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==1915==

*Forfeiture of pay: J. Cunningham (16422)<ref name="lowther137">{{lowther|recno=137}}</ref>

*Enlisted to E Company: Tom Teasdaler (19437)<ref name="lowther137" />

==1916==

*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>

*[[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>

*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>

*Joseph Martin writes a letter to the [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]:

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==1917==

*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>

*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 [[trench]]es.<ref name="wdmar17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, March 1917]]</ref>

==1918==

*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 gun]]s 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>

*Deaths: [[Joseph Oliphant (241653 Pte.)]]{{2nbsp}}•{{2nbsp}}[[Edward Neal (4968 L/Cpl.)]]<ref name="cwgc">{{CWGC+SDGW}}</ref>

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{{table-deaths

==References / notes==

|1914={{clear}}

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|1915={{clear}}

|1916={{clear}}

|1917={{clear}}

|1918={{clear}}

*[[Joseph Oliphant (241653 Pte.)|Oliphant, Joseph (241653 Pte.)]]

*[[Edward Neal (4968 L/Cpl.)|Neal, Edward (4968 L/Cpl.)]]

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 <noinclude>{{Calendar|March}}{{Date-introtext}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__
+==1915==
+*Forfeiture of pay: J. Cunningham (16422)<ref name="lowther137">{{lowther|recno=137}}</ref>
+*Enlisted to E Company: Tom Teasdaler (19437)<ref name="lowther137" />
 ==1916==
-*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>
+*[[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>
 *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>
 *Joseph Martin writes a letter to the [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]:
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 ==1917==
-*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>
+*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 [[trench]]es.<ref name="wdmar17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, March 1917]]</ref>
 ==1918==
-*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 gun]]s 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>
+*Deaths: [[Joseph Oliphant (241653 Pte.)]]{{2nbsp}}•{{2nbsp}}[[Edward Neal (4968 L/Cpl.)]]<ref name="cwgc">{{CWGC+SDGW}}</ref>
-<br>
-{{table-deaths
+==References / notes==
- |1914={{clear}}
+{{refs-lowther}}
- |1915={{clear}}
- |1916={{clear}}
- |1917={{clear}}
- |1918={{clear}}
-*[[Joseph Oliphant (241653 Pte.)|Oliphant, Joseph (241653 Pte.)]]
-*[[Edward Neal (4968 L/Cpl.)|Neal, Edward (4968 L/Cpl.)]]
-}}
-{{refs-table}}
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