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The Border Regiment can be traced back to 1702.
Battalions during the Great War.
- 1st Battalion
- 2nd Battalion
- 3rd (Reserve) Battalion
- 4th (Cumberland and Westmoreland) Battalion
- 2/4th (Cumberland and Westmoreland) Battalion
- 5th (Cumberland) Battalion
- 2/5th (Cumberland) Battalion
- 3/4th Battalion
- 3/5th Battalions
- 6th (Service) Battalion
- 7th (Service) Battalion
- 8th (Service) Battalion
- 9th (Service) Battalion (Pioneers)
- 10th (Reserve) Battalion
- 11th (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale)
- 12th (Reserve) Battalion
- 13th Battalion
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List of those who served with Border Regiment during the Great War.
- L/Cpl. Joseph Henry Bentley 6th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Cpl. Robert Robinson Heap 6th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Pte. Christopher Edward Jones 2nd Btn. (d.26th Oct 1914) Read their Story.
- Pte. John Sim 6th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917)
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Pte. Christopher Edward Jones 2nd Btn. Border Regiment (d.26th Oct 1914)
My Grandad's brother Christopher Edward Jones also served in the Great War but sadly was killed 26th October 1914. He was with the 2nd Btn Border Regiment. His wife Rosina and son are in the picture also grandmother (wife of Alfred) and his 2 children. Christopher Edward Jones is remembered at the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial.
H.C. Wylly
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