King's Own Royal Regiment Museum

Official First World War Memorial Scroll to the Fallen

At the end of the First World War the relatives of those who fell received their medals along with a Memorial Plaque and Scroll. 

This memorial scroll was issued in memory of Private Robert Bond of the 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.
Accession Number: KO2557/01

Each Memorial Scroll was sent with the above letter from the King.
Accession Number: KO1090/04

Scrolls were mailed out in cardboard tubes.
Accession Number: KO1390/04b

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

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. 
KO2957/17

Private Robert Bond, number 3749/241376, 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.  Killed in action, 30th November 1917.  Son of Alfred and Eleanor Bond, of 6 Ashbrook Street, Lancaster.  Commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial, Louveral, France. 
Accession Number: KO2557/02

Private Albert Benjamin Brace, number 2138, 1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.  Died of wounds, 17th May 1915.  Buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France. 
Accession Number: KO1634/06

Private William Chorley, number 27499, 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.  Also served with the 8th and 11th Battalions.  Killed in action, 20th September 1917.  Son of the late John Chorley and of Elizabeth Ann Gardner (formerly Chorley) of 43 Quebec Street, Ulverston. 
Accession Number: KO2724/01

Private Joseph Connerton, number 265562, 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.  Killed in action, 30th November 1917.  Commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, France. 
Accession Number: KO1390/04

Private Bryan Cumpsty, number 27456, 1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.  Killed in action, 28th June 1917, age 23.  Son of Sarah Ann Cumpsty and the late Bryan Cumpsty of 1 Hala Road, Scotforth, Lancaster.  Also shown as 'Cumpstey'.  Commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France. 
Accession Number: KO2391/14

Private Sidney Thomas Day, number 41640, 8th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.  Killed in action on 1st October 1918.  Buried in Masnieres British Cemetery, Marcoing. 
KO2419/02

Private Percy Edwards, number 17167, 1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.  Died on 3rd July 1916, age 23.  Son of Charles and Louisa Edwards of 106 Godolphin Road, Shepherd's Bush, London.  Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. 
Accession Number: KO1856/02

Sergeant Alfred Fishwick, number 241008, 'B' Company, 2nd/5th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.  Killed in action 26 October 1917, age 20.  Son of William Henry and Mary Fishwick of 4 The Crescent, Galgate, Lancaster.  Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. 
Accession Number: KO1960/01

Sergeant George Edward Harrison, number 23629, 8th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.  Died of wounds, 1st September 1918, age 31.  Husband of Gertrude Harrison of 4 Cutler Greens, Stackshead, Bacup, Lancashire.  Buried in Bac-du-Sud British Cemetery, Bailleulval, France. 
Accession Number: KO1539/07

Private William Hooton, number 13273, 6th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.  Killed in action, 10th August 1915.  Commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey. 
Accession Number: KO1344/02

Private Roland Kair, number 18906, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.  Killed in action on 1 Jul 1916. Son of Alexander and Julia Kair, husband of Emily Kair, of 155 Every Street, Ancoats, Manchester.  Buried in Serre Road Cemetery No. 1.  Somme, France. 
Accession Number: KO2826/04

Corporal Benjamin Atkinson Kirkby, number 201062, 1st/4th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.  Killed in action, 8th August 1916.  Lived at 195 Albert Square, Millom with his father.  Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.  Also shown as 'Kirby'. 
Accession Number: KO2702/02

Private James Lamb, number 3007, 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.  Killed in action, 20th October 1916, age 19.  Son of Mr and Mrs Richard Lamb of Broadacre, Caton, Lancashire.  Private Lamb is buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium. 
Accession Number: KO2266/06

Private John Lockhead, number 2226, 1st/4th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.  Killed in action, 8th August 1916. 
Accession Number: KO1407/05

Private George Marshall, number 15997, 8th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.  Died 18th November 1918. 
Accession Number: KO3035/01

Private James Simpson, number 1515, 1st/5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. Killed in action 23 Apr 1915 near Ypres. Commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
Accession Number: KO2376/11

Private Leslie Howard Tolkien, number 22181, 6th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.  Killed in action, 29th April 1918, age 30.  Son of Henry Alfred and Justina Charlotte Tolkien of 23 Laverton Road, St. Anne's-on-the-Sea, Lancashire.  Commemorated on the Basra Memorial, Iraq. 
Accession Number: KO1956/01

Corporal Leonard Williamson, number 23629, 8th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.  Killed in action, 13th November 1916. 
Accession Number: KO1773/07.

Only a proportion of our collections are on display at anyone time.  Certain items are on loan for display in other institutions.  An appointment is required to consult any of our collections which are held in store.

"He whom this scroll commemorates was numbered among those who at the call of King and Country, left all that was dear to them, endured hardness, faced danger, and finally passed out of the sight, and finally passed out of the sight of men by the path of duty and self-sacrifice, giving up their own lives that others might live in freedom.  Let those who come after see to it that his name be not forgotten."