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Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment Regular Battalions: 1st Battalion, Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment 2nd Battalion, Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment 3rd Battalion, Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment Territorial Force: 4th Battalion, Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment 5th Battalion, Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment 2/4th Battalion, Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment 2/5th Battalion, Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment 3/4th Battalion, Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment 3/5th Battalion, Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment Kitchener's New Army: 6th Battalion, Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment 7th Battalion, Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment 8th Battalion, Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment 9th Battalion, Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment 10th Battalion, Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment 11th Battalion, Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment 12th Battalion, Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment Want to know more about the Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment? There are:6971 items tagged Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served with Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. Acornley Edmund. Pte. 6th Btn. (d.9th Feb 1917) Acornley Edmund. Pte. 6th Btn. (d.9th February 1917) Ashcroft Walter. Pte. (d.10th Nov 1918) Ashcroft Walter. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.10th Nov 1918) Ayers William Herbert Valentine. Pte. 2nd Battalion (d.25th April 1915) Bailey Charles. Pte. 9th Btn. Banks John. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.27th August 1917) Baylis Ernest Augustus . Pte. 2nd Btn., "A" Coy. (d.8th May 1915) Bibby Samuel. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.13th Nov 1916) Bonnie Joseph. Pte. 7th Btn. (d.15th Nov 1916) Booth James. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.26th Sep 1917) Boston Hubert Frederick. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.24th July 1916) Bottomley MM. James. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.18th April 1918) Bowder Albert E.. Pte. 1st Btn. C Company (d.19th Oct 1916) Bowling Albert. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.20th Oct 1918) Bowling Albert. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.20th Oct 1918) Brannick Richard. Pte. 8th Btn (d.13th Oct 1915) Brindle Fred. Pte. 6th Btn. (d.9th April 1916) Brittle William. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.29th Oct 1918) Broomhead William. Cpl. Brown Frederick. Pte. 2nd Btn. Brown Frederick. Pte. B Coy. 2nd Btn. Brown Luke. Pte. 8th Battalion (d.3rd April 1916) Capstick James. Pte. 6th Btn. (d.5th Apr 1916) Carke John. Pte. 2nd Btn (d.8th May 1915) Cartmell Robert. Private 9th Battalion Casson James. Pte. 6th Btn. (Machine Gun Section) (d.9th Apr 1916) Casson James. Pte. 6th Btn. Machine Gun Section (d.9th April 1916) Chappell Henry. Private 1st Btn. (d.20th Oct 1914) Clough Stanley James. Pte. Clough Stanley James. Pte. 10th Btn. Cockfield George. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.23rd Oct 1916) Collin VC. Joseph Henry. 2nd Lt. 4th Btn (d.9th Apr 1918) Collin VC Joseph Henry. 2nd Lt. 4th Btn. (d.9th April 1918) Cooke F.. Pte. 9th Btn. D Coy. Corkish John Henry. Pte. 11th Btn. Crewe William Leo. Pte. 1/5th Btn. (d.24th April 1918) Crompton Harold. 6th Battalion (d.2nd June 1916) Cryer James. Pte. 8th Battalion (d.27th September 1918) Daly John Joseph. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.23rd Oct 1918 ) Davidson DSO J. St. C.. Lt.-Col. 9th Btn. Davies . Pte. 9th Btn., B Coy. Doyle Alfred. Pte. 6th Btn. (d.13th Aug 1915) Dronsfield Alfred. Pte. 1/4th Btn. (d.19th April 1918) Duerden Isaac Tattersall. Pte. 6th Btn. (d.13th Feb 1917) Duffin Thomas. Sgt 6th Battalion (d.26th October 1915) Dutfield George Henry. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.13th Apr 1918) Dutton Herbert. Pte. 10th (Service) Btn. C Coy. Dutton Hertbert. 