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Soldiers of the Regiment

Regimental Rolls

1914-15 Star, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

Soldiers K

Other ranks medal roll for the 1914-15 Star, awarded to soldiers of the King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.  Showing soldiers rank, forename, surname, number, date of arrival in France (or Gallipoli), and then other details including if killed, taken prisoner of war, discharged, commissioned, or transferred to another unit, etc.

 

Soldiers A

Soldiers B

Soldiers C Soldiers D Soldiers E
Soldiers F Soldiers G Soldiers H Soldiers I Soldiers J
Soldiers K Soldiers L Soldiers M Soldiers N Soldiers O
Soldiers P Soldiers Q Soldiers R Soldiers S Soldiers T
Soldiers U Soldiers V Soldiers W Soldiers X Soldiers Y-Z

 

Battalion

Date of dis-embarkation

2nd Battalion 15th January 1915
1st/4th Battalion 3rd May 1915
1st/5th Battalion 14th February 1915
6th Battalion 6th July 1915 (to Gallipoli)
7th Battalion 17th July 1915
8th Battalion 27th - 29th September 1915
9th Battalion 4th - 6th September 1915

Men with dates other than those listed as above would have been sent out as drafts to support units already deployed.

 

Private William Kain number 8534 Overseas 15 Jan 1915
Private William Barry Kane number 15313 Overseas 18 Dec 1914 Dead 8 May 1915
Private John Karran number 19766 Overseas 16 Dec 1915 Discharged 3 Dec 1918
Private George Kaveney number 16599 Overseas 4 Sep 1915 died 12 Dec 1915
Private Alexander Kay number 13147 Overseas 13 Jun 1915 Class Z Army Reserve 26 Mar 1919
Private Andrew Kay number 13199 Overseas 17 Jul 1915 Died of wounds 11 Dec 1915
Private Arthur Kay number 9363 Overseas 29 Jun 1915 Killed in action 1 Jul 1916
Private Arthur Kay number 15587 Overseas 27 Sep 1915 Class Z Army Reserve 16 Feb 1919
Private Ernest Kay number 34395 Overseas 5 Oct 1915 Previously served as 20474 Private Border Regiment
Private Frederick Jervis Kay number 200098 Overseas 3 May 1915 Disembodied 10 Mar 1917
Private John Kay number 16768 Overseas 29 Apr 1915 Died of wounds 8 May 1915
Sergeant John Clayton Kay number T4/0066 Overseas 3 May 1915 Discharged 31 Mar 1916
Private Robert Kay number 13837 Overseas 4 Sep 1915 Class Z Army Reserve 7 Mar 1919
Private Samuel Kay number 9972 Overseas 15 Jan 1915 Killed in action 17 Jun 1918
CQMS Samuel Kay number 28900 Overseas 26 Sep 1915 Class Z reserve 15 Jan 1919 Previously served as 19041 CQMS King’s Liverpool Regiment
Private William Kay number 15065 Overseas 17 Jul 1915 Killed in action 8 Mar 1917
Private William Kay number 18082 Overseas 17 Jul 1915 Died of wounds 10 Dec 1916
Private Thomas Kearney number 34378 Overseas 26 Sep 1915 Class Z reserve 17 May 1919 Previously served as 14504 Private Border Regiment
Private Henry Kearns number 11533 Overseas 7 Jan 1915 Died of wounds 8 May 1915
Private John Kearns number 12607 Overseas 13 Jun 1915 Killed in action 5 Apr 1916
Private Hadyn Keate number 11460 Overseas 13 Jun 1915 Dead 4 Aug 1915
Private Daniel Keating number 12240 Overseas 13 Jun 1915 Died of wounds 10 Aug 1915
Private Walter William Keeble number 9380 Overseas 15 Jan 1915 Discharged 3 Jun 1919
Private Joseph Keegan number 17002 Overseas 14 Apr 1915 Killed in action 18 Aug 1916
Private Thomas Edward Keelan number 15355 Overseas 27 Sep 1915 Discharged 23 Sep 1916
Sergeant Joseph William Keely number 8797 Overseas 15 Jan 1915 Killed in action 17 Feb 1915
Private George Samuel Keen number 14082 Overseas 27 Sep 1915 Killed in action 18 Jul 1916
Private George William Keen number T5/1950 Overseas 14 Feb 1915 Died of wounds 16 Aug 1915
