King's Own Royal Regiment Museum

Album:  1890s:  2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.

Cecil Arthur Borrett in civilian clothes and the horse ‘Mabrook’ at Ahmednagar, India, 1893.
Accession Number: KO0809/01-01

Headquarter Officers, Ahmednagar, India, in Blazers and civilian clothing.
Captain Walter Henry Duffin, 2nd Lieutenant Cecil Arthur Borrett, Lieutenant Aylmer Richard Sancton Martin, Lieutenant Gerald Lindsay Palmes (not Palmer), 2nd Lieutenant Richard Henry Edmund Pennell, Captain Gerald Barton, Major Ernest Waler Yeatheard, Major Edward Herbert Fitzherbert, Captain Joseph Ignatius Bonomi, Lieutenant John O’Neil, Lieutenant Frederick Montgomery Carleton, Lieutenant Thomas John Marker and 2nd Lieutenant Harry Leith Tomkins.
Accession Number: KO0809/01-02

School of Musketry, Deolali, India, 2nd Class, 1893.
Named on original.
Deolali was a British army camp, 100 miles North east of Bombay, the location of the Army Staff College and now the Indian School of Artillery. The camp is the source of the slang term ‘Doolally’ from Doolally tap, loosely meaning ‘camp fever’ referring to the apparent madness of men waiting ships back to Britain after finishing their tour of duty.
Accession Number: KO0809/01-03

Kirkee, 1893, Thomas John Marker, Miss Luckraft, Crib and Tony (dogs) and the horse ‘The Yalter Pony’.
Accession Number: KO0809/01-04

Ahmednagar, 1893, Maude and Helen Brackenbury on horse back.
Accession Number: KO0809/01-05

Dogs
Accession Number: KO0809/01-06

Dogs
Accession Number: KO0809/01-07

Civilian Wedding Group at Reading, 1893.
Eaton White, Gertrude Borrett, Ida M White, Herbert White, Caroline White, Agnres White, Laura White, Geraldine Stewart, Cyril Borrett, Constance Borrett and Harold Borrett.
Accession Number: KO0809/01-08

Maude Bekspeare, Reading, 1893
Accession Number: KO0809/01-09a

Nasik, India, 1894, Aunt Fanny.
Accession Number: KO0809/01-09b

Captain Henry Wilman, 13th Bo Native Infantry at Ahmednagar, 1893
Accession Number: KO0809/01-10

T J Marker of the King’s Own at Ahmednagar, 1893
Accession Number: KO0809/01-11

Nasik Church, interior, 1893, Ahmednagar, India
Accession Number: KO0809/01-12

Mona (dog), Ahmednagar, India, 1893
Accession Number: KO0809/01-13

W G Betham, Ahmednagar, India, 1893
Accession Number: KO0809/01-14

T J Marker, Ahmednagar, India, King’s Own Regiment, 1893
Accession Number: KO0809/01-15

H G Trevor, 105th Regiment, Poona, 1893
Accession Number: KO0809/01-16

The Fort, Ahmednagar, India, 1893
Accession Number: KO0809/01-17

Favier Bagh, Ahmednagar, India, 1893
Accession Number: KO0809/01-18

Headquarter Officers at Nasrirbad, India, 1894
2nd Lieutenant Algernon Thomas Henry Kemmis Betty, Captain William Houghton, Lieutenant John Malise Anne Graham, 2nd Lieutenant Cecil Arthur Borrett, Lieutenant Thomas Bradford Dixon, Captain Charles Gerard Barton, Lieutenant Walter James Mangles, Major Ernest Walter Yeatherd, Colonel Edward John Lugard, 2nd Lieutenant Evans, Captain Carter, Lieutenant Frederick Montgomery Carleton, 2nd Lieutenant Bertram Charles Kauntz
Accession Number: KO0809/01-19

Grave of Lieutenant William Bowden Smith, King’s Own, died 5 Jul 1892, Ahmednagara, India.
Died from typhoid fever.
(Sergeant Charles Richardson, paymaster sergeant, was presented with a watch by the family of Lieutenant Smith, who he nursed during a fatal attack of typhoid fever. From enquiry Nov 2009)
Accession Number: KO0809/01-20

Grave of Lieutenant George Barclay Scriven, King’s Own, died 16 Mar 1892
Accession Number: KO0809/01-21

Makdum Bux (Indian) with horse ‘Mickey’ at Ahmednagar, India.
Accession Number: KO0809/01-22

Group in civilian clothes, Nasirabad, 1894 including Bannerman, Barton, Dixon, Mangles and dogs, George, Jinny and Nelly.
Accession Number: KO0809/01-23a

