PHOTO GALLERYSecond World War
1st Battalion, King's Own - India 1939-41, Hayes
Collection, page one
Arnold E Hayes was a Boy Soldier with the 1st Battalion at the outbreak
of the Second World War, based in Karachi, India. He and his son donated
photographs between 1998 and 2006.
Christmas Card featuring the members of the 1st Battalion's Band based at
Napier Barracks, Karachi, India, either 1940 or 1941. Bandmaster,
pictured centre is A Coventry. The bandsmen are: W Eyre and F E
Johncocks, pictured top left and right. Rear row, left to right, H Wilkes,
W Quarrill, G E Hollyhock, H G Bray, H Johnston, G Edwards, R A Johncocks,
unknown, J Grange, and W Fernley. Centre row, H A Swann, G Carkeet,
N Williams, M Collings, T C Wilshaw, J Nash, unknown, S Harrison, E
Bancroft, R Feltham, M Wood, and J W Herbert. Front row, J Lowe, G
Turner, J Patton, N Wooldridge, J Kempster, V Austin, W Steel, H
Fairweather, J P Crowley, A Taylor, J Gibson and T Waites.
Accession Number: KO2234/01
Private Walter Fleming and his dog 'Bess' at Napier Barracks, Karachi.
Accession Numbers: KO2234/02 & KO2234/03
1st Battalion, King's Own -
India 1939-41, Hayes Collection, page two
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