Border Regiment Wiki

...all those who served in the Border Regiment during the Great War who trained and fought for a cause greater than their own, many whom paid the price with their lives. The men of the Border Regiment saw a great deal of action on many different fronts, having fought in France, Belgium, Austria, Italy, Macedonia and Turkey.

The regulars were battle hardened, the pals battalions learned a lot in a short space of time and and fought like regulars and the Pioneers continuously utilised their skills to benefit the many ongoing operations. This war, which changed the way future wars were fought, challenged mentally and physically, not only the ordinary fighting men, but also those who were leading them.

With any war, mistakes were made and even with such terrible and futile losses it would be worthwhile to take a little time to pay our respects for everything that was accomplished and believe that the fight for freedom, even at such high costs, was the right thing to do.

The Border Regiment Forum

If you have some spare time check out The Border Regiment Forum for further information. It has become a growing community with friendly folk who are always willing to answer questions (if they know the answers) and it's a great place to share your views.

Current projects

• Adding Border Regiment book information;
• Transcribing the Border Regiment Army Lists 1914-1918;
• Writing a WWI history of the 1st Battalion (last chapter on hold);
• Transcribing the 11th Battalion War Diary (on hold);
• Some general WWI articles / transcripts.

Long-term projects

• Writing histories of the Battalions during the Great War period;
• Transcribing any available war diaries;
• Transcribing any available newspaper articles.

Last completed projects

• Example of Border Regiment soldier's records;
• Transcribing the DCM (Distinguished Conduct Medal) Citations for the Border Regiment;
• History of the 9th Battalion at Salonika.

The new menu item Books brings together a comprehensive collection of books and other publications relating to, directly or indirectly, the 34th (Cumberland) and 55th (Westmorland) Regiments of Foot, the Border Regiment, and the King's Own Royal Border Regiment. There have been and still are many publications that give credit to the actions of the Border Regiment, however, and unfortunately, some of these have been out of print for many years and are now quite rare and highly collectible items. Publications of more recent times share the same passions and sentiments as their predecessors in providing diverse, truthful, powerful, energetic and sometimes disturbing, histories as their unique predecessors; for many people these texts bring home a new and unique view of the past.

About half of these publications are still available from online booksellers such as AbeBooks, Amazon and Naval and Military Press, Waterstones, Blackwells to name a few; the other half are out of print and mostly unavailable unless you are lucky enough to find one on an antiquarian bookshop, ebay (or other similar websites).

Each of the titles listed link to their respective pages where basic details such author, publisher, year of publication, no. of pages and ISBN numbers have been provided. Some pages will also give further details about the book and show an image either of the front cover or images from inside the book (usually from out-of-copyright books only).

If you own or have read, in whole or part, any of the books listed, this project would very much appreciate any help in providing information where it is needed! Also, please feel free to add any other publications you may find relating to the Border Regiment.

Kerchi 17:26, 31 January 2010 (UTC)