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List of Books in Accession Number Order KO1501-KO2000

 

bulletRecord of the War Memorial of the King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1914-1918
Published by the Regiment
Accession Number: KO1507/32
bulletA Town For Four Winters, Great War Camps on Cannock Chase,
By CJ and GP Whitehouse
Published by Staffordshire County Council
ISBN 0-902974-03-3
Accession Number: KO1522/01
bulletThe Defence of the Realm Regulations, Jul 1915
Soft cover notebook, 155mm wide and 243mm tall. 46 pages. Printed by Darling & Son Ltd, 34-40 Bacon Street, London.
Accession Number: KO1527/014
bulletThe Life and Times of a Victorian Officer
Being the journals and letters of Colonel Benjamin Donisthorpe Alsop Donne, CB.
Edited by Alan Harfield
Published by The Wingate Press, Somerset, 1986
ISBN 0-948699-01-9
Accession Number: KO1581/01
bulletBritish Infantry Uniforms since 1660
By Michael Barthorp
New Orchard Editions Ltd, 1982.
ISBN 1-85079-009-4
Accession Number: KO1582/01
bulletBritish Battle Insignia (1) 1914-1918 (First World War)
by Mike Chappell
Osprey Publishing Ltd
ISBN 0-85045-727-0
Accession Number: KO1583/01
bulletBritish Battle Insignia (2) 1939-1945 (World War Two)
By Mike Chappell
Osprey Publishing Ltd, 1987
ISBN 0-85045-739-4
Accession Number: KO1584/01
bulletThe British Army on Campaign 1816-1902 (4): 1882-1902. Men at Arms Series
By Michael Barthorp and Pierre Turner
Osprey Publishing Ltd, 1988
ISBN 0-85045-849-8
Accession Number: KO1636/01
bulletCraven's Part in the Great War
Roll of Honour of those men of Craven District who served in the First World War.
Compiled and Edited by John T Clayton, Editor of the Craven Herald
Accession Number: KO1651/01
bulletThe British Army on Campaign 1816-1902 (3): 1856-1881. Men at Arms Series
By Michael Barthorp and Pierre Turner.
Osprey Publishing Ltd, 1988
ISBN 0-85045-835-8
Accession Number: KO1657/01
bulletBefore Endeavours Fade by Rose E B Coombs MBE. A Guide to the Battlefields of the First World War.
An After the Battle Publication. Fifth Edition Jul 1986.
ISBN 0 900913 42 8
Accession Number: KO1664/01
bulletThe Jacobite Rebellions 1689-1745
By Michael Barthorp and G A Embleton
Osprey Publishing Limited, 1987
ISBN 0-85045-432-8
Accession Number: KO1696/01
bulletCap badges of the British Army 1939-1945 – Volume 1 – Infantry Regiments
By G L D Anderson
ISBN 0-9514216-0-3
Accession Number: KO1700/01
bulletBattles of the Boer War
By W Baring Pemberton
Pan Books, 1969
SBN 330 02383 7
Accession Number: KO1709/01
bulletThe Ironclads of Cambrai
By Bryan Cooper
Pan Books Ltd, London, 1967
ISBN 0 330 02579 1
Accession Number: KO1709/02
bulletRegimental Medals Handbook 1745-1895 1. Regular Army
By Major James L Balmer, TD.
Published by Langlands, 1987
ISBN 1 870299 03 5
Accession Number: KO1710/01
bulletThe Location of British Army Records
By Normal Holding
Federation of Family History Societies, 1987
ISBN 0-907099-66-1
Accession Number: KO1713/01
bulletWorld War One Army Ancestry
By Norman Holding
Federation of Family History Societies, 1982
ISBN 0-907099-20-3
Accession Number: KO1713/02
bulletMore Sources of World War One Army Ancestry
By Norman Holding
Federation of Family History Societies, 1986
ISBN 0-907099-61-0
Accession Number: KO1713/03
bulletTales of the Sudan Defence Force
by John Orlebar, 1981
Accession Number: KO1715/205
bulletThe Story of the Sudan Defence Force (The Tales Volume II)
by John Orlebar, 1986
Accession Number: KO1715/206
bulletGuided Destiny
By Mrs B M D Lee Warner
Published by the Author
Accession Number: KO1715/207
bulletThe British Army in a European War
By General H Langlois (French Army)
Translated by C G Atkinson
Published by Hugh Rees Ltd, 1910
Accession Number: KO1715/208
bulletThe Abyssinian Campaigns (The Official Story of the Conquest of Italian East Africa)
HMSO, London
Accession Number: KO1715/209
bulletScoring Book for Miniature Course of Musketry Officers Training Corps for the year 1918
Printed by Gale & Polden, Ltd, Aldershot
Accession Number: KO1715/210
bulletW T P Tilly’s Book of photographs and notes relating to his time with the Sudan Defence Force Jun 1929
Accession Number: KO1715/213
bulletThe King’s Own Territorial Force, Being a Record of the 1/5th Battalion, The King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment in the European War 1914-1918, Compiled by Albert Hodgkinson, Captain and Quartermaster 1/5 King’s Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment from Battalion Records and his personal diary, as a small tribute to those who maintained the honour of their inheritance.
