyre, to attend a Dance on 29 Oct 1955, at Beas Stables, Hong Kong.
Accession Number: KO3076/011

Invitation from the President and Members of the Warrant Officers and Sergeants Mess, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment to WO 2 and Mrs Eyre, to attend Halls Kitchen Dance, on 6 Aug 1955, at Beas Stables, Hong Kong. (Fancy Dress)
Accession Number: KO3076/012

Invitation from Mrs J B Underwood ‘at home’ for cocktails on 1 Oct 1955, to RQMS and Mrs Eyre.
Accession Number: KO3076/013

Programme of ‘Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp’ Pantomime, Dec 1955.
Accession Number: KO3076/014

Programme for The Waterloo Ball, of the Sergeants Mess, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, 16 Jun 1956.
Accession Number: KO3076/015

Government of Hong Kong One Cent note.
Accession Number: KO3076/016

Souvenir Programme Kowloon Cricket Club, Annual New Year Children’s Sports, 1 Jan 1956
Accession Number: KO3076/017

Programme for the Alma Ball, Warrant Officers’ and Sergeants’ Mess of the 1st Battalion The Green Howards, 17 Nov 1956
Accession Number: KO3076/018

Programme for the Farewell Parade of the 2nd Battalion of the 7th Gurkha Rifles, 20 Feb 1957
Accession Number: KO3076/019

Newspaper cutting from the South China Morning Post, ‘King’s Own Royal Regiment Departs’
Accession Number: KO3076/020

Programme for Remembrance Day Parade, 48 Gurkha Infantry Brigade, 11 Nov 1956
Accession Number: KO3076/021

Programme for Beating of Retreat by the Band and Corps of Drums, of The North Staffordshire Regiment, Hong Kong, 24 Oct 1956
Accession Number: KO3076/022

Programme for Nursery Rhyme Pantomime, by the Sek Kong Children, at the Globe Cinema, Sek Kong, 5 Feb 1956.
Accession Number: KO3076/023

Letter from Mr Rikki Fulton to Sergeant Eyre, dated 16 Jan 1956
“Dear Sergeant Eyre,
Many thanks for your letter.
I’m so sorry to disappoint you but I’m afraid I’m stumped!
But I do know the man whom I think would probably be able to help. Send detailed description of the tune to
Mr Johnny Stewart
BBC, Aoelian Hall, New Bond Street, London.
He is a brilliant musician and a man who will know if anyone does.
Best wishes to your wife for the big night.
Sincerely
Rikki Fulton.
Accession Number: KO3076/024

Letter to Bandsman W Eyre, 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, dated 21 Jan 1938, from the Adjutant, Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall, Twickenham, concerning the extension of furlough.
Accession Number: KO3076/025a

Letter to Bandsman W Eyre, 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, at 12 (a) St. Oswald Street, Lancaster, dated 14 Jan 1938, from the Adjutant, Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall, Twickenham, concerning the extension of furlough.
Accession Number: KO3076/025b

Handwritten request to supply pupil Eyre with Studies for Cornet by J Fuss, dated 10 Dec 1937
Accession Number: KO3076/026

Programme for Music in the Park, The Carnegie Dunfermline Trust, for the week ending 13 Aug 1938.
Including the Band of the 2nd Battalion, The King’s Own Royal Regiment, under Bandmaster Basil Brown.
Accession Number: KO3076/027

Newspaper cutting “Lance Corporal Eyre and Bandsman Patton’s Trumpet Duet was a breathtaking performance in every sense of the word particularly as regards the accuracy with which they took…. passages
Accession Number: KO3076/028

Programme for Grand Military Band Concert given by the Band of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, under the direction of Mr Alex Coventry, Band Master, at The Garrison Gymnasium, Wellington, India. 31 Aug 1939
Accession Number: KO3076/029

Front page of The Karachi Daily newspaper of 23 Jun 1940, Special War News Bulletin, “Armistice Signed between Germany and France”
Accession Number: KO3076/030

