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The Lonsdales were a 'Pals' battalion, volunteers answering Field Marshal Earl Kitchener's call to arms - to fight for King and Country. ([[The Lonsdale Battalion - an introduction|Interested? Get started here]])
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On this day is a listing of historical events of the Lonsdale Battalion, from 1914–1918. The actions of this 'Pals' battalion are included as a daily digest of Lonsdale events that took place 'on this day.' Included are: training, working parties, front line action, night raids, brigade parades, reconnoitring, route marches, church parades, casualty figures and many others. ([[About 'on this day'|Learn more about this project]])
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▲|style="font-size:100%; text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding:0px 20px 50px 20px;"|The Lonsdale Battalion was formed by Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale, and an Executive Committee with the approval of the War Office on 17 September, 1914. The Executive Committee raised four companies, all financed by the Earl of Lonsdale himself from his personal funds. Discover almost four years of the Battalion's history through formation, training and front line action.
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▲|style="font-size:100%; text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding:0px 20px 50px 20px;"|Some regimental war diaries were sparse in detail, whilst others were incredibly descriptive. Today, they are pivotal to learning about the daily lives of the men and the bitter fighting they endured. The Lonsdale's war diary offers a complexity of daily reports on operations, intelligence summaries, casualties, maps and various other appendices covering their time in France and Flanders.
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▲| style="font-size:100%; text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding:0px 20px 50px 20px;"|The 11th Battalion Roll of Honour has been transcribed as it was printed in HMSO’s Soldiers Died in the Great War, Volume 39, The Border Regiment. This is a complete list of men killed whilst serving in the Lonsdale Battalion during the war. Many men listed here served in many other regiments, the most common ones being the Herefordshire, Essex and Liverpool Regiments.
▲| style="font-size:100%; text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding:0px 20px 50px 20px;"|Read a selection of quotes from various source materials. The words offer the reader a glimpse into the lives of the men and officers and the very things they bore witness to first-hand. Quotes from the Battalion war diaries give a unique insight to the mundane duties of trench warfare, the horrors of battle and the praising of their fellow brothers in the course of their duties.
▲| style="font-size:100%; text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding:0px 20px 50px 20px;"|Peruse over a collection of images of the Lonsdales during their initial training period at Blackhall Camp, Carlisle, before being shipped over to France. See the men in their civvies lining up for roll call, engaged in bayonet training and aiming drills, digging entrenchments and physical exercise. Plus, see photos of officers, individuals, groups, obituaries, cap badges and other insignia.
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