King's Own Royal Regiment Museum

Memorial Plaques in the museum’s collection

Private Herbert Edward Adkins, number 38916, 8th King's Own. Died 16 December 1918
Accession Number: KO2774/03

Private John Baines MM, number 3817/241416, 1st/5th King's Own, died of wounds on 8th August 1918, age 22.  Buried in Pernes British Cemetery. 
Accession Number: KO2957/05

Private Charles Bowen, number 9740, 2nd King’s Own. Killed in action 27th May 1915.
Accession Number: KO2537/01

Private Leonard Francis Bowen, number 29963, 2nd/5th East Lancashire Regiment previously served with Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment as number 80410.  Killed in action 9th October 1917.  Brother of Private Charles Bowen of 2nd King’s Own.
Accession Number: KO2537/02

Private Albert Benjamin Brace, number 2138, 1st King’s Own. Died of wounds 17th May 1915. 
Accession Number: KO1634/04

2nd Lieutenant Lawrence Seymour Brockelbank, 1st King’s Own.  Killed in action 26th August 1914.
Accession Number: KO1237/04

Captain John Nisbett Bromilow, 1st King’s Own.  Killed in action on 1st July 1916.
Accession Number: KO1069/04

Private James Henry Brown, number 241968, 8th King’s Own.  Killed in action 26th April 1917.
Accession Number: KO2256/03

2nd Lieutenant Joseph Henry Collin VC, 1st/4th King’s Own.  Killed in action 9th April 1918.
Accession Number: KO2647/01

Private Joseph Connerton, number 265562, 1st/5th King’s Own. Killed in action 30th November 1917.
Accession Number: KO1390/03

Gunner William Corless, number 1077, Royal Artillery.
Accession Number: KO1915/04

Private Harold Cross, number 1613, 1st/5th King’s Own.  Killed in Action 14 Nov 1915.
Accession Number: KO0960/05

Private Arthur Dixon, number 32157, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, formerly number 24571, Border Regiment. Killed in action on 3rd May 1917 and commemorated on the Arras Memorial. Son of John and Sarah Dixon, of Hyde Park, Penrith. 
Accession Number: KO2863/01

Captain Albert Ellwood MC, 1st/5th King’s Own. Killed in action 14th April 1918.
Accession Number: KO1386/02

Private Matthew Farrell, number 1440, 1st/5th King’s Own.  Killed in action 14th April 1915.
Accession Number: KO1217/02

Captain Thomas Brittain Forwood, 2nd King’s Own.  Killed in action 8th May 1915.
Accession Number: KO0917/03

Private Harry Gaunt, number 15126, 1st King’s Own.  Killed in action 15th January 1918.
Accession Number: KO1156/05

Sergeant James Lindsay Greenwood, number 8396, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, Killed in action 22nd October 1916, age 30 years.  Buried in London Cemetery and Extension, Longueval. He is recorded as the son of James and Susan Greenwood, of Bolton, Lancashire and husband of Cowan Greenwood, of Sarnia, Ontairo, Canada. 
Accession Number: KO2883/005

Private James Palmer Harper, number 10333, 2nd Black Watch (Royal Highlanders).  Died of wounds on 25th October 1915.  From Lancaster, brother of Lance Corporal John Hirst Harper of 1st/5th King’s Own.
Accession Number: KO2509/08

Lance Corporal John Hirst Harper, cumber T5/999, 1st/5th King’s Own.  Killed in action 13th April 1915.
Accession Number: KO2509/04

Sergeant George Edward Harrison, number 23629, 8th King’s Own.  Died of wounds 1st September 1918.
Accession Number: KO1539/03

Private William Hooton, number 13273, 6th King’s Own.  Killed in action 10th August 1915.
Accession Number: KO1344/01

Captain John Prior Jamieson, 1st King’s Own . Died of wounds, 13th October 1917.
Accession Number: KO1831/04

2nd Lieutenant Gerald Kirk, 1st/5th King’s Own.  Died of wounds 24th April 1915.
Accession Number: KO1508/04

Private James Lamb, number 3007, 1st/5th King’s Own.  Died of wounds 20th October 1916.
Accession Number: KO2266/05

Lance Corporal Alfred John Ling, number 26816, 7th Battalion, King’s Own.
Accession Number: KO3050/03

Lieutenant Selwyn Long-Innes, 2nd King’s Own. Killed in action 4th August 1915. 
Accession Number: KO2400/06

Private George Marshall, number 15997, 8th King's Own,
Accession Number: KO3035/04

Private Joseph Arthur Murray, number 4054 8th King’s Own.  Killed in action 18th July 1916.
Accession Number: KO2624/01

Lance corporal Joseph Oxley, number 200612, 1st/4th King’s Own.  Died of wounds 22nd September 1917.
Accession Number: KO2355/01

Private Henry Park, number 10370, 2nd King’s Own.  Killed in action 17th February 1915.
Accession Number: KO1168/08

Captain George Pickup, 6th King’s Own.  Accidentally killed on 20th August 1918, Mesopotamia.
Accession Number: KO1098/04

Private John George Poulter, number 29531, 8th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. Died of wounds on 25th October 1918 and buried in Delsaux Farm Cemetery, Beugny. From Wellington, Shropshire. 
Accession Number: KO2874/01

Private Peter Renshall, number 1321/240129, 1st/5th King’s Own.   Killed in action 12th March 1917.
Accession Number: KO1305/04

Private William Rossall, number 2702/240819, 1st/5th King's Own.  Killed in action 1st August 1917.
Accession Number: KO2915/04

Private George Simpson, number 3791, 1st/4th King’s Own.  Killed in action 3rd August 1916.
Accession Number: KO1645/03

Lance Corporal Myras Smith, number 1398, 1st King’s Own. Killed in action 14th July 1916.
Accession Number: KO1374/02

Private Abraham Smith, number 18254, 9th King’s Own.   Killed in action 19th September 1918.
Accession Number: KO1168/04

Private Arthur Stewart, number 6099, 2nd King’s Own. Killed in action 8th May 1915.
Accession Number: KO1934/04

Lieutenant (Captain) Edward Gerald Mytton Thorneycroft, King’s Own attached 4th Uganda Battalion, King’s African Rifles.  Killed in action 15th September 1914.
Accession Number: KO1268/04

Corporal John Kennaugh Titterington, number 13192, 6th King’s Own. Died 16th August 1916.
Accession Number: KO3112/01

Sergeant George Ward, number 10040, 2nd King’s Own.  Killed in action 13th April 1915.
Accession Number: KO2450/02

Private William Waters, number 8593, 1st King’s Own.  Killed in action on 17th September 1914.
Accession Number: KO1090/04

Corporal Leonard Williamson, number 15929, 8th King’s Own. Killed in action 13th November 1916.
Accession Number: KO1773/04