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*[[Percy Wilfred Machell|Lt-Col. Machell]] in correspondence to the Cumberland & Westmorland [[Territorial Forces’Force]]s’ Association:<br>{{quote-left}}Thanks to the Executive Committee and other patriotic gentlemen at Kendal, Carlisle & Workington we have been able to start long before our central camp could be ready. One thing we will not do & that is ask a man to come to us before we are ready to make him comfortable.

:When a man joins the [[Lonsdale Battalion]] he is taking a wise step. [[Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale|Lord Lonsdale]], whose name we are proud to bear, has lent us marquees, stoves, cookers, & is helping us in every way. We are a battalion of "Pals", men from different localities in the two Counties soldiering together in sections, platoons[[platoon]]s and [[company|companies]]. – Officers, [[Non-Commissionedcommissioned officersofficer]]s & men, we are all soldiers; badges and stripes do not imply social superiority, but merely indicate our jobs. We are all rungs upon the same ladder. Officers are no good without the [[other ranks|rank and file]], and the rank and file are no good without the officers.

:As we have written on our posters, the men of Westmorland & Cumberland will enlist together & fight together, & I look with confidence to the Lonsdale Battalion becoming one of the finest fighting regiments[[regiment]]s in the British [[Army]].{{quote-right}} <ref>{{Lowther|recno=42}}</ref>

*The Lonsdales have baths in Bethune during the morning; the Commanding Officer visits the billets[[billet]]s also during the morning.<ref name="wdsep16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, September 1916]]</ref>