Soldiers of the RegimentPrivate
William Alfred Morris
1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Allied Victory Medal of Private
William Alfred Morris, number 2166, 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own Royal
Lancaster Regiment
Accession Number: KO2061/01-03
Three miniature medals, 1914/15 Star, British War and Allied Victory
Medals.
Accession Number: KO2061/05
Album of Private William Alfred Morris
Album: Relating to
the service of Private William Alfred Morris, number 2166, 1st/5th
Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, in the First World War.
Some of these images also appear in the First
World War Gallery.
Group of 1st/5th King’s Own
probably at Didcot, Sep 1914
Members of the 'Pals' Company of the 5th Battalion at
Didcot in September 1914. Left to right, back row: Harry Wright,
Bill Morris, George Jackson, Cliff Mawson, Harry Dolan, Bert Vince; middle
row: Harry Cross, Jerry Kirk, Bob Gardner, Bill Gill, Bill Gardner,
Freddie Happold; front seated: Alan Ripper, E R Simpson, Biddy Davies and
Jack Gilchrist.
Harry Wright, not traced in records.
Bill Morris, not traced in records.
George Jackson - discharged medically unfit, 9 October 1914.
Cliff Mawson, probably Private James Radcliffe Mawson, number 2152,
who died of wounds on 24th April 1915, from Hest Bank near Lancaster.
Harry Dolan - promoted Lance Corporal, with C Company, wounded 3rd May
1915.
Bert Vince - promoted Corporal, with C Company, wounded 24th April 1915.
Harry Cross - promoted Lance Corporal, with C Company, wounded and
returned to duty 4th May 1915. Commissioned in the Field on 14th
August 1915.
Jerry Kirk - commissioned to 2nd Lieutenant, died of wounds on 24th April
1915, having being wounded at Wieltje on 23rd April in the 2nd Battle of
Ypres.
Bob Gardner - commissioned on 3rd January 1915 to 2nd Lieutenant, killed
in action on 5th May 1915 at Frezenberg.
Bill Gill -not traced in records.
Bill Gardner - with C Company, wounded on 23rd April 1915.
Freddie Happold - commissioned into the York and Lancaster Regiment on
28th December 1914. Awarded the Distinguished Service Order with
them as 2nd Lieutenant. Lived at 22 Penny Street, Lancaster at
Happold Pork Butchers. A family of Germans who settled in Lancaster
in 1860.
Allan Gilbert Ripper - promoted Lance Corporal, killed in action on 8th
May 1915.
E R Simpson - served with C Company and wounded on 9th April 1915.
Dennett Howard Davies - killed in action on 24th May 1915.
Jack Gilchrist - served with C Company, promoted Sergeant, wounded on 5th
May 1915. Commissioned on 7th September 1915 and later Mentioned in
Despatches, published in the Supplement to the London Gazette on 15th June
1916.
Accession Number: KO2061/39-01
Group of 1st/5th King’s Own
probably at Didcot, Sep 1914
Accession Number:
ko2061/39-02
Individual soldier of the
1st/5th King’s Own with rifle, probably Sep 1914 at Didcot
Accession Number:
ko2061/39-03
Individual soldier of the
1st/5th King’s Own with rifle, probably Sep 1914 at Didcot
Accession Number:
ko2061/39-04
Close up of the items at the bottom of the bell tent.
Accession Number: KO2061/39-04a
Group of seven soldiers of the
1st/5th King’s Own, probably Sep 1914 at Didcot
Accession Number:
ko2061/39-05
Enlargement of the above photograph showing the area in which a solider
has been painted out.
Accession Number: KO2061/39-05
Individual soldier of the
1st/5th King’s Own, probably Sep 1914 at Didcot
Accession Number:
ko2061/39-06
Soldiers of the 1st/5th King’s
Own eating outside tents, probably Sep 1914 at Didcot
Accession Number:
ko2061/39-07
Soldiers of the 1st/5th King’s
Own eating outside tents, probably Sep 1914 at Didcot
Accession Number:
ko2061/39-08
Faded photograph believed to
be of the 1st/5th King’s Own sailing across to France, Feb 1915. The 1st/5th Battalion arrived in France on 14th February
1915, this photograph is at the port of Le Havre. Left to right are
Privates J R Mawson, H Dolan, Davies, W A Morris and Sergeant Ralinson.
Accession Number:
KO2061/39-09
Three soldiers of the 1st/5th
King’s Own with rifles, possibly Didoct, Sep 1914
Accession Number:
ko2061/39-10
Soldiers of the 1st/5th King’s
Own shortly after meal time, outside tens, possibly Didcot, Sep 1914
Accession Number:
ko2061/39-11
Group of soldiers of the
1st/5th King’s Own possibly Didcot, Sep 1914
Accession Number:
ko2061/39-12
Group of soldiers of the
1st/5th King’s Own possibly Didcot, Sep 1914
Accession Number:
ko2061/39-13
Group of four soldiers of the
1st/5th King’s Own possibly Didcot, Sept 1914
Accession Number:
ko2061/39-14
Poor image of three soldiers
of the King’s Own
Accession Number:
ko2061/39-15
Poor image of two soldiers of
the King’s Own and a lady.
