What's NewThe following pages
are new or have been updated.
Work on the regimental uniform gallery
started. May 2008
Help us with this mystery miniature coffin
from the First World War.
Added March 2008.
Portrait of Private Henry Watson,
4th Foot, circa 1830. Added February 2008.
Photographs of the 1st Battalion,
King's Own in Dublin 1919-1922 added to the Photo Gallery.
Added January 2008.
Portraits from the King's Own Collection - a
special exhibition. Added January 2008
Information on medals in the museum's
collection. Added December 2007.
Images of the 1760 uniform of Captain Thomas
Plumbe of the Royal Lancashire Militia. Added
November 2007
The 2006-07 Annual Report of the Museum is
published. Added October 2007
Photograph of HMT Euphrates and
North Lancashire Bassett Hounds added. Photographs of the 1st Battalion when in
Osnabruck as part of the British Army of the Rhine, 1952-53.
Added September 2007
Various pages throughout the website have been updated and/or revised
with new information. The photograph of the
Zulu War has been added.
Added August 2007
Photographs of the Abyssinian Campaign
of 1868 added to Photo Gallery. Added July 2007
Photographs of the Crimean War by
James Robertson added to Photo Gallery. Added June
2007
Information added, including Troopship
Empire Windrush, King's Own in Australia and
British regiments in Australia. Added
June 2007
Between 1753 and 1756 the King's Own were stationed on the
Mediterranean island of Minorca. A pay
document exists in the museum's collection with details the 'charge of
the Garrison of Minorca' which also details the daily rates of pay for the
officers and soldiers of the regiment. Added June
2007.
Copies of the First World War Battalion War
Diaries of the King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment are now available
to purchase on CD-Rom from the Museum.
Added Apr 2007
World War Two photograph gallery has
been completed with the inclusion of images relating to the 2nd Battalion,
King's Own. Added Feb 2007
Photographs of troopships added to the
photo gallery. Added Jan 2007
Information on the archive of Lt Col Alfred Dykes
covering 1894 to 1914. Added Dec 2006
List of thirty medals 'missing' from the
museum's collection. Added Nov 2006
Rare film recording the unveiling of
Carnforth's War Memorial in November 1924 available from the museum on
DVD! Added Nov 2006
Information on Lancaster's Crimean War
Memorial. Added Nov 2006
The museum has just published, in two volumes, the British War and
Allied Victory Medal Roll for the King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.
23,000 names of the other ranks who were awarded the War and/or Victory
Medal are listed, along with details of battalion and other units with
whom a soldier may have served. More details in
Museum Shop. Added Oct 2006.
The 2005-06 Museum's Annual Report has just
been published. Added September 2006
Additional information added, including,
Military Cross, Indian Mutiny Medal and
Campaign Service Medal. Added
August 2006
Provisional Colours for the Duke of Lancaster's
Regiment. Added August 2006
Information on King's Own soldiers who were executed or
Shot at Dawn in the First World War.
Added August 2006
Additional information added, including the King's Own in the war
against the United States 1814-15,
Battle of Bladensburg and
Battle of Godley Wood.
World War Two information added, including information on the
Auxiliary Territorial Service,
Lancaster Home Guard and
Morecambe Home Guard. Added May 2006.
We are pleased to announce the publication of the reprint of The Fourth Battalion, The King's Own (Royal Lancaster
Regiment) and The Great War by Lieutenant Colonel W F A Wadham and
Captain J Crossley, first published in Ulverston in 1935. The book
is available from the museum for £7.00 including UK postage. Visit
our sales pages.
Added May 2006.
Additional information added, including words for
regimental marches, regimental collects, and
battle honours for volunteer and militia units.
Added March 2006.
Additional information added, including Private
Croston's account of action at Spion Kop, 1900; an incident in the
Peninsula war and the suicide of Lt Colonel
Charles Bevan in 1811; 1st/5th King's Own and the
Didcot connection in 1915. Added March 2006
Photographs of Medals have been added to the Medal
pages. Added February 2006
Over 300 Photographs of the Regiment in the First World War have been added to
the Photo Gallery. Added
January 2006
Images of the Regimental Museum.
Added January 2006
The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment launch cap badge.
Added January 2006.
The Journal of Captain Mason
of the 4th (or King's Own) Regiment of Foot, Recording his voyage to
Australia, his service there and his return journey 1831 - 1835.
Added December 2005
