11 November

Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 11 November.
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1914 (Wednesday)

Lt-Col. Machell telegram: "Enlist up to fifteen at Appleby if quite exceptionally good but tell them we are now only taking the best to replace a few undesirables. 305 should be extreme limit as A and B companies now complete and West Cumberland men pouring in for D as result march." ^[1]
Lt-Col. Machell’s telegram to D Company: "Strength D Company yesterday night 219 so do not require more than 50 altogether please make certain of only sending best men and then open waiting list." ^[1]
Route march of one sergeant, two corporals and 40 privates of B Company through Brampton.^[2]
Two men are recruited at Penrith.
Enlistments: William Bell (16441 Pte.), Thomas Haycroft (16362 Pte.) and George William Jackson (17331 Pte.)

Lord Lonsdale travels to Codford Camp in Wiltshire to bid farewell to his men, which have been ordered to France.
Codford Camp: Lord Lonsdale speaks to the men and inspects a parade as they march by.

Battalion situated at La Vicogne involved in general parades.
Brigadier General Jardine meets all officers of 97th Brigade; Lonsdale officers meet under the commanding officer for tactical scheme.
Pte. James Smith (15507) dies of wounds (home).

Battalion situated in the Winnezeele Area march to 'Road Camp' at 8.18am. Arrive 12 noon.

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Various sources contemporary to the war have been used to compile The Lonsdale Battalion On This Day. The majority of the events shown on this day (11 November), including any supplementary notes, enlistments and statistical data etc., have been primarily sourced from the Lonsdale Battalion War Diary (November 1915 to June 1918), Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) and abridged material from Timeline and Chronology of the Lonsdale Battalion (September 1914 - May 1915), which are sourced from the original DLONS/L/13/13 Lowther Estate Archives. Events from that chronology are reproduced here with kind permission of Jim Lowther (2016). They are identified and referenced separately by their unique DLONS numbers. Please do not publish these events without prior permission from the Lowther Estate. All casualty names, numbers, ranks, date of deaths and places of burial/commemoration have been sourced from Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19, Volume 39, The Border Regiment and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database respectively.