10th btn. C coy. Ebdell Thomas. Pte. 5th Battlion, B Coy. (d.8th Nov 1918) Edmondson John. Rfm. 1st Battalion (d.1st Nov 1918) Ellison Ernest. Pte. 7th Btn. Faraday Sidney. 2nd Lt. 6th Btn. Farnworth J.. Pte. 9th Btn., C Coy. Farrington Orlando. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.1st July 1916) Fearn Joseph. Pte. 4th Btn. Fielden Samuel. Pte. 6th Btn. (d.30th April 1917) Fielden Samuel. Pte. 6th Btn. (d.30th April 1917) Fielding Jonathan. Pte. 6th Btn. (d.13th Sep 1915) Foulds Walter. L/Cpl. 8th Btn (d.28th Sept 1918) Foy James. Pte. 4th Btn. (d.20th Nov 1917) Fyfe Joseph Kelsall. Pte. 7th Battalion (d.31st July 1917) Fyfe Joseph Kelsall. Pte. 7th Btn. (d.31st Jul 1917) Gabbitas Thomas. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.9th Apr 1917) Gardner Matthew. Pte 8th Btn (d.9th April 1917) Gill Frank. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.10th Apr 1917) Gorman George. Cpl. 12th Btn. (d.18th Aug 1917) Gorman William Edgar. Pte. 2nd/5th Bn. A Coy. (d.18th May 1918) Gowers Harry. Pte. 6th Btn. (d.5th April 1917) Graham Charles. Pte. (d.17th Dec 1916) Graham Charles. Pte. (d.17th Dec 1916) Green William. Cpl. 1/5th (d.10th Sep 1916) Green William. Pte 4th Battalion (d.23rd Nov 1917) Green William. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.25th March 1917) Grinham DCM. James Edward. Sjt. 8th Btn. Hall Edward. Pte. 8th Battalion (d.15th Aug 1916) Harden Richard Townley. Pte. 7th Btn. (d.7 Jun 1917) Haseldean . Pte. 9th Btn. C Coy. Hawkins George. 1st Battalion Hawkins Leslie William. 2nd Lt. 6th Battalion Higham Jesse. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.16th Feb 1917) Hinde Kenneth. 2nd Lt. 5th Btn. (d.3rd Feb 1917) Holme A.. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.24th Aug 1918) Holmes Albert. Howson George Rowland. Second Lieutenant 1st Battalion (d.9th April,1917) Huggon MM Thomas Fredrick. Cpl. 8th (Service) Battalion (d.25 Mar 1918) Hughes Evan. Pte. 1st Bn (d.29th Oct 1915) Hughes George Edward. L/Cpl Hughes George E.. L/Cpl. 7th Btn. (d.23rd Nov 1916) Ingram . Pte. 9th Btn., C Coy. Irvine William John. L/Cpl Irvine William J.. L/Cpl. 1st Btn. (d.20th Apr 1915) Jackson MM. Joseph Henry. L/Cpl. 1/4th Battalion (d.5th December 1917) Jackson Thomas. Pte. 6th Btn. (d.24th Aug 1918) Jones Arthur Ernest. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.2nd Mar 1916) Jones Cephas. Pte. 6th Btn. (d.25th August 1915) Joyce N.. Pte. 9th Btn. Kershaw James. Pte. Kershaw James. Pte. 1st Btn (d.26th April 1915) Kirk Gerald. Lt 1/5th Btn. Kirkby James Serginson. 1/5th Btn. (d.3rd May 1915) Knagg George. Pte. 7th Btn. (d.17th September 1915) Law James Albert. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.12th May 1917) Lees Clifford Granville. L/Cpl. 8th Btn. (d.8th Oct 1918) Logan . Pte. 9th Btn., B Coy. Logan Alexander. Pte. 2nd Btn. Makinson Edward. 5th Btn (d.30th Nov 1917) Makinson Edward. 5th Btn. (d.30th Nov 1917 ) McCumskay John. Pte. 11th Battalion (d.26th April 1917) McDermott . Pte. 9th Btn. McIvor James. Pte. 6th Btn. (d.16th Mar 1916) Metters Edward John. Pte. 1st/4th Btn. (d.15th June 1915) Miller VC. James. Pte. 7th Btn. (d.30th July 1916) Milne T. H.. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.14th October 1915) Mingham Joseph. Pte. Mingham Joseph. Pte. Mitcheson John George. L/Cpl. 1st Btn. (d.10th April 1917) Morear G.. Pte. 7th Btn. (d.11th Jun 1917) Morris T.. Pte. 9th Btn. Neely VC MM. Thomas. L/Sgt. 8th Btn. (d.1st Oct 1918) Newton Johnson. Pte. 1st/5th Btn. B Coy. (d.10th Apr 1918) Norris Tom. Pte. 2nd Btn. O'Brien John Joseph. O'Hara John Willie. Pte. 1st Btn (d.23rd Oct 1916) Owen Owen Arthur. Pte. 1st Battalion (d.29th May 1918) Peaty Herbert George. L/Cpl. 2nd Btn. (d.20th February 1915) Pilkington Samuel. Cpl. 6th Btn. (d.15th Feb 1917) Pittaway William Edmund. Sjt. 242 Brigade, A bty. (d.24th Mar 1917) Plummer Charles William Sheppard. Pte. 4th Btn. Proudman Ewart Gladstone. Pte. 1st Battalion (d.22nd Oct 1916) Ratcliffe William . Pte. 28th Divisional Cyclist Company Riley C.. Sgt. 9th Btn., B Coy. Roberts Edward. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.27th Sep 1918) Robinson Alfred K. Pte. Ryan Ralph. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.14th May 1915) Salter N.. Pte. 9th Btn. Sighe Edward. Pte. 1/5th Btn (d.10th March 1917) Skipper Thomas George. