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A Soldier of the Border Regiment
Remembered with Honour

Lonsdale Battalion Roll of Honour

Full Name	John Bardgett
Nickname(s)	Jack
Rank (highest)	Lance Corporal
Service Number	15309
Company	B Company
Battalion	11th Battalion
Regiment	Border Regiment
Enlisted / Commissioned	Appleby, Westmorland
Theatre(s) of War	France
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Medals	Victory Medal · British War Medal · 1914–15 Star
Service Records	Destroyed during the Blitz of the Second World War
Born	28 December, 1889 – Carlisle, Cumberland, England
Nationality	British (English)
Former Employment	Labourer for the Appleby Corporation
Spouse(s)	Alice Ellison (m. 16 July 1912)
Children	William Edward Bardgett
Parents	Edward Bardgett and Hannah Bardgett (nee Bell)
Sibling(s)	None
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Residence(s)	11 Chapel Street, Appleby, Westmorland
Casualty Type	Commonwealth War Dead
Died	1 July, 1916 – Authuille, Somme, France
Age	27
Cause of Death	Killed in Action
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Resting Place	Lonsdale Cemetery
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Images	John Bardgett in 1914 John in uniform in studio type photograph John's obituary from 1917 Notification of burial Lonsdale Cemetery
Biography Family background John’s father, a Railway Relief signalman working on the Settle to Carlisle line, had the fortune of having a job working for one of the larger railway companies, either Midland Railway or London and North Western Railway. This had one drawback, to relocate to wherever the work was available. This meant on occasion having to travel greater distances, although it is highly possibly he remained in the north of England. Due to such occupational circumstances the family moved from town to town living in at least three different counties: Durham, Yorkshire and Westmorland, which they did from the time of their marriage and birth of their first son Thomas in 1872, to the birth of their last child Lizzie in 1890. They were just like any other family of the time, trying to get by the best way they could. By 1891 John, only two years old was living with the whole family at 74 South Street in Carlisle. Within ten years the family had relocated to Appleby where only John and his older sister Minnie were the only dependant siblings living at ‘Belgravia’ in Bongate. Belgravia was a row of houses by the Appleby–Kendal railway line and lived in specifically by railway workers at the time. Today, modern housing is located on the plot where the original houses used to stand. Nothing of the original houses remain. His father, Edward Bardgett, died in 1904 when John was only 15 years old and it was up to his mother, Hannah to keep the family together. By this time though, only John and Mary remained at home. Thomas, their eldest son had married in 1900 and moved to Settle, north Yorkshire and started his own family; James and sister Sarah both followed suit and married their respective partners also in 1900; James living in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire and Sarah remaining in Westmorland. Tragically, Mary Elizabeth died one month after she was born and Lizzie had also died, three years after she was born. Little is known about John’s other sisters Minnie and Mary. By 1901 Minnie had not yet married and Mary possibly stayed in Appleby; some of her descendants still living there to this day. John remained in Appleby as he was growing up. Eventually he found love in the eyes of a local girl, Alice Ellison, and this was to be the start of what was a happy, but short, life together. Alice was two years his junior, born on the 19 September, 1891. Almost one month later on 16 October she was christened in the parish church of Saint Lawrence, Appleby; incidentally the same church in which they were married, 16 July, 1912. John had been working for the Appleby Corporation (the local council) as a labourer. He and Alice lived for a while at 11 Chapel Street, the road connecting it (and several others, High Weind, Doomgate and Scattergate where many other ancestors have lived) to Holme Street where his son would end up living most of his life. Only four weeks a married man – John was no more than 22 years old – his son William Edward Bardgett was born at ‘High Weind’ on the 13 August, 1912. John was family man with a young son and within two short years would make a life-changing decision to join one of Lord Kitchener’s New Army Battalions. On 17 September 1914, approval of the Army Council was given and an Executive Committee was formed where Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale and the Executive Committee decided to raise the "Lonsdale Battalion" in three detachments: Carlisle, Kendal and Workington. It was at this point that John enlisted in this new local battalion and spent the next year training at Blackhall Racecourse. On 3 December 1914, the War Office conveyed that the Lonsdale Battalion was officially to become known as the 11th (Service) Battalion, Border Regiment (Lonsdale). A 'Pals' Battalion. Obituary Lance-Corpl. Bardgett, Appleby. Above we give the picture of Lance-Corpl. John Bardgett, of 11 Chapel Street, Appleby, who was reported missing some months ago, and whose death is now confirmed. Lance-Corporal Bardgett, who was in the Border Regiment, was a workman in the employ of the Appleby Corporation. The Rev. A.J.W. Crosse, chaplain, has written Mrs Bardgett: "I think it will be some consolation to you to know that among the bodies lately found on the battlefield and buried was that of your dear lad. A troop of cavalry attended the burial in the cemetery where most of the men in the same regiment rest. A wooden cross bears his name at the head of the grave. I send you his disc with my deepest sympathy. He died a brave death for his country, and lies near the spot where he so gloriously fell." —Cumberland and Westmorland Herald, Published sometime in 1917.
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