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Col. Machell to Lord Lonsdale: "The War Office letter authorising first 1 Depot Company which we are rapidly completing....we have just got started again, & men are coming in splendidly – all I want is to let them go on coming in until we have got the two double companies, and then shut down – this recruiting, as far as the Lonsdale Battalion is concerned works on ‘snowball’ lines – the more we get the more come – I know Lord Kitchener wants them and propose to carry on....Today only 65 are required to complete establishment of 1st Depot Company, and over 20 recruits again will be coming in this afternoon." ^[1]
"In future, only Civilian Instructors & Staff Sergeants will sleep in the Sergeants Room. All ... officers ... will occupy the bunks which have been specially prepared for them." ^[2]
Sixteen new recruit enlistments to E Company:^[a]

1916 (Wednesday)

Aveluy:In the F1 sector. The day is quiet.

1917 (Friday)

Serre: On the front line near Serre. Enemy Artillery is very active.
- 2.30pm: Allied front line is systematically bombarded. Communications with companies and Brigade are cut.
- 4.30pm: Enemy barrage opens up and eases off during the evening. Allied artillery replies.
Battalion is relieved by the 17th Highland Light Infantry and moves into billets in Courcelles.

Deaths

1918 (Saturday)

Tournehem: Involved in defensive training and Lewis guns on range.

Notes

↑
The following men enlisted into E Company of the Battalion:
- K. MacDonald (17490)
- R.H. Nichol (17491)
- J.T. Mounsey (17492)
- W.L. Williams (17493)
- C.J. Stevenson (17494)
- H. Doran (17495)
- William Kirkbride (17496)
- A. Hackett (17497)
- T.B. Wilson (17498)
- Robert Dixon (17499)
- T.P. Millican (17500)
- George Kidd (17501)
- Isaac Irving (17502)
- John Haydon (17503)
- J.R. Anderson (17504)
- D. Barnes (17506)

References

↑ Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/279
↑ Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/135

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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 (12 January), 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.

[3] The following men enlisted into E Company of the Battalion:

K. MacDonald (17490)

R.H. Nichol (17491)

J.T. Mounsey (17492)

W.L. Williams (17493)

C.J. Stevenson (17494)

H. Doran (17495)

William Kirkbride (17496)

A. Hackett (17497)

T.B. Wilson (17498)

Robert Dixon (17499)

T.P. Millican (17500)

George Kidd (17501)

Isaac Irving (17502)

John Haydon (17503)

J.R. Anderson (17504)

D. Barnes (17506)

[2] K. MacDonald (17490)

[3] R.H. Nichol (17491)

[4] J.T. Mounsey (17492)

[5] W.L. Williams (17493)

[6] C.J. Stevenson (17494)

[7] H. Doran (17495)

[8] William Kirkbride (17496)

[9] A. Hackett (17497)

[10] T.B. Wilson (17498)

[11] Robert Dixon (17499)

[12] T.P. Millican (17500)

[13] George Kidd (17501)

[14] Isaac Irving (17502)

[15] John Haydon (17503)

[16] J.R. Anderson (17504)

[17] D. Barnes (17506)

[1] Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/279

[2] Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/135

[1]

[2]

[a]

