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The Lonsdale Battalion Roll of Honour has been compiled using HMSO's ''[[Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914- |
The Lonsdale Battalion Roll of Honour has been compiled using HMSO's ''[[Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19, Volume 39, The Border Regiment]]'' and cross-referenced with the [http://www.cwgc.org Commonwealth War Graves Commission] website. This was done for consistency, to ensure that the Roll of Honour was as accurate as possible - with the exception of typos that occur from time to time. Compiling a complete list of Lonsdale men killed during the war was not without its problems or challenges. There were many soldiers who served in the Lonsdale Battalion who also served in other battalions of the Border Regiment, some even transferring from entirely different regiments. The most common of these are the Herefordshire, Essex and Liverpool Regiments, which saw substantial numbers joining the Lonsdale Battalion during the recruitment drives. |
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It should be noted that place names shown in brackets in the enlistment column denote the deceased soldier’s place of residence. Some instances show enlistment places in one town/county (or even country) and their place of residence in another. Additionally, there were several discrepancies between the HMSO book and the CWGC. These could be because of typos during the CWGC transcribing process, misspelled names at the time the Roll of Honour was first published by the War Office in 1921, and applicants may have intentionally (or unintentionally) misspelled his name at time of enlistment. Minor typos of place names that were noticed whilst compiling have been changed accordingly. However, soldiers names have been left exactly as printed. |
It should be noted that place names shown in brackets in the enlistment column denote the deceased soldier’s place of residence. Some instances show enlistment places in one town/county (or even country) and their place of residence in another. Additionally, there were several discrepancies between the HMSO book and the CWGC. These could be because of typos during the CWGC transcribing process, misspelled names at the time the Roll of Honour was first published by the War Office in 1921, and applicants may have intentionally (or unintentionally) misspelled his name at time of enlistment. Minor typos of place names that were noticed whilst compiling have been changed accordingly. However, soldiers names have been left exactly as printed. |
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