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==1915 (Thursday)== |
==1915 (Thursday)== |
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*[[William Dodds (13271)]] is appointed [[Lance Sergeant]] to {{B Company}}. |
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*Battle of [[Soissons]] ends (see [[8 January]]). |
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*[[John Atkinson (13704)]] and E. Smith (16350) are appointed [[Lance Corporal]], also to B Company.<ref>{{lowther|recno=135}}</ref> |
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*French withdraw to south bank of [[Aisne (river)|Aisne]] opposite Missy and Crouy. |
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*Twenty men are recruited from Carr’s Biscuits.<ref>{{lowther|recno=12}}</ref> |
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*Germans claim 5,200 prisoners and 14 guns in the fighting near Soissons. |
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*South African Union Forces occupy [[Swakopmund]] in German south-west [[Africa]]. |
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*Horatio Bottomley [[Great Speeches of the War/Clifford|delivers speech]] at the "Great War Rally" in the Royal Albert Hall, [[London]].<ref>{{gsw}}</ref> |
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==1916 (Friday)== |
==1916 (Friday)== |
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*Newspaper articles ''[[Rats in Millions]]'' and ''[[Lonsdales got Their Football]]'' are published in the [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]. |
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*Aveluy: Situated in the F1 sub-sector. |
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**Battalion is relieved by the 17th Highland Light Infantry and return to rest [[billet]]s at Bouzincourt. |
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**{{C Company}} remains in billets at Aveluy |
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*[[Percy Wilfred Machell|Lt-Col. P.W. Machell]]: "Two [[battery (artillery)|batteries]], 18-pounders, one battery [[trench mortar]]s, and some 4.5 [[howitzer]]s, H.E. [[shell]]s, all on to 100 yards of German front. They made beautiful shooting, and blew mud and wood quite 100 feet high. Guns then started at us from behind their line, and they sent a lot of shells all about us; luckily only one man hit." <ref>[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France]]</ref> |
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*[[Private]] W. Bacon writes his letter to the [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]:<br>"Dear Sir, Kindly allow me through the medium of your paper to thank the people of Bridgefoot who so kindly subscribed to provide the men of that district with cigarettes. I am please to say that I received the parcel all right. I may say that we are all doing well at present. The weather has not been so severe with us, although we still have a great deal of mud to contend with. [[11th Battalion Border Regiment Nominal Roll, November 1915 (D Company)|D Company]] of the Lonsdales have brought in the first German prisoners for our Battalion. I must close now with best wishes to all." <ref>''[[Lonsdales Bring in Their First Prisoners]]'' – [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]. Published [[4 February]], 1916.</ref> |
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==1917 (Sunday)== |
==1917 (Sunday)== |
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*Courcelles: Battalion parades then marches to Bus, except one [[company]] remaining at Colincamps. |
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==1918 (Monday)== |
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*Tournehem: Battalion parades then marches to 'B' Range carrying out firing practices. |
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==Acknowledgements== |
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Latest revision as of 15:04, 31 December 2022
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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 14 January.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 14 January on The Great War wiki.
1915 (Thursday)
- William Dodds (13271) is appointed Lance Sergeant to B Company.
- John Atkinson (13704) and E. Smith (16350) are appointed Lance Corporal, also to B Company.[1]
- Twenty men are recruited from Carr’s Biscuits.[2]
1916 (Friday)
- Newspaper articles Rats in Millions and Lonsdales got Their Football are published in the Workington Star and Harrington Guardian.
- Aveluy: Situated in the F1 sub-sector.
- Lt-Col. P.W. Machell: "Two batteries, 18-pounders, one battery trench mortars, and some 4.5 howitzers, H.E. shells, all on to 100 yards of German front. They made beautiful shooting, and blew mud and wood quite 100 feet high. Guns then started at us from behind their line, and they sent a lot of shells all about us; luckily only one man hit." [3]
- Private W. Bacon writes his letter to the Workington Star and Harrington Guardian:
"Dear Sir, Kindly allow me through the medium of your paper to thank the people of Bridgefoot who so kindly subscribed to provide the men of that district with cigarettes. I am please to say that I received the parcel all right. I may say that we are all doing well at present. The weather has not been so severe with us, although we still have a great deal of mud to contend with. D Company of the Lonsdales have brought in the first German prisoners for our Battalion. I must close now with best wishes to all." [4]
1917 (Sunday)
- Courcelles: Battalion parades then marches to Bus, except one company remaining at Colincamps.
1918 (Monday)
- Tournehem: Battalion parades then marches to 'B' Range carrying out firing practices.
References
- ↑ Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/135
- ↑ Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/12
- ↑ Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France
- ↑ Lonsdales Bring in Their First Prisoners – Workington Star and Harrington Guardian. Published 4 February, 1916.
Sources: Various sources contemporary to the war have been used to compile the Lonsdale Battalion on this day... (hover to read more)
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 (14 January), 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.