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==First World War (1914-1918)==
The '''6th (Service) Battalion The Border Regiment''' was formed at Carlisle in August 1914 as part of [[Glossary:Kitchener's Army|Kitchener's]] [[Glossary:K1|K1]] and attached to 33rd Brigade subordinate to the [[11th (Northern) Division]]. The battalion moved from Cumbria to Belton Park (Grantham) and then to Frensham in April 1915 (training). It sailed with other 11th Division units from Liverpool on 1 July 1915 for Gallipoli, landing at Helles 20 July and was complete at Suvla Bay by August 1915. They were operational at Suvla Bay from August 1915 till December 1915 - moved from Gallipoli and spent Christmas at Mudros on Lemnos. The battalion was then withdrawn to Egypt January 1916 (Suez Canal protection duties).
It then embarked at Alexandria before sailing to France (Marseille) in July 1916. The battalion did not play a significant part in the Battle of the Somme until the beginning of September (and had been around Arras until then. The battalion was near the Peckham House, Spanbroekmolen and Kruisstraat mines, during the 1917 Battle of Messines.
The battalion was disbanded at Mazingarbe in France on [[9 February]]
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The actions of the 6th Border Regiment during the war continues across Gallipoli, France and Belgium.
*[[6th Battalion at Gallipoli - Helles Peninsula (Suvla Bay) 1915]]
*[[6th Battalion on the Western Front (1916-1918)]]
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The aim of transcribing the war diary is to include as much of the original character as possible. This does include some incorrect spelling and infrequent punctuation to remain in keeping with our aims of the project. Each transcript includes a place, date, hour and summary column in a basic table format indicating the battalion, month and year in the title.
For more information see the main [[Border Regiment War Diaries|war diary project page]].
{{6th Battalion (war diary table)}}
The 6th Battalion World War One casualty list has been compiled using the publication ''[[Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19
For the 6th Battalion roll of honour, see [[6th Battalion Border Regiment Casualty List]].
==Interwar Years==
The 6th Border Regiment was disbanded on [[9 February]]
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▲The 6th Border Regiment was disbanded on [[9 February]] [[1918]] and was reformed as the 6th (East Cumberland) Border Regiment on [[12 July]] [[1939]]. The Battalion did not exist during the interwar years.
==See also==
*[[Reminiscences and Experiences of Adam Fulton in the Great War (Part One)]]
*[[Reminiscences and Experiences of Adam Fulton in the Great War (Part Two)]]
*[[Reminiscences and Experiences of Adam Fulton in the Great War (Part Three)]]
== References / notes ==▼
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[[Category:6th (Service) Battalion]]
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