Photo GallerySecond World War
7th Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment, India
Choir and dance band of the 7th Battalion in India, 1943
Accession Number KO0679/64
7th Battalion, Long Range (Motor Transport) Patrol,
Bangalore, circa 1944.
A Dodge 15 cwt truck carrying bridging equipment tackling the ravine.
Accession Number KO0705/94
7th Battalion, Long Range (Motor Transport) Patrol,
Bangalore, circa 1944.
A Dodge 15 cwt truck driven by Corporal Brown of the Brigade 'Light Aid
Detachment' bogged up to the axles on the second day out.
Accession Number KO0705/95
7th Battalion, Long Range (Motor Transport) Patrol,
Bangalore, circa 1944.
The first serious obstacle to be encountered. Note the boulders
placed in front of the vehicles off-side wheels to raise the vehicle and
prevent it jamming between the two large rocks.
Accession Number KO0705/96
7th Battalion, Long Range (Motor Transport) Patrol,
Bangalore, circa 1944.
The Brigade signals section Dodge truck tackling a steep and rocky
mountain track in the Nandi Hills
Accession Number KO0705/98
7th Battalion, Long Range (Motor Transport) Patrol,
Bangalore, circa 1944.
The King's Own Ford 15 cwt truck about to drive off the pontoon used for
crossing the River Kistna. Private T Skyrme, 7th King's Own, the
driver is seen by the cab of the vehicle. Other personnel are boat
crew from the 1st Indian Armoured Division.
Accession Number KO0705/99
7th Battalion, November 1943. 'Un-ditching a
carrier at a village near Lahore. The censor has cut out from the
original photograph a divisional or brigade marking, shown by the orange
patch.
Accession Number KO0705/96
7th Battalion, Winners of the YMCA Novices Boxing
Competition, Lahore, November 1943.
Rear, left to right, Privates J Ford, W Barnes, J Finnegan, and W Lunt.
Front, left to right, Privates R Jones, J Seddon, Lieutenant (QM) F
Kenyon, Private H Gilbert, RQMS J Farghar, Private A Fairclough and
Sergeant J Naugton.
Accession Number KO0677/04
7th Battalion, Winners, Area Rugby Tournament, 1944.
Rear row, left to right, Privates Turvey, Brace, Corporal Street, Captains
Devonshire and Hogg, Private Bebbington, Lieutenant Thomas and Major
Burton.
Front row, left to right, Privates Machell, Williams 20, Bolton, RQMS
Farghar, Lance Corporal Cook, Privates William 91 and Wilkinson.
Accession Number KO2105/11
7th Battalion, Officers Mess, Napier Barracks, Lahore,
Christmas 1944.
Back row, left to right, Lieutenants E K Christie, P K Mantell, A F Urech
and J Coulson (RA).
Fourth row, left to right, Lieutenants, H W W Northwood, J B Craig, J
Harrison, R Sowerby, C Riach, J Straffen, G J Jones, B A Green.
Third row, left to right, Lieutenants, K Beaumont, T K Taylor, J W Nisbett,
2nd Lieutenants T Thorpe, Lieutenants G R Suddards, H McC Gardiner, R Edy,
Captain S F Mayfield, Lieutenant H R Martin.
Second row, left to right, Captains R A G McIntosh, F T Welbourne, J Bush
(RAMC), Lieutenants W H Lyon, G Thomas, J McC Waters Taylor, Captains H
Rawcliffe and S I Martin.
Front row, left to right, Captain (QM) F Kenyon, Majors W Odam, J Farish,
M Corder (Second in Command), Lieutenant Colonel P S Watson MC
(Commanding), Captain T S Juett (Adjutant) Majors J W Pocock, Major P A
Hogg and Captain J W Devonshire.
Accession Number KO0708/05
7th Battalion, Sergeants Mess, Lahore, India, Spring 1944.
Back row: Sergeants Orritt, Dilloway, Lance Sergeant Gatenby, Sergeant
Smith, Lance Sergeant Leslie, Sergeant Irwin, Lance Sergeants Ward, Mullin
and Croston.
Third row: Lance Sergeants Smith and Richardson. Sergeant Ashworth,
Lance Sergeant Jenkinson, Sergeants Hennessey, Mullholland, Kirtley,
Shepherd, Soens, Ryan.
Second row: Company Sergeant Major Dymott, Sergeant Brown, CSM Walker,
Colour Sergeants Lydon, Saunders, Sergeant Stenhouse, Colour Sergeants
Hedley, Meecham and CSM Kelly.
Orderly Room Quartermaster Sergeant Mitchell, Major A N Burton, Lieutenant
(QM) F Kenyon, Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant Farghar, Lieutenant
Colonel R P F White, Regimental Sergeant Major Austin, Captain T S Juett,
Major E Calderbank, Company Sergeant Majors Morgan and Rawlinson.
Accession Number KO0677/05
7th Battalion, Sergeants Mess, Lahore, India, 1944.
Back row: Lance Sergeant Ratcliffe, Sergeants Sibbald, Ovitch, Hennessey,
Mellor, Mawson, Irwin, Westhead, Ashworth.
Fourth row: Sergeants Ley, Flynn, Mulin, Orritt, Brown, Evans, Burford and
Watson.
Third row: Sergeants Winder, Taylor, McGuigan, Leach, Tosney, Degg, Levick,
Taylor, Shepherd, Parker and Morris.
Second row: Colour Sergeant Paynter, Sergeants Mulholland and Ensor,
Colour Sergeants Hedley, Baker, Stenhouse, Hone and Cusack.
Sergeants Street and Marjoram, Colour Sergeant Hughes and Segeant Deas.
Front row: Company Sergeant Majors Brook, Meechan, Walker, Dymott, Captain
(QM) Kenyon, RQMS Mitchell, Lieutenant Colonel Watson, RSM Austin, Major
Corder, CSM Kelly, Captain Juett and CSM Miller.
Accession Number KO0677/06
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