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A great deal can be learned from reading newspaper articles at a time of war. Throughout the First World War local and national newspapers were buzzing with stories from the front line, reporting on the happenings overseas, good or bad. On many occasions the news brought a shocking blow to the morale but there were also times of celebration, if only for short periods of time. One such minor occasion, a celebration amongst the Lonsdales, was the delivery of a football to the men on the front line, something the Chaplain had asked for to help with morale. In response he wrote:
{{Quote-news|text=Please accept my grateful thanks for sending a football for {{D Company}}, 11th Borders. I hope we shall soon be having some inter-Company matches in the Lonsdale Battalion, when D Company, which is noted for its forcefulness and dash, will, no doubt, do as well in the football field as it is doing in the trenches. If you want to see some real ‘muddied oafs’ come here when D Company comes out of the trenches – but they are merry still. Believe me, very heartily yours.|source=Rev. J. W. Crosse|date=[[3 January]], 1916}}
Conversely, propaganda and censorship was commonplace under such circumstances. What actually happened on the battlefields wasn't always reported accurately, or even at all. Yet advertisements, films and the daily reports that portrayed the [[
Many of the articles here are short, just one or two lines, some are quite lengthy. They provide a glimpse into what was happening in the trenches, the battlefields, the hospitals and also at home. Some stories are almost comical in nature, whilst some are descriptive and some heartfelt.
==Border country newspapers==
There are several Cumberland and Westmorland newspapers that tell the stories of the Lonsdales from its formation in 1914 through to their [[
The following newspapers contain Lonsdale Battalion articles spanning a combined five year period. The current number of articles/snippets are shown in brackets.
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