Accession Number:
ko2061/39-16
Group of soldiers of the
1st/5th King’s Own possibly taken at Sevenoaks, winter of 1914/5
Accession Number:
ko2061/39-17
Selective enlargement of the above. Showing a wagon marked as 'No 14
5th Btn'
Accession Number: KO2061/39-17a
F Company of the 1st/5th
King’s Own at Sevenoaks, winter 1914/15
Accession Number:
ko2061/39-18
Autographed photographs of
Private James Radcliffe Mawson, who later died of wounds on 23 Apr
1915 with the 1st/5th King’s Own. Son of landscape Architect, Thomas
H Mawson whose work during and after the war resulted in the War
Memorial Village, Westfield, Lancaster.
Accession Number:
ko2061/39-19
Photograph believed to be
Private William Alfred Morris, number 2166, of the 1st/5th King’s Own.
Accession Number:
ko2061/39-20
Three soldiers, possibly
King’s Own, in field.
Accession Number:
ko2061/39-21
Unknown Sergeant of a Scottish
Regiment
Accession Number:
ko2061/39-22
Interior photo of Hospital
ward, assumed to feature Corporal W A Morris, number 2166, 1st/5th
King’s Own.
Accession Number:
ko2061/39-23
Soldier in hospital bed,
believed to be Corporal W A Morris, number 2166, 1st/5th King’s Own.
Accession Number:
ko2061/39-24
Soldiers in hospital ward, one
of whom is believed to be Corporal W A Morris, number 2166, 1st/5th
King’s Own
Accession Number:
ko2061/39-25
Soldier in hospital bed,
believed to be Corporal W A Morris, number 2166, 1st/5th King’s Own.
Accession Number:
ko2061/39-26
Newspaper cutting relating to
Corporal W A Morris and Lance Corporal Simpson.
Accession Number:
ko2061/39-27
Unknown lady
Accession Number:
ko2061/39-28
Soldier, believed to be
Corporal W A Morris photographed on crutches
Accession Number:
ko2061/39-29
Soldier, believed to be
Corporal W A Morris photographed on crutches
Accession Number:
ko2061/39-30
Unknown soldier in hospital
bed, with wounded hand/thumb
Accession Number:
ko2061/39-31
Soldier in hospital bed.
Accession Number:
ko2061/39-32
Nurse
Accession Number:
ko2061/39-33
Soldier wearing hospital blues
Accession Number:
ko2061/39-34
Rear view of solider, sat on
chair in hospital.
Accession Number:
ko2061/39-35
Autographed photograph of 2nd
Lieutenant Harry Cross (not KO)
Harry Cross is assumed to be Lance Corporal
Harry Cross, number T5/2092, 5th King’s Own, who was commissioned on
14 Aug 1915 into the Durham Light Infantry, where he is recorded as a
Temporary Lieutenant and Captain.
Accession Number:
ko2061/39-36
Photograph of 2nd Lieutenant
Harry Cross (not KO) and another in civilian clothes.
Harry Cross is assumed to be Lance Corporal
Harry Cross, number T5/2092, 5th King’s Own, who was commissioned
on
14 Aug 1915 into the Durham Light Infantry, where he is recorded as a
Temporary Lieutenant and Captain.
Accession Number:
ko2061/39-37
An unknown 2nd Lieutenant of
the 1st/5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.
Accession Number:
ko2061/39-38
A soldier of the 1st/5th
King’s Own with rifle, possibly Didcot, Sep 1915
Accession Number:
ko2061/39-39
An unknown corporal of a
Scottish Regiment
Accession Number:
ko2061/39-40
An unknown soldier of the
1st/5th King’s Own, Studio Photograph taken at Wareham.
Accession Number:
ko2061/39-41
Two soldiers and a lady, and a
dog, one appears to be Corporal William Alfred Morris of the 1st/5th
King’s Own.
Accession Number:
ko2061/39-42
Two soldiers and a lady, one
appears to be Corporal William Alfred Morris of the 1st/5th King’s
Own.
Accession Number:
ko2061/39-43
Unknown corporal of the Royal
Artillery
Accession Number:
ko2061/39-44
Two soldiers and a lady, one
appears to be Corporal William Alfred Morris of the 1st/5th King’s
Own.
Accession Number:
ko2061/39-45
Two soldiers and a lady, one
appears to be Corporal William Alfred Morris of the 1st/5th King’s
Own.
Accession Number:
ko2061/39-46
Four unidentified soldiers of
the Yeomanry
Accession Number:
ko2061/39-47
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