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 <noinclude>{{Calendar|January}}{{Date-introtext}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__
-==1916==
+==1915 (Tuesday)==
+*[[Percy Wilfred Machell|Col. Machell]] to [[Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale|Lord Lonsdale]]: "The War Office letter authorising first 1 Depot Company which we are rapidly completing....we have just got started again, & men are coming in splendidly – all I want is to let them go on coming in until we have got the two double companies, and then shut down – this recruiting, as far as the Lonsdale Battalion is concerned works on ‘snowball’ lines – the more we get the more come – I know [[w:Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|Lord Kitchener]] wants them and propose to carry on....Today only 65 are required to complete establishment of 1st Depot Company, and over 20 recruits again will be coming in this afternoon." <ref>{{lowther|recno=279}}</ref>
-*In the F1 sector near Aveluy. Day is quiet.<ref name="wdjan16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, January 1916]]</ref>
+*"In future, only Civilian Instructors & Staff Sergeants will sleep in the Sergeants Room.  All ... officers ... will occupy the bunks which have been specially prepared for them." <ref>{{lowther|recno=135}}</ref>
+*Sixteen new recruit enlistments to E Company:<ref group="lower-alpha">The following men enlisted into E Company of the Battalion:
+{{Div col|rules=no|gap=1em|small=no|colwidth=15em}}
+*K. MacDonald (17490)
+*R.H. Nichol (17491)
+*J.T. Mounsey (17492)
+*W.L. Williams (17493)
+*C.J. Stevenson (17494)
+*H. Doran (17495)
+*William Kirkbride (17496)
+*A. Hackett (17497)
+*T.B. Wilson (17498)
+*Robert Dixon (17499)
+*T.P. Millican (17500)
+*George Kidd (17501)
+*Isaac Irving (17502)
+*John Haydon (17503)
+*J.R. Anderson (17504)
+*D. Barnes (17506)
+{{Div col end}}{{clear}}</ref>
+==1916 (Wednesday)==
-==1917==
+*Aveluy:In the F1 sector. The day is quiet.
-*Battalion situated on the front line near Serre. Enemy Artillery very active.<ref name="wdjan17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, January 1917]]</ref>
-*At 2.30pm Allied front line is systematically bombarded. Communications with Companies and Brigade is cut.<ref name="wdjan17" />
-*At 4.30pm enemy barrage opens up. During evening it quiets down, then Allied artillery replies.<ref name="wdjan17" />
-*Battalion is relieved by the 17th Highland Light Infantry and move to billets in Courcelles.<ref name="wdjan17" />
-==1918==
+==1917 (Friday)==
+*Serre: On the front line near Serre. Enemy [[Artillery]] is very active.
-*Battalion situated at Tournehem involved in defensive training and Lewis guns on range.<ref name="wdjan18">[[11th Battalion War Diary, January 1918]]</ref>
+**2.30pm: [[Allied]] front line is systematically [[bombardment|bombarded]]. Communications with [[company|companies]] and [[Brigade]] are cut.
+**4.30pm: Enemy [[barrage]] opens up and eases off during the evening. Allied [[artillery]] replies.
+*Battalion is relieved by the 17th Highland Light Infantry and moves into [[billet]]s in Courcelles.
+===Deaths===
+{{Div col|rules=no|gap=1em|small=no|colwidth=20em}}
+*[[James Bevan (27708 Pte.)]]
+*[[Dickinson Fisher Birkett (30153 Pte.)]]
+*[[Thomas Chamber (26114 Pte.)]]
+*[[Herbert Chant (27718 Pte.)]]
+*[[James Edyvean (19243 Pte.)]]
+*[[Jack Fleming (18555 Pte.)]]
+*[[Frederick Fox (28028 Pte.)]]
+*[[Frank Kelly (30167 Pte.)]]
+*[[John Kelly (24235 Pte.)]]
+*[[William Killey (4911 Cpl.)]]
+*[[Thomas Edmund Maddox (27683)]]
+*[[Gilbert Messenger (17517)]]
+*[[James Patterson Rankin (24653)]]
+*[[Albert Edward Stokes (27692)]]
+*[[John Story (13661)]]
+{{Div col end}}{{clear}}
+==1918 (Saturday)==
-{{table-deaths
+*Tournehem: Involved in defensive training and [[Lewis gun]]s on range.
- |1914={{clear}}
- |1915={{clear}}
+<br/>
- |1916={{clear}}
+{{notes}}{{refs}}{{acks}}
- |1917={{clear}}
-*[[James Bevan (27708 Pte.)|Bevan, James (27708 Pte.)]]
-*[[Dickinson Fisher Birkett (30153 Pte.)|Birkett, Dickinson Fisher (30153 Pte.)]]
-*[[Thomas Chamber (26114 Pte.)|Chambers, Thomas (26114 Pte.)]]
-*[[Herbert Chant (27718 Pte.)|Chant, Herbert (27718 Pte.)]]
-*[[James Edyvean (19243 Pte.)|Edyvean, James (19243 Pte.)]]
-*[[Jack Fleming (18555 Pte.)|Fleming, Jack (18555 Pte.)]]
-*[[Frederick Fox (28028 Pte.)|Fox, Frederick (28028 Pte.)]]
- |1918={{clear}}
-}}
-{{refs-table}}
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