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<noinclude>{{Calendar|April|hide31=yes}}{{Date-introtext}}__NOTOC__</noinclude>
==1915 (Thursday)==
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*Capt. Diggle’s Order: {{quote-left}}No breakfasts will under any circumstances be taken to a Barrack-room unless by special order of the Medical Officer.{{quote-right}} <ref>{{lowther|recno=278}}</ref>
*Battalion Orders: {{quote-left}}All Officers, N.CCapt. OfficersDiggle’s &Order: menNo whobreakfasts havewill notunder yetany beencircumstances inoculatedbe fortaken theto firsta orBarrack-room secondunless timeby willspecial attendorder atof the Medical Inspection RoomOfficer.{{quote-right}} <ref>{{lowther|recno=135278}}</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]
 
==1916 (Saturday)==
*Battalion (minus '{{A' Company}}) in support at Aveluy involved in [[working parties.<ref>A group of soldiers (or prisoners) that are assigned to perform manual tasks or duties, for their own or other units.</ref><ref name="wdapr16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, April 1916]]</ref>.
*2nd Lieut. Taylor is accidentally 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 name="wdapr16" /><ref>[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France]]</ref>
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{{table-deaths
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*[[Thomas Ponfret Bond (26633 Pte.)|Bond, Thomas Ponfret (26633 Pte.)]]▼
*[[Joseph Burton (26322 Pte.)|Burton, Joseph (26322 Pte.)]]▼
*[[Percy Vickers (33364 L/Cpl.)|Vickers, Percy (33364 L/Cpl.)]]▼
|1918={{clear}}
*[[Percy Bowe (20287 L/Sgt.)|Bowe, Percy (20287 L/Sgt.)]]<ref>[[Percy Bowe (20287 L/Sgt.)]] is listed as having 'died of wounds' this day in ''[[Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19, Volume 39, The Border Regiment]]'' and on [[16 April]] in the [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]] database.</ref>▼
}}
 
==1917 (Sunday)==
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*North of Fayet: Remain in the line, strengthening defences etc.
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*Relief by 16th Lancashire Fusiliers and the 16th Northumberland Fusiliers commences at 8.30pm. Relief completes at 11.30pm.
====Deaths====
{{Div col|rules=no|gap=2em|small=no|colwidth=20em}}
▲*[[Thomas Ponfret Bond (26633 Pte.)|Bond, Thomas Ponfret (26633 Pte.)]]
▲*[[Joseph Burton (26322 Pte.)|Burton, Joseph (26322 Pte.)]]
*[[Eustace Wallace Ryan (28184)]]
*[[Ellis Smith (28189)]]
*[[Albert Stockdale (26066)]]
▲*[[Percy Vickers (33364 L/Cpl.)|Vickers, Percy (33364 L/Cpl.)]]
{{div col end}}
 
==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.)|Bowe, Percy (20287 L/Sgt.)]]<ref> [[Percydies Boweof (20287 L/Sgt.)wounds]], isaged listed23.<ref asgroup="note">Slight havingdiscrepancy 'diedbetween of wounds' this day insources. ''[[Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19, Volume 39, The Border Regiment]]'' andstates on [[1615 April]] inand the [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]] databasestates [[16 April]].</ref>
 
▲<noinclude>{{refs-notes}}
[[Category:Events by day|106]]
[[Category:April events|15]]
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