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Colonel The Right Hon. The Earl of Lonsdale
Lt-Col. P.W. Machell, CMG, Commanding Officer of the Battalion
Lt-Col. P.W. Machell, CMG
Major P.G.W. Diggle, 2nd in Command
Major W.W.R. Binning, V.D., Acting 2nd in Command
Capt. T.H. Hodgkinson, A Company
2nd Lieut. J. B. Lowthian, Battalion machine gun officer^[1]
Gerald Spring-Rice, Esq., Hon. Sec. Executive Committee
Lieut. William Sibson Barnes, D Company
Capt. Colin Selwyn Brown
Capt. C. Clart, B Company
Capt. Alfred Edward Corbett, D Company
Capt. Alec John Dawson, D Company
Lieut. J.F. Dawson, Quartermaster
2nd Lieut. Guy Pierce Dunstan, A Company
Lt-Col. P.W. Machell, CMG
Officers of the Battalion
Officers and Company Staff of C Company
Brig-Gen. Collins, inspecting the trenches
Capt. Rivington's Motor
Lord Lonsdale inspecting the Battalion
Lord Lonsdale inspecting the Battalion^[2]

References / notes

↑ 2nd Lieut. J.B. Lowthian is pictured with his sisters, Nora and Gertrude, of the Red Cross.
↑ Lord Lonsdale in full service uniform inspecting the Battalion with (from left to right): Major P. G. W. Diggle, Capt. Smith, Brigadier General Collings and Lt-Col. Machell (to the right of Lord Lonsdale).

[1] 2nd Lieut. J.B. Lowthian is pictured with his sisters, Nora and Gertrude, of the Red Cross.

[2] Lord Lonsdale in full service uniform inspecting the Battalion with (from left to right): Major P. G. W. Diggle, Capt. Smith, Brigadier General Collings and Lt-Col. Machell (to the right of Lord Lonsdale).

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-In this gallery is a small collection of images of Battalion officers, from a small booklet titled ''[[The Lonsdale Battalion Border Regiment, September 1914 to June 1915]]'' <ref>Images courtesy of Kevin Johnstone.</ref><ref>These images are digital copies of scans. They have been cropped slightly to remove the white border of the page.</ref><br>
-The original booklet contains [[The Lonsdale Battalion - an introduction#September 1914 to June 1915|six additional pages of introductory text]]. It mentions the early formation where [[Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale|Hugh Lowther, the 5th Earl of Lonsdale]] and the Executive Committee decide to raise the "Lonsdale Battalion" in three detachments: Carlisle, Kendal and Workington.<ref>There were four companies in the three detachments:
-:A and B Companies from East and North Cumberland were based at [[Blackhall Camp|Blackhall Racecourse]] in Carlisle,
-:C Company from Westmorland was based at Kendal, and
-:D Company from West Cumberland was based at Workington.</ref> Included also is the move to [[Blackhall Racecourse]], which later became Battalion HQ, the appointments of the Battalion's Commanding Officer [[Percy Wilfred Machell|P.W. Machell]] and the Captain and Adjutant, [[P. G. W. Diggle]]. High praise for the effectiveness of the Battalion was the order of the day where:
-:"...the foundations of the Battalion were well and truly laid in a spirit of practical patriotism, with every consideration for local feeling and good comradeship, and for the democratic ideals of the twentieth century worker. During these formative days of the Battalion’s earliest history it became clear to everyone in the Border Counties that this really was a Battalion of 'Pals,' of comrades, and of Border men. From its Commanding Officer to the last joined recruit, all ranks worked together with a will, and in the friendliest spirit of unity, to make a Battalion which should eventually prove itself to be worthy of the best traditions of the British Army."
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 File:Colonel The Right Hon. Earl of Lonsdale.jpg|[[Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale|Colonel The Right Hon. The Earl of Lonsdale]]
 File:Percy Wilfred Machell 01.jpg|[[Percy Wilfred Machell|Lt-Col. P.W. Machell]], CMG, Commanding Officer of the Battalion
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 File:Dawson, J. F. (Quartermaster)-a.jpg|Lieut. J.F. Dawson, Quartermaster
 File:Dunstan, Guy Pierce (2nd Lieutenant)-a.jpg|2nd Lieut. Guy Pierce Dunstan, A Company
 File:Percy Wilfred Machell, Commanding the Battalion.jpg|Lt-Col. P.W. Machell, CMG