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Soldiers of the King's Own Regiment

Stories, information and collections relating to some of the regiment's soldiers:

bulletCorporal Dick Adams, 1st King's Own, 1940.
bulletPrivate Harold Airey, 1st/5th Battalion, King’s Own, First World War.
bulletCorporal William Ashley, 4th King's Own, Waterloo Medal.
bulletMr Dennis R L Ashworth, veteran of the Crimean and India.
bullet Private Arthur Edward Atherton, number 50013, King’s Own, First World War.
bulletSergeant Charles Avery DCM, number 14562, 8th King’s Own, First World War.
bulletPrivate Frederick Baker, 1st/4th King’s Own, First World War.
bulletSergeant Michael Baker, number 10238, 2nd Battalion, King’s Own, First World War.
bulletLance Corporal Albert Bamber, 1st/5th King's Own, First World War.
bulletSergeant John Bamber, 1st King's Own, 1926-1953
bulletPrivate Walter Barlow, 2nd Battalion, King's Own, 1938-39.
bullet2nd Lieutenant John Barton, 5th Battalion, King's Own , First World War.
bulletWarrant Officer Class 2 (CSM) Victor Batty, DCM, King's Own, First World War.
bulletSergeant Edmund Bell, King's Own, First World War.
bulletCorporal Robert Bell, King's Own, First World War.
bulletWarrant Officer Class 2 Arthur Charles Bent, Number 3710226, King’s Own Royal Regiment Collection
bulletAn Incident in the Peninsula War - Lieutenant Colonel Charles Bevan, of the 4th or King’s Own Regiment and the Bridge at Barba del Puerco 1811
bulletPrivate William Thomas Betteridge, number 27855, 1st Battalion, King’s Own, First World War.
bulletLetters of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Bevan
bulletPrivate Christopher Bibby, 1st King's Own, Korea.
bulletPrivate Henry Dawson Blades, 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own, First World War.
bullet2nd Lieutenant Thomas Stapleton Blakeley, MC, First World War.
bulletLieutenant Colonel John Bois, King's Own, 1901 - First World War - 1930s.
bulletSergeant Tom Chetwynd Bond, number 13777, 9th Battalion, King’s Own, First World War.
bulletMajor George William Bone, King's Own Royal Regiment.
bulletLieutenant Colonel Henry William Breton - Australia 1830s
bulletAlbum: Photographs, 1912-26 Captain William Noel Briggs, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.
bulletPrivate Ernest Brockbank, 1st/4th and 7th Battalions, King's Own, First World War.
bulletMemorial Silk to Private James Henry Brown, 8th King's Own.
bulletLetters & archive of 2nd Lieutenant Richard Leslie Brown, Albert Medal
bulletPrivate Joseph Burns, number 10164, 2nd King's Own, 1914
bulletPrivate Burrows, 1st King's Own, 1939
bulletAlbum: Photographs, and other items Lieutenant Colonel Willoughby Seymour Burton, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, 1872-1902
bulletPrivate Bill Bury, 1st Battalion, King's Own, 1953.
bulletAlbum: Photographs and documents relating to the service of Lieutenant Colonel Edward C Cadman, 5th Battalion, King’s Own Regiment and other units.
bulletArchive of Colonel William Carter 1897-1945
bulletThomas Castine, from English Private to French General
bulletLieutenant Colonel Lord Richard Cavendish 5th King's Own.
bulletCaptain John Challenor, 3rd Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.  1900-1904
bulletBorough of Salford Certificate to Sergeant John Cheadle MM, May 1919
bulletCaptain Harold Chapman, 5th King's Own, First World War
bulletColour Sergeant Henry James Chapman, circa 1860 & 1870s.
bulletPrivate Harry Christian VC
bulletLieutenant George Sidney Clark MC DCM, King's Own, First World War.
bulletPrivate John Clarke, 4th Foot, Military General Service Medal
bulletPrivate Harold Clarkson, 2nd Battalion, King's Own, First World War.
bulletSergeant Alfred Clowes, Volunteer Battalion and 5th King's Own, circa 1899-1918
bullet2nd Lieutenant Joseph Henry Collin VC
bulletPrivate William Collins, South African War, 1900
bulletPrivate Collins, 1st King's Own, late 1930s.
bulletPrivate Harold Gordon Cooper, 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own, First World War.
bulletPrivate Samuel Cooper, 1st Volunteer Battalion, King's Own, South African War.
bulletPrivate John Cosgrove's account of the action on Spion Kop, January 1900.
bulletCorporal Thomas Cottam, 2nd/5th King's Own, First World War.
bulletPrivate Bryan Cumpsty, number 27456, 1st King’s Own, First World War.
bulletPrivate Arthur Curwen, King's Own, First World War.