Private John Keenan number 10185 Overseas 15 Jan 1915 Discharged 31 Mar 1916
Private John Keenan number 17821 Overseas 18 May 1915 Class Z reserve 1 Apr 1919
Private William Keenan number 2290 Overseas 11 Mar 1915 Died of wounds 8 May 1915
Private Harold Keeton number 15300 Overseas 27 Sep 1915 Discharged 19 Oct 1916
Private Edward Kehoe number T5/1576 Overseas 14 Feb 1915 Killed in action 5 May 1915
Corporal Charles Edward Keiffer number 15769 Overseas 27 Sep 1915
Lance Sergeant John Keir number 4315 Overseas 4 Sep 1915 Discharged 14 Nov 1917
Private Edgar Keith number 18835 Overseas 2 Sep 1915 Class Z Army Reserve 28 Apr 1919
Private John Keith number 28338 Overseas 30 Apr 1915 Discharged 14 Dec 1918 Previously served as 1598 Private Royal Army Medical Corps
Private Charles Henry Kelk number 23262 Overseas 29 Aug 1915 Class Z Army Reserve 26 Mar 1919
Lance Corporal Fred Kellett number 16782 Overseas 18 Mar 1915
Private James Kellett number 14338 Overseas 27 Sep 1915 Died of wounds 30 Apr 1917
Private John Kellett number 16449 Overseas 17 Jul 1915 Class Z Army Reserve 4 Feb 1919
Private William Kellett number 13751 Overseas 4 Sep 1915 Killed in action 9 Feb 1917
Private Alfred Kelly number 9401 Overseas 15 Jan 1915 Died of wounds 20 Feb 1915
Private Ambrose Kelly number T4/2364 Overseas 3 May 1915 Killed in action 8 Aug 1916
Private Andrew Kelly number 11771 Overseas 13 Jun 1915 Class Z reserve 26 Apr 1919
Private Arthur Kelly number 49245 Overseas 7 Nov 1915 Class Z reserve 21 Feb 1919 Previously served as 12616 Private Manchester Regiment
Private Daniel Richard Kelly number 17472 Overseas 28 Apr Discharged 20 Apr 1916
Private Edward Kelly number 2418 Overseas 15 Jan 1915 Died of wounds 23 Feb 1915
Private Edward Swann Kelly number 17103 Overseas 29 Jul 1915 Discharged 23 Apr 1918
Private Frank Kelly number 15240 Overseas 6 Mar 1915 Discharged 28 Apr 1916
Private Henry Ambrose Kelly number 19426 Overseas 25 Oct 1915 Class Z Army Reserve 27 Apr 1919
Private James Kelly number 3369 Overseas 26 Jan 1915 Discharged 27 Mar 1918
Private James Kelly number 18201 Overseas 15 Jun 1915 Class Z Army Reserve 26 Jan 1919
Private John Kelly number 1106 Overseas 17 Mar 1915 Discharged 1 Feb 1916
Private John Kelly number 11861 Overseas 1 Jun 1915 Died of wounds 1 Jul 1916
Private Leonard Kelly number 17999 Overseas 25 May 1915 Discharged 9 Jun 1916
Private Martin Kelly number 16904 Overseas 26 Jul 1915 Class Z Army Reserve 13 Aug 1919
Private Michael Kelly number 17281 Overseas 29 Apr 1915
Private Patrick Kelly number 2903 Overseas 6 Mar 1915 Died of wounds 23 Oct 1916
Private Patrick Kelly number 15747 Overseas 27 Sep 1915 Class Z Army Reserve 1 Mar 1919
Private Peter Kelly number 241241 Overseas 5 May 1915 Disembodied 3 Apr 1919
Corporal Thomas Kelly number 13408 Overseas 4 Sep 1915 Class Z Army Reserve 26 Apr 1919
Private Joseph Kelshaw number 10159 Overseas 15 Jan 1915 Sec B 2 Apr 1919
Private Frank Kemp number 20153 Overseas 11 Aug 1915 Died of wounds 1 Aug 1917
CSM George Kemp number 5081 Overseas 15 Jan 1915 Died of wounds 8 May 1915
Private Sam Kemp number 19283 Overseas 25 Oct 1915 Killed in action 5 Apr 1916
Private T Kemp number 17536 Overseas 2 May 1915 Discharged 27 Nov 1918 Star returned. Previously claimed on S No.. B 373 1 KO
Private Thomas Kemp number 17536 Overseas 2 May 1915 Discharged 27 Nov 1918 Desertion 19 May 1917 No medal. Resubmitted on page 629
Private A Kendall number 13675 Overseas 4 Sep 1915 Discharged 22 Jan 1919 9 KO
Private Alfred Kendall number 240612 Overseas 4 Jun 1915 Disembodied 22 Mar 1919
