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1st/5th Battalion, King's Own, First World War Service Souvenir
Card
At the end of the First World War the service of those
who had served with the 1st/5th Battalion (Territorial Force), King's Own
Royal Lancaster Regiment, was commemorated by a Souvenir Card. Each
card or certificate was named to the soldier concerned and signed by Lieutenant Colonel
Godfrey Hoare, Commanding Officer of the 1st/5th Battalion, which in 1919
was part of the British Army of the Rhine.
Soldiers, former soldiers and the relatives of the deceased were
encouraged to apply for the cards through a public appeal in newspapers
across the North West of England. An initial appeal was made in
January 1919 which was repeated in July 1919. Souvenir Cards were
issued well in to the 1920s.
This, un-issued example, was presented to the Regimental Museum by Captain
Albert Hodgkinson, former Quartermaster of the 1st/5th Battalion and
author of the unit's history.
Accession Number: KO0104/03
There are a number of examples in the museum's collection and include
the following:
Un-named, un-issued example as illustrated above.
Accession Number:
KO0104/03
Private John Baines MM, number
3817/241416, 1st/5th King's Own, died of wounds on 8th August 1918, age
22. Buried in Pernes British Cemetery.
Accession Number:
KO2957/16
Souvenir Card of the 1/5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster
Regiment.
Lance corporal John Blaylock Banks, number 3800, later 241405, 1st/5th
Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. Home address shown as 8
Brunton Road, Lancaster.
Accession Number: KO2828/02
Private Robert Bond, number 3749/241376, 1st/5th King's Own,
killed in action on 30th November 1917, age 21. No known grave and
commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial, Louveral. Son of Alfred and
Eleanor Bond of Ashbrook Street, Lancaster.
Accession Number:
KO2557/02
Private
James Hall, number 240507, 1st/5th King's
Own,
Accession Number: KO3059/12
Sergeant Albert Holt, number 2112/240509, 1st/5th King's Own.
Accession Number:
KO2106/36
Private William Kew, number 2892/240930, 1st/5th King's Own.
Lived at West View Terrace, Morecambe. Died on 22nd March 1919 and
buried in Morecambe and Heysham (Torrisholme) Cemetery. Son of
Henry Wilson Kew and Ellen Kew of 11 West View Terrace, Morecambe.
Accession Number:
KO2490/266
Sergeant Joseph Wren Mashiter MM
number 1868/240389, 1st/5th King's Own.
Accession Number:
KO1197/06
Private George Henry Minton, number 29090, 1st/5th King's
Own.
Accession Number:
KO2511/01
Private Harry Rawes, number 2918, 1st/5th King's Own.
Accession Number:
KO2046/10
Sergeant John Miles Read, number 242320, 1st/5th King's Own.
Lived at Graham Street, Penrith.
Accession Number:
KO2428/002.
Souvenir Card of the 1/5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster
Regiment.
Named to Private John James Tallantire, number 18139, 7th Battalion and
1st/5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. Overseas 17 Jul
1915 and transferred to Class Z Army Reserve 19 Mar 1919
Accession Number: KO2844/01
Private Sidney Vincent, number 27894, who served with the
11th, 8th and 2nd/5th Battalion's of the King's Own.
Accession Number:
KO1108/03
The Reverend Kevin F Wilson CF,
Padre, 1st/5th King's Own.
Accession Number:
KO3060/64
See also material from Captain Albert
Hodgkinson.
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