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Collections - Archives
Pre-First
World War
 | Sacrament Certificate, Captain Charles
Fox, 1684 |
| 18th Century Order Books |
| Letters from Sergeant Samuel Jackson,
number 1245, 4th, or King's Own Regiment, from Kamptee Barracks, India,
1847. |
| Royal Lancashire Militia |
| 19th Century Theatre Posters |
| Presentation from the Mayor and Corporation
of Dover, June 1868 |
| Handwritten instructions given to Sergeant J
Miles proceeding by RMS Don to Netley Hospital, Southampton, from
Jamaica, in charge of an insane Relating to Major Robert Fetherstone
Devereux |
| Debentures of the 3rd and 4th Militia
Battalions, 1882 |
| Orders of Dress, 1st Volunteer Battalion,
1883 |
| 19th Century Troopships |
| Receipt for Rations, November 1894, 2nd
Battalion, King's Own. |
| Lancaster Police book entries: Private
David Hill, King's Own Royal
Lancaster Regiment, 1896 and Private
Thomas Smith, King's Own
Royal Lancaster Regiment, 1898. |
| Volunteer Battalion Certificate
of Service, 1900s. |
| Regimental Chapel of the King's Own
Royal Lancaster Regiment |
| The Archive of General Sir Archibald
Hunter |
| Captain John Challenor, 3rd
Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. 1900-1904 |
| An Account written during the Ashantee
Expedition, 1873, by the late General Sir E R P Woodgate. |
| Note Book containing the names of employees
of the Lancaster firm of Williamson's who served in the South African
(or Boer War) 1899-1902 |
| Records of the Volunteer Battalions
and 4th & 5th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment |
| Mess Accounts, Volunteer Battalions and
Territorial Battalions, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment
1905-1923 |
| Form of Notice to be sent to
each Infantry Reservist who is eligible under the terms of Special Army
Order of 23 Dec 1908, for transfer to the Royal Army Medical Corps. |
| India Army Order, by His
Excellency, The Commander in Chief in India, dated 7 Sep 1905, concerning
Infantry Training Test. |
| Memorandum by His Excellency General
Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum, Commanding in Chief in India, concerning
Venereal Disease among British Troops. Dated 23 Oct 1905. |
First World War
| Records of the 1st/4th Battalion,
King's Own, First World War. |
| Records of the 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own,
First World War. |
| Letters & archive of 2nd Lieutenant Richard
Leslie Brown, Albert Medal |
| Album: Photographs and documents relating to
the service of Lieutenant Colonel E C Cadman, 5th Battalion,
King’s Own Regiment and other units. |
| Warning Notice - Guarding Lines of
Communication, August 1914. |
| Archive, photographs and postcards relating to
Private Edward Brockbank Dixon, number 200291, 1st/4th Battalion,
King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, First World War. |
| Letters & archive of Lieutenant Colonel
Alfred McNair Dykes, 1885-1914 |
| Receipts, receipted bills etc, Captain John
Welch, 1914-1921 |
| Archive of Captain John Welch, 4th Battalion,
King's Own, 1914-1920 |
| Archive of Captain Charles Lockhart Overton,
7th and 1st/4th Battalions, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment |
| Archive of Colonel William Carter
(includes service with 11th King's Own and 40th Division) |
| Nominal rolls recording the movements of
individual Army officers in and out of overseas theatres of war, for the
purposes of assessing entitlement to First World War Campaign medals.