Programme of Military Band Concerts by the Band of the King’s Own Royal Regiment, Borough of Kendal Holidays Committee, 5 Aug 1944 to 12 Aug 1944.
Accession Number: KO3076/031

Programme of Events, Kendal Holidays at Home, 15 Jul 1944 to 12 Aug 1944.
Including music provided by the band of the King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO3076/032

Programme for Salute the Soldier Week at Blackpool, 10 Jun 1944 to 17 Jun 1944.
Accession Number: KO3076/033

Programme for Kendal St. Dunstan’s Week Concert, 15 Oct 1944, Kendal, with the Band of the King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO3076/034

Programme for Morecambe Pier Broadcast, 14 Oct 1944
Accession Number: KO3076/035

Programme for Musical Event in India, featuring Soloists Lance Corporal Eyre and Bandsman J Patton, circa 1940
Accession Number: KO3076/036

Poster ‘Special Return Visit of the Band of the King’s Own Royal Regiment. A Concert in the Works Canteen” 16 Nov 1944, with speakers.
“A Rolls Royce Dance” featuring the Band of the King’s Own Royal Regiment 16 Nov 1944 in the Majestic, Barnoldswick.
Accession Number: KO3076/037

Programme for Concert by the Military Band, Dance Orchestra and Male Voice Chorus of The King’s Own Royal Regiment, at Ashton Hall, Lancaster. 4 May and 5 May
Accession Number: KO3076/038

Programme of Dances, Hospital Ball, featuring Norman Robinson and his Band and the King’s Own Royal Regiment Band.
Accession Number: KO3076/039

Letter to Eyre, from A McCarthy of the Duke of York's Royal Military School Old Boys’ Association, dated 16 Jul 1946
Accession Number: KO3076/040

Newspaper cutting about the departure of the Band of the 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, to Gibraltar for a season.
Accession Number: KO3076/041

Newspaper cutting about the Band Programme of the King’s Own Royal Regiment in Alamedia Gardens.
Accession Number: KO3076/042

Letter of thanks from The British Council, Gibraltar, dated 11 Jul 1946 to Sergeant Eyre concerning the help given at a concert in Gibraltar.
Accession Number: KO3076/043

YMCA Souvenir Programme for a Grand Farewell Concert by the Band of the 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, 23 Oct 1944, with programme of events and musicians. Autographed by members of the band etc.
Accession Number: KO3076/044

Programme of Music, Borough of Morecambe and Heysham, Band of the 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, 10 Aug 1947
Accession Number: KO3076/045

Programme of Music, Borough of Morecambe and Heysham, Band of the 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, 31 Aug 1947
Accession Number: KO3076/046

Programme of Grand Evening Concert, by the Lancaster Orchestral Society and assisted by members of the King’s Own Royal Regiment, 24 Mar 1948, in The Ashton Hall, Lancaster.
Accession Number: KO3076/047

Programme of a Concert by the Band of the King’s Own Royal Regiment, 10 Jan 1948.
Accession Number: KO3076/048

Menu for Passing Out Dinner of ‘B’ and ‘C’ Company, 164 Eaton Hall Officer Cadet Training Unit, Eaton Hall, Chester, 11 May 1948
Accession Number: KO3076/049

Registration Card, Daily Herald National Registry of Brass Bandsman, named to W Eyre, of Standfast Works, Lancaster. Dated 13 Mar 1948.
Accession Number: KO3076/050

Magazine cutting from the ‘Illustrated’ of 17 Jan 1948, featuring Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II.
Accession Number: KO3076/051

Programme for The Winter Gardens, Morecambe, for week commencing 22 Mar 1948, including The Dance Band of the King’s Own Royal Regiment
Accession Number: KO3076/052

Leaflet for Soldiers’, Sailors’ and Airmen’s Families Association, SSAFA Married Families Club, Nevern Square, Earl’s Court, London, Jan 1948
Accession Number: KO3076/053

Programme for Winter Gardens, Morecambe, All Star Wrestling Programme, Mar 1948
Accession Number: KO3076/054

