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11th Battalion, Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment
11th (Service) Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment was raised at Lancaster in August 1915 as a Bantam Battalion. They joined 120th Brigade, 40th Division and on the 2nd of March 1916, absorbed the 12th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. They proceeded to France in the first week of June 1916 and concentrated near Lillers. They went into the front line near Loos and were later in action in The Battle of the Ancre on the Somme. In 1917 they saw action during The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The capture of Fifteen Ravine, Villers Plouich, Beaucamp and La Vacquerie abd The Cambrai Operations, including the capture of Bourlon Wood in November. In ealy 1918 the army was reorganised and on the 7th of February 1918 the 11th Kings Own were disbanded in France, with the troops transferring to other units.
16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme
1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets
11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment
10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens
9th February 1916 Call Ups
10th October 1916 121st Infantry Brigade Order No. 28. 
10th October 1916 Table of Reliefs
10th October 1916 Table of Reliefs
30th December 1916 March Table B.O.O.52
17th Jan 1917 Deserter
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Pte. John McCumskay 11th Battalion Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment (d.26th April 1917) Private John McCumskay, 11th Battalion Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment,
died of wounds on the 26th of April 1917.
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Pte. John Henry Corkish 11th Btn. Kings Own Lancaster Regiment In St Peter’s, Ireleth are the graves of two brothers, William and John Corkish, both of whom died during the Great War. The Barrow Guardian, of Saturday 13 July 1918, recorded their funeral thus:
"About a fortnight ago we chronicled the circumstances of the death and funeral of a discharged soldier, William Edward Corkish (23), eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Corkish, 64, Duke-street, Askam, the remains being accorded a military burial. To-day it is our sad duty to report the death and funeral of Pte. John Henry Corkish (22), the second son, who passed away in the Military Hosptial, Cambridge-street, Barrow, on Friday. The soldier was in the 11th King's Own Lancaster Regt., and joined up at the beginning of the war."
It's difficult now to imagine the funeral. A firing party was furnished by "the Askam Detachment of Volunteers" and the Last Post was sounded by Bugler McBurnie of Barrow. A large group of mourners attended.
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