King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment |
| Letters of Private Alfred
Hodgson, number 22131, 6th Battalion King’s Own, First World
War. |
| The King's Message to the Expeditionary
Force, August 1914 |
| Lord Kitchener's Advice - The True Character
of a British Soldier, August 1914 |
| Message from the King to the 28th Division,
January 1915 |
| Railway Tickets and Army Form
W3504, Application for Railway Tickets |
| Ration Books |
| Copies of "Heroes of the Great War - Blackpool
and Fylde" |
| The Kenilworth Pie, 1914 |
| 164th Infantry Brigade Magazine |
| 55th West Lancashire Division 1916-1919 |
| Honourable discharge to a wounded soldier
certificate. |
| Borough of Salford Certificate to
Sergeant John Cheadle, MM, May 1919 |
| 1st/5th Battalion First World War
Souvenir Card, 1919 |
| Official First
World War Memorial Scroll |
| Borough of
Lancaster Memorial Tribute, 1919 |
| Certificate to Commemorate Peace |
| Letter to released Prisoners of War, 1918 |
| King's Own Royal Regiment Prisoner of War Care
Committee |
| Golden Roll of Honour, First World
War. |
| War Memorial Village, Westfield, Lancaster,
booklet. |
| War Diaires |
| Wounded Soldiers Tramway Ticket,
Morecambe, First World War. |
| Volunteer Training Corps, First
World War |
| Record of the War Memorial, Regimental
Chapel |
| Order of Service for the Unveiling of the War
Memorial of the Centenary Congregational Church, Lancaster |
| Rolls of Honour |
Inter-war Years
| 1920's-1950's Regimental Leaving
Certificate |
| 5th Battalion Certificate of Service |
| Hand Over of Richmond Barracks, Dublin,
December 1922 |
| Mess Accounts, Territorial Battalions, King's
Own Royal Regiment 1920s |
| Reports of the King’s Own
Royal Regiment Compassionate & Aid Fund |
| Collection of Lieutenant Colonel W A
Robinson, 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment. 1930-1960 |
| Lists of men discharged, died and deserters etc
1920-1939 |
| Enlistment Books - King's Own Royal Regiment,
1939 - World War Two. Army Book 358 |
| Passes and identity cards |
| Government of Palestine Identity Cards,
1938 |
| 4th Battalion, King's Own Royal
Regiment 1919-1938 |
| 5th Battalion, King's Own Royal
Regiment 1919-1939 |
| Cadet Battalion, King's Own Royal
Regiment, 1919-1939 |
| Army At Home Day, Programme, Bowerham
Barracks, 1st August 1936 |
Second World War
Post Second World War
Soldier's Documents
| Soldier's Service and Pay Book - Army Book 64
(AB64) |
| Regular Army Certificate of Service - Army Form B108 |
| Regular Army Certificate of Service - Army Form B108D (part time
service) |
| Officer's Record of Service - Army Book 439 |
|
Account Book, WO Form 267 |
|
Monthly Settlements, Clothing Account and Saving’s
Bank Account. WO Form 268 |
| 'The Small Book' - Army Form B50 |
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Monthly
Settlements, Clothing Account and Saving’s Bank Account - Army
Form B51 |
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Mounted
Infantry Certificate, Army Form B 2078 |
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Pass for
Recruits, Army Form B 216 |
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Discharge
Certificate of a Militiaman, Army Form E 528 |
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Parchment
Certificate of Discharge, Army Form D 444 |
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Parchment
Certificate, Army Form D 426 |
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Parchment Certificate of Discharge, Army Form B 128 |
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Parchment Certificate of Character on Discharge,
Army Form B 2077 |
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Protection
Certificate and Certificate of Identity, Army Form Z 11 |
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Certificate of Transfer to Reserve on
Demobilisation, Army Form Z 21 |
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Certificate of Discharge, Army Form B 2079 |
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First Class Army Certificate of Education, Army
Form C 308 |
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Second Class Army Certificate of Education, Army
Form C 309 former War Office Form 1164 |
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Third Class Army Certificate of Education, Army
Form C 310 former War Office Form 1169 |
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Fourth Class Army Certificate of Education,
War Office Form 1171 |
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Warrant Certificates
(Warrant Officer Class 1 and Warrant Officer Class 2) |
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Commission
Certificates (Officers) |
Miscellaneous
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. |
