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*Right half Battalion returns to Bouzincourt from the trenches near Albert.<ref name="wdnovdec15">[[11th Battalion War Diary, November to December 1915]]</ref><ref name="lons15">[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France]]</ref>
*Officers and NCO’s of left half of Battalion are attached for instruction in the trenches to garrison the F1 and F2 sub-sectors.<ref name="wdnovdec15" />
:"*{{quote-left}}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}} &ndash; [[Percy Wilfred Machell|Lt-Col. P.W. Machell]] <ref name="lons15" />
 
==1916==
*Battalion situated at Berteaucourt involved in bombing and Lewis Guns instruction. Companies parade for physical drill under Company arrangements.<ref name="wddec16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, December 1916]]</ref>
 
==1917==
*Battalion situated at 'Dambre Camp' involved in training.<ref name="wddec17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, December 1917]]</ref>
 
==References / notes==
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