King's Own Royal Regiment Museum

The National Service Years 1945-59

2nd Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment, Eritrea - Groups

2nd Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment.  Officers, Asmara, 1948.
Left to right: Rear row: Captain (QM) G Bone; Lieutenant P B T Ross; Captain R G H Whitworth; Captain D Morgan; Captain G W L Garnett; Captain D J Suter; Lieutenant J K Baird (RAMC); Captain J W Johnson; Captain P S Allen; Captain C C Stock.
Centre row: Major J B Salmond; Major M Corder OBE; Major H L S Hillyard OBE; Lieutenant Colonel H E Creedon; Captain R P Macdonald, Major E F B G Collard; Major D N Pearse.
Front row: 2nd Lieutenants J Reilly; D E Dunand; N P G Freeguard; and R B Carter.
Accession Number: KO0726/21 and KO2712/07

2nd Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment.  Warrant Officers and Sergeants, Asmara, Eritrea, July 1948.
Left to right: Rear Row: Sergeants R Oldham; A R Marsh; L Coldbeck; A Rowland; E Knight; T P Dunn; H Peters; J Kennedy; E Thompson; J Dawson; S Bolton; W Desormeaux; J Basham and G Lyons.
Centre Row: Colour Sergeants J Martland and J Murray.  Sergeants A R Winning; J Stobbs; N Perkins; W Morris; E Wilkinson; T Travis; C Whitehead; R Rimmer; P Roche; Colour Sergeant A Smith; Sergeant P L Taylor; Colour Sergeants W Riley and G Griffith.
Front row: Colour Sergeant R H Lindsay; Company Sergeant Major J Hill; Company Sergeant Mayor C J Burden; Captain (QM) G W Bone; RQMS G H Taft; Lieutenant Colonel H E Creedon; Regimental Sergeant Major N R Wall; Captain R P Macdonald; Company Sergeant Major G Hull; Company Sergeant Major J Kavanagh and Colour Sergeant T Hurley.
Accession Number: KO0726/22

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