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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>
*'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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Revision as of 11:46, 18 January 2017

October

Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 15 October.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 15 October on The Great War wiki.

1914

  • 6 men are recruited at Thursby.[1]
  • 'C' Company[2] and 'D' Company[3] join the rest of the Battalion at Blackhall Racecourse, Carlisle.
  • Percy Machell is gazetted the temporary rank of Lieutenant Colonel, to date from 1 September 1914.[4]
  • Letter from Major Binning: 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. [5]

1916

  • Battalion leaves Bethune in full marching order. Arrives Labeuvrere and billets there.[6]
  • Battalion parade in afternoon under C.O.[6]

1917

  • Battalion situated at Teteghem. 'A', 'B' & 'D' Companies at disposal of Company Commanders for physical drill and musketry training during morning.
  • 'C' Company on 6 mile route march. Recreation in the afternoon.[7]

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  1. Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/279
  2. 11th Border Regiment C Company formed of Westmorland men from Kendal.
  3. 11th Border Regiment D Company formed of Cumberland men from Workington.
  4. Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France
  5. Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/23
  6. 6.0 6.1 11th Battalion War Diary, October 1916
  7. 11th Battalion War Diary, October 1917
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