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HOME Museum & Collections Sales Donations Events Contact Us REGIMENTAL HISTORY 17th Century 18th Century 19th Century 20th Century First World War Second World War Actions & Movements Battle Honours FAMILY HISTORY Resources Further Reading PHOTO GALLERY ENQUIRIES FURTHER READING LINKS © Images are copyright, Trustees of the King's Own Royal Regiment Museum. You must seek permission prior to publication of any of our images.		WAR! 1914 Lancaster and The King's Own go to War. Generously supported by the Sir John Fisher Foundation. A Last Message in a Bottle Shell encrusted beer bottle from the Crown Brewery, Fulham, which was thrown into the sea from the SS Saturnia on 22nd August 1914 and caught in the nets of ‘Egret’, a Grimsby trawler, on 6th March 1922. The Message: “To The Editor, The Daily Mirror Well on the way to the front. Just seen the last of England. Mean to fight like Britons. Hope to see Leicester Square again shortly. From the boys of the King's Own (R.L.R.), Dover, SS Saturnia. 22nd August 1914.” Accession Number: KO0151/01 “Sea’s War Secret” The Daily Mirror reported the finding of the bottle in March 1922: “It is written in a well-formed hand but is unsigned, and there are consequently no means of discovering the fate of the writer, whose spirit of light courage, typical of those days is revealed in his words.” Accession Number: KO0682/01 © Images are copyright, Trustees of the King's Own Royal Regiment Museum. You must seek permission prior to publication of any of our images. 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.