bulletCollection of Private John E Davies, number 3710556, 2nd and 1st Battalion’s King’s Own Royal Regiment, circa 1934-1939.
bulletArchive, photographs and postcards relating to Private Edward Brockbank Dixon, number 200291, 1st/4th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, First World War.
bulletLance Corporal C Dodd, 5th King's Own, First World War.
bulletPrivate Harold Dowthwaite, 1st/5th King's Own, First World War.
bulletLetters & archive of Lieutenant Colonel Alfred McNair Dykes, 1885-1914
bulletPhotograph collection of Private J E Eaton, number 791564, B Company, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment. 1930s.
bullet Private Herbert Eccles, number 2369, 1st/5th King’s Own.
bullet Rigger Edwards, 1st King's Own, 1930s.
bulletPhotograph Collection of Charles Henry Evans, King's Own Royal Regiment, 1919-1940
bulletMrs Elizabeth Evans, Veteran of the Crimean War
bullet Private Matthew Farrell, number 1440, 1st/5th King’s Own.  Killed in action 14 Apr 1915.
bullet Boy Feltham, 1st King's Own, 1939.
bulletSergeant Charles Fox, 1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, First World War.
bulletEnsign James Gardiner, 1814
bullet2nd Lieutenant Robert Gardner, 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own, First World War.
bulletSergeant William Gardner, DCM, MM, number 15241, 8th King’s Own, First World War.
bulletLieutenant Colonel William George, Medical Officer, 5th King's Own.
bulletPrivate J Gillibrand, 1st King's Own, 1933
bulletPrivate Goodall, 2nd King's Own, 1923
bulletPrivate Thomas Grady VC DCM
bulletPrivate F Hadwen, believed to be number 3229 of the 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own
bulletLetters of Captain Jasper Hall, Crimean War
bulletPrivate Albert Halton VC
bulletPrivate Herbert Edward Hanson, King's Own, First World War.
bulletCollection: Sir Thomas Harley, who served with the 9th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment in Salonika/Macedonia. First World War.
bulletSergeant Fred Harper DCM MM, number 15206, 8th King’s Own, First World War.
bulletPrivate James Palmer Harper, Black Watch, First World War
bulletCorporal John Hirst Harper, 1st/5th King's Own, First World War
bulletPrivate Harold Haywood, King's Own, First World War
bulletCorporal John Heartwell, 1st Battalion, King's Own, 1958-59.
bulletPrivate Robert Helme, 1st/4th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment
bulletPrivate Edward Herd, 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment
bulletPrivate John Hewart, number 16979, 2nd Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, First World War and later Metropolitan Police.
bulletLance Corporal James Hewitson VC
bulletPrivate David Higgin, King's Own, First World War
bulletLance Corporal Robert Higginson, 1st/5th King's Own, First World War.
bulletPrivate David Hill, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, 1896.
bulletPrivate Alfred Hodgson, number 22131, 6th Battalion King’s Own, First World War.
bulletCollection of photographs: Private Ernest Hodgson, 1st King's Own, Hong Kong, 1954-56
bulletLetters and Diaries of Private William Hodgson, 2nd/5th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster, Regiment, 1914-1917
bulletPrivate V Hood, 2nd King's Own, 1923
bulletCorporal Joe Hopwood, MM, 1st and 1st/5th Battalions of the King's Own, First World War.
bulletDeath of Private John Horton, Indian Mutiny, 1858.
bulletLieutenant Douglas E Howard, 1st King's Own, First World War.
bullet2nd Lieutenant George Rowland Paget Howson, 1st Battalion, King's Own, First World War.
bulletPrivate Ernie Huddart, 1st Battalion, King's Own, Second World War.
bulletPrivate Harold Victor Hudson, 1st/4th Battalion, King's Own, First World War.
bulletPrivate Myles W Hudson, of the 2nd/5th Battalion, King's Own, First World War.
bulletBandsman Thomas Hunt, 1st Battalion, King's Own 1946-47, Italy
bulletThe Archive of General Sir Archibald Hunter
bulletLetters from Sergeant Samuel Jackson, number 1245, 4th, or King's Own Regiment, from Kamptee Barracks, India, 1847.
bulletPrivate Walter Jenkins, King's Own, 11th and 8th King's Own, First World War.
bulletLance Corporal Jack Johnson, 5th Battalion, King's Own, First World War.
bulletCompany Sergeant Major George Henry Jones, DCM, First World War.
bulletPrivate Roland Kair, 1st King's Own, First World War.
bulletLieutenant Colonel William Kemmis, 4th (Militia) Battalion, King's Own, 1881-1905
bulletCollection of photographs: Private David Kenyon, 1st King's Own, Kenya & Aden, 1957-59
bulletCorporal Benjamin Atkinson Kirkby, 1st/4th Battalion, King’s Own, First World War.
