Kitchener New Army Battalion, (K3). Formed at Carlisle in September 1914.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 873 recorded WW1 deaths for the 8th (Service) Battalion, Border Regiment.
BARNES, John Christpher Craven. Captain. 8th (Service) Battalion, Border Regiment. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi Pas-de-Calais, France. 29-05-1916. Age 22. Son of Lieutenant Colonel Henry John Barnes & Nellie Ross Barnes (nee Hyland) of Greencroft, Colyton, Devon, UK.
Stone Inscription :- "Have Mercy On Me O God According To Thy Loving Kindness".
JONES, (MM+Bar). J.R. Private, 15153. 8th (Service) Battalion, Border Regiment. Meteren Military Cemetery, Nord, France. 19-04-1918. Age 22. Son of the late John R. & Mary A. Jones of Branthwaite, Cockermouth, Cumbria, UK.
Stone Inscription :- " Greater Love Hath No Man This".
Military Medal & Bar.
KING, William Elliot. Private, 25347. 8th (Service) Battalion, Border Regiment. Tyne Cot Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. 09-09-1917. Age 34. Husband of Emma King of Leamington Road, Blackburn, Lancashire, UK.
TAYLOR J. Private, 14355. 8th (Service) Battalion, Border Regiment. Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. 22-03-1918.
Stone Inscription :- "Their Glory Shall Not Be Blotted Out".
TURNBULL, (MC). Maxwell. Captain. 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Attached To :- 8th (Service) Battalion, Border Regiment. Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. 18-10-1918. Age 27. Son of David & Isabella Beattie Turnbull of Ellock, Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire, UK. Born 1891. Educated at Mennock School. Remmbered on Mennock War Memorial, Dumfriesshire. Brother of Lieutenant Adam Turnbull born 1894. Stone Inscription :- "Be Ye Also Ready".