Printed by The Lewes Press, Limited, High Street, Lewes, 1921.
Accession Number: KO1718/01
bulletProvisional Infantry Drill 1892 War Office
HMSO, London, 1892
Approx 261 pages. 90mm by 120mm
Accession Number: KO1722/08
bulletThe Story of 34 Armoured Brigade.
Summary history of the unit which included the 107th Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, The King’s Own.
Accession Number: KO1732/01
bulletReflections, Book of poems
By George Underwood
“Presented to the King’s Own Museum by George Underwood, 5th Battalion, King’s Own, 107th Regt RAC and 1st Battalion The King’s Own
Privately Published.
Accession Number: KO1743/01
bulletWar Graves of the British Empire: Military Cemeteries in France including: Louvencourt Military Cemetery
Acheux British Cemetery
Bertrancourt Military Cemetery
Bertrancourt Communal Cemetery
Bus-Les-Artois Communal Cemetery
Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
With official letter of issue dated 27 Apr 1922 from the Imperial War Graves Commission to Mrs Ada Horton, 160, Broadfield Road, Moss Side, Manchester.
Published by Imperial War Graves Commission
Accession Number: KO1773/16
bulletWhen the Barrage Lifts, A Topographical History and Commentary on the Battle of the Somme, 1916. By Gerald Gliddon.
Published Pen and Sword 1990.
ISBN 0-85052-2633
Accession Number: KO1792/01
bulletThe Victoria Cross Roll of Honour,
Complied by James W Bancroft.
Published by Aim High Publications, Manchester, 1989
ISBN 1-85421-058-0
Accession Number: KO1815/01
bulletDevotion to Duty, Tributes to a Region's VCs,
By James W Bancroft
Published by Aim High Publications, Manchester, 1990
ISBN 1-872619-00-2
Accession Number: KO1815/02
bulletLoretto Roll of Honour 1914-1920
Loretto School, Edinburgh, Scotland
Including entry on page 34 for Captain John Prior Jamieson, 3rd Battalion, attached 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.
Accession Number: KO1831/09
bullet10th Indian Division booklet, by Sergeant H Davies, Indian Army Observer, reproduced from 8th Army News.
Published circa 1944.
Accession Number: KO1835/01
bulletFacsimile of the Standing Orders and Regulations for the Army in Ireland 1794
Published by Redwood Press Limited, 1969
SBN 684-10902-4
Accession Number: KO1857/01
bulletChindit Diary
By George W Jones
Published by the Author
Accession Number: KO1907/01
bulletMailed Fist
By John Foley - 107th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps, The King’s Own. Second World War.
Paperback, Published by Mayflower Books Ltd, 1975
Accession Number: KO1936/01
bulletDeath of a Regiment
By John Foley - 107th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps, The King’s Own. Second World War.
Paperback, Published by New English Library, 1970.
Accession Number: KO1936/02
bulletA Soldiers Hero, the Letters of General Sir Archibald Hunter
By Duncan Doolittle
Anawan Publishing Company, Rhode Island, USA
ISBN 0-9630635-0-2
Accession Number: KO1937/01
bulletThe Red Soldier, Letters from the Zulu War, 1879
By Frank Emery
Published by Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1977
ISBN 0 340 20671 1
Accession Number: KO1938/01
bulletBallads of the King's Own and Other Verses
By Ellis Williams
Published Lancaster, 1918
Accession Number: KO1944/01
bulletThe King's Own The Story of A Regiment, Volume 3, 1914-1950.
By Colonel J M Cowper.