Printed letter from Michael Miles, regarding a request for tickets which has been passed to the BBC.
Accession Number: KO3076/055

Newspaper cutting, Standfast Works Band
Accession Number: KO3076/056

Programme of Band Engagements for the Harbour Bandstand, Borough of Morecambe and Heysham, 1948
Accession Number: KO3076/057

Newspaper cutting of Farewell Band Concert, Mr Basil Brown leaves Lancaster.
Accession Number: KO3076/058

Programme for Winter Gardens, Morecambe, Mar 1948
Accession Number: KO3076/059

Borough of Morecambe, Souvenir Programme of the Grand Final of the National Bathing Beauty Contest, Super Swimming Stadium, Morecambe and Heysham, 1 Sep 1948. Featuring the Band of the King’s Own Royal Regiment, under the direction of Mr L D Morley.
Accession Number: KO3076/060

Programme for the Admission of Field Marshall The Viscount Montgomery of Alamein as an Honorary Freeman of the County Borough of Blackpool, 17 Aug 1948. Which included a performance by the Regimental Band of the King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO3076/061

Leaflet for the Union Jack Hostel, Exton Street, Waterloo Road, London. Married Quarters for the Royal Navy, Army, Royal Marines and Royal Air Force.
Accession Number: KO3076/062

Programme for an Evening Concert at The Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall, Twickenham, 15 Sep 1948
Accession Number: KO3076/063

Programme for the London Casino, 20 Sep 1948 to 2 Oct 1948, which included an appearance by Norman Wisdom ‘The New Star Comedian’
Accession Number: KO3076/064

Programme for the Presentation of New Colours to the 1st Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment, by The Earl of Derby, at The Dale, Chester, 1 Jul 1950.
Accession Number: KO3076/065

Programme for Order of Review of 24th Infantry Brigade, British Element Trieste Force, at Montebello Stadium, Trieste, 8 Mar 1950
Accession Number: KO3076/066

Souvenir Programme, Farewell Ball, to be held in the Welfare Ballroom, Trieste, 24 Mar 1950.
Accession Number: KO3076/067

Tooth pick, wooden, in paper packet marked ‘Castello Di San Giusto Trieste’
Once a Roman fort, later the site of the 15th Century Castle in Trieste.
Accession Number: KO3076/068

Foreigners Visiting Form to Italy. For Margaret Eyre, nee Geddes, Feb 1950
Accession Number: KO3076/069

Berthing card for Miss Eyre
Accession Number: KO3076/070

Souvenir Programme, Brierfield Thanksgiving Week, Concert of the Band of the King’s Own Royal Regiment, 27 Nov 1945.
Accession Number: KO3076/071

Programme of the Lancaster Masonic Victory Ball, at Ashton Hall, Lancaster, 30 Jan 1946, with music provided by the Band of the 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment
Accession Number: KO3076/072

Programme of Music, Borough of Morecambe and Heysham, Band of the 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment. 14 Sep
Accession Number: KO3076/073

Programme for the Winter Gardens, Morecambe, for week commencing 8 Sep 1947.
Accession Number: KO3076/074

Souvenir Programme of Events, Lancaster National Savings Committee, Thanksgiving Week, 6 Oct 1945 to 13 Oct 1945.
Accession Number: KO3076/075

Newspaper cutting, circa May 1941 “As a result of the capture of Fallojah, 300 Iraqi prisoners, including twenty seven officers, with considerable quantise of stores and equipment, fell into British hands.
Accession Number: KO3076/076

Newspaper cutting, ‘Our Troops Take Town’ reference to the action at Fallujah, Iraq.
Accession Number: KO3076/077

Wedding invitation for the marriage of Sergeant J Nash at St. Luke’s Church, 24 Jan 1945, from Mr and Mrs Nash of 60 Lincoln Road, Lancaster.
Accession Number: KO3076/078

Extract of Part II Orders, showing the promotion of Corporal W Eyre of the King’s Own, dated 17 Oct 1942
Accession Number: KO3076/079

