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<noinclude>{{Calendar|April|hide31=yes}}{{Date-introtext}}__NOTOC__</noinclude>
==1915 (Thursday)==
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*Capt. Diggle’s Order: No breakfasts will under any circumstances be taken to a Barrack-room unless by special order of the Medical Officer.<ref>{{lowther|recno=278}}</ref>
*Battalion Orders: All Officers, [[NCO|N.C. Officers]] & men who have not yet been inoculated for the first or second time will attend at the Medical Inspection Room.<ref>{{lowther|recno=135}}</ref>
*Capt. Stanley provides his detailed report on the progress at Belton Park Camp, Grantham.<ref>{{lowther|recno=116}}</ref>
*Two [[Lance Corporal]]s and 30 [[Private]]s are transferred from E Company to {{B Company}} and {{D Company}}. [137]
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*Battalion (minus {{A Company}}) in support at Aveluy involved in [[working parties]].
*2nd Lieut. Taylor is killed after falling when his horse accidentally slips during the night.<ref group="note">His horse slipped on a dark night and came down with him. He was an Australian, a fine rider, and ''"one of the best officers we had."''</ref><ref>[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France]]</ref>
==1917 (Sunday)==
*North of Fayet: Remain in the line, strengthening defences etc.
*Relief by 16th Lancashire Fusiliers and the 16th Northumberland Fusiliers commences at 8.30pm. Relief completes at 11.30pm.
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====Deaths====
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*[[Thomas Ponfret Bond (26633 Pte.)]]
*[[Joseph Burton (26322 Pte.)]]
*[[Eustace Wallace Ryan (28184)]]
*[[Ellis Smith (28189)]]
*[[Albert Stockdale (26066)]]
*[[Percy Vickers (33364)]]
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==1918 (Monday)==
*In the Line: [[Artillery]] active on both sides.
*Patrols out and wiring continues at night.
*Companies continue to bathe.
*Deaths: [[Percy Bowe (20287 L/Sgt.)]] [[dies of wounds]], aged 23.<ref group="note">Slight discrepancy between sources. ''[[Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19, Volume 39, The Border Regiment]]'' states 15 April and the [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]] states [[16 April]].</ref>
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[[Category:April events|15]]
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