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==19161915 (Friday)==
*R.H. Hodgson of Workington: "... by far the best way of obtaining recruits, I feel sure if you could send a number of good men to say – Workington, Maryport and Cockermouth & perhaps to a few of the larger villages, the results would be good..." <ref>{{lowther|recno=199}}</ref>
*In rest billets at Bouzincourt.<ref name="wdjan16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, January 1916]]</ref>
*Battalion Orders: On and after Sunday 16th every man leaving camp for the purpose of proceeding to town will be required to carry a cane of regulation length. <ref>{{lowther|recno=136}}</ref>
*Private R. Pearson writes: {{quote-left}}Dear Sir – I take this opportunity of thanking you for the splendid gift of cigarettes, which were delivered to me in the trenches. We are at present resting in a village behind the firing line. We are billeted in old barns, which are over-run with rats. Thanking you and your readers once again, and wishing your valuable paper, every success.{{quote-right}} <ref>''[[Overrun with Rats]]'' &ndash; [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]], Published January, 1916</ref>
*Deserter Isaac Parker (16286) of {{C Company}} is struck off.<ref name="lowther135">{{lowther|recno=135}}</ref>
*Punishments: R. Rumney (13845) of {{D Company}} is given 28 days’ detention.<ref name="lowther135" /><ref group="lower-alpha">Private Rumney is disciplined/detained on at least two other occasions, those on [[23 January]] and [[6 March]], 1915.</ref>
*[[Joseph Henry Dowson (17518 Pte.)|Dowson,]] Josephenlists Henryinto (17518{{A PteCompany}}.)]]
*Fourteen new recruit enlistments to E Company: <ref name="lowther135" /><ref group="lower-alpha">The following men are enlisted into E Company:
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*H. Routledge (17506)
*R. Turnbull (17507)
*John Quinn (17508)
*J.W. Robinson (17509)
*Thomas Irving (17510)
*Richard Woods (17511)
*W.G. Kirkham (17512)
*Cecil Crane (17513)
*J.A. Bell (17514)
*J.H. Bragg (17515)
*George Sproat (17516)
*Gilbert Messenger (17517)
*J.H. Dowson (17518)
*N.L. Cook (17519)
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==19171916 (Saturday)==
*Bouzincourt: In rest [[billet|billets]].
*Battalion situated at Bus supplying 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="wdjan17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, January 1917]]</ref>
*[[Private]] R. Pearson writes to the [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]: {{quote-left}}"Dear Sir – I take this opportunity of thanking you for the splendid gift of cigarettes, which were delivered to me in the trenches[[trench]]es. We are at present resting in a village behind the firing line. We are billeted in old barns, which are over-run with rats. Thanking you and your readers once again, and wishing your valuable paper, every success.{{quote-right}}" <ref>From the newspaper article ''[[Overrun with Rats]]'' &ndash; [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]], Published January, 1916.</ref>
 
==19181917 (Monday)==
*Bus: Battalion supplying [[working parties]].
*Battalion situated at Tournehem. Parading on 'B' Range and carrying out firing practices.<ref name="wdjan18">[[11th Battalion War Diary, January 1918]]</ref>
 
==1918 (Tuesday)==
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*Battalion situated at Tournehem.: Parading on 'B' Range and carrying out firing practices.<ref name="wdjan18">[[11th Battalion War Diary, January 1918]]</ref>
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*[[Joseph Henry Dowson (17518 Pte.)|Dowson, Joseph Henry (17518 Pte.)]]
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