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WAR DIARY

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| content = <p align="justify">Some regimental war diaries are sparse in detail, whilst others are 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.</p><span style="float:right;">[[Lonsdale Battalion war diary|The battalion war diary]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[File:Book font awesome.svg|right|20px|link=Lonsdale Battalion war diary]]</span>{{clear}}

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ROLL OF HONOUR

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| content = <p align="justify">The 11th Battalion Roll of Honour has been transcribed as it was printed in HMSO’s ''[[Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19, Volume 39, The Border Regiment]]''. This is a complete list of men killed whilst serving in the Lonsdale Battalion during the war. Many of the soldiers that served in the [[Lonsdale Battalion]] also served in other battalions of the Border Regiment, some even transferring from entirely different regiments, the most common of these being the Herefordshire, Essex and Liverpool Regiments.</p><span style="float:right;">[[Lonsdale Battalion Roll of Honour|The roll of honour]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[File:List alt font awesome.svg|right|20px|link=Lonsdale Battalion Roll of Honour]]</span>{{clear}}

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QUOTES

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| content = <p align="justify">{{quote|text=''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.''|person=[[Percy Wilfred Machell|Lt. Col. P.W. Machell]], Commanding the Battalion|source=[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France]]}}{{quote|text=''For the first six months there was never a night that the C.O. did not go round the trenches. Not a casual walk round, but four or fives hours out…We had the name of being the best Infantry Battalion in France, among any of those who had to do with us.''|person=Major [[P. G. W. Diggle]], 2nd in Command|source=Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France}}

Read a selection of quotes from various source materials. The words offer a glimpse into the lives of the men and the sights they bore witness to first-hand. Quotes from the [[Lonsdale Battalion war diary|Battalion War Diary]] give a unique insight to the mundane duties of trench warfare, the horrors of battle and the praising of fellow brothers in the course of their duties.</p><span style="float:right;">[[Lonsdale Battalion quotes|The Lonsdale quotes]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[File:Quote right font awesome.svg|right|20px|link=Lonsdale Battalion quotes]]</span>{{clear}}

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| content = <p align="justify">Several Cumberland and Westmorland newspapers reported on the Lonsdales between 1914 &ndash; 1918. Reports on the war, notes of the week, the terrible conditions at the front, casualties and obituaries, to name a few provide the reader with a glimpse into a world where hardships were a fact of life, and the horrors of war and losing your friends were a daily routine. Here's one fine example of a chap writing home about his experience of being wounded.<hr>

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'''Lonsdales Wounded On Way To Trenches'''

Corporal J. Smith, [[Lonsdale Battalion|11th Borders]] in a letter to his parents on [[19 December|December 19th]], says: -<br>

Just a few lines to let you know that I have been wounded, but I am going on champion.

A piece of shrapnel went clean through my right thigh while I was going into the trenches with my mates. There were two of us knocked out at the same time. We had a bit of rotten luck that day, and the trenches are four feet deep with mud and water. It was very hard for us, seeing we were new to the place. I went through an operation on Wednesday night… They took the tube out of my wound today. I expect I’ll be sent home any time about Christmas… The doctors and nurses are very nice to the wounded. They will do anything to help you… How is everybody at Workington? Give my kind regards to all. |source=[[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]|date=Published [[24 December]], 1915}}

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Living day to day surrounded by death and the fear of never seeing loved ones again made the propaganda drive all the more effective as those at home learned about their sons and fathers fighting for the freedoms that many of us today take for granted. The press in recent times, however, enlighten us with stark reminders of bygone times and more often than not, heartwarming tributes of those who served over 100 years ago.</p><span style="float:right; padding-right:15px 15px;">[[Newspaper articles|Lonsdales in the press]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[File:Globe font awesome.svg|right|20px|link=Newspaper articles]]</span>{{clear}}