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.26th Sep 1917) Sloan J.. Pte. Sloan John. Pte. 1st/4th Btn. (d.16th Jul 1916) Smalley Percy Harold. L/Cpl. 7th Btn. (d.31st Jul 1916) Smith A.. Pte. 7th Btn. (d.13th Jun 1917) Smith Benjamin James. Pte. 1st Btn. Steward Alfred. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.1st July 1916) Sumner William. L/Cpl. 8th Battalion (d.17th April 1917) Theobald John. Pte. 6th Btn. (d.9th August 1915) Thornycroft Edward Gerald Mytton . Capt. 4th Bn. African Rifles (d.12th Sep 1914) Waddington Cecil. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.10th April 1917) Waldron Harry. Pte. 5th Btn. (d.26th Oct 1917) Welsh Thomas James. L/Cpl 1st Btn. West William James. Pte. 1/4th Btn. (d.20th Nov 1917) Whalley Cuthbert. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.12th May 1917) Whatmough . Pte. 9th Btn., D Coy Whelan James William. Pte. 7th Btn. (d.11th July 1916) Whitaker George Thomas. Pte. 11th Btn. Whites C.. 2/Lt. 9th Btn. Williamson . Pte. 9th Btn., "C" Coy. Wilson John Cheetham. Pte. 9th Btn. Wright John William Lancelot. All names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please. 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If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great battalion regiment artillery Did you know? We also have a section on World War Two. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. 1206554 Pte. James Miller VC. 7th Btn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment (d.30th July 1916) James Miller died of wounds on the 30th of July 1916 and is buried in the Dartmoor Cemetery in France. An extract from The London Gazette, No. 29740, dated 8th Sept., 1916, records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery. His Battalion was consolidating a position after its capture by assault. Private Miller was ordered to take an important message under heavy shell and rifle fire and to bring back a reply at all costs. He was compelled to cross the open, and on leaving the trench was shot almost immediately in the back, the bullet coming out through his abdomen. In spite of this, with heroic courage and self-sacrifice, he compressed with his hand the gaping wound in his abdomen, delivered his message, staggered back with the answer and fell at the feet of the officer to whom he delivered it. He gave his life with a supreme devotion to duty." s flynn Add to this record. 1206551 Pte. William Edgar Gorman 2nd/5th Bn. A Coy. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) (d.18th May 1918) Edgar Gorman was killed in action on the 18th of May 1918, aged 22 and is buried in the Couin New British Cemetery, France. Son of William and Rosa Jane Gorman, of Rowley House, Burnley and native of Bristol. He worked for Burnley Corporation at Hurstwood reservoir prior to enlisting. He was killed when a shell dropped into his post, killing him and another man and wounding three others. s flynn Add to this record. 1206533 2nd Lt. Joseph Henry Collin VC 4th Btn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) (d.9th April 1918) Joseph Collin was killed in action 9th April 1918, aged 24 and buried in the Vieille-Chapelle New Military Cemetery in France. An extract from The London Gazette, dated 25th June, 1918, records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery, devotion to duty and self-sacrifice in action. After offering a long and gallant resistance against heavy odds in the Keep held by his platoon, this officer, with only five of his men remaining, slowly withdrew in the face of superior numbers, contesting every inch of the ground. The enemy were pressing him hard with bombs and machine-gun fire from close range. Single-handed 2nd Lt. Collin attacked the machine gun and team. After firing his revolver into the enemy, he seized a Mills grenade and threw it into the hostile team, putting the gun out of action, killing four of the team and wounding two others. Observing a second hostile machine gun firing, he took a Lewis gun, and selecting a high point of vantage on the parapet whence he could engage the gun, he, unaided, kept the enemy at bay until he fell mortally wounded. The heroic self-sacrifice of 2nd Lt. Collin was a magnificent example to all." s flynn Add to this record. 1206481 Pte. William Green 1st Btn. King's Own Royal Lancashire Regiment (d.25th March 1917) William Green died on the 25th of April 1917, aged 23 and is buried in the Etaples Military Cemetery in France. He was the husband of Elizabeth Green, of 21, Howsin St., Burnley, Lancs. s flynn Add to this record. 