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Collections - Archives - First World War

Honourable discharge to a wounded soldier certificate


Certificate of Honourable discharge to Private Ralph Haslam, number 1008, of the 5th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, discharged on the 28th September 1916.
Accession Number: KO2260/01


Card postal tube in which the certificate arrived.
Accession Number KO1820/26

There are a number of examples in the museum's collection and include the following:

bulletLance Corporal Benson Boyd, number 2647, 5th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, discharged 8th May 1916.  KO2573/01
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2nd Lieutenant Alexander Gray MM, The Northumberland Fusiliers, formerly 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, discharged 3rd June 1919.  The officer certificate states 'Invalided from the Service' rather than 'Honourably discharged'.  KO2696/15
bulletPrivate Ralph Haslam, number 1008, 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, discharged 28th September 1916.  KO2260/01
bulletSergeant Matthew Hughes MM, number 2492 & 240699, 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, discharged 25th March 1919.  KO1820/26
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Private Thomas William Lawrence, number 243464, and Machine Gun Corps, discharged 28th January 1919.  With official stamp which appears on the rear, 'No. 2 Infantry Record Officer, Sessions House, Preston'  KO1365/02
bulletPrivate Herbert Pearson, number 36609, 8th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, discharged 17th March 1919.  KO2705/04
bulletPrivate William G Whalley, number 288 & 240021, 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment discharged 20th November 1919.  KO1736/01
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Official illustrated wounded soldier discharge certificate to Private William Lawson Wright, 2nd/5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. Discharged 12 May 1919. Un-officially hand coloured in frame.
“Served with honour and was disabled in the Great War. Invalided from the Service, 12 May 1919.”
Accession Number: KO3047/08

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