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2nd Battalion, Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment
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Those known to have served with2nd Battalion, Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. - Ayers William Herbert Valentine. Pte. (d.25th April 1915)
- Banks John. Pte. (d.27th August 1917)
- Baylis Ernest Augustus . Pte. (d.8th May 1915)
- Bowling Albert. Pte. (d.20th Oct 1918)
- Bowling Albert. Pte. (d.20th Oct 1918)
- Brown Frederick. Pte.
- Brown Frederick. Pte.
- Carke John. Pte. (d.8th May 1915)
- Logan Alexander. Pte.
- Norris Tom. Pte.
- Peaty Herbert George. L/Cpl. (d.20th February 1915)
- Ratcliffe William . Pte.
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L/Cpl. Herbert George Peaty 2nd Btn. Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment (d.20th February 1915) Herbert Peaty was born in 1893 in Queensferry, West Lothian. In the 1911 census, he was a 17 year old based at Fort Regent, Jersey with the rank of drummer. At some point, he was posted to India and returned in December 1914 landing at Le Havre.
He was killed on 20th of February 1915 retaking a trench captured by the Germans and was, by this time, a Lance Corporal. His body was never recovered but is remembered on the Menin Gate and also on a war memorial in Saxmundham, a small market town in Suffolk.
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Pte. Frederick Brown B Coy. 2nd Btn. Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment My grandfather, Frederick Brown was captured on 8th of May 1915 and spent the remainder of the war at Giessen POW camp.
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Pte. Frederick Brown 2nd Btn. Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment Frederick Brown captured on the 8th of May 1915 during the 2nd Battle of Ypres.
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Pte. Tom Norris 2nd Btn. Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment Tom Norris was a miner in the Cannock coal fields in Staffordshire before joining the army in early 1915. He was posted to the 2nd Battalion, Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment and had arrived in France by early August. In September the 2nd Battalion was engaged in the Battle of Loos before being withdrawn to Alexandria in Egypt in October, and then to Salonika in January 1916. Tom seems to have been with the 2nd Battalion for the whole of his service and whilst he was with them in Salonika they played their part in a number of engagements or battles. We're not sure what roles Tom played in these events but in Spring 1918 he contracted malaria and by May 1918 his health had deteriorated to the point where he was no longer fit for war service.
We understand he was also subject to, but survived, a gas attack at some point, which had an impact on his lungs. As a result, he did not (or was not allowed to) return to mining after his discharge and moved to Birmingham in search of work.
Tom survived the war but as a result of his military service he suffered pain and ill health for the remainder of his life. He was granted a war pension but died an early death in 1942.
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Pte. John Banks 2nd Btn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) (d.27th August 1917) My Gran's brother, John Banks, was born in Ireland on 27th June 1898. He worked as a trolley boy on a bus in Manchester. He lived in Miles Platting, Manchester. John was working one day when some women passengers showed a white feather to the driver and John. The driver stopped the bus and they both went and joined up.
John joined up on 17th October 1915, he was under age being only 17 years old. He gave his age as 19 yrs and 4 months. He lost his life whole serving attached to the 13th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. He is buried in the Dorian Military Cemetery. He is also remembered on the plaque outside Queens Rd Bus Depot in Manchester, Lancashire.
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Pte. Alexander Logan 2nd Btn. King's Own (Royal Lancs) Rgt. Private Logan was a prisoner in Bokelah3 POW Camp. He was bayoneted to death for refusing to work on 26th May 1916 and is buried in Hamburg Cemetery, grave III.D.14.
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Pte. Albert Bowling 2nd Btn. Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment (d.20th Oct 1918) Albert Bowling died of pneumonia on 20th October 1918, aged 19. He is buried in the Doiran Military Cemetery in Greece.
He was the son of John William and Emily Bowling of 15 Wren Street, Burnley.
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Pte. Albert Bowling 2nd Btn. Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment (d.20th Oct 1918) Albert Bowling served with the 2nd Battalion Kings Own Lancaster Regiment during WW1 and died of pneumonia on the 20th October 1918, aged 19. He is buried in Doiran Military Cemetery in Greece.
He was the son of John William and Emily Bowling, of 15, Wren St., Burnley.
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Pte. William Ratcliffe 28th Divisional Cyclist Company Army Cyclist Corps My grandfather William Radcliffe, enlisted in the Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment on 24/01/1911. He was serving in India with the 2nd Battlion at the outbreak of WW1, and was brought back to England. It appears that on arrival in the UK, he was transferred to the newly formed 28th Divisional Cyclist Company latterly XVI Corps Cyclist Battalion. William arrived in France 19/01/1915 and served there until 24/10/1915 when the unit embarked for service in Salonika. I regrettably have no other details until his ultimate ill health discharge on 15/01/1919.
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