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==1914== |
==1914== |
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*6 men are recruited at Thursby.<ref>{{lowther|recno=279}}</ref> |
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===Western Front=== |
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*Enlistments: [[James Culley (13874 L/Cpl.)]]. |
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*[[Ostend]] and [[Zeebrugge]] occupied by the Germans. |
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*'C' Company<ref>11th Border Regiment C Company formed of Westmorland men from Kendal.</ref> and 'D' Company<ref>11th Border Regiment D Company formed of Cumberland men from Workington.</ref> join the rest of the Battalion at [[Blackhall Racecourse]], Carlisle. |
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*The Allied lines extended to the Coast. |
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*[[Percy Wilfred 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> |
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===Eastern Front=== |
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*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> |
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*[[Poland]]: First Battle for Warsaw begins along all the line of the Vistula (till [[23 October]]). |
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===Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres=== |
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*[[Tsing-tau]]: The beginning of the end. Non-combatants allowed to leave. |
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===Naval and Overseas Operations=== |
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*[[South Africa]]: Rebels routed at [[Ratedraai]]. |
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*[[North Sea]]: {{HMS|Hawke}} sunk by German submarine ''[[SM U-9|U-9]]''. |
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==1916== |
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*[[Battalion]] leaves Bethune in full marching order. Arrives Labeuvrere and [[billet]]s there.<ref name="wdoct16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, October 1916]]</ref> |
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*Battalion parade in afternoon under C.O.<ref name="wdoct16" /> |
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==1917== |
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*Battalion situated at Teteghem. 'A', 'B' & 'D' Companies at disposal of [[Company]] Commanders for physical drill and [[musket]]ry training during morning. |
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*'C' Company on 6 mile route march. Recreation in the afternoon.<ref name="wdoct17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, October 1917]]</ref> |
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