USEFUL CONTACTS
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TO CONTACT THE MUSEUM DIRECTLY:
Write to:
Cumbria's Military Museum (Border,King's Own Royal Border and Duke of Lancasters' Regiment)
Queen Mary’s Tower
Carlisle Castle
CARLISLE
Cumbria
CA3 8UR
Telephone: 01228 532774
E-mail: borderregiment@aol.com or korbrmuseum@aol.com
Other Useful and Related Contacts:
County Headquarters
Carlisle
The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment
The Castle
CARLISLE
Cumbria
CA3 8UR
Telephone: 01228 521275
E-mail: typistcar@lancs.army.mod.uk
Website: http://www2.army.mod.uk/lancs/contact_us.html
Cumbria Army Cadet Force
Ypres Block
The Castle
Carlisle
Cumbria
CA3 8UR
Telephone: 01228 516222
Fax: 01228 516224
E-mail: acf.cumbria@btconnect.com
Website: http://www.cumbriaarmycadets.com/
Website for more information about the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment: http://www.army.mod.uk/lancs/
Kings Own Royal Border Regiment Family Website
http://korbr.co.uk/KORBR/index.html
For Some information on the Lonsdale Battalion (11th Battalion Border Regiment)visit: http://forum.kerchi.co.uk/community/
Kings Own Royal Regiment Museum
Peter Donnelly, Curator
King's Own Royal Regiment Museum
Market Square
Lancaster
LA1 1HT
United Kingdom
Curator Direct Dial: 01524 555619
from overseas: 00 44 1524 555619
There is a voice mail facility for messages.
Museum Telephone: 01524 64637
E-mail: kingsownmuseuminame.com
Website: http://www.kingsownmuseum.plus.com
ARMY MUSEUMS OGILBY TRUST
(Registered Charity No: 250907)
The Director, Brigadier C S Sibun
58 The Close
Salisbury
Wiltshire
SP1 2EX
Tel/Fax: +44 (0)1722 332188
E-mail dir@amot.demon.co.uk
Website: www.armymuseums.org.uk
Airbourne Commemoration Foundation
Stichting Airborne Herdenkingen
Postbus 30,
6866 AA Oosterbeek
Tel: 0031 (0)6 - 51259461
Website: http://www.airborne-herdenkingen.nl/uk/index.php
Other Useful Contacts:
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
2 Marlow Road
Maidenhead
Berkshire
SL6 7DX.
United Kingdom
Website: http://www.cwgc.org/
Alternatively, you can telephone us on:
+44 (0) 1628 507200 for casualty information and enquiries or+44 (0) 1628 634221 for any other enquiries.
You can call the office at these times and we will do everything we can to help.
Monday to Thursday 08.30 – 17.00
Friday 08.30 – 16.30
Closed Saturday & Sunday
The National Archives
Kew
Richmond
Surrey
TW9 4DU.
Telephone:020 8876 3444
Our lines are open as follows:
Monday 09:00 - 17:00, Tuesday 10:00 - 19:00, Wednesday 09:00 - 17:00, Thursday 09:00 - 19:00, Friday 09:00 - 17:00, Saturday 09:30 - 17:00, Sunday Closed.
Website: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
E-mail: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/contact/form/
For Officers & Soldiers Service Records whose regular or reserve service ended between 1921 and 1997 Contact:
Army Personnel Centre
HQ Secretariat
Historical Disclosures
Mail Point 400
Kentigern House
65 Brown Street
Glasgow
G2 8EX Tel: 0845 600 9663, option 1, then option 3
Royal Observer Corps Benevelont Fund
Terry Giles
Secretary
120 Perry Hall Road
Orpington
Kent
BR6 0EF
E-mail: Info@rocbf.org.uk
Cumbria County Archives
Petteril Bank House
Petteril Bank Road
Carlisle
Cumbria
CA1 3AJ