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Collections - Books & Publications

The museum has an extensive library which includes regimental histories, campaign histories, reference works, manuals etc.  Many were received as individual donations, but some as larger collections.

Books - The Full List In Accession Number Order:

bulletBooks - KO0001-KO1000
bulletBooks - KO1001-KO1500
bulletBooks - KO1501-KO2000
bulletBooks - KO2001-KO2500
bulletBooks - KO2501-KO3000
bulletBooks - KO3001-
bulletBooks - KOLIB
bulletBooks - Manuals and Instruction Books etc

Please note that we are not a lending library.  Resources to permit consultation of the books are limited at the present time, so it may not always be possible to allow access to titles which are available from other libraries and institutions with great resources, such as a dedicated reading room.

 

bulletArmy Lists
bulletBooks from the Officers’ Mess Library, 4th Battalion King’s Own, The Drill Hall, Ulverston.
bulletTimes History of the War in South Africa.
bulletMichelin Guides to the Battlefields
bulletRegimental and Unit Histories
bulletRolls of Honour - First World War
bulletBooks on soldiers from communities
bulletThe Lion and The Rose - Regimental Journal of the King's Own Royal Regiment.

Volumes:

South African War

bulletSouth Africa and The Transvaal War

First World War

bulletThe Times History of the War Illustrated
bulletTwenty Years After The Battlefields of 1914-1918

Second World War

bulletThe War Illustrated - World War Two

Korean War

bulletHistory of the United Nations Forces in Korea

 

 

Only a proportion of our collections are on display at anyone time.  Certain items are on loan for display in other institutions.  An appointment is required to consult any of our collections which are held in store.

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