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==1915 (Wednesday)==
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*Letter from E Company written on Y.M.C.A. paper: {{quote-left}}After parade today....the Coy held a meeting, to ask you whether
*Y.M.C.A. post card reads: We think it is time that Sergeant Major Oliver was shifted as we have no heart to work through his bullying.<ref name="lowther131" />
==1916 (Friday)==
*Aveluy: In support involved in
*{{A Company}} proceeds to isolation camp at Senlis with a case of the measles. Training continues during the entire period of isolation.<ref group="
*Private J. Howsen writes a letter to the [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]: {{quote-left}}Dear Star Man, I now take the pleasure of writing and acknowledging the parcel of smokes forwarded on to me, and I must take this opportunity of thanking the customers of the Royal Hotel, oh! to have a night with them! Well we have been back a bit, but they have moved us up again, and we expect to go in the firing line in a couple of days time. I saw in your paper where the [[5th Battalion|5th Border]] were grumbling about hard work, but I think all the Border men are alike. If there are any fatigues in our Division it’s "send for the [[11th Battalion|11th Border]]." Thanking you and your subscribers for their kindness towards me, and trusting you will convey my thanks to the customers of the Royal Hotel, not forgetting Jack Bates himself, through your valuable paper.
:P.S. – As regards the [[gw:fatigue duty|fatigues]] our fellows have to do, they have got a little rhyme up, and it can be seen any time you have a mind to have a walk up the communication trench to the firing line. It runs as follows:
::The Lord made the bee,
::The bee made the honey;
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*Holnon: Assault on Fayet by the 2nd King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and 16th Highland Light Infantry commences at 4.30am.
*[[Lonsdales]] remain in the line ready to concentrate if ordered, which comes through at 1pm to attack Twin Copses.
*1.00pm:
*1.26pm: Reaches terraced road where a
*1.33pm: Two
*1.45pm: North of Fayet: A report is received to the effect that the right companies had obtained their objectives and are consolidating.
*2.00pm: All companies are consolidating their lines.
*Touch is established on the left with the 17th Highland Light Infantry, who were in Gricourt.
*Except for slight
===Deaths===
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==1918 (Sunday)==
*In the Line:
*Only slight retaliation. Visibility good and various posts and parties of the enemy are reported.
*Deaths: [[George Henry Bartle (17553 L/Cpl.)]] / [[John William Nicholson (17587 L/Cpl.)]]
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