Soldiers of the RegimentPadre Kevin
Wilson, Chaplain to the Forces
Scrap album relating to Chaplain Kevin Wilson, who was Padre to the
1st/5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment circa 1917-1918.
Binding damaged, original album purchased from Charles Thurnham & Sons,
11 English Street, Carlisle. Dedicated to Kathleen from Kevin, 30 Mar
1902.
Accession Number: KO3060/01
Divisional badge of the 55th West Lancashire Division, early version
with 7 leaves on each stem.
Accession Number: KO3060/02
Aerial photograph Honnecourt, showing St Quentin Canal, dated 11 Aug
1917
Accession Number: KO3060/03
Aerial photograph Gonnelieu Salinet, dated 28 Jul 1917.
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Caisse D’Epargne de Cambrai – Deux Francs
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Eine Mark
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Societe Generale de Belgique, Un Franc, dated 12 Sep 1918
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Ville de Binche, Don De Caisse De 10 Centimes, dated 8 Nov 1918
Accession Number: KO3060/08
Syndicat Ardennais De Ravitaillement pour la Region de Sedan. Bon de
Cinquante Centimes
Accession Number: KO3060/09
Ville Du Havre Et Chambre de Commerce du Harve. Un Franc, 1917.
Accession Number: KO3060/10
Hand written document dated 9 Sep 1918 relating to two English Officers
Accession Number: KO3060/11
HM Force Overseas (in Uniform) Combined Leave and Railway Ticket, from
Dalston, dated 24 May 1918 to 7 Jun 1918.
Accession Number: KO3060/12
Pencil sketch, dated 28 Aug 1918, of destroyed church.
Accession Number: KO3060/13
Damage at Ypres
Accession Number: KO3060/14
Memo, stamped ‘Town Major Ypres’ and appears to relating to a Private H
Parkinson, number 240086, of the 1st/5th Loyal North Lancashire
Regiment, but also noted as 4th King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.
Accession Number: KO3060/15
Newspaper photograph showing the damage in Ypres.
Accession Number: KO3060/16
Half of postcard showing damage in Ypres
Accession Number: KO3060/17
Post card showing Orchard Street, Ypres, before and after the
bombardment.
Accession Number: KO3060/18
Post card showing Station Street, Ypres
Accession Number: KO3060/19
View of damaged street, Ypres
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An interesting photograph of a shell bursting among the ruins of Ypres.
Accession Number: KO3060/21
The railway station, Ypres.
Accession Number: KO3060/22
Un-identified disc (one of four on this page)
Accession Number: KO3060/23a
Un-identified disc (one of four on this page)
Accession Number: KO3060/23b
Un-identified disc (one of four on this page) marked Agfa, 12275, 18 11
17
Accession Number: KO3060/23c
Un-identified disc (one of four on this page) marked Agfa, 12275, 18 11
17
Accession Number: KO3060/23d
‘Klarscheiben vor Feuchtigkeit schützeu, nicht wischen, nur am Rande
Anfassen, so einlegen:’ on paper packet.
Which appears to translate to “Clear discs before humidity ?, not wipe,
just touch on the edge, insert them as:
Accession Number: KO3060/24
Chemin de fer du Nord, ticket for bedroom?
Accession Number: KO3060/25
‘Klarscheiben vor Feuchtigkeit schützeu, nicht wischen, nur am Rande
Anfassen, so einlegen:’ on paper packet.
Which appears to translate to “Clear discs before humidity ?, not wipe,
just touch on the edge, insert them as:
Accession Number: KO3060/26
166 Brigade Sports, 15 Jul 1917, to be held on the Football Ground at
Quelmes, including the 1st/5th Battalion King’s Own. Foolscap sheet, one
of two. With rosette pinned to page.
Sports including Flat Race; Cross Country race, Three legged race; tug
of war; mounting jumping, sack race; donkey and wheelbarrow race;
walking race (in fancy dress); obstacle race; relay race; wresting on
horseback; mule race; etc.
Accession Number: KO3060/27
166 Brigade Sports, 15 Jul 1917, to be held on the Football Ground at
Quelmes, including the 1st/5th Battalion King’s Own. Foolscap sheet, two
of two.
Accession Number: KO3060/28
Printed menu sheet, dated 16 Oct 1917.
Accession Number: KO3060/29
Menu card, King’s Own, LaPanne, 18 Aug 1917 autographed on inside.
Accession Number: KO3060/30
Drawing of man on bicycle, by F Leeson, dated 1918. “I want to go home”
Accession Number: KO3060/31
Memo dated 11 Aug 1918 regarding the funeral of Lieutenant Colonel
Christopher Bushell, VC DSO, 7th (Service) Battalion, Queens Royal West
Kent Regiment
Accession Number: KO3060/32
Memo from Liverpool Scottish to Captain Wilson, attached, KORLR,
informing him that he has been selected as a judge at Brigade sports, 15
Jul 1917.
Accession Number: KO3060/33
Form relating to the 1st/4th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment and
the death of Sergeant T Wilkinson, number 200235, who died 20 Sep 1917,
showing next of kin.
Accession Number: KO3060/34
Form confirming Kevin Fitzjames Wilson’s service as an Acting Chaplain
for duty with the Expeditionary Force, dated 26 Mar 1917, then with the
4th (Reserve) Yorkshire Regiment, at Scotton Camp, Catterick.
Accession Number: KO3060/35
Receipt from Captain Wilson, Jul 1918.
Accession Number: KO3060/36
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Damaged buildings
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Interior view of St. Martin’s Cathedral, Ypres, before the war.
Accession Number: KO3060/42
View of St. Martin’s Cathedral, Ypres, showing the damage, 27 Jun 1915
Accession Number: KO3060/43
Aerial photograph ‘On the famous Ypres-Menin Road.”
Accession Number: KO3060/44
Army Form W 3039 Movement Order dated 16 Oct 1917 for Captain Wilson and
Lieutenant Elwood, from Roisel to Amiens.
Accession Number: KO3060/45
Peronne, showing damage
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Peronne, The church destroyed by the Germans
Accession Number: KO3060/47
Peronne, The Church destroyed by the Germans
Accession Number: KO3060/48
Street view, town.
Accession Number: KO3060/49
View of canal, in town.
Accession Number: KO3060/50
Officer on horse back.
Accession Number: KO3060/51
Town
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Town
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Damaged building
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Lane with sand bagged and wooden buildings.
Accession Number: KO3060/55
Amiens, The Cathedral
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Amiens, The Cathedral
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Amiens, The Cathedral
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Amiens, The Cathedral, Monument
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Amiens, The Cathedral, the Crying Angel
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Amiens, The Cathedral
Accession Number: KO3060/61
Amiens, The Cathedral and the Market on the River
Accession Number: KO3060/62
Mounted photograph of ‘Peronne Cathedral 1917’ on mount marked ‘1919’
and ‘K F Wilson’
Accession Number: KO3060/63
Souvenir Card of the 1/5th Battalion, King’s
Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.
Named to The Reverend Kevin F Wilson CF
Accession Number: KO3060/64
Lieutenant The Rev Kevin Fitzjames Wilson CF, attached 1st/5th
Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regment.
Photograph by Swaine at 106 New Bond Street, London, and Southsea.
Accession Number: KO3060/65
Page from The Times 5 Mar 1918 reporting on the Battles South-West of
Cambrai, with highlight of the 1st/5th Battalion, King’s Own at Limerick
Post. In Sir Douglas Haig’s dispatch.
Accession Number: KO3060/66
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