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We don't have a full list of everyone who served at any particular time. Some of our sources may also be very brief and simply state a soldiers name, rank and number - some records state the battalion - others do not. The list below includes the material we do hold.

Useful Military Definitions and Abbreviations from 1918

	Medal rolls of the Waterloo Medal, 1815, and Military General Service Medal (for Peninsula War)
	Partial list of King's Own soldiers in the Crimean War 1854-56
	Medal roll for the King's Own in the South African 1879 'Zulu War'
	2nd Battalion King's Own Muster Roll - 1857 to 1872
	Partial list of King's Own soldiers in the South African War 1899-1902 'Boer War'
	Partial list of King's Own soldiers serving 1904 to 1914
	Partial list of King's Own soldiers serving in the First World War 1914-1918, including:
	1914 Star Medal Roll(Officers and Other Ranks)
	1914-15 Star Medal Roll (Officers and Other Ranks)
	British War Medal and Allied Victory Medal Roll (Officers and Other Ranks)
	Silver War Badge Roll
	1914-15 Roll of the 1/5th Battalion King's Own
	1916 Roll of the 11th Battalion King's Own
	1917 Roll of the 2/5th Battalion King's Own
	Territorial Force War Medal Roll
	Complete list of King's Own soldiers who died in the First World War
	Partial list of King's Own soldiers serving in the interwar years.
	Roll of Honour of Soldiers of the King's Own who died between the end of the First World War and 1939.
	General Service Medal roll for Palestine (2nd King's Own) 1938-39
	Complete list of King's Own soldiers who died in the Second World War
	Partial list of King's Own Prisoners of War 1939-45
	Roll of Honour of those soldiers of the regiment who died between the end of the Second World War and 1959.
	Complete list of Officers of the Regiment from 1680

The museum holds copies of regimental and battalion histories, as well as some war diaries for both the First and Second World Wars.

In addition we hold some records relating to men who served with other regiments:

	Soldiers and officers killed in the First World War
	Soldiers and officers killed in the First World War from Morecambe & Lancaster
	Soldiers from Morecambe who served in the First World War
	Most soldiers from the Lancaster area who served in the Second World War in the early period of the war (up to about 1941) based upon the Mayor's Comforts Fund records.

Other organisations
Commemoration details of soldiers who died in the First and Second World Wars can be obtained from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission - www.cwgc.org

Service records pre-1920 are held at The National Archives and post-1920 by the Ministry of Defence. You can make an online application to see these via the gov.uk website: Get a copy of military records of service.

Death certificates for the British war dead are held by the General Register Office, PO Box 2, Southport, Merseyside, PR8 2JD. Telephone: 0300 123 1837.