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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 11 May.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 11 May on The Great War wiki.
1915
- Lt-Col. Machell to Lord Lonsdale: “We had a tremendous crowd to see us off, but got here [ Prees Heath Camp ] all right. It is a good camp but I am worried about ground for training.” [1]
1916
- Battalion in isolation camp at Contay Wood (measles) involved in Divisional and Brigade manoeuvres, training and small working parties.[2] Training continues during the whole period of isolation.[3]
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 Please do not publish these extracts on other publicly visible media without prior permission from the copyright holder.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
- ↑ A group of soldiers (or prisoners) that are assigned to perform manual tasks or duties, for their own or other units.
- ↑ 11th Battalion War Diary, May 1916