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HOME Museum Sales Donations Contact Us REGIMENTAL HISTORY 17th Century 18th Century 19th Century 20th Century First World War Second World War Actions & Movements Battle Honours FAMILY HISTORY Resources Further Reading Links PHOTO GALLERY ENQUIRIES FURTHER READING LINKS		PHOTO GALLERY 9th (Service) Bn, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment - Page Four The following photographs are from the collection of Tom Harley who was an officer with C Company of the 9th Battalion. Flemming, Reverend Gordon and Fielden. Accession Number KO1853/156 Sergeant (Acting Company Sergeant Major) Walter Kitchen MM and Lance Corporal Herbert R Wateridge MM. On the 1st October 1916 Sergeant Kitchen led a patrol to Four Tree Hill during the night and returned at daybreak. No enemy positions encountered, rifle pits noted on Four Tree Hill. Sergeant Kitchen was awarded the Military Medal on 19th October 1916. He is further mentioned in the War Diary, 18th May 1917, 'Work on trenches and wire progressed well and was not interrupted by enemy shells, except in the left, C Company, wounding Lieutenant Flemming severely in the back and nine other ranks including Sergeant Kitchen a hard working and most promising Non-commissioned officer who had earned the MM. Corporal Wateridge was also awarded the Military Medal for service with the 9th Battalion in Salonika. He was presented the ribbon (in lieu of the actual medal) on 16th October 1916. He was later awarded the Medal of St. George 3rd Class, a Russian award. Accession Number KO1853/162 Steele, Law, Lith and Strange. The two on the left are identified as number 20575 Corporal Arthur Steele and 13556 Private Arthur Law. Accession Number KO1853/201 Bone, Snell and Parker in a rock dugout Accession Number KO1853/204 Non-Commissioned Officers of C Company, 9th Battalion. Accession Number KO1853/207 9th (Service) Bn, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment - Page Three 9th (Service) Bn, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment - Page Five © Images are copyright, Trustees of the King's Own Royal Regiment Museum. You must seek permission prior to publication of any of our images.