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==1914 (Monday)==
*Two men are recruited at Penrith,<ref>{{lowther|recno=5}}</ref> one of which is farm servant, [[Thomas Nichol (17374)]].
*Letter to [[Percy Wilfred Machell|Lt-Col. Machell]]: {{quote-left}}"Daily News Army and Navy Xmas Pudding Fund....at the request of [[Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale|Lord Lonsdale]] we....forward 10 cases each containing ten 8lb tins and one containing five 8lb tins of Xmas Puddings....on the basis of half-a-pound of pudding per man, this consignment will provide for 1680 men in all.{{quote-right}}" <ref>{{lowther|recno=62}}</ref>
==1915 (Tuesday)==
*Right half of Battalion returns to Bouzincourt from the trenches[[trench]]es near Albert.<ref name="wdnovdec15">[[11thAlbert Battalion War Diary, November to December 1915(Somme)|Albert]]</ref>.<ref name="lons15">[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France]]</ref>
*Officers and NCO’s[[NCO]]’s of left half of Battalion are attached for instruction in the trenches to (garrison duty).<ref group="lower-alpha">In much the same vein as [[13 December]] where four platoons garrisoned the F1 andsub-sector; four garrisoned the F2 sub-sectorssector.</ref><ref namegroup="wdnovdec15lower-alpha">An additional remark attached to this event in the [[11th Battalion War Diary, November to December 1915|War Diary for December 1915]] states: "One [[other ranks|other rank]] wounded, and died." This could possibly be [[Thomas James Nicholson (15328)]], who was injured on the same day.</ref>
*[[Thomas James Nicholson (15328)]] is injured. He [[dies of wounds]] three days later on [[17 December]].
*{{quote[[Percy Wilfred Machell|Lt-left}}Col. P.W. Machell]]: "They are in very good form, and prepared to look smiling under all possible circumstances. I had a talk yesterday on the futility of grousing and the necessity of making the best instead of the worst of everything. Sandbags much wanted. I have been in the trenches a lot to-day, and see how useful a private supply would be. Difficulty in keeping the walls standing, owing to the quantity of water, and there is nothing like sandbags.{{quote-right}} – [[Percy Wilfred Machell|Lt-Col. P.W. Machell]] <ref name="lons15" />
==1916 (Thursday)==
*Battalion situated at Berteaucourt involved in bombing and [[Lewis Gunsgun]]s instruction. Companies parade for physical drill under Company arrangements.<ref name="wddec16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, December 1916]]</ref>
*Companies parade for physical drill under [[Company]] arrangements.
==1917 (Friday)==
*Battalion situated at 'Dambre Camp' involved in training.<ref name="wddec17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, December 1917]]</ref>
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