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

1914

• 12 men are recruited at Burgh-by-Sands.
• Enlistments: John Bragg (13855 Pte.)  •  Sydney Caddy (13841 Pte.)  •  Thomas Ibison (13793 Pte.).

1916

• Battalion situated in the Reserve line, supplying Royal Engineer parties.
• Brigadier-General Jardine, Commander of the 97th Brigade, visits the Lonsdales.

1917

• Battalion situated at Teteghem where companies are at disposal of Company Commanders.
• Specialist training carries on. Recreation in the afternoon.

References / notes

Material from Timeline/Chronology of the Lonsdale Battalion (September 1914 - May 1915) are sourced from the DLONS/L/13/13 Lowther Estate Archives. Entries from this timeline are reproduced here with kind permission of Jim Lowther and are not available under the license of this site. Please do not publish these extracts on other publicly visible media without prior permission from the copyright holder.