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1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment - Page Four

Beaumont Hamel Sector, France, group of A Company, 1st Battalion, King's Own taken on 30th August 1915.  Left to right, back, Sergeant Taylor (Platoon Sergeant Number 4 Platoon), 2nd Lieutenant J F Mason (Platoon Commander), unknown private.  Front left, Private Unger, either a Pole or Russian and spoke hardly any English. (Research indicates that Number 17867 Private Barnet Unger arrived in France and Flanders on 6th July 1915, he served with both the 1st and 7th Battalions of the King's Own, being transferred to Class Z Reserve on 4th March 1919.  His service is recorded in the British Jewry Book of Honour.) Corporal Williams and Corporal Crompton.
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Beaumont Hamel Sector, France, August 1915.  2nd Lieutenant Lightbody and Sergeant Taylor at the entrance to an old French dugout in the support line on Redan Ridge.
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Two officers and senior Non-commissioned officers of A Company, 1st King's Own.  Photograph taken at rest billets at Forceville on 19th August 1915.  Front row, left to right, Sergeant Danvers, Sergeant Taylor, Sergeant Wilde.  Centre is Company Sergeant Major, and later 2nd Lieutenant J W Rowley.  Rear row, left to right, 2nd Lieutenant I P Robinson, Company Quartermaster Sergeant Coney, Sergeant Jackson and 2nd Lieutenant  J F Mason of the 3rd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment attached to the King's Own.
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Group of Officers and Non-commissioned officers of A Company, 1st King's Own.  Photograph taken at rest billets at Forceville on 19th August 1915.
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NCO's and men of Number 1 Platoon, A Company, 1st Battalion, King's Own at Forceville, France, 19th August 1915.
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NCO's and men of Number 2 Platoon, A Company, 1st Battalion, King's Own at Forceville, France, 19th August 1915.
Accession Number KO0233/16

NCO's and men of Number 3 Platoon, A Company, 1st Battalion, King's Own at Forceville, France, 19th August 1915.
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NCO's and men of Number 4 Platoon, A Company, 1st Battalion, King's Own at Forceville, France, 19th August 1915.
Accession Number KO0233/18

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