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 The following quotes are by the Commanding Officer of the Lonsdale Battalion, Lt-Col. Percy Wilfred Machell.
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-{{Quote|text=Owing to the impossibility of obtaining at once sufficient blankets, underclothing, and necessaries, Recruiting Officers are requested to inform all recruits that they are recommended to take with them the following articles , which will be taken over if serviceable and paid for according to valuation of the prescribed government rates. Each recruit: Blankets 2 or 3. Clothing 2 pairs of boots and laces, 1 pair woollen drawers, 1 cardigan, waistcoat or jersey. Necessaries 1 pair braces, 1 hairbrush, 1 shaving and 1 toothbrush, 1 comb, 1 knife, 1 fork, 1 spoon, 1 razor, 2 flannel shirts, 3 pairs of sock, 2 towels.|person=[[Percy Wilfred Machell|P. W. Machell]], [[21 September]] 1914|source=The Lonsdale Battalion of the Border Regiment - Timeline/Chronology September 1914 - May 1915. Record Number DLONS/L/13/13/2.<ref>Copyright archive material is reproduced here with kind permission of Jim Lowther and is not available under the license of this site.</ref> }}
+{{Quote|text=Owing to the impossibility of obtaining at once sufficient blankets, underclothing, and necessaries, Recruiting Officers are requested to inform all recruits that they are recommended to take with them the following articles , which will be taken over if serviceable and paid for according to valuation of the prescribed government rates. Each recruit: Blankets 2 or 3. Clothing 2 pairs of boots and laces, 1 pair woollen drawers, 1 cardigan, waistcoat or jersey. Necessaries 1 pair braces, 1 hairbrush, 1 shaving and 1 toothbrush, 1 comb, 1 knife, 1 fork, 1 spoon, 1 razor, 2 flannel shirts, 3 pairs of sock, 2 towels.|person=[[Percy Wilfred Machell|P. W. Machell]], [[21 September]] 1914|source=Timeline/Chronology of the Lonsdale Battalion (September 1914 - May 1915). Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/2}}
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+{{quote|text=Thanks to the Executive Committee and other patriotic gentlemen at Kendal, Carlisle & Workington we have been able to start long before our central camp could be ready. One thing we will not do & that is ask a man to come to us before we are ready to make him comfortable.
-{{Quote|text=I have to act drill-sergeant and buck and bark vociferously to get up a high standard….Men take the talking well. It is much better than punishing….Far better make a man than break him.|person=[[Percy Wilfred Machell|P.W. Machell]], Commanding Officer|source=[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In England]]}}
+When a man joins the Lonsdale Battalion he is taking a wise step. [[Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale|Lord Lonsdale]], whose name we are proud to bear, has lent us marquees, stoves, cookers, & is helping us in every way. We are a battalion of "Pals", men from different localities in the two Counties soldiering together in sections, platoons and companies. – Officers, Non-Commissioned officers & men, we are all soldiers; badges and stripes do not imply social superiority, but merely indicate our jobs. We are all rungs upon the same ladder. Officers are no good without the rank and file, and the rank and file are no good without the officers.
+If I am the Commanding Officer, it is not because I am a better man than anyone else, but because I have been a soldier, & know what I have got to do. True discipline is based on the genuine cooperation of all ranks, and we have all of us joined with the one idea. We are out for King & Country and each has got to do his best.
+There will have to be a lot of drill at first, because drill means system, & we cannot do without it, but drill is not the end, it is only the beginning. On top of drill will come the big thing, the development of the soldier’s sense of duty, the soldier spirit. Once we have got this, everything comes easy, hardship & danger, it is all Duty, and we will do our duty for all we are worth.
+As we have written on our posters, the men of Westmorland & Cumberland will enlist together & fight together, & I look with confidence to the Lonsdale Battalion becoming one of the finest fighting regiments in the British Army.<ref>{{Lowther|recno=42}} [[Percy Wilfred Machell|Lt-Col. Machell]] in correspondence to the Cumberland & Westmorland Territorial Forces’ Association.</ref>|person=[[Percy Wilfred Machell|P.W. Machell]]|source=Timeline/Chronology of the Lonsdale Battalion (September 1914 - May 1915). Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/42}}
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+{{Quote|text=I have to act drill-sergeant and buck and bark vociferously to get up a high standard….Men take the talking well. It is much better than punishing….Far better make a man than break him.|person=[[Percy Wilfred Machell|P.W. Machell]], [[30 September]] 1914|source=[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In England]]}}
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 {{Quote|text=Very good moving on gradually, so the men get used to billeting; it’s a big change for these lads, accustomed to having everything done for them. Their minds move slowly and they think it’s still training; so far we have got along first rate, much better than others. Spring-Rice<ref>Lieut. [[Gerald Spring-Rice]], the Transport Officer of the Battalion, was killed on [[26 May|26th May]] 1916 by a spent bullet. He was 52 years of age.</ref> very good at getting the transport along.|person=[[Percy Wilfred Machell|P. W. Machell]], [[25 November]] 1915|source=[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France]]}}
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