Private James Kendall number 11828 Overseas 13 Jun 1915 Discharged 24 May 1916
Private Robert William Kendall number 240202 Overseas 14 Feb 1915 Disembodied 30 Apr 1919
Private William Thomas Kendall number 13196 Overseas 13 Jun 1915 Class Z Army Reserve 8 Mar 1919
Sergeant Frederick Kennedy number 7482 Overseas 1 Apr 1915 (1914 shown on roll ) Commissioned 21 Jun 1916 into King’s Own
Lance Corporal John Kennedy number 14222 Overseas 4 Sep 1915 Class Z Army Reserve 1 Apr 1919
Private Robert Kennedy number 3944 Overseas 17 July 1915 Name deleted from list, submitted in error
Private Thomas Kennedy number 17299 Overseas 25 May 1915 Discharged 9 Oct 1916
Lance Corporal Thomas James Kennedy number 2842 Overseas 26 Jul 1915 Class Z Army Reserve 19 Apr 1919
Corporal Thomas Arthur Kennelly number 12128 Overseas 17 Jul 1915 Class Z Army Reserve 17 May 1919
Private Henry Kenny number 15687 Overseas 27 Sep 1915 Discharged 10 Jul 1916
Private John Kenny number 13683 Overseas 17 Jul 1915 Discharged 4 Aug 1916
Private John Edward Kenny number 17750 Overseas 1 Jun 1915 Discharged 19 Jan 1918
Private Thomas Kenny number 13897 Overseas 13 Jun 1915 Dead 17 Aug 1916
Sergeant William Kenny number REG/3953 Overseas 17 Jul 1915 Class Z reserve 16 Mar 1919
Private James Kenworthy number 10542 Overseas 15 Jan 1915 Discharged 11 Jun 1917
Private Albert Kenyon number 19719 Overseas 28 Dec 1915 Killed in action 18 Aug 1916
Private Edward Kenyon number 265900 Overseas 10 Sep 1914 Discharged 6 Apr 1917 Previously served as 1783 Private East Lancashire Regiment
Private Frederick Kenyon number 15539 Overseas 27 Sep 1915 Killed in action 18 Aug 1916
Private James Kenyon number 17460 Overseas 29 Apr 1915 Dead 8 May 1915
Private Riley Kenyon number 15191 Overseas 4 Sep 1915 Discharged 27 Sep 1917
Acting Corporal Henry Richard Kerley number 50636 Overseas 10 Sep 1914 Previously served as 1501 Private Manchester Regiment
Private James Kerr number 14232 Overseas 4 Sep 1915
Lance Corporal John Charles Kerr number 38424 Overseas 4 Sep 1915 Class Z reserve 28 Mar 1919 Previously served as 9074 Private Lancashire Fusiliers
Private Michael Kerrigan number 4465 Overseas 7 Apr 1915 Killed in action 5 May 1915
Private Arthur Kershaw number 3864 Overseas 27 Dec 1914 Dead 25 Apr 1916
Private Blantyre Kershaw number 11914 Overseas 13 Jun 1915 Killed in action 5 Apr 1916
Private Edward Kershaw number 13719 Overseas 4 Sep 1915 Class Z Army Reserve 26 May 1919
Private Frank Kershaw number 15412 Overseas 27 Sep 1915 Class Z Army Reserve 4 Jun 1919
Lance Corporal Fred Kershaw number 12717 Overseas 13 Jun 1915 Discharged 23 Feb 1916
Private Henry Kershaw number 13537 Overseas 27 Dec 1914 Discharged 14 Dec 1918
Private James Kershaw number 13288 Overseas 13 Jun 1915 Killed in action 10 Aug 1915
Private James E Kershaw number 13706 Overseas 4 Sep 1915 Class Z Army Reserve 12 Apr 1919
Private Joseph William Kershaw number 16267 Overseas 17 Jul 1915 Class Z Army Reserve 12 Mar 1919
Private Percy Kershaw number T5/1315 Overseas 5 May 1915 Discharged 4 Jan 1916
Private Harry Kesterton number 11874 Overseas 4 Sep 1915
Private Thomas Kew number T5/1913 Overseas 14 Feb 1915 Killed in action 24 Apr 1915
Private William Kew number 240930 Overseas 4 Jun 1915 Disembodied 5 Feb 1919
Private William Kewley number T4/1480 Overseas 3 May 1915 Discharged 5 Apr 1916
Private Victor Keyworth number T5/1653 Overseas 14 Feb 1915 Killed in action 23 Apr 1915
Private John Kiggins number 16230 Overseas 4 Sep 1915 Class Z Army Reserve 27 Mar 1919
Private John Kilbride number 51100 Overseas 14 Feb 1915