Nasirabad 1894, King’s Own Polo Team
Four King’s Own officers in Polo Team kit: Lieutenant Cecil Arthur Borrett, Lieutenant Moris Wrottesley Kirk, Frederick Montgomery Carleton, Lieutenant John Malise Anne Graham.
Accession Number: KO0809/01-23b

Nasirabad 1894, Rajputana Polo Tournament
Standing, left to right: Lieutenant Morris Wrottesley Kirk (KO), Lieutenant Bannerman (Nasirabad) Captain Frederick Montgomery Carleton (KO) Captain Mayne, Lieutenant Norton (7th Hussars) Lieutenant John Malise Anne Graham (KO), Mr Manners-smith, (Nasirabad), unknown, Surgeon Major Goggin (Nasirabad) and Captain Walters (7th Hussars).
Seated, left to right: Captain Phayre, Lieutenant Brooke (7th Hussars), Major Milton (Nsirabad) and Mahrao of Kotah (Kotah).
On floor, left to right: Lieutenant Browne, unknown, Lieutenant Dalghetty (7th Hussars), Lieutenant Cecil Arthur Borrett (KO) and Lieutenant Fraser.
Mahrao (Maharao, or Maharaja, meaning, Great King in Hindu) of the City of Kotah (Kota) in Northern India in Rajasthan, India.
Accession Number: KO0809/01-23c

Alymer Richard Martin and the horse ‘Mogul’ at Nasirabad, 1894
Accession Number: KO0809/01-24

Alymer Richard Martin and the horse ‘Mikado’ at Nasirabad, 1894
Accession Number: KO0809/01-25

Captain Moris Wrottesley Kirk, King’s Own, with a horse called Mulberry
Accession Number: KO0809/01-26

Captain Moris Wrottesley Kirk, King’s Own, with a horse called Mushroom
Accession Number: KO0809/01-27

Horses at Nasirabad, 1894.
Penang, Mickey, Mulberry, Mushroom, Dandy, Amir, Medhar, Mustard, Stuffy, Manna, Mellon.
Accession Number: KO0809/01-28

Family group at Ahmednagar, India, 1893, Daisy, Miss Bedard, Violet, Surgeon Colonel Barrow, Punch, Myrtle, Mrs Barrows, Judy and Ivy.
Accession Number: KO0809/01-29

Pass on the Ojmere (Ajmere or Ajmer) Road, Nasirabad, Rajasthan, India 1895
Accession Number: KO0809/01-30

Sergeants of the King’s Own, Nasirabad, 1895.
Photograph by Herzog and Higgins, (Indian firm owned by two Englishmen, P A Herzog and P Higgins. Studio in Mhow (Central India) in 1894 and continued till 1921. Official photographers for many important events and considered a very successful commercial photographic studio.
Accession Number: KO0809/01-31

‘G’ Company, 2nd Battalion, King’s Own, Nasirabad, India, 1895.
Photograph by Herzog and Higgins, (Indian firm owned by two Englishmen, P A Herzog and P Higgins. Studio in Mhow (Central India) in 1894 and continued till 1921. Official photographers for many important events and considered a very successful commercial photographic studio.
Accession Number: KO0809/01-32

Group of officers and families at Fete, Nasirabad, India, 1895
Accession Number: KO0809/01-33

Officers in fancy dress, on horse back, Nasirabad, 1895.
Aylmer Richard Martin, John Archibald Paton, Thomas John Maker, Edward George Evans, Bertram Charles Kauntze, John Malise Anne Graham, Francis Coventry Dudfield Davidson, Cecil Arthur Borrett
Accession Number: KO0809/01-34

Group of officers in fancy dress.
Accession Number: KO0809/01-35

Officers at Nasirabad, 1895.
2nd Lieutenant Alfred McNair Dykes, 2nd Lieutenant Francis Coventry Dudfield Davidson, Lieutenant Cecil Arthur Borrett, Lieutenant Thomas John Martin, Captain Walter James Mangles, Captain Houghton, 2nd Lieutenant Betty, Captain Stokes, Lieutenant Archibald Campbell Hobson, Lieutenant John Malise Anne Graham, Major Archibald J J Ross, Major Richard Hawes MacCarthy, Lieutenant James Blair Keogh, Lieutenant Thomas John Marker and dogs George and Nelly.
Accession Number: KO0809/01-36

Barracks at Nasirabad, India, 1895. Photograph by Gay showing the Sergeants Mess of the King’s Own.
Accession Number: KO0809/01-37a

