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First World War

9th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

September 1914	Raised at Lancaster, and trained at Eastbourne and Seaford in Sussex.
5 September 1915	Arrival in France
20 September 1915	Joined 65th Brigade of the 22nd Division
8 November 1915	Arrived at Salonika (Macedonia)
9 December 1915	Retreat of 10th Division from Serbia 9th Battalion, (A Company) King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, Captured 12 December 1915
28 April 1916	Attack at Hill 380
Autumn 1916	Attack on Petit Mitrailleuse
14 September 1916	Attack near Makin Rova
Spring 1917	Attack on Petit Couronne
23 November 1917	Repulse of raids on Mamelon Post
25 July 1918	Repulse of raids on Mamelon Post
September 1918	Battle of Doiran, 1918 and the final and successful attack on Bulgar Lines, and advance into Bulgaria, 1918.
28 October 1918	Landed at Dedeagateh
November 1918	Returned to Stavros
15 January 1919	Moved to Sarigol
15 April 1919	Moved to Dardanelles
29 November 1919	Disbanded at Haidar Pasha

Photographs: 9th (Service) Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Cemeteries - First World War - Greece

	Doiran Military Cemetery, Greece
	Lahana Military Cemetery, Greece
	Struma Military Cemetery, Greece

A digital version of the Battalion War Diary is available on cd-rom from the Museum Shop.

King's Own - Macedonian Front in World War One - A brief record of the 2nd and 9th Battalions in the Salonika Campaign 1915-1919. Price including UK postage £2.50. Details from the Museum Shop.

9th Battalion in Macedonia (March 1918 to October 1918) from the War Diary of Captain Cumberland. An interesting account of the last months of the war in Macedonia, including the final battle of Doiran in September 1918. Price including UK postage £4.90. Details from the Museum Shop.