bulletSergeant James Kirkby, 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own, First World War.
bulletLance Corporal Wilfred Knott, 8th King's Own, First World War.
bulletCollection of photographs relating to Lieutenant A S Latham, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, as a prisoner of war, World War One
bulletDrawings, photographs, etc, of Major Henry Buckton Laurence, 1842-1886
bulletPrivate David Lax, 1st Battalion, King's Own, Hong Kong, 1955-56.
bulletSergeant Henry Lee and Warrant Officer William Alfred Lee 1890s-1920
bulletPrivate Harold Lewis, 5th Battalion, King’s Own, First World War
bulletSergeant Walter Lichfield, 1st King's Own, Boer War and First World War
bulletPrivate John Lincoln, number 2493, 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own, First World War
bulletLance Corporal Fred Little, 1st Battalion, King's Own, First World War.
bulletLieutenant Sellwyn Long-Innes, King’s Own, First World War.
bulletAlbum: Photographs and other items, 1889-1908 Major N S Lysons, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment
bulletCorporal George Marsden, MM, 1st Battalion, King’s Own, First World War.
bulletJournal of Captain Mason of the King's Own, Recording his voyage to Australia, his service there and his return journey 1831 - 1835
bulletThe funeral of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas John Marker, Dover 1913.
bulletPrivate George Marsden, number 28047, 1st/5th Battalion King’s Own, First World War.
bulletCorporal Harold Martin DCM, 1st/4th King’s Own, First World War.
bulletCorporal George Mason, 5th King's Own, First World War.
bulletPrivate James Radcliffe Mawson, 1st/5th King's Own First World War.
bulletLance Sergeant Tom Fletcher Mayson VC
bulletPrivate W McComb, 1st King's Own, Dublin, circa 1920
bulletPrivate James Miller VC
bulletMajor George C Milnes, 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, archive collection.
bulletLieutenant Harold Newbury Morgan, 8th King's Own, First World War.
bulletAlbum of photos: Corporal William Alfred Morris, 1st/5th King's Own, First World War.
bulletAccount by William Moss, 1st King's Own, of action on Leros, November 1943.
bulletSergeant Thomas Moylin MM, number 4761, 8th King’s Own, First World War.
bulletPrivate John Muckett - Executed for Murder
bulletColour Sergeant D W Munden, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, South African War 1899-1902
bulletCollection of Corporal Monty Nathanson, 2nd Battalion, King's Own, 1945-47.
bulletLance Sergeant Tom Neely VC MM
bulletSergeant William Atkinson Neill, MM, 8th King's Own, First World War.
bulletLance Corporal Joseph William O'Brien, 2nd King's Own, 1915
bulletSergeant J Olde, 5th King's Own, 1920s.
bulletSergeant Ephraim Oldfield MM, 8th Battalion, King's Own, First World War.
bulletArchive of Lieutenant Colonel James Frederick Melville Openshaw circa 1931 - 1966
bulletCollection of Corporal James Walter Openshaw, 1st King's Own, 1950s.
bulletPrivate George Ormerod, number 21612, 11th King’s Own.
bulletPrivate Fred Ormrod, number 8922, 1st King's Own, circa 1900.
bulletArchive of Captain Charles Lockhart Overton, 7th and 1st/4th Battalions, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment
bulletPostcards acquired by Private Henry Park, number 10370, 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, circa 1910-1914.
bulletMajor James Paton's Crimean War Letters and recollections
bulletCorporal Fred Pedder, King's Own, First World War.
bulletPrivate Harold Pedder, 1st/5th King's Own, First World War.
bulletPrivate Dick Pelter, 1st King's Own, late 1930s.
bulletBandsman Mark Percival, 1st King's Own, killed in Ireland, 1921.
bulletPrivate Victor Harold Pickering, 2nd Battalion, 1938-39.
bulletCaptain Francis Edward Pim, 9th and 2nd Battalions, King's Own, First World War.
bulletLieutenant Colonel John Piper - Regimental Officer 1795-1821
bulletColour Sergeant John Preston, Volunteers & 4th Battalion, King's Own, circa 1897-1917
bullet Sergeant Alfred Price DCM, number 32, 1st/5th King’s Own, First World War.
bullet2nd Lieutenant John Turner Price, 1st/5th King's Own, First World War.
bulletPrivate Harold Edmond Pridgen, 3rd King's Own, South Africa, First World War.
bulletPrivate Ted Procter, 1st King's Own, 1930s.
bulletLieutenant Robert Alfred Cuthbert Radcliffe, King's Own, First World War.
bulletWarrant Officer Class 2 (CSM) William Ralph, 1st/5th King's Own, First World War.
