Formed at Penrith (HQ), Carlisle, Kendal & Workington on 17th September 1914 by the Earl of Lonsdale & an Executive Committee.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 843 recorded WW1 deaths for the 11th (Service) Battalion, Border Regiment, (Lonsdale).
BIRKETT, Dickinson Fisher. Private, 30153. 11th (Service) Battalion, (Lonsdale), Border Regiment. Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme, France. 12-01-1917. Age 26. Son of Mrs. Ann Birkett & the Late John Birkett of Cleator Moor. Husband of Margaret Birkett of High Street, Cleator Moor, Cumberland, UK.
Stone Inscription :- To Die For Those We Love Is Richer Far Than To Wear A Crown"
BIRKETT, J. Private, 13910. 11th (Service) Battalion, (Lonsdale), Border Regiment. Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuille Wood, Somme, France. 01-07-1916.
DALZELL, M. Private, 19565. 11th (Service) Battalion, (Lonsdale), Border Regiment. Waggon Road Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel, Somme, France. 18-11-1916. Age 28. Son of Isabelle Dalzell of Field View, Great Orton, Carlisle, UK. & the late William Dalzell.
DIXON, J.T. Lance Corporal, 24532. 11th (Service) Battalion, (Lonsdale), Border Regiment. Munich Trench British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel, Somme, France. 18-11-1916. Son of Mr. T. Dixon of Long Marton, Carlisle, UK.
HALL, R. Private, 27986. 11th (Service) Battalion, (Lonsdale), Border Regiment. Waggon Road Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel, Somme, France. 18-11-1916.
PAYNE, A. Company Serjeant Major, 13390. 11th (Service) Battalion, (Lonsdale), Border Regiment. Lonsdale Cemetery, Authuile, Somme, France. 01-07-1916.
TAYLOR, Clarence Stanley. Corporal, 13494. 11th (Service) Battalion, (Lonsdale), Border Regiment. Waggon Road Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel, Somme, France. 18-11-1916. Age 23. Son of Hannah Greenhow of Helvellyn Street, Keswick, Cumbria, UK.
THOMPSON, A. Private, 16272. 11th (Service) Battalion, (Lonsdale), Border Regiment. Authuile Military Cemetery, Somme, France. 05-06-1916. Age 20. Son of James & Catherine Thompson of Stainburn, Workington, Cumberland, UK.
Stone Inscription :- "Though Death Divides Fond Memory Clings".
THOMPSON, L. Private, 28007. 11th (Service) Battalion, (Lonsdale), Border Regiment. Waggon Road Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel, Somme, France. 18-11-1916.
WALKER, (MM). Alfred. Serjeant, 13478. "C" Company, 11th (Service) Battalion, (Lonsdale), Border Regiment. Bienvillers Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. 23-04-1918. Age 21. Son of John & Sarah Walker of Bank Terrace, Bowness-on-Windermere, UK. Stone Inscription :- "Thy Will Be Done ".
Military Medal.
WRIGHT, Harold George. Private, 27840. 11th (Service) Battalion, (Lonsdale), Border Regiment. Munich Trench British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel, Somme, France. 18-11-1916. Age 25. Son of the late Alfred & Hannah Wright of Sutton Lakes, Hereford, UK.