King's Own Royal Regiment Museum

Metal Shoulder Titles

Brass 'Lancaster' shoulder title, other ranks, from around 1895 onwards.
Accession Number: KO0404-02. Also: KO0404/07.

Brass 'Lancaster' shoulder title found on Spion Kop, South Africa, in 2001, the scene of a battle in January 1900 in the Anglo-Boer War.  2nd Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.
Accession Number: KO2737-01

Brass 'R LANC' Shoulder Title.
Accession Number: KO0356/01.  Also: KO0356/03 and KO0587/05

Brass, thin, "King's Own" Shoulder Title.
Accession Number: KO1149/01.  Also: KO1932/03A; KO1932/03B; KO2282/19 and KO2282/20.

Brass 'King's Own' Shoulder title of the type used by the regular battalions from around 1908 and some territorial and service battalions in the First World War.
Accession Number: KO0759/04.  Also: KO1030/02A; KO1030/02B; KO1233/08; KO1926/27; KO2351/34; KO2410/02; KO2410/03; KO2483/07; KO2483/08; KO2492/22 and KO2492/23.

Silvered 'King's Own' Shoulder title worn by Corporal Alexander Gray, number 2867/240919, 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, in the First World War.
Accession Number: KO2696/06

White metal 'T 4 King's Own' shoulder title worn by the 4th (Territorial Force) Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment from 1908 onwards.
Accession Number: KO2490-935.  Also: KO2490-936.

White metal 'T 5 King's Own' shoulder title worn by the 5th (Territorial Force) Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment from 1908 onwards.
Accession Number: KO1061/02

Brass metal 'T 5 King's Own' shoulder title worn by the 5th (Territorial Force) Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment from 1908 onwards.  Troops in France and Belgium in 1915 can be seen with this titles, however as the war progressed many 5th Battalion soldiers ended up wearing the ordinary 'King's Own' titles.
Accession Number: KO2106/08.  Also: KO0759/01; KO1003/33; KO1003/34; KO1430/02A; KO1430/02B; KO2106/09; KO2061/06 and KO2061/07