Lonsdale Battalion on this day...
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On this day, 3 July[edit | edit source | hide | hide all]
1916 (Monday)[edit | edit source | hide]
- Battalion withdraws to Crucifix Corner dug-out.
- Deaths: Sydney Caddy (13841 Pte.) / Edmund Lawrence Dixon (15031 Pte.) / Howard Nicholson (13402) / James Dixon Nicholson (17488) / John William Pillans (15502)
1917 (Tuesday)[edit | edit source | hide]
- Battalion remains in the line. There is fairly heavy shelling of left communication trench and Pont Pastre, which is hit in two or three places. Remainder of the day is quiet.
- Deaths: George Edward Bland (27346 Pte.) / James McEvoy (20170) [note 1]
1918 (Wednesday)[edit | edit source | hide]
- Battalion training continues with 1st Battalion, 130th Infantry Regiment (33rd American Division) at Ailly-le-Haut-Clocher.[note 2]
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