Cap Badge - 11th Battalion, Border Regiment (Lonsdale) aka The Lonsdale Pals Battalion, 11th (Service) Battalion Border Regiment This badge was sold by Jim Purdy for $810.00 on e-Bay in the Spring/Summer of 2017. This badge was deemed irrelevant to the museum. The money was used to purchase relevant badges for the collection. Brass badge in the form of an heraldic griffin below which are two interlinked decorative scrolls bearing the inscriptions (respectively): 'ELEVENTH BATTALION' and 'BORDER REGIMENT'. The 11th (Lonsdale) Battalion, The Border Regiment was raised in Penrith, Carlisle, Kendal and Workington on 17 September 1914 by the Earl of Lonsdale and an Executive Committee. They trained at Carlisle Racecourse. In May 1915 they moved to Prees Heath and joined 97th Brigade in 32nd Division. In June 1915 they moved to Wensleydale and then to Fovant in August. The Battalion was adopted by the War Office on the 27th of August 1915. They proceeded to Framce and landed at Boulogne on the 23rd of November 1915. They saw action at The Battle of the Somme in 1916, Operations on the Ancre and the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line in 1917. In early 1918 they were in action on The Somme. On the 10th of May 1918 the Battalion was reduced to cadre strength, with surplus men being transferred to 1/5th Bn. On the 13 May the remainder of the Battalion transferred to the 66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division and on the 31st of July 1918 the 11th Battalion was absorbed by 1/5th Bn.