13 January

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January

Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 13 January.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 13 January on The Great War wiki.

1916

  • Battalion situated in the F1 sector near Aveluy. One man is wounded.[1]
  • "McKerrow (Lieut.) was out with a small patrol, bumped into sniper—all Germans started to shoot—McKerrow told the men to crawl, and got back with corporal and two men. Two other men were missing; they lost their way, keeping too much to the right, climbed carefully over what they thought was our parapet, and found good steps inside, trenches 12 feet deep, all well walled up, and the floors boarded, clean and dry. One said to the other, These ain’t our [?] trenches! - saw a fine dug-out, and wanted to throw a bomb in, and the German wire had been so awful to get through they knew they wouldn’t be able to. They just had time to skip up on top of the parapet when 40 men passed within a yard of them. They got through the wire with some noise, the Germans firing as the wire rattled, but got back safely." – Lt-Col. P. W. Machell [2]

1917

  • Battalion in billets at Courcelles supplying working parties[3] when carrying in trenches.[4]
  • One Company remains at Colincamp for working party, one Company in trenches O.P. Dugouts.[4]

1918

  • Battalion situated at Tournehem. Church services.[5]

References / notes

  1. 11th Battalion War Diary, January 1916
  2. Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France
  3. A group of soldiers (or prisoners) that are assigned to perform manual tasks or duties, for their own or other units.
  4. 4.0 4.1 11th Battalion War Diary, January 1917
  5. 11th Battalion War Diary, January 1918