Christmas Card of the 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, used as a dinner menu for Christmas Day, 1938 in Palestine.
Accession Number: KO3076/080

Membership Card for the Waterloo Club, Cairo, Aug 1943.
Accession Number: KO3076/081

Invitation to Farewell ‘At Home’ His Excellency Sir Lancelot Graham, Governor of Sind and Lady Graham. 27 Mar 1941
Accession Number: KO3076/082

Newspaper Cutting showing the arrival of the band of the 2nd Battalion, The Cameronians, at Gibraltar who will replace the band of the King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO3076/083

Programme of Grand Evening Concert, by the Lancaster Orchestral Society and assisted by members of the King’s Own Royal Regiment, 2 Apr 1947, in The Ashton Hall, Lancaster.
Accession Number: KO3076/084

Programme for No. 4 Primary Training Centre and Depot The King’s Own Royal Regiment, Army “At Home” Day, 5 Jul 1947
Accession Number: KO3076/085

Programme for Band Performances at Platt Fields, City Of Manchester, 1 Jun 1947, Band of the 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment
Accession Number: KO3076/086

Programme for Band Performances at Wythenshaw Park, City of Manchester, 8 Jun 1947.
Accession Number: KO3076/087

Programme for the Queen’s Birthday Parade, Hong Kong, 21 Apr 1956
Accession Number: KO3076/088

Programme of Band and Orchestral Concerts in the Floral Hall Gardens, Floral Hall and Municipal Gardens, Southport, Featuring the band of the 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment. Week commencing 13 Jul 1947.
Accession Number: KO3076/089

Allied Forces Permit, to allow entry into Austria, for Mrs Margaret Alexandra Eyre, for transit to Trieste. Dated 17 Aug 1949.
Accession Number: KO3076/090

Allied Forces Permit, to allow entry into Austria, for Mrs Margaret A Eyre, for transit to the UK. Dated 17 Apr 1950.
Accession Number: KO3076/091

British Identity Card for Betfor Dependants, War Department Civilians and their Dependants. For Peggy Eyre, issued in London, 9 Aug 1949.
Accession Number: KO3076/092

Allied Forces Permit, to allow journey to join husband in Trieste, for Mrs Margaret Alexandra Eyre. Dated 17 Sep 1949.
Accession Number: KO3076/093

Programme for a Concert of Light Music and Song by the Band of the King’s Own Royal Regiment, at the Witham Hall, 21 May (When the 1st Battalion was in Barnard Castle and the Commanding Officer was Lieutenant Colonel C H Lincoln).
Accession Number: KO3076/094

Instruction Card for the BETFOR (British Element Trieste Force) Winter Leave Centre, Season 1949/50. Hotel Seren Cortina d’Ampezzo. For Band Sergeant and Mrs Eyre
Accession Number: KO3076/095

Permanent Pass for the Royal Military School of Music, for Bandsman W Eyre, 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, dated 6 Jun 1937.
Accession Number: KO3076/096

Invitation from the President and Members of the Sergeants Mess of the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, to attend a Ball on 25 Jul 1953.
Accession Number: KO3076/097

Menu Card for the Annual Reunion Dinner of the Lancaster Branch of the King’s Own Regimental Association, 26 Sep 1959.
Accession Number: KO3076/098

Menu Card for the Sergeants’ Mess Farewell Dinner of the Depot, The King’s Own Royal Regiment, at Bowerham Barracks, Lancaster, 25 Sep 1959
Accession Number: KO3076/099

Programme for The Theatre, The Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, Nov 1953 New College Dramatic Society present “The Ringer” by Edgar Wallace.
Accession Number: KO3076/100

Menu Card for the Christmas Ball, 1950, Warrant Officers and Sergeants, possibly in Trieste?
Accession Number: KO3076/101

Champion Company, Headquarter Company, Battalion Rifle Meeting, 1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment, Barnard Castle, 1957.
Same image as KO0883/165
Accession Number: KO3076/102

