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Memo from lt-Col. Machell: From this time onwards should make every endeavour to get their men together and smarten them up after the prolonged rest entailed by vaccination. The immediate destiny of the Battalion will largely depend upon the impression formed of its merits by the Inspecting General Officer.^[1]

Appointments

John Cherry (13681), Gordon Hay (13799), J.R. Hind (15550), Joseph Isles (13654) and A. Mitchinson (13865) are appointed Lance Corporal.^[2]
J.C. Ruddick (13745) of B Company is appointed Lance Sergeant.^[2]

Promotions

William Waddington (13652) of B Company and W. Shaw (13485) of C Company are promoted to the rank of Sergeant.^[2]
J.A. Martindale (13433) of C Company and J. Armsgtrong (17352) of D Company are promoted to the rank of Corporal.^[2]

1916 (Monday)

Albert: In billets providing working parties for the Royal Engineers.
Draft of one officer (2nd Lt. Bourne) and 30 other ranks join the battalion.

1917 (Tuesday)

Battalion holding the front line.
Patrols are sent out and preparations made for the raid as discussed on 9 March.

1918 (Wednesday)

Battalion situated in the line. Quiet during the day, however, the enemy puts down a heavy trench mortar and machine gun barrage on 'Egypt Ho' and the frontline of posts from 'Colombo' to the right and left at 7.30pm.
An enemy party attempts to raid posts, but are driven off by Lewis gun and rifle fire.
Posts 17, 18 and 19 are heavily shelled, but none of the raiders are able to reach them.
Casualties: 1 officer wounded, 1 other rank missing, 1 killed, 1 wounded and missing, 4 wounded.
Relieved by the 10th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and move into Brigade Reserve. Relief is complete by 1am. Reserve and Headquarters located at La Chaudière and Companies are scattered in shelters.
Arthur Sager (28499) is killed in action.

References

↑ Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/85
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/137

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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 (13 March), 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.

[1] Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/85

[lowther137-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/137

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-==1915==
+==1915 (Saturday)==
+{{preceding}}
-*Memo from [[Percy Wilfred Machell|lt-Col. Machell]]: {{quote-left}}from this time onwards should make every endeavour to get their men together and smarten them up after the prolonged rest entailed by vaccination. The immediate destiny of the Battalion will largely depend upon the impression formed of its merits by the Inspecting General Officer.{{quote-right}} <ref>{{lowther|recno=85}}</ref>
+*Memo from [[Percy Wilfred Machell|lt-Col. Machell]]: From this time onwards should make every endeavour to get their men together and smarten them up after the prolonged rest entailed by vaccination. The immediate destiny of the Battalion will largely depend upon the impression formed of its merits by the Inspecting General Officer.<ref>{{lowther|recno=85}}</ref>
-*Promotions to [[Sergeant]]: W. Waddington (13652) of B Company and W. Shaw (13485) of C Company.<ref name="lowther137">{{lowther|recno=137}}</ref>
+===Appointments===
-*Promotions to [[Corporal]]: J.A. Martindale (13433) of C Company and J. Armsgtrong (17352) of D Company.<ref name="lowther137" />
-*Appointment to [[Lance Sergeant]]: J.C. Ruddick (13745) - B Company.<ref name="lowther137" />
+*[[John Cherry (13681)]], [[Gordon Hay (13799)]], J.R. Hind (15550), [[Joseph Isles (13654)]] and A. Mitchinson (13865) are appointed [[Lance Corporal]].<ref name="lowther137" />
-*Appointments to [[Lance Corporal]]: J. Cherry (13681), G. Hay (13799), J.R. Hind (15550), J. Isles (13654) and A. Mitchinson (13865) - B Company.<ref name="lowther137" />
+*J.C. Ruddick (13745) of B Company is appointed [[Lance Sergeant]].<ref name="lowther137" />
+===Promotions===
+*[[William Waddington (13652)]] of {{B Company}} and W. Shaw (13485) of {{C Company}} are promoted to the rank of [[Sergeant]].<ref name="lowther137">{{lowther|recno=137}}</ref>
+*J.A. Martindale (13433) of C Company and J. Armsgtrong (17352) of {{D Company}} are promoted to the rank of [[Corporal]].<ref name="lowther137" />
-==1916==
+==1916 (Monday)==
-*[[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>[[11th Battalion War Diary, March 1916]]</ref>
+*[[Albert]]: In [[billet|billets]] providing [[working party|working parties]] for the {{wl|Royal Engineers}}.
-*Draft of one officer (2nd Lieut. Bourne) and 30 [[other ranks]] join the battalion.
+*Draft of one officer (2nd Lt. Bourne) and 30 [[other ranks]] join the battalion.
-==1917==
+==1917 (Tuesday)==
+*Battalion holding the front line.
-*Battalion holding the front line. Patrols are sent out and preparations made for the raid as discussed on [[9 March#1917|9 March]].<ref name="wdmar17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, March 1917]]</ref>
+*Patrols are sent out and preparations made for the raid as discussed on [[9 March#1917|9 March]].
-==1918==
-*Battalion situated in the line. Quiet during the day, however, the enemy puts down a heavy [[trench mortar]] and [[machine gun]] [[barrage]] on 'Egypt Ho' and the frontline of posts from 'Colombo' to the right and left at 7.30pm.<ref name="wdmar18">[[11th Battalion War Diary, March 1918]]</ref>
-*An enemy party attempts to raid our posts, but are driven off by [[Lewis gun]] and [[rifle]] fire <ref name="wdmar18" />
-*Posts 17, 18 and 19 are heavily shelled, but none of the raiders are able to reach them. Casualties: 1 officer wounded, 1 other rank missing, 1 killed, 1 wounded and missing, 4 wounded.<ref name="wdmar18" />
-*The Lonsdales are relieved by the 10th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and move into [[Brigade]] Reserve. Relief is complete by 1am. Reserve and Headquarters located at La Chaudière and Companies are scattered in shelters.<ref name="wdmar18" />
-==References / notes==
-<small>{{lowther copyright}}</small>
-{{reflist}}
-<!--{{refs-lowther}}-->
+==1918 (Wednesday)==
+*Battalion situated in the line. Quiet during the day, however, the enemy puts down a heavy [[trench mortar]] and [[machine gun]] [[barrage]] on 'Egypt Ho' and the frontline of posts from 'Colombo' to the right and left at 7.30pm.
+*An enemy party attempts to raid posts, but are driven off by [[Lewis gun]] and [[rifle]] fire.
+*Posts 17, 18 and 19 are heavily [[shell]]ed, but none of the raiders are able to reach them.
+*Casualties: 1 officer wounded, 1 [[other ranks|other rank]] missing, 1 killed, 1 wounded and missing, 4 wounded.
+*Relieved by the 10th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and move into [[Brigade]] Reserve. Relief is complete by 1am. Reserve and Headquarters located at La Chaudière and Companies are scattered in shelters.
+*[[Arthur Sager (28499)]] is [[killed in action]].
+<!--{{notes}}-->{{refs}}{{acks}}
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