Lonsdale Records/Officers (specific)

Main article: List of Surviving Lonsdale Records

The list of Lonsdale Records relating to the Lowther family and the Earls of Lonsdale are stored at the Cumbria Record Office (Carlisle Headquarters). The Lowther Family Estate have thousands of records listed in various categories and sub-categories ranging from DLons/L5 to DLons/L25. The records relating to the 11th Border Regiment (Lonsdale) range from DLons/L13/13/1 to DLons/L13/13/282

D LONS/L13/13/41–48

Officers (specific)

  • D LONS/L13/13/41: Papers re the temporary appointment of Lieutenant-Colonel W Donald as major commanding a double company - date: 7 November 1914 - 26 February 1915
  • D LONS/L13/13/42: Papers re the appointment of Lieutenant-Colonel P W Machell as Commanding Officer etc - date: 30 September 1914 - 2 June 1915
  • D LONS/L13/13/43: Manuscript, typescript and printed copy of My Visit To The Front by Colonel Machell - date: 9 - 13 August 1915
  • D LONS/L13/13/44: Papers re the temporary appointment of Major C H Harrison and his subsequent transfer to another battalion of the Border Regiment - date: 30 October 1914 - 17 July 1915
  • D LONS/L13/13/45: Papers re the appointment of Lieutenant P G W Diggle as adjutant, his promotion to Captain and his appointment as Second-in-command - date: 5 September 1914 - 14 August 1915
  • D LONS/L13/13/46: Major Binning's copy letters and memoranda re a variety of subjects - date: 2 - 18 October 1914
  • D LONS/L13/13/47: Major Binning's miscellaneous military and personal file of papers re - date: 2 October 1914 - 16 October 1915
  • D LONS/L13/13/48: Stray papers of Major Binning re - date: 25 September 1914 - 17 November 1915

—For access to the above records please contact the Cumbria Archive Centre (Carlisle)

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