1206474 Pte. Jesse Higham 8th Btn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) (d.16th Feb 1917) Jesse Higham died on the 16th of February 1917, aged 19 and is buried in the Etaples Military Cemetery in France. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Higham, of 11, Altham St., Padiham, nr. Burnley, Lancs. Native of Padiham. s flynn Add to this record. 263981 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. Add to this record. 263615 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. Add to this record. 262873 Pte. George Henry Dutfield 8th Btn. Kings Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) (d.13th Apr 1918) George Dutfield served with the 8th Battalion, King's Own. Rosa Filor Add to this record. 262378 2nd Lt. Kenneth Hinde 5th Btn. Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment (d.3rd Feb 1917) Kenneth Hinde served initially with the 61st Field Ambulance, RAMC and was wounded during February 1916 in the Ypres salient. On 21st of November 1916, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the King's Own. At age 21, he was killed by enemy artillery fire on 3rd of February 1917. Geoffrey Cuthill Add to this record. 260508 Pte. Frank Gill 1st Btn. Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment (d.10th Apr 1917) Frank Gill was the fourth born son to Hartley & Sarah Gill (nee Higginbottom) registered in the Sept quarter 1895. Little is known of his youth but was listed on the 1911 census at 15 years old and still at home but working in the cotton mill owned by the Reddish Spinning Co - Elisabeth Mills on Houldsworth Road Reddish. He worked there with his brothers. His role was as a Cotton Mule Bobbiner. Frank was a member of St Elisabeth's Church and, in his teens, was an officer in the Church's Boys' Brigade company. Frank was just 18 years old when the war started and he immediately signed up. He was enlisted as a Private in the 1st Battalion, Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. Frank survived almost three years fighting multiple battles on the Western Front in France. He eventually lost his life at Fampoux during the Arras offensive of April - May 1917. He died 10th of April 1917 at the age of 21 years. Frank is remembered with honour at the Arras Memorial in the Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, which is in the Boulevard du General de Gaulle in the western part of the town of Arras. The cemetery is near the Citadel, approximately 2 kms due west of the railway station. Stewart Gill Add to this record. 258204 Harold Crompton 6th Battalion Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment (d.2nd June 1916) Harry Crompton enlisted in the 6th Battalion, Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment in early August 1914, and carried out training in the south of England. The battalion was sent to Gallipoli in 1915 and later to Mesopotamia (Iraq). He was wounded and evacuated to India where he died on the 2nd June 1916. david crompton Add to this record. 257970 Pte. Ralph Ryan 1st Btn. (Kings Own) Loyal Lancaster Regiment (d.14th May 1915) Ralph Ryan served with the 1st and 2nd Battalions, King's Own Loyal Lancaster Regiment in WW1. He died 14th of May 1915 and is remembered on the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial in Belgium. Stuart Wetherill Add to this record. 257300 Pte. John Joseph Daly 8th Btn. Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment (d.23rd Oct 1918 ) John Daly served with the 8th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment in WW1. He died of wounds 23rd of October 1918 aged 19 years and is buried Awoingt British Cemetery in France. Son of John and Mary Daly of 3 Shaw St., Seacombe, Cheshire. P Swarze Add to this record. 