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==1914 (Thursday)==

*6Six men are recruited at Thursby.<ref>{{lowther|recno=279}}</ref>

*'{{C' Company}}<ref group="n">11th Border Regiment {{C Company}} formed of Westmorland men from Kendal.</ref> and '{{D' Company}}<ref group="n">11th Border Regiment {{D Company}} formed of Cumberland men from Workington.</ref> join the rest of the Battalion at [[Blackhall Racecourse]], Carlisle.

*[[Percy Wilfred Machell|Percy Machell]] is gazetted the temporary rank of [[Lieutenant -Colonel]], to date from [[1 September]] 1914.<ref name="lons15">[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France]]</ref>

*Letter from [[William Walter Riddell Binning|Major Binning]]: {{quote-left}}"Robert Rutherford whose Attestation papers I enclose has made a false attestation. He is an Indentured Apprentice and his employer will not let him go. I therefore recommend....that he be discharged.{{quote-right}}" <ref>{{lowther|recno=23}}</ref>

==1916 (Sunday)==

*[[Battalion]] leaves Bethune in full marching order. Arrives Labeuvrere and billetstake there.<ref name="wdoct16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, October 1916billet]]</ref>s there.

*Battalion parade in afternoon under CCommanding Officer.O.<ref name="wdoct16" />

==1917 (Monday)==

*BattalionTeteghem: situatedThroughout atthe Teteghem.morning '[[:Category:A Company (11th Battalion)|A']], '[[:Category:B' &Company (11th Battalion)|B]] and '{{D' CompaniesCompany}} at the disposal of [[Company]] Commanders for physical drill and musketry[[musket]]ry training during morning.

*'{{C' Company}} goes on a 6 mile route march. Recreation in the afternoon.<ref name="wdoct17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, October 1917]]</ref>