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==1915== |
==1915== |
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*[[Percy Wilfred Machell|Col. Machell]] to [[Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale|Lord Lonsdale]]: {{quote-left}}Received 600 badges with 1000 [?] badges perfect for caps total with depot 1600. Unsuitable for shoulder where usual Border badge must be worn. Suggest hundred extra |
*[[Percy Wilfred Machell|Lt-Col. Machell]] to [[Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale|Lord Lonsdale]]: {{quote-left}}Received 600 badges with 1000 [?] badges perfect for caps total with depot 1600. Unsuitable for shoulder where usual Border badge must be worn. Suggest hundred extra....to supply officers’ collars if darkened locally.{{quote-right}} <ref>{{lowther|recno=279}}</ref> |
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*{{quote-left}}An order to equalise the distribution of |
*{{quote-left}}An order to equalise the distribution of [[Rifle]]s, so that each Coy may have 100....Rifles will be handed over clean and in good order.{{quote-right}} <ref name="lowther135">{{lowther|recno=135}}</ref> |
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*Inoculations that recommenced on [[8 January]] are to be resumed [[12 January]].<ref name="lowther135" /> |
*Inoculations that recommenced on [[8 January]] are to be resumed [[12 January]].<ref name="lowther135" /> |
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*Enlistments of the following [[private]]s:<ref name="lowther135" /> |
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*John McGenn (17472) |
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*W.H. Holliday (17473) |
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*G.B. McHolm (17474) |
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*Thomas Kidd (17475) |
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*Joseph Turner (17476) |
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*Robert Ross (17477) |
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*John Kidd (17478) |
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*J.G. Westgarth (17479) |
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*A.E. Watson (17480) |
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*William Little (17481) |
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*W. Thompson (17482) |
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*Thomas Bell (17420) |
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*McLaughlin (17421) |
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*F.W. Hogg (17422) |
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*M. Brannan (17482) |
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*T. Parkinson (17483) |
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*John Magee (17485) |
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*Jacob Walker (17486) |
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*George Bepple (17487) |
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*J.D. Nicholson (17488) |
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*John Rutherford (17489) |
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*Promotions to [[Sergeant]]: T.W. Hodgkinson (13320), W. Richardson (13326), A. Moffatt (13685), F. Coates (13247), J.B. Holgate (13446), A.E. Ruddick (13216), J. Smith (13482), S.W. Kirby (13201), G.P. McCumiskey (13277).<ref name="lowther135" /> |
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*Discharges: William Campbell, Fred Woodburn, Pte. J. Donoghue (13911).<ref name="lowther135" /> |
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==1916== |
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==1917== |
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*3 Companies of the Battalion occupies the front line near Serre; one Company remains in Support.<ref name="wdjan17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, January 1917]]</ref> |
*3 Companies of the [[Battalion]] occupies the front line near Serre; one [[Company]] remains in Support.<ref name="wdjan17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, January 1917]]</ref> |
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*Enemy actively shells system of [[trench|trenches]].<ref name="wdjan17" /> |
*Enemy actively shells system of [[trench|trenches]].<ref name="wdjan17" /> |
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*Battalion situated at Tournehem involved in defensive training and Lewis |
*Battalion situated at Tournehem involved in defensive training and [[Lewis gun]]s on range.<ref name="wdjan18">[[11th Battalion War Diary, January 1918]]</ref> |
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Revision as of 13:38, 18 June 2017
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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 11 January.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 11 January on The Great War wiki.
1915
- Lt-Col. Machell to Lord Lonsdale: “Received 600 badges with 1000 [?] badges perfect for caps total with depot 1600. Unsuitable for shoulder where usual Border badge must be worn. Suggest hundred extra....to supply officers’ collars if darkened locally.” [1]
- “An order to equalise the distribution of Rifles, so that each Coy may have 100....Rifles will be handed over clean and in good order.” [2]
- Inoculations that recommenced on 8 January are to be resumed 12 January.[2]
- Enlistments of the following privates:[2]
- John McGenn (17472)
- W.H. Holliday (17473)
- G.B. McHolm (17474)
- Thomas Kidd (17475)
- Joseph Turner (17476)
- Robert Ross (17477)
- John Kidd (17478)
- J.G. Westgarth (17479)
- A.E. Watson (17480)
- William Little (17481)
- W. Thompson (17482)
- Thomas Bell (17420)
- McLaughlin (17421)
- F.W. Hogg (17422)
- M. Brannan (17482)
- T. Parkinson (17483)
- John Magee (17485)
- Jacob Walker (17486)
- George Bepple (17487)
- J.D. Nicholson (17488)
- John Rutherford (17489)
1916
- In the F1 sector near Aveluy. One man is wounded.[3]
1917
1918
- Battalion situated at Tournehem involved in defensive training and Lewis guns on range.[5]
References / notes
Material from Timeline/Chronology of the Lonsdale Battalion (September 1914 - May 1915) are sourced from the DLONS/L/13/13 Lowther Estate Archives. Entries from this timeline are reproduced here with kind permission of Jim Lowther and are not available under the license of this site. Please do not publish these extracts on other publicly visible media without prior permission from the copyright holder.
- ↑ Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/279
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/135
- ↑ 11th Battalion War Diary, January 1916
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 11th Battalion War Diary, January 1917
- ↑ 11th Battalion War Diary, January 1918