bulletCaptain Geoffrey Randall, 56th Anti-Tank Regiment, RA, TA, Second World War.
bulletCollection of photos - Private Edward Rathbone, 8th and 1st King's Own, Second World War.
bulletPrivate Harry Rawes, 1st/5th Battalion, King’s Own, First World War.
bulletPrivate Tommy Rawson, believed to be number 2966 of the 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own
bulletSergeant John Miles Read, 1st/5th King's Own, First World War.
bulletWarrant Officer Class 1 (Regimental Sergeant Major) Thomas Richmond, King's Own, World War Two.
bulletPoem by Private Richard Riding, number 20530, 6th Battalion, King's Own, First World War.
bulletCollection of Lieutenant Colonel W A Robinson, 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment. 1930-1960
bulletPrivate Frank Robson, 1st/4th King's Own, First World War.
bulletLance Corporal Rose, 1st King's Own, 1930s.
bullet Lance Corporal Thomas Henry Rose MM, number 15669/16069, 8th and 9th King's Own, First World War.
bulletPrivate Isaac Rosenberg, 11th and 1st Battalions of the King’s Own, First World War.
bulletMemorial Plaque to Private William Rossall, number 2702/240819, 1st/5th King's Own.  Killed in action 1 Aug 1917.
bullet Sergeant John Lacy Rowlandson, King's Own and 107th Regiment RAC 1928-1946
bulletCompany Sergeant Major Percy H Roy, MM, 1st/5th Battalion, King’s Own, First World War.
bulletPrivate William Edward Sellars, 1st Battalion, King's Own, Second World War.
bulletSergeant Jack Shaw, 5th King's Own, 1920s
bulletCorporal Edward Simpson, 4th King's Own, First World War.
bulletPrivate Albert Smith, 3rd and 1st King's Own, 1914-1915
bulletPrivate Charles Smith, King's Own Royal Regiment, Abyssinian Campaign.
bulletPrivate Thomas Smith, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, 1898.
bulletPhotographs and postcards sent by Drummer James Taylor, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, to his family in Manchester, in 1913
bulletPrivate Fred Tickle, 1st/4th King's Own, First World War.
bulletCollection of Lieutenant Colonel William T P Tilly, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment & Sudan Defence Force etc. 1920 - 1960
bulletTaffy Thomas, 1st King's Own, 1930s.
bulletDiary of Private William Thompson, 1st/5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.  February 1915 to April 1915
bulletLieutenant Tom Chaplin Threadgold, 7th King's Own, First World War
bulletTodd Family Collection: 2nd Lieutenant Ernest Victor Todd and Major Thomas Charles Victor Todd MBE
bulletCorporal C Townshead, King's Own Royal Regiment, Crimean War.
bulletPrivate Frederick William Tyson, 2nd/5th King's Own, First World War.
bulletCQMS Richard Usher, 1st/4th King's Own, First World War.
bulletVictoria Cross holders in the King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment
bulletPrivate Frederick Wadeson, King's Own 1927-1942
bulletPrivate Walcott, 1st King's Own, late 1930s.
bulletSergeant William Henry Walker MM, number 15189, 8th King’s Own, First World War.
bulletPrivate James Walton, 5th Battalion, King's Own, First World War.
bulletPrivate Ted Walton, 5th Battalion, King's Own, First World War.
bulletColour Sergeant Richard Watson, Volunteers & 5th Battalion, King's Own.
bulletArchive of Captain John Welch, 4th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, First World War.
bulletSergeant Philemon Westwood, 1st and 2nd King's Own, circa 1900s to 1922.
bulletPrivate Jack White VC, 6th Battalion, King's Own, First World War.
bulletPhotographs in the collection of Private John Leslie Wiggins, number 3711355, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment. 1936-1940
bulletPrisoner of War Interview of Private Richard Wilkinson, number 7122, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment
bulletSergeant Charles Williams, 2nd/5th King's Own, First World War.
bulletSergeant William Pierce Williams MM, 9th King's Own, First World War.
bulletCorporal Leonard Williamson, 8th King's Own, First World War.
bulletColonel George David Willson, 4th Foot.
bulletCaptain Charles William Wingrove, 7th King's Own, 1915-1918
bulletDiaries of Major General Edward Robert Provost Woodgate 1868-1900
bullet2nd Lieutenant Christopher Hogarth Woodhouse, King's Own, First World War.
bulletCorporal Donald Woodhouse, King's Own, First World War.
bulletPrivate Jim Woodhouse, 1st/5th Battalion, King’s Own

bulletColonels of the Regiment 1680 - 1959
bulletList of Officers of the Regiment 1680-1959
bulletPhotographs - Depot Groups 1930-1937
bulletPhotographs - Unidentified Soldiers of the Regiment

 

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