Published by the Regiment, 1957
Accession Number: KO1945/01
bulletThe History of the British Army Vol 1
Accession Number: KO1947/01
bulletThe History of the British Army Vol 2
Accession Number: KO1947/02
bulletThe History of the British Army Vol 3 1763-1793
Accession Number: KO1947/03
bulletThe History of the British Army Vol 4 1789-1801
Accession Number: KO1947/04
bulletThe History of the British Army Vol 4 Part Two 1789-1801
Accession Number: KO1947/05
bulletThe History of the British Army Vol 5 1803-1807
Accession Number: KO1947/06
bulletThe History of the British Army Vol 6 1807-1808
Accession Number: KO1947/07
bulletThe History of the British Army Vol 7 1809-1810
Accession Number: KO1947/08
bulletThe History of the British Army Vol 8 1811-1812
Accession Number: KO1947/09
bulletThe History of the British Army Vol 9 1813-1814
Accession Number: KO1947/10
The History of the British Army Vol 11 1815-1838
Accession Number: KO1947/11
bulletThe History of the British Army Vol 8 Maps and Plans
Accession Number: KO1947/12
bulletThe History of the British Army Vol 9 & 10 Maps and Plans
Accession Number: KO1947/13
bulletThe History of the British Army Vol 11 Maps and Plans
Accession Number: KO1947/14
bulletAn Artist on the March. Paintings of India, Abyssinia, Kashmir. The paintings of Colonel Cornelius Francis James, 1838-1889
By Tony Carey
Published by CMA Ltd, Guernsey, 1989
ISBN 1 871560 82 9
Accession Number: KO1949/01
bulletThe Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry
By Fergus Read
Lancashire County Books
ISBN 1-871236-11-8
Accession Number: KO1950/01
bulletIsland Prize, Leros, 1943 by Edward B W Johnson MC
Published by The Kemble Press, 1992
ISBN 0-906835-30-5
Accession Number: KO1951/01
bulletThe Volunteer Infantry, 1880-1908
By Ray Westlake
The Military Historical Society, Special Number 1992
Accession Number: KO1952/01
bulletThe Travellers Guide from Death to Life, owned by Sergeant A Fishwick
Edited by Mrs Stephen Menzies
Published by the British Gospel Association, Liverpool
Accession Number: KO1960/03
bulletTurbulent Times, The Second World War memoirs of Lance Corporal William Henry Moss 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Enlisted into the King’s Regiment, joined the 1st Battalion of the King’s Own and served with them in Iraq and the Western Desert. Moved to Cyprus and Syria and then with them to Leros where he was taken prisoner of war.
Accession Number: KO1968/01
bulletThe 1944 Diary of Alex Foster, 107th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps, The King’s Own. By Alex Foster. Privately published. Spiral Bound. Copy number 12. Published, 1985.
Accession Number: KO1969/01
bulletThe British Army 1914-18 Men at Arms Series
By D S V Fosten, R J Marrion and G A Embleton.
Osprey Publishing Ltd, 1991
ISBN 0-85045-287-2
Accession Number: KO1973/01
bulletBritish Infantry Equipment, 1908 to 1980, Men at Arms
By Mike Chappell
Osprey Publishing Ltd, 1980
ISBN 0-85045-375-5
Accession Number: KO1974/01
bulletTried and Valiant, The Story of the Border Regiment, 1702-1959
by Douglas Sutherland
Published by Leo Cooper Ltd, London, 1972.
ISBN 0 85052 042 8
Accession Number: KO1977/01
bulletSutherlands War, An English Gentleman goes into Battle.
by Douglas Sutherland
Published by Leo Cooper, 1984
ISBN 0-436-50601-7
Accession Number: KO1981/01
bulletThe War Graves of the British Empire, Doiran Military Cemetery Greece
Published by Imperial War Graves Commission
Accession Number: KO1982/01
bullet“The Two Types”, by Jon, Cartoons being the Saga of the two jaunty heroes who have given us the best laugh since the campaign began.
Published circa 1945.
Named to Sergeant H Shaw, number 4200824, Headquarters 25th Indian Infantry Brigade, Central Mediterranean Force.
Accession Number: KO1990/06
bulletBritish Battles and Medals
By E C Joslin, A R Litherland, BT Simpkin
Published by Spink, London, 1988.
ISBN 0-907605-25-7
Accession Number: KO1991/01
bulletVolunteer! The Lancashire Rifle Volunteers 1859-85
By Stephen Bull
Published by Lancashire County Books
ISBN 1-871236-25-8
Accession Number: KO1993/01
bulletNavy, Blue and Khaki, by Waltham Shute.
Published by Waltham Shute, 1992.
ISBN 1-870127-94-3
Accession Number: KO1997/01

 

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