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==1915 (Monday)==
*[[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>
*{{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>
*Inoculations that recommenced on [[8 January]] are to be resumed [[12 January]].<ref name="lowther135" />
*Twenty one new recruits enlist in the battalion.<ref group="lower-alpha">The following men enlisted into the Battalion:
*Enlistments of the following [[private]]s:<ref name="lowther135" />
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*John McGenn (17472)
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*J.D. Nicholson (17488)
*John Rutherford (17489)
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*Eight promotions to the rank of [[Sergeant]] take place.<ref group="lower-alpha">The following men were promoted to the the rank of [[Sergeant]]:
*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" />
*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)
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==1916 (Tuesday)==
*Aveluy: In the F1 sector near Aveluy. One man is wounded.<ref name="wdjan16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, January 1916]]</ref>
 
==1917 (Thursday)==
*3Three 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>
*Enemy actively shells[[shell]]s the system of [[trench|trenches]].<ref name="wdjan17" />
 
==1918 (Friday)==
*Battalion situated at Tournehem: involvedInvolved in defensive training and [[Lewis gun]]s on range.<ref name="wdjan18">[[11th Battalion War Diary, January 1918]]</ref>
 
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