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|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[4th Battalion (Territorial Force) Border Regiment (Cumberland & Westmorland)|4th Battalion]]'''

|colspan="4"|''this refers to the following three battalions''

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On [[29 September]] the battalion sailed from Southampton for India, its primarily role being to replace the regular 1st Battalion who were at that time stationed in Burma. When they arrived they were attached to the Burma Division and arrived at Rangoon in early December 1914. Both battalions of the Regiment met only very briefly for a duration of no more than twenty minutes as their trains stopped side by side in a remote area of India. The 1/4th Battalion spent the duration of the war stationed there. In February 1918 the Battalion transferred to the Jubbulpore Brigade in 5th (Mhow) Division.

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The battalion sailed for India from Avonmouth on [[4 March]] 1915. On arrival they were attached to the Poona Brigade in 6th Poona Divisional Area. By November 1915 they had been transferred to the Jubbulpore Brigade in 5th Mhow Division and again in March 1916 to the Peshawar Brigade in 1st Peshawar Division. In March 1917 they moved to the 4th Rawalpindi Brigade (2nd Rawalpindi Division) and in December 1917 were transferred to the Nowshera Brigade in 1st Peshawar Division. In October 1918 the battalion returned to 4th Rawalpindi Brigade and on [[11 November]] they left Peshawar and embarked the ''H.M.T. Friedrichsruh'' on the [[15 November|15th]]. The battalion finally disembarked at Plymouth on [[9 December]] and proceeded to various dispersal stations. The Cadre was sent first to Kendal and then to Carlisle.

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|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[5th Battalion (Territorial Force) Border_Regiment (Cumberland)|5th Battalion]]'''

|colspan="4"|''this refers to the following three battalions''

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The Battalion remained in Flanders until [[31 January]] 1919, when it marched into Germany and quartered at Cologne until the end of March before moving to Bonn. On [[6 November]] the battalion left Bonn and entrained for Calais. By [[10 December]] the battalion sailed for Dover and on [[14 December]], arrived in Workington.

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The battalion did not play a significant part in the Battle of the Somme until the beginning of September. The battalion was near the Peckham House, Spanbroekmolen and Kruisstraat mines during the 1917 Battle of Messines. Disbanded at Malingarbe on the 9th February 1917, the officers and men of the battalion were then absorbed into the 1st, 7th, 8th and 11th Battalions of the Regiment.

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After the Armistice the Battalion remained at Troisvilles for a few days. It then moved to Liercourt in the Amiens area on the [[14 December]] where the Battalion was slowly reduced to Cadre strength. The Cadre left Liercourt on the [[16 April]] 1919 where it entrained for Havre and arrived the following day. The Cadre docked at Southampton early on the [[20 April|20th]], then left again late the same night for Catterick, where it was eventually disbanded.

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The battalion landed at Le Havre 4 September 1915. Two months later it found itself at Salonika, arriving [[7 November]] 1915. Here they remained until [[20 October]] 1918, then moved to Stavros on the [[28 October|28th]] to Dedeagatch and back again to Stavros on the [[13 November]]. On the [[16 January]] 1919, the Battalion proceeded to Kukus and on the [[7 March]] to Janes. On the [[16 March]], and greatly reduced in strength, it embarked in ''H.M.T. Katonia'' for Constantinople, where it remained until the [[10 November]], when all remaining officers and other ranks were posted as a draft to the 9th Battalion The King's Own Regiment.

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The battalion landed at Boulogne on [[23 November]] 1915 and spent the next two years and eight months in France and Flanders. On [[10 May]] 1918 the battalion was reduced to cadre strength, with surplus personnel transferred to [[1/5th Border Regiment|1/5th Battalion]] of the Regiment. Three days later it was transferred to the 66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division and on [[31 July]] 1918 the battalion was eventually disbanded.

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[[Category:Border Regiment Battalions]]