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The well-know idiom "A picture is worth a thousand words" has been used many times over to express the notion that a picture can convey information more effectively than words – formulated into sentences, paragraphs and grammatically structured to be understood – can do. It should be made clear from the onset that this notion is dependent on the individual and how the recipient responds to viewing the picture. This may be true in some circumstances but it isn't as black and white as that. Words ''are'' a powerful construct. They are the building blocks of language, of communication, and are used to formulate ideas, theories, thoughts in subjective, objective and neutral ways. However, pictures in varying different forms: photographs, prints, paintings, sketches, graffiti and digital art, can all evoke an emotional response just as effectively as writing and reading words. This emotional response can allow the viewer to go beyond the flat image by exercising thought processes in a creative and expressive way. It is something we do every time we "look" at a picture and "see" what we want to see.
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==Welcome to the image gallery==
▲With the above little tidbit of thought in mind, think about the First World War. What images come to mind? Maybe some of those established Imperial War Museum images seen among the plethora of websites and publications across the globe conjure up images battle-torn villages, quagmires, trenches, artillery and soldiers "going over the top." There are countless images taken from countless vantage points from many different countries, all depicting every conceivable aspect of the horrors of war. This gallery is not like that. In fact it is very different indeed, as you will see.
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File:Percy Wilfred Machell at Blackhall Racecourse.jpg|Officers|link=Officers (image gallery)
File:Non-commissioned officers (cropped).jpg|NCOs|link=Non-commissioned officers (image gallery)
File:William David Nash of Orton (cropped).jpg|Other Ranks|link=Other ranks (image gallery)
File:Prees Hall training camp (cropped).jpg|Groups|link=Groups - officers and other ranks (image gallery)
File:Bayonet training (cropped).jpg|Early Days & Training|link=Early days of the Lonsdale Battalion (image gallery)
File:Pte. E. Duxbury POW (newspaper article).jpg|Newspapers|link=Newspaper article (image gallery)
File:11th Border Regiment cap badge (silver).jpg|Cap Badges|link=Cap badges (image gallery)
File:15507 Pte. J. Smith (headstone-cropped).jpg|Headstones|link=Headstones of Lonsdale men (image gallery)
File:Lowther Castle c.1915 (cropped).jpg|Lowther Castle|link=Lowther Castle (image gallery)
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==The galleries==
Here you will find images relating specifically to the [[The Lonsdale Battalion - an introduction|Lonsdale Battalion]] during their initial formation and early stages of training up to and including the latter half of 1915. The galleries consist mostly of small collections primarily grouped by subject, although there are some several images that cross over into more than one subject. ManyThe majority of these images come from onea few sources, uniquetwo source:being ''[[The Lonsdale Battalion Border Regiment, September 1914 to June 1915]]''.<ref>A small booklet comprising a selection of photographs from the Lonsdale Battalion's early days of training. The booklet was published in 1915 by Chas. Thurnham and Sons, 11 English Street, Carlisle. Digital copy provided by Kevin Johnstone.</ref> and comprisea series of rare sepia-toned photographic postcards, both comprising images from their initial training period at [[Blackhall Racecourse]] (Battalion HQ) through to time spent at [[Prees Heath Camp]] and [[Leyburn Camp]] before embarking for French shores. SeeThe images depict the men in their civvies lining up for roll call, engaged in [[bayonet]] training and aiming drills, digging [[entrenching|entrenchments]], physical exercise and parading through the streets of Carlisle. Other galleriesimages consistfrom ofthe newspaperlocal imagesnewspapers ofdepict officers, [[non-commissioned officersofficer]]s and [[other ranks]], usedof mainlywhich ina articleslarge aboutnumber theof heroichave deedscome from obituaries. In addition to these is a small series of localimages Cumberlandrelating andto Westmorland[[Lowther menCastle]], lovedthe onesresidence thatof arethe missing[[Hugh Lowther, wounded5th Earl of Lonsdale|Earl of Lonsdale]] and presumedpart deadof the vast Lonsdale Estate. Also,The castle today is a largeruin, numberhowever, ofin imagesit's haveheyday comeit fromwas obituaries.a country residence full of opulence and splendour.
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==Acknowledgements==
The image galleries on 'The Lonsdale Battalion' would not have been possible if it wasn't for the help of the following people. Thanks go to:
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*Kevin Johnstone for providing us with a copy of the above-named booklet. Kevin is passionate about the Lonsdales and has worked tirelessly on his own research,<ref>[http://www.freewebs.com/granatloch/ The Lonsdale Pals Battalion, 11th (Service) Battalion Border Regiment 1914-1918]</ref> and collecting images produced here with his kind permission.
*[[Colin Bardgett]] for allowing the use of images from his book ''[[The Lonsdale Battalion 1914-1918]]''.<ref>The images from this publication were kindly granted permission by Colin for use on the Border Regiment Wiki when it was first set up in 2005. That site has been discontinued and no longer exists. It has been replaced with this site, ''The Lonsdale Battalion – The home of the 11th (Service) Battalion Border Regiment in the First World War''. Images used on the discontinued site have now been uploaded to this current site.</ref>
==References / notes==
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[[Category:Contents11th Battalion (Lonsdale)]]
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