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==1914 (Saturday)==
*[[Battalion]] strength at: 19 officers, 1088 [[other ranks]], 15 paid instructors.<ref>{{lowther|recno=129}}</ref>
===Western Front===
*Nominal roll of {{D Company}} with dates of promotion.<ref>{{lowther|recno=191}}</ref>
*[[Galicia]]: Austro-German counter-offensive from [[Hungary]] begins; the [[Dukla Pass]] carried and the Russians at [[Cracow]] threatened.
 
===Southern Front===
==1915 (Sunday)==
*[[Serbia]]: Austrians utterly defeated, re-cross the [[Drina]].
*Left half Battalion ({{C Company}} and {{D Company}}) proceed to Millencourt under Major Diggle.
*[[Bosnia]]: [[Vishegrad]] taken by Montenegrins.
*Right half Battalion ({{A Company}} and {{B Company}}), with Headquarters and Transport, proceed to Bouzincourt.
*Officers and [[NCO]]’s right half Battalion, having been conveyed by motor bus from Molliens au Bois, are attached for instruction in the [[trench]]es for garrison duty.<ref name=“lons15”>[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France]]</ref>
 
==1916 (Tuesday)==
*Berteaucourt: Battlion involved in bombing instruction under the Bombing Officer.
*Route march from Halloy to Canaples.
*During afternoon, all officers attend Tactical Scheme without [[troops]] under the Commanding Officer.
*Deaths: [[Joseph Matthew Earl (27350 Pte.)]]
 
==1917 (Wednesday)==
*Battalion situated at Dambre Camp involved in training.
 
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