| 7th Border Regiment | |||
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| Formed / active | 7 September 1914 - April 1919 | ||
| Type | Service Battalion | ||
| Byname | |||
| Motto | Honi Soit Qui Mal y Pense — Evil be to Him who Evil Thinks | ||
| Anniversary | |||
| Commanders | Col. J.S. Pelly 1914-15[1] Lt-Col. R.L. Norrington 1915-16[2] Lt-Col. R.S. Irwin 1916[3] Lt-Col. W.J. Woodcock 1916[4] Maj. R.S. Irwin 1916[5] Maj. J.H. Bowe 1916-17[6] Capt. A.P. Nasmith 1917[7] Lt-Col. W.N.S. Alexander 1917[8] Lt-Col. W.E.W. Elkington 1917[9] Lt-Col. R.S. Irwin 1917-18[10] Lt-Col.W.E. Thomas 1918[11] Lt-Col. P. Kirkup 1918[12] | ||
| Theatre honours | France & Flanders 1915-1918 | ||
| Battle honours | Somme 1916 Albert 1916 Delville Wood 1916 Arras 1917 Scarpe 1917 Ypres 1917 Passchendaele 1917 Somme 1918 (twice) St. Quentin 1918 Bapaume 1918 (twice) Amiens 1918 Albert 1918 Hindenberg Line 1918 Épéhy 1918 Cambrai 1918 Scambre 1918 | ||
| War diary | July 1915 - March 1919 | ||
| Attached | Attached to the 51st Brigade of the 17th (Northern) Division. | ||
| Transferred | |||
| Disbanded | Absorbed on the 22 September 1917 to form the 7th (Westmorland & Cumberland Yeomanry) Battalion then disbanded after April 1919 | ||
| Notes | |||
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| For a few days the Battalion remained at Troisvilles after the proclamation of the Armistice. It then moved to Liercourt in the Amiens area on the 14th December where the Battalion was slowly reduced to Cadre strength. The Cadre left Liercourt on the 16th April 1919 where it entrained for Havre and arrived the following day. The Cadre docked at Southampton early on the 20th, then left again late the same night for Catterick, where it was eventually disbanded.[13] | |||
7th (Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry) Battalion
The 7th (Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry) Battalion Border Regiment prior to infantry conversion fought under the title of the 1/1st Westmorland & Cumberland Yeomanry Battalion. The 1/1st was mobilised in August 1914 and then attached to the Welsh Border Mounted Brigade. They were designated as the XI Corps, Cavalry Regiment in May 1916, with the Headquarters, 'D' Squadron and the Machine Gun Section attached to the 20th (Light) Division. This lasted until April 1916 when they were allocated to the 2nd Cavalry Division before re-joining the XI Corps. In June 1917, it was announced that due to manpower shortages the Regiment would be dismounted and retrain as infantry. When they had completed the infantry conversion the regiment was re-designated the 7th (Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry) Battalion, the Border Regiment.
Casualties of the 7th Battalion (Roll of Honour)
Due to manpower shortages at the time, it was announced in June 1917 that the 1/1st Westmorland & Cumberland Yeomanry would be dismounted and retrained as infantry. When their training had completed the infantry conversion, the regiment was re-designated the 7th (Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry) Battalion, The Border Regiment. The following casualty list will contain a combined listing of the 7th Battalion and the 7th (Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry) Battalion Border Regiment. This reason both are being combined is to maintain one complete listing. Each soldier will, however, clearly state which battalion he served under on his remembrance page.
The 7th Battalion World War One casualty list has been compiled using the publication Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19, Volume 39, The Border Regiment and cross-referenced with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database. The number of casualties compiled to date does not necessarily reflect the total number of casualties for this battalion due to the possibility of missed names and the (current) exclusion of officers and other ranks that were attached to the Border Regiment. This listing is a work-in-progress.
For the 7th Battalion roll of honour, see 7th Battalion Border Regiment Casualty List.
War Diary
- Main project page: Border Regiment War Diaries
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. Please note that the National Archives hold the copyright of the scanned images. However, transcripts of unpublished Crown Copyright war diaries from the First World War can be used in any type of media such as websites and books providing they conform to certain conditions. The National Archives state: "You are free to transcribe, translate, index and quote from published or unpublished Crown copyright material among the records as extensively as you wish and you may publish the results in any format and any medium: in accordance with the terms of the Open Government Licence." With this in mind each transcript will state: "The transcription above is available under the National Archives Open Government Licence for public sector information." For more information see the main war diary project page.
| 8th Border Regiment War Diary Transcriptions (1915-1918) The National Archives WO/95/2251
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| 1915 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||||
| 1916 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 1917 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 1918 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
References / notes
- ↑ Col. John Stannus Pelly: 6 September 1914 – 4 March 1915 (invalided).
- ↑ Lt-Col. Reginald Lewis Norrington: 4 March 1915 – 7 August 1916 (replaced).
- ↑ Lt-Col. Reginald Strutt Irwin: 7 August 1916 – 13 September 1916 (replaced).
- ↑ Lt-Col. Wilfred James Woodcock: 13 September 1916 – 31 October 1916 (wounded).
- ↑ Major Reginald Strutt Irwin: 31 October 1916 – 30 November 1916 (replaced).
- ↑ Major James Hodgson Bowe: 1 December 1916 – 3 January 1917 (replaced).
- ↑ Captain Alan Plater Nasmith: 3 January 1917 – 20 February 1917 (replaced).
- ↑ Lt-Col. William Nathaniel Stuart Alexander: 20 February 1917 – 15 September 1917 (replaced).
- ↑ Lt-Col. William Ernest Walter Elkington: 15 September 1917 – 12 November 1917.
- ↑ Lt-Col. Reginald Strutt Irwin: 12 November 1917 – 26 September 1918 (replaced).
- ↑ Lt-Col. William Edgar Thomas: 27 September 1918 – 21 October 1918 (killed in action / died of wounds).
- ↑ Lt-Col. Philip Kirkup: 23 October 1918 to 11 November 1918 (remained the Commanding Officer).
- ↑ Colonel H.C. Wylly, C.B. (1925). The Border Regiment in the Great War. Gale & Polden Ltd. ISBN 1847342728. p.257.