Mayo College, Ajmere, Rajasthan, India 1895. Photographed by Gay. College completed in 1885.
Accession Number: KO0809/01-37b

Commissioner’s Bungalow, Ajmere, Rajasthan, India, 1895.
Accession Number: KO0809/01-37c

The Lake, Ajmere, 1895.
Accession Number: KO0809/01-38

P & O SS Victoria in the Suez Canal, 1896
Accession Number: KO0809/01-39

HMHT No. 1 ‘Victoria’ in the Suez Canal, 1896
Accession Number: KO0809/01-40

Table Mountain and Town Cape Town, South Africa, 1896
Accession Number: KO0809/01-41

Table Mountain and harbour, Cape Town, South Africa 1896
Accession Number: KO0809/01-42

General view of Cape Town, South Africa, showing bay and town.
Accession Number: KO0809/01-43

General view of Cape Town, South Africa, showing town and Table Mountain
Accession Number: KO0809/01-44

The Fort, Zanzibar, 1896
Accession Number: KO0809/01-45

Bis Bay, Madagascar, 1890s.
Accession Number: KO0809/01-46

Water tank and Clock tower, Zanzibar, 1896
Accession Number: KO0809/01-47

Sultan’s Palace, Stone Town, Zanzibar, 1896
Accession Number: KO0809/01-48

British Consulate, Zanzibar, 1896
In 1890 Zanzibar became a British protectorate and gained independence in Dec 1962.
Accession Number: KO0809/01-49

Harbour and British Consulate, Zanzibar, 1896
Accession Number: KO0809/01-50

Tippoo Tib, Zanzibar, 1896
Tippu Tip or Tib, (1837- 14 Jun 1905) trader, notorious slaver, plantation owner and governor. Working for a succession of Sultans of Zanzibar, he led many trading expeditions into east-central Africa, sometimes involving the slave trade and ivory. He built himself a trading empire that he then translated into clove plantations on Zanzibar.
He met and helped several famous western explorers of the African continent, including Henry Morton Stanley.
He died 13 Jun 1905 of malaria in his home in Stone Town, the main town on the island of Zanzibar.
Accession Number: KO0809/01-51

Moses’ Well, Suez, 1896
Accession Number: KO0809/01-52

Entrance to the Suez Canal, 1896
Accession Number: KO0809/01-53

Entrance to the Suez Canal, 1896
Accession Number: KO0809/01-54

Suez Docks, 1896
Accession Number: KO0809/01-55

View of Town, Suez, 1896
Accession Number: KO0809/01-56

HMS Euphrates in Suez Canal, 1896
Troopships HMT/HMS Crocodile, Malabar, Euphrates, Jumna and Serapis
These were five troopships built in 1866 after some difficulties were experienced transporting troops during the Crimean War (1854-56) and in the Indian Mutiny (1857). The Royal Navy was charged with building and operating these ships on behalf of the Indian Government. The Star of India was emblazoned on each bow. The ships were painted white with a yellow funnel and for distinction each had a different coloured riband round the hull. Euphrates, blue, which later became the colour for all British troopships, Juman, red, Crocodile, yellow, Malabar, black and Searpis, green. Each ship could accommodate a full infantry battalion and married families, or about 1200 people. They were in service for more than thirty years by which time they were far behind many of the vessels of the Merchant Navy. Before the opening of the Suez Canal the Crocodile and Serapis ran between England and Alexandria, whilst the other three ran from Suez to Bombay. Malabar was the last of the ships to be disposed of in 1896.
Accession Number: KO0809/01-57

Camel caravan on the bank of the Suez canal and dredger in the canal, 1896
Accession Number: KO0809/01-58

Dredger, Suez Canal, 1896
Accession Number: KO0809/01-59

Light house and ship in the Bitter Lakes, Suez Canal, Egypt 1896
Accession Number: KO0809/01-60

Port Said, Suez Canal, 1896
Accession Number: KO0809/01-61

Town View, Port Said, Suez Canal, 1896
Accession Number: KO0809/01-62

Suez Canal, Quay at Port Said, 1896
Accession Number: KO0809/01-63

Officers and families at Malta of the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the King’s Own whilst the 2nd Battalion was returning home and the 1st Battalion was going out to the East.
Accession Number: KO0809/01-64

44th FB RA Nasirabad, 1895
Accession Number: KO0809/01-65

Nasirabad, 1895, Cecil Arthur Borrett, Mrs Mabel Eleanor Kirk (nee Tufnell), Aylmer Richard Martin and Morris Wrottesley Kirk.  (Mabel Eleanor Kirk, nee Tufnell and came from Great Waltham in Essex.)
Accession Number: KO0809/01-66