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The '''5th Border Regiment''' finds its roots from the Cumberland Volunteers when it was converted from the 3rd (Cumberland) Volunteer Battalion on [[1 April]]
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==First World War (1914-1918)==
With the onset of the First World War, the Battalion was mobilised on [[4 August]]
▲With the onset of the First World War, the Battalion was mobilised on [[4 August]] [[1914]] and on [[15 March]] [[1915]] it was converted to the {{1/5BR}}.<ref name="ofb5" /> As a result of this conversion and subsequent division, the 5th Border Regiment refers to three individuals battalions of the (Cumberland) Territorial Force:
*[[1/5th Battalion (Territorial Force) Border Regiment (Cumberland)|1/5th Border Regiment]]
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==Interwar Years==
The Battalion was again reformed as the 5th (Cumberland) Border Regiment on [[7 February]]
▲The Battalion was again reformed as the 5th (Cumberland) Border Regiment on [[7 February]] [[1920]].<ref name="ofb5" />
==Second World War (1939-1945)==
With the onset of the Second World war, the Battalion was mobilised on [[1 September]]
▲With the onset of the Second World war, the Battalion was mobilised on [[1 September]] [[1939]] and remained active until it was converted to the 110th Regiment RAC on [[1 November]] [[1941]].<ref name="ofb5" />
==Casualties of the 5th Battalion (Roll of Honour)==
''[[Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19
*[[5th Battalion Border Regiment Casualty List|5th Battalion Border Regiment Casualty List (Roll of Honour)]]
==References / notes==
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