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'''''The Lonsdale Battalion 1914–1918''''' is a comprehensive study relating to the formation of [[Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale]] |
'''''The Lonsdale Battalion 1914–1918''''' is a comprehensive study relating to the formation of [[Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale|Lord Lonsdale’s]] battalion for service with [[Kitchener's Army]]. This history reveals the battalion's early days of training, their arrival in France and Flanders, and eventual disbandment on [[31 July]] 1918. Contained within are eyewitness accounts and a full listing of the [[Lonsdale Battalion Roll of Honour]], which has been fully transcribed. In addition to this are extracts from ''[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale)]]'', furnishing the reader with a glimpse of original documentation contemporary with the war, and a selection of photographs of the young men who made up the battalion. A half-sized full-colour reproduction of the infamous "[[Are You a Man or a Mouse? (poster)|Are You a Man or Mouse]]" poster is included. |
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Colin's writing is also inspired by his poignant visit to the Somme Battlefields, and to [[Lonsdale Cemetery]] where buried and commemorated are 1,545 Commonwealth casualties (729 identified, and 816 unidentified), a number of Lonsdale men from the towns and villages of Cumberland and Westmorland. On the reverse cover of the book is Colin, pictured standing behind the grave of his relative, [[John Bardgett (15309)]], who is also the great grandfather of this website's creator and administrator. Many local people from Penrith and the surrounding area, the Border Regiment Museum at Carlisle, the Penrith Museum, and the families of the men who served in the Lonsdale Battalion are gratefully acknowledged for their help during the research of this book. |
Colin's writing is also inspired by his poignant visit to the Somme Battlefields, and to [[Lonsdale Cemetery]] where buried and commemorated are 1,545 Commonwealth casualties (729 identified, and 816 unidentified), a number of Lonsdale men from the towns and villages of Cumberland and Westmorland. On the reverse cover of the book is Colin, pictured standing behind the grave of his relative, [[John Bardgett (15309)]], who is also the great grandfather of this website's creator and administrator. Many local people from Penrith and the surrounding area, the Border Regiment Museum at Carlisle, the Penrith Museum, and the families of the men who served in the Lonsdale Battalion are gratefully acknowledged for their help during the research of this book. |
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