Sons of the Regiment, 1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment, Barnard Castle, June 1957.
Rear row, left to right: Bandsman Wall; Regimental Sergeant Major Taylor; Private Kay; Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant Eyre; Lance Corporal Green; Private Ruttledge; Sergeant Jones and Private Bradley.
Centre row, left to right: Captain Foster; Captain J M Hardy; Major Nigel St. G. Gribbon; Lieutenant Colonel Lincoln, Commanding Officer; Major Murphy; Captain Pat Roberts; 2nd Lieutenant Langdon.
Seated: 2nd Lieutenant Tittle; Corporal Trembath (Junior); 2nd Lieutenant Calderbank.
Not present: Captain John de Cordova; Sergeant Atkinson; Corporal Trembath (Senior).
Same image as: KO0883/234 and KO1506/06
Accession Number: KO3076/103

Parade of the Duke of York's Military School in Dover, 1929
Accession Number: KO3076/104

The Commander in Chief Visits Eritrea and Sudan. The Commander in Chief Inpecting troops at Gura.
Accession Number: KO3076/105

The Commander in Chief Visits Eritrea and Sudan, General Alexander shakes hands with a native officer at Gura.
Accession Number: KO3076/106

HMT Dunera
Built at the Barclay & Curle shipyard in Glasgow the SS Dunera made her maiden voyage from Southampton to China in September 1937. She was ordered by the British India Steam Navigation Company and chartered as a troopship. She and her sister ship, HMT Dilwara, represented a considerable advance in troopship design. During the Second World War the ships took part in the evacuation from Singapore and landings at Madagascar, Sicily and southern France.
Modernisation and refit work took place in 1950 in Glasgow and HMT Dunera continued until service until trooping by sea finished. She was then converted as Britain’s first permanent school cruise line.
Accession Number: KO3076/107

Bert Charnley (a Sergeant Major with the 1st Battalion, King’s Own) at our house in Sek Kong. Feeding the chickens.
Accession Number: KO3076/108

Bandsman William Eyre, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Jul 1933.
Photograph by a Photographer at 26 Centre Drive, Blackpool
Accession Number: KO3076/109

Bandsman William Eyre, King’s Own Royal Regiment
Accession Number: KO3076/110

Postcard size copy of the composite photograph showing the members of the Band of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own royal Regiment, at Fort St. George, Madras, 1939
Accession Number: KO3076/111

William Eyre, with his sister, with their father after the end of the First World War. His father is wearing medal ribbons and has sergeants stripes.
William Kenneth Eyre appears twice in ‘Sons of the Regiment’ photographs, in 1939 and 1957 so it is assumed that his father was in the Regiment, but no trace has yet been established.
Accession Number: KO3076/112

Soldier identified as the grandfather of William Kenneth Eyre, circa First World War.
Accession Number: KO3076/113

The wedding of Sergeant William Smithson and Mrs Violet Simpson, in Hong Kong, 18 Dec 1954.
Accession Number: KO3076/114

Invitation to RQMS and Mrs W Eyre to the wedding of Miss Violet Balcombe and Sergeant William Smithson, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, to be held at St. Andrew’s Church, Kowloon, 18 Dec 1954.
Accession Number: KO3076/115

Newspaper cutting covering the wedding of Miss Violet Balcombe and Sergeant William Smithson, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, to be held at St. Andrew’s Church, Kowloon, 18 Dec 1954.
Accession Number: KO3076/116

Programme for The Theatre, The Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, Apr 1953 – may 1953. Old College Dramatic Society presents The Critic, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Accession Number: KO3076/117

Programme for the Regimental Theatre, The King’s Own Dramatic Society, 1952. ‘One Wild Oat’ 11 Dec 1952.
Accession Number: KO3076/118

Extract from Part Two Orders concerning Sergeant W K Eyre, number 3710085, about 3 Years Supplemental Service will commence on 23 Dec 1956
Accession Number: KO3076/119

1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Parade, Barnard Castle, 1958
Accession Number: KO3076/120

1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Parade, Barnard Castle, 1958
Accession Number: KO3076/121

