Quick Kendal WW1 one day trip guide (forum archive)

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Posted by plbramham » Sun Apr 27, 2014 2:33 pm	plbramham General Global moderator Posts: 1369
One day Kendal Border Regiment visit. I could actually give you a week long tour of Kendal and South Lakeland sites! e.g Milnthorpe, very important. On one day though, I would suggest the main things are: Parkside Road cemetery- lots of Border headstones. – see CWGC (Maybe leave the family at the nearby K Village shopping centre for an hour? So they don’t get bored!) Not far away, on the way back. Kendal parish church Border Regiment chapel. Kendal Border Regiment Roll of Honour in situ. Includes the Border roll of honour I helped to produce, memorials, plus the China dragon standard as in the middle of the regimental badge). Also a 55th (Westmoreland) Regiment Crimea memorial. Though large it’s rather hidden, see: Kendal Crimea war memorial to 55th Regiment. Obviously for churches, Saturdays not good - weddings, and of course not Sunday. Town centre / war memorial / Town Hall/ museum, Depending when you came, the WW1 exhibition may be on Kendal castle? Not really actually Border Regt but interesting? Though Border Regt did train up there for WW1 and previous Border volunteers and 55th Regt did camp in there when training see: Westmorland Volunteers 1865. WW1 exhibition in town Hall are dates: Town Hall: Monday 28th July to Saturday 9th August (not Sundays or evenings) then at Kendal Museum for four - five weeks depending on availability from 16th August. Cheers, Paul

Posted by kerchi » Sun Apr 27, 2014 6:05 pm	Kerchi Field-Marshal Administrator Posts: 2160 In memory of John Bardgett (15309 L/Cpl.) 11th Border Regiment Who died 1st July 1916.
I feel like I know these places from your posts and emails, however, they are no substitution for seeing the real deal and when I have time off after our move later in the year I might just have to complete one day tour!