King's Own Royal Regiment Museum

Lancaster

HOME
Museum & Collections
Sales
Donations
Events
Contact Us

REGIMENTAL HISTORY
17th Century
18th Century
19th Century
20th Century
First World War
Second World War
Actions & Movements
Battle Honours

FAMILY HISTORY
Resources
Further Reading

PHOTO GALLERY
ENQUIRIES
FURTHER READING
LINKS

© Images are copyright, Trustees of the King's Own Royal Regiment Museum.
 You must seek permission prior to publication of any of our images.


Soldiers of the Regiment

Private Richard Hawkesley

From Court Martial Records from the 1840s

Private Richard Hawkesley

G.O. Headquarters: Fort St. George, 24th July 1843. General Court Martial held at Secunderabad on Tuesday 11th July, 1843, on 721 Private Richard Hawkesley, in the C or Vacant Company.

First Charge: Refusing to attend the Drill awarded him by Brevet Major Chetwoode.
Second Charge: Using insubordinate language in Orderly Room when ordered an additional punishment of 48 hours cells and 28 days Confined to Barracks, by Brevet Major Chetwoode, in saying – “I will never do the seven days drill”.

Sentence: 6 months imprisonment, 2nd, 4th and 6th of which in solitary confinement.

 

 

© Images are copyright, Trustees of the King's Own Royal Regiment Museum.
 You must seek permission prior to publication of any of our images.

Only a proportion of our collections are on display at anyone time.  Certain items are on loan for display in other institutions.  An appointment is required to consult any of our collections which are held in store.

© 2017 Trustees of the King's Own Royal Regiment Museum