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==1915 (Saturday)==
*French take, but fail to hold, a wood near [[Souain]] ([[Champagne]]).
*Enlistments: [[John William Nicholson (17587 L/Cpl.)]]
*Germans take Xon signal station and village of [[Norroy]], near [[Pont-a-Mousson]].
*Discharges on medical grounds: W.J. Crook (13789), J.W. Taylor (13362) and T. Sisson (13483) of C Company.<ref>{{lowther|recno=135}}</ref>
*German attack in Lauch valley ([[Alsace]]).
 
*Germans take Russian positions before [[Lyck]].
==1916==
*Fierce fluctuating struggle in [[Carpathians]].
*Newspaper article: ''[[Now then, You Lads at Workington]]''.<ref>''[[Now then, You Lads at Workington]]'' &ndash; [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]. Published 13 February, 1916.</ref>
*British surprise Turks at Tor (Gulf of Suez), killing 60; 102 prisoners.
*Newspaper article: ''[[An Unlucky Company]]''.<ref>''[[An Unlucky Company]]'' &ndash; [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]. Published 13 February, 1916.</ref>
*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>[[11th Battalion War Diary, February 1916]]</ref>
 
==1917==
*[[Battalion]] situated in Beaumont Hamel in [[dug-out|dug outs]] at 'Station Road' and 'Y Ravine'.<ref name="wdfeb17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, February 1917]]</ref>
*Deaths: [[Charles Edgar Jones (33378 Pte.)]]<ref name="cwgc">{{CWGC+SDGW}}</ref>
 
==1918==
*Battalion situated in the field. A repetition of the last two days. Men work about six hours per day whilst [[specialists]] continue training.<ref name="wdfeb18">[[11th Battalion War Diary, February 1918]]</ref>
 
==References / notes==
{{refs-lowther}}
 
==1916Notes==
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==References / notes==
{{reflist}}
==Acknowledgements==
{{acknowledgements}}
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