Battalions of the Border Regiment: Difference between revisions

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.

|style="vertical-align:top; border-bottom:solid 3px #313739; background:white;" colspan="5"|The battalion served in France from [[26 October]] 1914 to [[11 November]] 1918. In August 1914 it was based in Carlisle, attached to the East Lancashire Division and moved to Barrow. On [[26 October]] 1914 it landed at Le Havre and over the next four years was attached and transferred to several brigades, these being: [[5 May]] 1915 - attached to 149th Brigade in 50th (Northumbrian) Division; [[20 December]] 1915 - transferred to 151st Brigade in same Division; [[12 February]] 1918 - transferred to the 66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division as a Pioneer Battalion; [[7 May]] 1918 - transferred to 97th Brigade in 32nd Division and absorbed the cadre of the Regiment's [[Lonsdale Battalion|11th Battalion (Lonsdale)]].

|style="vertical-align:top; border-bottom:solid 3px #313739; background:white;" colspan="5"|Formed in Carlisle the battalion was attached to the 33rd Brigade of the 11th (Northern) Division and served in France from [[6 July]] 1916 to the [[9 February]] 1917. It moved from Cumbria to Belton Park (Grantham) and then to Frensham in April [[1915]] for 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. Operational at Suvla Bay from August 1915 until December 1915, it moved from Gallipoli and spent Christmas at Mudros on the Isle of Lemnos. The battalion was then withdrawn to Egypt January 1916 for Suez Canal protection duties, remaining for 6 months before embarking at Alexandria and sailing to Marseille in July 1916.

|style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; background:#f2f2f2;"|[[31 July]] [[1918]]

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 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.