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==1915 (Thursday)==
*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>
*[[Ostend]] [[bombarded]] by 15 [[Allied]] [[aeroplane]]s. Severe fighting off Ostend.
*Battalion Orders: {{quote-left}}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.{{quote-right}} <ref>{{lowther|recno=135}}</ref>
*French [[airship]] bombs Freiburg.
*Capt. Stanley provides his detailed report on the progress at Belton Park Camp, Grantham.<ref>{{lowther|recno=116}}</ref>
*[[Sir John French]]'s despatch on operations from [[2 February]] to [[20 March]] published.
*Two [[Lance Corporal]]s and 30 [[Private]]s are transferred from E Company to B and D Companies. [137]
*Russian Black Sea fleet bombards [[Eregli]] and other places on the [[Anatolian Coast|coast of Anatolia]].
 
==Notes1916==
*[[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. 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>
 
==1917==
*Deaths: [[Thomas Ponfret Bond (26633 Pte.)|Bond, Thomas Ponfret (26633 Pte.)]]{{2nbsp}}•{{2nbsp}}[[Joseph Burton (26322 Pte.)|Burton, Joseph (26322 Pte.)]]{{2nbsp}}•{{2nbsp}}[[Percy Vickers (33364 L/Cpl.)|Vickers, Percy (33364 L/Cpl.)]]<ref name="cwgc">{{CWGC+SDGW}}</ref>
 
==1918==
*Deaths: [[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><ref name="cwgc" />
 
==References / notes==
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==Notes==
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==References==
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==Acknowledgements==
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