Private Joseph Kilbride number 240865 Overseas 14 Feb 1915 Discharged 19 Feb 1917
Private Peter Kilbride number 18841 Overseas 13 Sep 1915 Killed in action 30 Apr 1917
Acting Corporal Alfred John Kilby number 38946 Overseas 8 Mar 1915 Killed in action 23 Oct 1918 Previously served as 02667 Private Army Ordnance Corps
Private Francis Joseph Edward Kilcourse number 2499 Overseas 24 Mar 1915 Discharged 10 Jul 1916
Private John Killey number 13045 Overseas 17 Jul 1915 Died of wounds 22 Sep 1917
Private Daniel Killion number 18336 Overseas 13 Jul 1915 Discharged 26 Jul 1917
Private Joseph John Kinder number 17127 Overseas 27 Apr 1915 Discharged 25 Sep 1915 Name deleted from roll
Private Matthew Kindleysides number 14568 Overseas 27 Sep 1915 Class Z Army Reserve 9 May 1917
Private Herbert King number 9377 Overseas 15 Jan 1915 Died of wounds 9 Jul 1915
Private James King number 3481 Overseas 25 May 1915 Killed in action 18 Oct 1915
Private James King number 18097 Overseas 17 Jul 195 Discharged 11 Dec 1918
Private James Alfred King number 11789 Overseas 27 Dec 1914 Desertion 9 Aug 1915
Acting Corporal James Charles King number 50525 Overseas 20 Dec 1914 Section B 14 Nov 1919 Previously served as 9147 Private Shropshire Light Infantry
Private John King number 17578 Overseas 18 May 1915 Dead 22 Sep 1918
Private John Thomas King number 200828 Overseas 12 Oct 1915 Died of wounds 12 Nov 1917
Private Michael King number 4476 Overseas 27 Sep 1915 Name deleted
Private Oscar King number 241402 Overseas 3 Sep 1915 Disembodied 10 Mar 1919
Private Thomas King number 11389 Overseas 13 Jun 1915 Desertion 7 Feb 1916 No Medal
Private Walter King number 11390 Overseas 13 Jun 1915 Discharged 28 Aug 1916
Private William King number 9961 Overseas 15 Jan 1915 Sec B 19 Apr 1919
Private Walter Kinlock number 16014 Overseas 27 Sep 1915 Killed in action 19 Jul 1916
Private William Kinneford number 14610 Overseas 27 Sep 1915 Discharged 19 Oct 1916
Sergeant E Kinrade number 13533 Overseas 4 Sep 1915 Commissioned 30 Oct 1917 9 KO
Private Wilfred Kipling number 17457 Overseas 29 Apr 1915 Died of wounds 8 May 1915
Private Alfred Kirby number 15258 Overseas 27 Sep 1915 Discharged 14 Sep 1916
Private Ernest Watson Kirby number 12411 Overseas 13 Jun 1915 Killed in action 9 Feb 1917
Private Frederick Kirby number 14715 Overseas 13 Jun 1915 Class Z Army Reserve 30 May 1919
Private John Kirby number 13574 Overseas 4 Sep 1915 Class Z Army Reserve 1 Apr 1919
Private Luke Kirby number 29005 Overseas 31 May 1915 died 20 Jun 1918 Previously served as 24163 Private King’s Liverpool Regiment
Private Peter Kirby number 14482 Overseas 27 Sep 1915 Class Z Army Reserve 24 May 1919
Lance Corporal John Kirk number SR/3106 Overseas 27 Nov 1914 Discharged 14 Dec 1918
Lance Corporal Joseph Kirk number 15745 Overseas 27 Sep 1915 Class Z Army Reserve 11 Feb 1919
Private Philip Kirk number 3105 Overseas 6 Mar 1915 Killed in action 13 Apr 1916
Private William Kirkbride number 12688 Overseas 17 Jul 1915 Killed in action 4 Jul 1916
Acting Sergeant James S Kirkby number T5/0376 Overseas 14 Feb 1915 Killed in action 3 May 1915
Lance Sergeant Richard Kirkby number 240026 Overseas 14 Feb 1915
Lance Corporal Richard Kirkby number T5/0220 Overseas 14 Feb 1915 Discharged 5 May 1916
Private Thomas Kirkby number 19168 Overseas 25 Oct 1915 Class Z reserve 27 Apr 1919
Private William Kirkby number 4294 Overseas 4 Sep 1915 Class Z Army Reserve 26 Jan 1919
Sergeant William Kirkby number T4/0447 Overseas 3 May 1915 Discharged 1 Apr 1916
Private William Kirkby number T4/2314 Overseas 3 May 1915 Discharged 3 Mar 1916
