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    1. [ENG-WESTMORLAND] MANCHESTER TIMES, Friday, January 19, 1900 / BOER WAR.
    2. Barb Baker
    3. CALL TO ARMS. WESTMORLAND AND CUMBERLAND. The numbers of the Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry Cavalry, who have been mobilised at Penrith for service in South Africa, will be commanded by CAPTAIN W. H. PARKIN, of Lowther, son of MR. W. H. PARKIN, of Ravencrag, and the other officers who will be attached to the company are LIEUTENANT CLAUDE LOWTHER and LIEUTENANT HWFA WILLIAMS, cousins of LORD LONSDALE; LEIUTENANT G. ELLIOTT WOOD, and LIEUTENANT BEDDINGTON. CAPTAIN PARKIN and LIEUTENANT CLAUDE LOWTHER are the only officers who are members of the Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry, and the other three, who have seen service in South Africa, have been attached to the company.

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