Soldiers of the RegimentSergeant
Ernest Hilton
Sergeant Ernest Hilton, number 3710469, served with the 1st Battalion
through the 1930s and two photograph albums compiled by him have been
copied for the museum's collection.
Second Album Page One
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Avenue of trees, India, 1930s
Accession Number: KO3005/02-001
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Waterfall, India, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-002
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Park, India, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-003
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Park, India, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-004
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Waterfall, India, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-005
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Park, India, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-006
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Church of England Church, Wellington Barracks, India, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-007
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Railway bridge, showing rack and pinion track of the Nilgiri Hill
Railway, Southern India, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-008
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Railway bridge, Nilgiri Hill Railway, Southern India, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-009
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Waterfall, India, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-010
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Park, Indian, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-011
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Waterfall, India, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-012
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Carved figure in temple, India, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-013
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Temple, India, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-014
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Temple, India, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-015
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Temple, India, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-016
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Ox-cart, India, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-017
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Carvings at Temple, India, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-018
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Railway, possibly Nilgiri Hills Railway, Southern India, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-019
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Church Interior, India, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-020
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Railway line showing rack and pinion of the Nilgiri Hills Railway,
Southern India, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-021
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Leopard, India 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-022
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Native outside dwelling, India, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-023
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Fountain in park, India, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-024
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Painted ‘King’s Own’ badge, ‘IV’ and two red roses, India, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-025
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
View of street in rural town, Southern India, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-026
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
The detachment station at Mallapurram, India, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-027
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Road bridge, Southern India, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-028
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Rural landscape, Southern India, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-029
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
The lake and church, Mysore, India, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-030
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Buildings and water India, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-031
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Native family and dwelling, India, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-032
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Natives and dwelling, India, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-033
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Indian entertainers, India, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-034
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Natives, India 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-035
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Natives, India, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-036
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Elephants in river, India, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-037
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
“March on the Colours” Parade of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal
Regiment at Wellington Barracks, Southern India, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-038
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Taj Mahal, India 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-039
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Indians at water tap, India, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-040
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Band of the 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, India, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-041
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Mosque, Egypt? 1930s
Accession Number: KO3005/02-042
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Camp with fortifications, Egypt, 1930s
Accession Number: KO3005/02-043
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
The Citadel, Cairo, Egypt, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-044
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Group of nine soldiers, possibly Egypt or India, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-045
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Buildings and archway, possibly Palestine, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-046
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Mt Carmel Hotel, Palestine, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-047
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Three soldiers along side the sign “B Coy Haifa, Rosheina, Nazareth, 1st
Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment’ photographed in camp at Haifa,
Palestine, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-048
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Statue, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-049
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Street scene with camels, Nazareth, Palestine, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-050
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
General Gordon’s Statue, Khartoum, Sudan, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-051
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Private Allonby, beside his bed in barracks, 1st Battalion, King’s Own
Royal Regiment Nazareth, Palestine, early 1930s..
Accession Number: KO3005/02-052
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
St. Mary Well, Nazareth, Palestine, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-053
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Plains of Israel, early 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-054
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Group of soldiers inside barrack room, with caption “Why the Laughter”
1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Nazareth.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-055
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
View of the town of Nazareth, early 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-056
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Ploughing, Nazareth, 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-057
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Group of soldiers of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment,
Nazareth, early 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-058
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Tim, a soldier of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, on his
camp bed, early 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-059
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Soldier of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment at Rosh Pina,
Jildi Quick, Palestine, early 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-060
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Soldier of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, probably in
Palestine, early 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-061
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Skulls and bones, possibly Palestine, early 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-062
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Grave of Captain Alec Geddes, Army Service Corp at Rawalpindi, died 5
Jul 1917.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-063
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Rosh-Pina, Palestine, early 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-064
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
View of Cemetery and Memorial (?) in Palestine, early 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-065
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
The road to the Portland Cement Company, Jeida, Palestine, early 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-066
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Soldier of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment possibly
Palestine,, early 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-067
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Soldier of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-068
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
The Nile, Egypt, early 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-069
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Two soldiers sat on steps in camp, Haifa, Palestine, early 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-070
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Corporal Tabbrom, Haifa, Palestine, early 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-071
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Regimental Badges on hillside at Geibet, Sudan, including that of the
King’s Own Royal Regiment, early 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-072
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
A soldier of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment and locals,
possibly Sudan, early 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-073
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Cross of Sacrfice, Haifa War Cemetery, Palestine, with soldier of the
1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, early 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-074
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Badge of the King’s Regiment on the hill side at Gebeit, Sudan, early
1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-075
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Soldier in camp, Haifa, Palestine, early 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-076
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Group of six soldiers of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment,
early 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-077
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Zebra and palm groves, Egypt? early 1930s.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-078
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Horse and cart.
Accession Number: KO3005/02-079
Photograph from Album of Sergeant Ernest Hilton, 3710469, King’s Own
Royal Regiment, 1930s.
Barrack Building, Egypt, Palestine, Sudan of India?
Accession Number: KO3005/02-080
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