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In this gallery is a small collection of images of the Battalion's other ranks, from a small booklet titled The Lonsdale Battalion Border Regiment, September 1914 to June 1915 ^[1]^[2]
The original booklet contains six additional pages of introductory text. It mentions the early formation where Hugh Lowther, the 5th Earl of Lonsdale and the Executive Committee decide to raise the "Lonsdale Battalion" in three detachments: Carlisle, Kendal and Workington.^[3] Included also is the move to Blackhall Racecourse, which later became Battalion HQ, the appointments of the Battalion's Commanding Officer 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."

Officers · NCO's · Other Ranks · Groups · Early Days (training) · Newspapers · Cap Badges · Headstones · Lowther Castle

Squad of recruits
Squad of recruits
Parade of recruits
Parade of recruits
Early group
Early group
Early recruits of C Company^[4]
Pte. Billy Wilson of Orton
Pte. Herbert Copeland
Pte. William Copeland
Frederick Francis, B Company
Pte. Richard Hartness
Pte. Thomas Hartness
The Watt Brothers of Skelton
Pte. William Nash of Orton
Pte. Robert Coates of Orton
Four 'Pals' from Orton
L/Cpl. Tom Moffat of Shap
Joseph Hebson Taylor of Orton
Physical drill
Aiming drill
Bayonet training
Bayonet training
Digging entrenchments
Medical detention room
Battalion cooks
Dining hall
Hut in the lines
On parade
D Company
Bugles and drums
Bugles and drums
Route march through Carlisle
Route march through Carlisle
Route march through Carlisle
Route march through Carlisle
Route march through Carlisle
Transport presented by Lord Lonsdale
Football group
Football group
Representative group
Inspection by Lord Lonsdale

References / notes

↑ Images courtesy of Kevin Johnstone.
↑ These images are digital copies of scans. They have been cropped slightly to remove the white border of the page.
↑ There were four companies in the three detachments:
A and B Companies from East and North Cumberland were based at Blackhall Racecourse in Carlisle,

C Company from Westmorland was based at Kendal, and

D Company from West Cumberland was based at Workington.
↑ A group photo of some early recruits, from left to right: Front row: L/Sgt. Kirkby, Pte. Christopher Thwaites, Pte. Herbert Harrison and L/Cpl. William Wilkinson. Back row: Pte. Billy Schofield, Sgt. Gilbert Thomas Hogg and Pte. Freddy Haddrick.

[1] Images courtesy of Kevin Johnstone.

[2] These images are digital copies of scans. They have been cropped slightly to remove the white border of the page.

[3] There were four companies in the three detachments:
A and B Companies from East and North Cumberland were based at Blackhall Racecourse in Carlisle,

C Company from Westmorland was based at Kendal, and

D Company from West Cumberland was based at Workington.

[4] A group photo of some early recruits, from left to right: Front row: L/Sgt. Kirkby, Pte. Christopher Thwaites, Pte. Herbert Harrison and L/Cpl. William Wilkinson. Back row: Pte. Billy Schofield, Sgt. Gilbert Thomas Hogg and Pte. Freddy Haddrick.

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+File:Billy Wilson of Orton.jpg|Pte. Billy Wilson of Orton
+File:Herbert Copeland of Workington.jpg|Pte. Herbert Copeland
+File:William Copeland.jpg|Pte. William Copeland
+File:Frederick Francis, 7th Platoon, B Company.jpg|Frederick Francis, B Company
+File:Richard Hartness (19506 Private).jpg|Pte. Richard Hartness
+File:Thomas Hartness (17555 Private).jpg|Pte. Thomas Hartness
+File:The Watt Brothers of Skelton.jpg|The Watt Brothers of Skelton
+File:William David Nash of Orton.jpg|Pte. William Nash of Orton
+File:Robert Coates of Orton.jpg|Pte. Robert Coates of Orton
+File:Four Pals from Orton.jpg|Four 'Pals' from Orton
+File:Lance Corporal Tom Moffat of Shap.jpg|L/Cpl. Tom Moffat of Shap
+File:Joseph Hebson Taylor of Orton.jpg|Joseph Hebson Taylor of Orton
 File:Physical_drill.jpg|Physical drill
 File:Aiming_drill.jpg|Aiming drill