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Sergeant John Miles Read, number 242320, 1st/5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.

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Sergeant  Read of the 1st/5th Battalion of the King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment sent postcards home to his future wife, Edith Martindale, of Graham Street, Penrith.  Almost all the postcards contain no message, just simply a name and address and often a field post mark and censor's mark.


Edith Martindale, Feb 1897, to whom all the postcards sent by Sergeant J M Read of 1/5 KORLR were sent - to her address at 135 Graham Street, Penrith.
Accession Number: KO2428/001


Souvenir Card of the 1/5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.
Named to Sergeant John Miles Read, number 242320, of the 1st/5th King’s Own.
Accession Number: KO2428/002


Pre-war postcard postmarked 25 Nov 1905 Ashbourne
Accession Number: KO2428/003


Pre-war postcard postmarked 23 Nov 1905 Ashbourne
Accession Number: KO2428/004


Red Cross association Lowther Park, Staveley Section
Accession Number: KO2428/005


Sergeant J M Read 5 KORLR photo taken when a Corporal - photographic Studio in Carlisle.
Accession Number: KO2428/006


Group of five KO soldiers, rear marked ‘Guard Room’ West 2
Accession Number: KO2428/007


Civilian group - ‘and with best wishes to all concerned....for ‘many happy returns of the day’
Accession Number: KO2428/008


Civilian group - ‘In memory of a pleasant excursion, Whit Monday 1905’
Accession Number: KO2428/009


Two ladies - postmarked 23 Jan 1905
Accession Number: KO2428/010


Three ladies ‘Portraits of Celebrities’ ‘the Three Graces!’
Accession Number: KO2428/011


‘Grave’ for the 2/1st Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry. Formed in 1914, by about Jul 1915 in newly formed Western Mounted Brigade. by Apr 1916 in area of Cupar Fife, Brigade became the 21st Mounted Brigade. Jul 1916 became Cyclist Unit in 14th Cyclist Bde, still at Cupar, and there until the end of 1917. The mock up of a tomb-stone states ‘to take our horses and give us bicycles.’
Accession Number: KO2428/012


‘A Gallant Regiment - A short Story of the King’s Own’ Reprinted from the Lancaster Observer 14 Aug 1914.
Accession Number: KO2428/013


Ypres Place Vandenpeerboom - dated 23 May 1917 from ‘Donald’ of 1/5th South Lancashire Regiment.
Accession Number: KO2428/014


Setques - dated 9 Jul 1917
Accession Number: KO2428/015


St Omer - Church - dated 15 Jul 1917
Accession Number: KO2428/016


Lumbres - Vue Panoramique
Accession Number: KO2428/017


St Omer - Un coin de la Grande Place - 18 Jul 1917
Accession Number: KO2428/018


St Omer - L’Hotel de Ville - 19 Jul 1917
Accession Number: KO2428/019


St Omer - Jardin Public - 20 Jul 1917
Accession Number: KO2428/020


Calais - Rue Royale - 13 Aug 1917
Accession Number: KO2428/021


Calais - Le Theatre - 14 Aug 1917
Accession Number: KO2428/022


Tournehem - Le Vielle Porte - 11 Aug 1917
Accession Number: KO2428/023


Calais - Panorama vers Notre-Dame - 14 Aug 1917
Accession Number: KO2428/024


Calais - Le Musee et la rue Royals - 16 Aug 1917
Accession Number: KO2428/025


Calais - Vers les Jetees - 19 Aug 1917
Accession Number: KO2428/026


Tournehem - Le Moulin - 22 Aug 1917
Accession Number: KO2428/027


Calais - Le Theatre - 23 Aug 1917
Accession Number: KO2428/028


Calais - Pont Richelieu - 24 Aug 1917
Accession Number: KO2428/029


Calais - Le Rue de la Citadelle - 26 Aug 1917
Accession Number: KO2428/030


Calais - Place du Theatre - 28 Aug 1917
Accession Number: KO2428/031


Calais - Monument eleve a la Memoire du Sumbersible Pluviose 1 Sep 1917
Accession Number: KO2428/032


Calais - La Gare Maritime - 3 Sep 1917
Accession Number: KO2428/033


Calais - Le Steamer ‘Le Nord’ 4 Sep 1917
Accession Number: KO2428/034


Calais - Le Musee et la Rue Royle - 4 Sep 1917
Accession Number: KO2428/035


Calais - Le Musee et la Rue Royle - 4 Sep 1917
Accession Number: KO2428/036


Calais - La Poste - 5 Sep 1917
Accession Number: KO2428/037


Calais - La Gare -7 Sep 1917
Accession Number: KO2428/038


Calais - Le Marche - 9 Sep 1917
Accession Number: KO2428/039


Calais - Le Jardin Richelieu - 10 Sep 1917
Accession Number: KO2428/040


Calais - La Rue Royale - 11 Sep 1917
Accession Number: KO2428/041


Calais - Le Boulevard Jacquard - 12 Sep 1917
Accession Number: KO2428/042


Tournehem - Vue Panoramique - 12 Sep 1917
Accession Number: KO2428/043


Calais - Les Ecluses - 15 Sep 1917
Accession Number: KO2428/044


Calais - Le Boulevard Jacquard - 17 Sep 1917
Accession Number: KO2428/045


Calais - Le Pont Richelieu - 19 Sep 1917
Accession Number: KO2428/046


Calais - Le Boulevard Maritime -20 Sep 1917
Accession Number: KO2428/047


Calais - Le Tramway electrique - 24 Sep 1917
Accession Number: KO2428/048


Calais - Le Pont Richelieu - 27 Sep 1917
Accession Number: KO2428/049


Calais - La Place d’Armes - 27 Sep 1917
Accession Number: KO2428/050


Calais - La Gare Maritime - 27 Sep 1917
Accession Number: KO2428/051


Cathedrale d’Amiens - 1 Oct 1917
Accession Number: KO2428/052


Amiens - Place Rene Goblet - 1 Oct 1917
Accession Number: KO2428/053


Amiens - Catnedrale - 2 Oct 1917
Accession Number: KO2428/054


Amiens - Cathedrale - 3 Oct 1917
Accession Number: KO2428/055


Amiens - La Prefecture - 4 Oct 1917
Accession Number: KO2428/056


Amiens - L’Hotel des Postes - 5 Oct 1917
Accession Number: KO2428/057


Amiens - L’Hotel de Ville - 5 Oct 1917
Accession Number: KO2428/058


Amiens - Le Palais de Justice - 7 Oct 1917
Accession Number: KO2428/059


Amiens - Place et Jardin St Denis - 8 Oct 1917
Accession Number: KO2428/060

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