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Locomotive Number 1616 "King's Own"
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company's "Royal Scot" Class
locomotive number 6161, "King's Own", built in the Derby Locomotive Works
in 1930. The locomotive was originally named "The King's Own".
Deputy Colonel of the Regiment, Brigadier-General F B Matthews, officially
named the locomotive "King's Own" at London's Euston Station on 7th
January 1931. The 2nd Battalion, which disembarked the same day at
Southampton, travelled to London to witness the ceremony. It's first
public duty was to haul the train conveying the battalion to Lichfield.
The locomotive was rebuilt in 1949 and remained in service with the
nationalised British Railways until it was withdrawn in 1963.
Accession Number KO0254/04
"King's Own" nameplate on the Royal Scot Class locomotive. One of
the two nameplates is now displayed in the regimental museum in Lancaster.
Accession Number KO0445-37
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