Private William Henry Kirkham number 18904 Overseas 16 Oct 1915 Discharged 20 Jul 1916
Private Darby Kirrane number 18302 Overseas 20 Jul 1915 Class Z Army Reserve 16 Mar 1919
Lance Corporal E Y Kitchen number 16905 Overseas 29 Jul 1915 Class Z reserve 17 Feb 1919 1 KO
Private Harry Kitchen number 38985 Overseas 8 Oct 1915 Class Z reserve 22 Feb 1919 Previously served as T4/110320 Driver Royal Army Service Corps
Private James Albert Kitchen number 200323 Overseas 3 May 1915 Disembodied 13 Jul 1919
Sergeant Walter Kitchen number 13534 Overseas 4 Sep 1915 Class Z Army Reserve 14 Mar 1919
Corporal John Kitching number 34328 Overseas 14 Jul 1915 Class Z reserve 26 Apr 1919 Previously served as 13030 Private Border Regiment
Private George Rowland Kitson number 27266 Overseas Deleted by records
Private George Rowland Kitson number 27266 Overseas 15 Apr 1915 Disembodied 5 Mar 1919 Previously served as 1524 Private West Riding
Private John Charles Kitson number 38460 Overseas 7 Sep 1915 Class Z reserve 10 Apr 1919 Previously served as 5030 Private Manchester Regiment
Private John Thomas Kitt number 3118 Overseas 13 Jun 1915 Discharged 1 Aug 1916
Private Ernest Kiveal number 14357 Overseas 27 Sep 1915 Killed in action 18 Aug 1916
Lance Corporal Frederick Klinker number 14776 Overseas 13 Jun 1915
Private George Knagg number 3835 Overseas 17 Jul 1915 Killed in action 17 Sep 1915
Private Herbert Kneale number 241249 Overseas 4 Jun 1915 Disembodied 22 May 1919
Lance Corporal Ewart Kneebone number T4/2071 Overseas 3 May 1915 Discharged 23 Sep 1916
Private Arthur Squire Knight number 14344 Overseas 27 Sep 1915 Discharged 4 Jul 1916
Private Frank Knight number 16909 Overseas 18 May 1915 Class Z Army Reserve 16 Apr 1919
Private John William Knight number 10772 Overseas 15 Jan 1915
Private Harry Knighton number 18617 Overseas 2 Sep 1915 Discharged 25 Apr 1918
Private Thomas Knipe number T4/1454 Overseas 3 May 1915 Discharged 12 Feb 1916
Private William Knipe number T4/2487 Overseas 3 May 1915 Killed in action 8 Jun 1915
Private Ted Knobbs number 12939 Overseas 17 Jul 1915 Class Z Army Reserve 1 May 1919
Private Charles William Knott number 38841 Overseas 17 Jul 1915 Class Z reserve 16 Apr 1919 Previously served as T3/028911 Driver Royal Army Service Corps
Private Barton Knowles number 241387 Overseas 24 Dec 1915 Disembodied 22 Mar 1919
Private Daniel Knowles number 17019 Overseas 27 Apr 1915 Died of wounds 8 May 1915
Private Fred Knowles number 16161 Overseas 4 Sep 1915 Discharged 7 Dec 1916
Private Henry Knowles number 38483 Overseas 25 Jul 1915 Class Z reserve 28 Mar 1919 Previously served as 56291 Private Royal Army Medical Corps
Private James Knowles number 2221 Overseas 16 Dec 1914 Special Reserve 30 May 1919
Sergeant John Knowles number 6607 Overseas 7 Apr 1915
Private John Knowles number T5/3087 Overseas 14 Feb 1915 Killed in action 27 Apr 1915
Private Robert Knowles number 11741 Overseas 13 Jun 1915
Corporal Samuel George Knowles number 38859 Overseas 16 Apr 1915 Class Z reserve 25 Mar 1919 Previously served as S4/070136 Private Royal Army Service Corps
Sergeant Thomas Harold Knowles number 28923 Overseas 7 Nov 1915 Class Z reserve 7 May 1919 Previously served as 18146 Private King’s Liverpool Regiment
Private Alexander Knox number 12583 Overseas 17 Jul 1915 Killed in action 7 Nov 1916
Private Robert Knox number 13412 Overseas 4 Sep 1915 Class Z Army Reserve 29 Apr 1919
Private John Robert Krelle number 240190 Overseas 14 Feb 1915 Discharged 24 Jan 1918
 

 

 

 

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