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==1914== |
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===Events preceding British Declaration of War=== |
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*Government of [[Ireland]] Amending Bill passed by House of Lords. |
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==1915== |
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*{{WF}} - Germans attack Belgians on Yser canal and are repulsed. |
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*{{EF}} - Russians fall back towards Narev. Great Austro-German offensive from Baltic to Bukovina begins. Enemy capture Przasnysz (Narev). |
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*{{SF}} - Montenegrins repulse Austrian attack at Grahovo ([[Montenegro]]). |
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*{{AE}} - Turks driven from Nasriya (Euphrates) by British force from Kurna. |
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*{{PO}} - National Registration Bill passes House of Lords. |
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==1916== |
==1916== |
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*Battalion situated at [[Crucifix Corner]] involved in [[fatigue duty]].<ref name="wdjuly16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, July 1916]]</ref> |
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*{{WF}} - British attack German second line; capture Longueval and Bazentin-le-Petit, and the whole of Trones Wood. |
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*Major Girdwood, <small>[[DSO]]</small>, Northumberland Fusiliers takes over command from Major Chamberlayne who is appointed 2nd in Command of the Battalion.<ref name="wdjuly16" /> |
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** End of first phase of Battle of the Somme. |
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*The following newspaper articles are published: [[An Appreciation of Lt-Col. Colonel Machell]].<ref>[[An Appreciation of Lt-Col. Colonel Machell]] – [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]. Published 14 July 1916.</ref> / [[Casualties - Lewis and Ashton]].<ref>[[Casualties - Lewis and Ashton]] – [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]. Published 14 July 1916.</ref> / [[Killed - Pte. Osbourne Morgan Lewis]].<ref>[[Killed - Pte. Osbourne Morgan Lewis]] – [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]. Published 14 July 1916.</ref> / [[Wounded - Pte. Robert McKegg]]''.<ref>''[[Wounded - Pte. Robert McKegg]]'' – [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]. Published 14 July 1916.</ref><ref group="note">[[Private]] [[Robert John Reed McKegg (16298)|Robert McKegg]] was actually [[killed in action]] on [[1 July]] 1916. The newspaper article stated that "the wound was not serious," that he received "a nice [[blighty]] one" and, what all parents wanted to hear of their sons fighting abroad, that "he would soon be home." The article then mentioned that a further letter was written by the Chaplain of the Regiment to Robert McKegg's parents stating he had in fact been killed in action.</ref> |
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*{{EF}} - End of Battle of Baranovichi. |
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*Deaths: [[Reuben Hetherington (16301 L/Cpl.)]] / [[Joseph William Leck (15354 Pte.)]] / [[John Alexander Little (19708 Pte.)]] / [[Benjamin Martin (15485)]]<ref group="note">[[Lance Corporal]] [[Benjamin Martin (15485)|Benjamin Martin]] was [[killed in action]] and is commemorated on the {{CWGC link|id=80800|name=Thiepval Memorial}}.</ref> |
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*{{NO}} - British force under General Sir C. Crewe captures Mwanza, on Lake Victoria Nyanza. General van Deventer takes Mpondi (on Central Railway). |
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==1917== |
==1917== |
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*Battalion remains in rest at Coxyde.<ref name="wdjuly17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, July 1917]]</ref> |
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*{{WF}} - German attacks repulsed in region of Lombartzyde (Nieuport). |
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** French gain and hold against counter-attacks German trench system on Moronvillers, east of [[Reims]]. |
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** German thrust on Chemin des Dames and Cerny partially resisted north of the [[Aisne (river)|Aisne]]. |
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*{{AE}} - Successful British raid on Turks near Gaza. |
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*{{PO}} - Herr von Bethmann Hollweg resigns; succeeded as German Imperial Chancellor by Dr. Michaelis. |
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** U.S. House of Representatives votes ''nem. con.'' £128,000,000 to send 22,000 aeroplanes and 100,000 airmen to [[Western Front]]. |
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** [[George V|The King]] and Queen return from visit to Western Front. |
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** [[Sir Douglas Haig]] made K.T. |
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==1918== |
==1918== |
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*Battalion training continues with 1st Battalion 130th Infantry Regiment (USA) at Ailly-le-Haut-Clocher.<ref name="wdjuly18">[[11th Battalion War Diary, July 1918]]</ref> |
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*{{SF}} - French capture Austrian positions on River Devoli (Albania). |
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*{{AE}} - Defeat of Turks at passages of Jordan and on Abu Tellul ridges, 510 prisoners. |
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*{{PO}} - Provisional agreement between British and German delegates to Hague ''re'' Prisoners of War.<ref>Hague Conference ''re'' Prisoners of War: Combatants to be exchanged man for man, rank for rank. Better treatment of prisoners on line of Franco-German agreement of April, 1918.</ref> |
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Revision as of 17:41, 12 April 2020
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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 14 July.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 14 July on The Great War wiki.
1916
- Battalion situated at Crucifix Corner involved in fatigue duty.[1]
- Major Girdwood, DSO, Northumberland Fusiliers takes over command from Major Chamberlayne who is appointed 2nd in Command of the Battalion.[1]
- The following newspaper articles are published: An Appreciation of Lt-Col. Colonel Machell.[2] / Casualties - Lewis and Ashton.[3] / Killed - Pte. Osbourne Morgan Lewis.[4] / Wounded - Pte. Robert McKegg.[5][note 1]
- Deaths: Reuben Hetherington (16301 L/Cpl.) / Joseph William Leck (15354 Pte.) / John Alexander Little (19708 Pte.) / Benjamin Martin (15485)[note 2]
1917
- Battalion remains in rest at Coxyde.[6]
1918
- Battalion training continues with 1st Battalion 130th Infantry Regiment (USA) at Ailly-le-Haut-Clocher.[7]
Notes
- ↑ Private Robert McKegg was actually killed in action on 1 July 1916. The newspaper article stated that "the wound was not serious," that he received "a nice blighty one" and, what all parents wanted to hear of their sons fighting abroad, that "he would soon be home." The article then mentioned that a further letter was written by the Chaplain of the Regiment to Robert McKegg's parents stating he had in fact been killed in action.
- ↑ Lance Corporal Benjamin Martin was killed in action and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 11th Battalion War Diary, July 1916
- ↑ An Appreciation of Lt-Col. Colonel Machell – Workington Star and Harrington Guardian. Published 14 July 1916.
- ↑ Casualties - Lewis and Ashton – Workington Star and Harrington Guardian. Published 14 July 1916.
- ↑ Killed - Pte. Osbourne Morgan Lewis – Workington Star and Harrington Guardian. Published 14 July 1916.
- ↑ Wounded - Pte. Robert McKegg – Workington Star and Harrington Guardian. Published 14 July 1916.
- ↑ 11th Battalion War Diary, July 1917
- ↑ 11th Battalion War Diary, July 1918
Acknowledgements
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 July), 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.