1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Parade, Barnard Castle, 1958
Accession Number: KO3076/122

1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Parade, Barnard Castle, 1958
Corps of Drums
Accession Number: KO3076/123

1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Parade, Barnard Castle, 1958
Drum Major and Band Master
Accession Number: KO3076/124

1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Parade, Barnard Castle, 1958
Accession Number: KO3076/125

1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Parade, Barnard Castle, 1958
Band and the Corps of Drums
Accession Number: KO3076/126

1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Parade, Barnard Castle, 1958
Drum Major with Colour Party
Accession Number: KO3076/127

1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Parade, Barnard Castle, 1958
Colour Party
Accession Number: KO3076/128

1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Parade, Barnard Castle, 1958
Accession Number: KO3076/129

1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Parade, Barnard Castle, 1958
Accession Number: KO3076/130

1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Parade, Barnard Castle, 1958
Accession Number: KO3076/131

1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Parade, Barnard Castle, 1958
Accession Number: KO3076/132

1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Parade, Barnard Castle, 1958
Accession Number: KO3076/133

1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Parade, Barnard Castle, 1958
March Past
Accession Number: KO3076/134

1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Parade, Barnard Castle, 1958
Accession Number: KO3076/135

1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Parade, Barnard Castle, 1958
Warrant Officers’ and Sergeants’ Mess
Accession Number: KO3076/136

HMT Dunera, circa 1956
Accession Number: KO3076/137

HMT Dunera at Hong Kong circa 1956
Accession Number: KO3076/138

Light aircraft
Accession Number: KO3076/139

Light aircraft
Accession Number: KO3076/140

Buildings in Hong Kong, circa 1955-56
Accession Number: KO3076/141

Buildings in Hong Kong, circa 1955-56
Accession Number: KO3076/142

1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Social Function, 1950s
Accession Number: KO3076/143

1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Social Function, 1950s
Accession Number: KO3076/144

1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Social Function, New Year Party 1950s
Accession Number: KO3076/145

1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Social Function, 1950s
Accession Number: KO3076/146

1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Social Function, 1950s
Accession Number: KO3076/147

1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Children’s Christmas Party, 1950s
Accession Number: KO3076/148

1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, 1950s
Man with car, possibly in Hong Kong
Accession Number: KO3076/149

1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, 1950s
Men at outdoor swimming pool, Hong Kong
Accession Number: KO3076/150

Gurkha Band, Hong Kong, 1955-56
Accession Number: KO3076/151

Gurkha Band, Hong Kong, 1955-56
Accession Number: KO3076/152

Gurkha Soldiers, Hong Kong, 1955-56
Accession Number: KO3076/153

Gurkha Soldiers, Hong Kong, 1955-56
Accession Number: KO3076/154

Gurkha Soldiers, Hong Kong, 1955-56
Accession Number: KO3076/155

Man next to roundabout in fun fair, Hong Kong, 1955-56
Accession Number: KO3076/156

1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, 1950s, view of Beas Stable, Camp, Hong Kong
Accession Number: KO3076/157

1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, 1950s, view of Beas Stable, Camp, Hong Kong
Accession Number: KO3076/158

Railway Station, Taipo Market, Hong Kong, circa 1955-56
Accession Number: KO3076/159

Camp of the 2nd Battalion, 7th Gurkha Rifles, Hong Kong, 1955-56
Accession Number: KO3076/160

1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, 1950s, building believed to be at Beas Stable Camp, Hong Kong
Accession Number: KO3076/161

1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, 1950s, official building, possibly at Beas Stable Camp, Hong Kong
Accession Number: KO3076/162

Parade of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Barnard Castle, 1958
Accession Number: KO3076/163

Saluting Dais at Parade of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Hong Kong, circa 1955-56.
Accession Number: KO3076/164

Suez Defence Memorial, First World War, at Ismalia, Egypt, photographed from a ship transiting the canal.
Accession Number: KO3076/165

Folder for documents.
Accession Number: KO3076/166
 

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