Men from the 1/4 & 2/4 Border Regiment, who volunteered for active service in Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq), and were attached to the 1st Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. The War Diary of the 1st Oxford & Bucks LI, date 28th August 1915 states "Draft arrives". Included in the list are "(37) 1/4 Border Regt. & (15) 2/4 Border Regt." In the following months, more than half the soldiers died or were seriously injured in battle, most at Ctesiphon 22/11/1915. The remainder were later made POW's following the 147 day 'Siege of Kut' which fell on 29/04/1916. The plight of the prisoners is now well documented in military history. Very few lived to return to their Cumbrian homes. (Also included in this Community are four 1st Border soldiers who disembarked with the same draft.)
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Born 1887
Died 1916
British Army 200116 Private Border Regiment
British Army 1259 Private Border Regiment 1/4 Battalion (attached to 1st Oxford & Buck LI)
Born 1894
Died 1916
British Army 200771 Private Border Regiment 1/4th bord Battalion
British Army 200771 Private Border Regiment
British Army 2097 Private Border Regiment 1/4th bord Battalion
Born 1883
Died 1916
British Army 200562 Private Border Regiment
British Army 1810 Private Border Regiment 1/4 Battalion (att'd to 1st Oxford & Bucks LI)
Born 1887
Died 1917
British Army 8762 Private Border Regiment
British Army 8762 Private Border Regiment 1st Battalion
Born 1885
British Army 293134 Private Northumberland Fusiliers
British Army 2956 Private Border Regiment 2/4 Border Regiment ( attached to Oxford & Bucks LI)
British Army 7412 Lance Corporal Border Regiment
British Army 37502 Lance Corporql Royal Engineers
British Army A262527 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers
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Born 1893
British Army 1466 Private Border Regiment 4th Battalion (attached to Oxford & Bucks LI)
British Army 200245 Private Border Regiment 1/4 bord Battalion
Born 1894
Died 1915
British Army 1591 Private Border Regiment 4th Battalion
British Army 200344 Private Border Regiment 1/4 Battalion (attached to Oxford & Bucks LI)
Born 1890
Died 1962
British Army 1774 Private Border Regiment 1/4 battalion (attached to 1st Oxford & Bucks L.I.)
British Army 200496 Border Regiment
Born 1895
British Army 1465 Private Border Regiment 1/4 Battalion (attached to Oxford & Bucks LI)
Born 1890
Died 1927
British Army 2471 Private Border Regiment 2/4 Battalion (att't 1st Oxford & Bucks L.I)
Born 1882
Died 1950
British Army 68 Private Corporal Border Regiment 1/4th bord Battalion
British Army 200010 Private Corporal Border Regiment 1/4th bord Battalion
Born 1883
Died 1916
British Army 200562 Private Border Regiment
British Army 1849 Private Border Regiment 1/4th bord Battalion
British Army 1849, 200562 Private Border Regiment 1/4th bord Battalion
British Army 212532 Private Rifle Brigade
British Army 2063 Private Border Regiment 4th Battalion (attached to Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry)
British Army 1349 Private Border Regiment 4th battalion ( att'd to Oxford & Bucks L.I.)
British Army 200168 Acting Serjeant Border Regiment 4th battalion (attached to Oxford & Bucks L.I.)
Born 1895
British Army 210892 Private Hampshire Regiment
British Army 52601 Private Border Regiment
British Army 200215 Private Rifle Brigade
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Born 1892
British Army 201573 Private Border Regiment
British Army 2980 Private Border Regiment 4th Battalion (attached to Oxford & Bucks L.I.)
British Army 27976 Private Border Regiment 8th Border
British Army 27976 Private Border Regiment 7th Border
British Army 1216 Private Border Regiment 1/4 Border (attached to Oxford & Bucks LI)
British Army 201459 Private Border Regiment
British Army 2855 Private Border Regiment 2/4 Battalion (attached to Oxford & Bucks L.I.)