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| style="padding:5px 30px 5px 30px; vertical-align:top; font-style:italic;"|All will be more comfortable when our division takes over. The Commanding Officer's are well enough off always, apparently, having pretty good dug-outs and a chance of drying up, but I feel very bad about the men, and one can’t do enough for them.<br><span style="font-style:normal;"> —Lt. Col. P.W. Machell, Commanding Officer</span> |
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|style="font-size:100%; text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding:0px 20px 50px 20px;"|The Lonsdale Battalion was formed by Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale, and an Executive Committee with the approval of the War Office on 17 September, 1914. The Executive Committee raised four companies, all financed by the Earl of Lonsdale himself from his personal funds. Discover almost four years of the Battalion's history through formation, training and front line action. |
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|style="font-size:100%; text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding:0px 20px 50px 20px;"|Some regimental war diaries were sparse in detail, whilst others were incredibly descriptive. Today, they are pivotal to learning about the daily lives of the men and the bitter fighting they endured. The Lonsdale's war diary offers a complexity of daily reports on operations, intelligence summaries, casualties, maps and various other appendices covering their time in France and Flanders. |
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| style="font-size:100%; text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding:0px 20px 50px 20px;"|The 11th Battalion Roll of Honour has been transcribed as it was printed in HMSO’s Soldiers Died in the Great War, Volume 39, The Border Regiment. This is a complete list of men killed whilst serving in the Lonsdale Battalion during the war. Many men listed here served in many other regiments, the most common ones being the Herefordshire, Essex and Liverpool Regiments. |
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Latest revision as of 01:28, 30 April 2024
The home of the 11th (Service) Battalion Border Regiment in the First World War
Honi Soit Qui Mal y Pense — Evil Be To Him Who Evil Thinks
Honi Soit Qui Mal y Pense — Evil Be To Him Who Evil Thinks
Click here or press / to start searchingOn this day
A daily listing of events across all fronts that took place on this day between 1914–1918. This information refreshes daily.
1915 (Saturday)
- The Lonsdales move to Brigade Camp at Prees Heath, Shropshire, (124th Brigade). The people of Carlisle give a mighty send off. Bands play and crowds cheer all the way along the rail lines to Oxenholme.
1916 (Monday)
- Battalion is situated at Contay Wood involved in training.
- Lieuts. G. Spring-Rice and C.W. Fowke[1][2] report their arrival.
1917 (Tuesday)
- Battalion leaves Offoy at 4.15am and marches to Puzeau via Nesle and Corcny. Arrive at 8.45am.
1918 (Wednesday)
- Maisinieres: Training the Cadre[note 1] in their duties and waiting for 328th U.S. Infantry Regiment to arrive.[note 2]
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- ↑ From the Supplement to The London Gazette, 11th August 1915: Temporary Lieutenant C. W. Fowke, from 9th (Service) Battalion (Pioneers), to be temporary Lieutenant. Dated 21st July, 1915, but with seniority from 2nd November, 1914.
- ↑ From the Supplement to The London Gazette, 1st November 1920: Labour Corps, The undermentioned temp. Capts. relinquish their commissions on completion of service, 2 Nov. 1920, and retain the rank of Capt.: C.W. Fowke.
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