253530 L/Cpl. Joseph Henry Jackson MM. 1/4th Battalion Kings Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) (d.5th December 1917) L/Cpl Joseph Jackson was a 23 year-old member of the 1/4th Battalion, King's Own. He was born in Askam in 1894 as the son of Joseph and Ann. In 1901 the family was living at 92 Steel Street. Joseph had eight siblings, Mary, Elizabeth, Alice, John, Margaret, Anna, William Penny and Fanny. His father was an ironworks labourer, who died in 1902 in a mining accident, aged 45, and is buried in St Peter's Churchyard, Ireleth. In 1911 the family were living at 139 Steel Street and L/Cpl Jackson was a miner at Roanhead Mines for the Kennedy Brothers. At the time of his death in 1917, the family was at 79 Steel Street. In 1918 his mother was granted a pension of eight shillings (40p) a week. Joseph was a pre-war territorial soldier and won his Military Medal for gallantry at Blairville in May 1916. Under intense bombardment he took ammunition to two guns of the 164th Trench Mortar Battery, despite being hit by a piece of shrapnel. He was also presented with a gold watch from the people of Askam and Ireleth to mark his distinguished service. The Barrow News on 25th of August 1917 noted that he was badly wounded and had been missing since July. It noted, "His many friends regret this gallant soldier's misfortune, but are looking forward to seeing him again soon." By 22nd of September news reached Askam that he was a prisoner of war and was in a hospital at Munster with a broken leg, which was later amputated. He died of his wounds in hospital on 5th of December 1917 but news of the soldier's death did not reach his mother until February the following year. L/Cpl Jackson injury and capture was part of the Third Battle of Ypres, the struggle though the mud towards Passchendaele. Information researched by Linda and Joan Martin (Family members). Kerry Kosak Add to this record. 253443 Sgt Thomas Duffin 6th Battalion King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) (d.26th October 1915) My grandfather, Thomas Duffin, had a medal from the Boer War for 1901,1902, Transvaal. His medal is inscribed with his name and service number 4205 and rank L. Serjt, Royal Lanc Regi. He was born in Liverpool and later lived in Nottingham. He enlisted for the First World War in Nottingham with the King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 6th battalion. His service number then was 4374. He died of wounds on 26 October 1915 and is buried in Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery D23. Pamela Young Add to this record. 252952 Cpl. George Gorman 12th Btn. Kings Liverpool Regiment (d.18th Aug 1917) George Gorman was killed in the Battle of Langemark on 18th of August 1917 serving with the 12th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment. He was originally in the 4th Battalion Kings Own Lancaster Regiment. He lived in Tyson's Square, Ulverston, then on Lancashire and was married to Margaret Ann. They had 2 children, William and Edith Mary. George worked as a shipyard labourer. George's parents William and Mary Gorman lived in Moseley Street, Blackburn, Lancashire. George was born in Kendal, Cumbria. George is remembered on the Cenotaph in both Kendal and Ulverston. David Woodward Add to this record. 252201 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. Steve Brown Add to this record. 249689 Pte. James Cryer 8th Battalion King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment (d.27th September 1918) I am at the moment researching the family history as a present for my father`s 90th birthday, his father, my grandfather (Fred Cryer) had a brother (James Cryer). I have been unable to find records for my grandfather although his story of the war is that he was captured on the same day in the same battle in which his brother James was killed on the 27th September 1918 in Flanders. I have located the cemetery in which he was laid to rest (The Lowrie Cemetery) Havrincourt. That is all I know I`m afraid, if you could provide some information about the circumstances of the battle I would be pleased to pass this on to my dad. Many Thanks. John Cryer Add to this record. 248442 Cpl. William Broomhead King's Own Royal Lancashire Regiment November 30th, 1916 William was admitted to Ingress Abbey Military Hospital, Greenhithe with gastro interitis Sam Malin Add to this record. 248106 Pte. Cephas Jones 6th Btn. Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment (d.25th August 1915) Cephas Jones of the 6th Battalion, Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment was killed in action on 25th of August 1915 in the last offensive mounted by the British at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli in the Battle of Scimitar Hill. He was never recovered and has no known grave. Philip Jones Add to this record.

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