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==1916== |
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*Battalion situated in billets in Albert providing working parties<ref>A group of soldiers (or prisoners) that are assigned to perform manual tasks or duties, for their own or other units.</ref> for the Royal Engineers.<ref name="wdmarch16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, March 1916]]</ref> |
*Battalion situated in [[billet|billets]] in [[Albert (place)|Albert]] providing working parties<ref>A group of soldiers (or prisoners) that are assigned to perform manual tasks or duties, for their own or other units.</ref> for the Royal Engineers.<ref name="wdmarch16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, March 1916]]</ref> |
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*Captain A. J. Dawson is invalided home. Captain Corbett takes over command of 'D' Company.<ref>[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France]]</ref> |
*Captain A. J. Dawson is invalided home. Captain Corbett takes over command of 'D' Company.<ref>[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France]]</ref> |
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*Joseph Martin writes a letter to the [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]: |
*Joseph Martin writes a letter to the [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]: |
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==1917== |
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*Battalion situated in the Support Intermediate Line (Kuropatkin). The Lonsdales and Royal Engineer working parties<ref>A group of soldiers (or prisoners) that are assigned to perform manual tasks or duties, for their own or other units.</ref> in the trenches during the day; relieves the 17th Highland Light Infantry in the front line trenches.<ref name="wdmar17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, March 1917]]</ref> |
*Battalion situated in the Support Intermediate Line (Kuropatkin). The Lonsdales and Royal Engineer working parties<ref>A group of soldiers (or prisoners) that are assigned to perform manual tasks or duties, for their own or other units.</ref> in the [[trench|trenches]] during the day; relieves the 17th Highland Light Infantry in the front line trenches.<ref name="wdmar17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, March 1917]]</ref> |
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==1918== |
==1918== |
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*Battalion situated in the line. Artillery activity above normal. Enemy shells 'Egypt' and 'Ajax Ho' and Allied artillery retaliates effectively on enemy machine guns during the night. Two officer patrols leave Posts 11 and 19 and gain valuable information. Further officers patrols leave Post 3 and proceed along the railway and obtain useful intelligence there.<ref name="wdmar18">[[11th Battalion War Diary, March 1918]]</ref> |
*Battalion situated in the line. [[Artillery]] activity above normal. Enemy shells 'Egypt' and 'Ajax Ho' and [[Allied]] artillery retaliates effectively on enemy machine guns during the night. Two officer patrols leave Posts 11 and 19 and gain valuable information. Further officers patrols leave Post 3 and proceed along the railway and obtain useful intelligence there.<ref name="wdmar18">[[11th Battalion War Diary, March 1918]]</ref> |
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*[[Joseph Oliphant (241653 Pte.)|Oliphant, Joseph (241653 Pte.)]] |
*[[Joseph Oliphant (241653 Pte.)|Oliphant, Joseph (241653 Pte.)]] |
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*[[Edward Neal (4968 L/Cpl.)|Neal, Edward (4968 L/Cpl.)]] |
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