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==1915 (Saturday)== |
==1915 (Saturday)== |
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*Garrard & Co, Crown Jewellers to [[Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale|Lord Lonsdale]]: "We have this afternoon forwarded to [[Percy Wilfred Machell|Lt-Col. Machell]] 650 of the silver regimental badges, we have made to your esteemed instructions." <ref>{{lowther|recno=279}}</ref> |
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*French [[artillery]] drives Germans from [[trench]]es near [[Nieuport]]. |
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*Letter to [[William Walter Riddell Binning|Major Binning]] regarding the water Supply to [[Blackhall]]: "We....find that to deliver the quantity of water required, a larger Plant and Pipe will be required to meet your requirements. We propose to fix a 30 feet Tower....this will give you a daily average of 4500 gallons. The water from the Council’s main will be delivered into a 550 gallon Tank.{{quote-right}} <ref>{{lowther|recno=53}}</ref> |
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*French successes in engagements at Blangy, near [[Arras]], and in [[Champagne]]. |
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*Transfers: J. Wheatman (13427) from C Company to E Company.<ref name="lowther135">{{lowther|recno=135}}</ref> |
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*Russians continue to advance on Lower Vistula, repulse heavy attacks near [[Bolimov]] (on [[Ravka (river)|Ravka]]), and occupy the [[Kirlibaba Pass]] ([[Bukovina]]). |
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*Discharges: T. Stewart (15429) of C Company.<ref name="lowther135" /> |
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*Russian victory at [[Kara Urgan]], Turkish corps routed. |
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*Enlistments to E Company: William Forsyth (17520)<ref name="lowther135" /> |
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==1916 (Sunday)== |
==1916 (Sunday)== |
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*In rest [[billet|billets]] at Bouzincourt.<ref name="wdjan16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, January 1916]]</ref> |
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==1917 (Tuesday)== |
==1917 (Tuesday)== |
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*Battalion is situated at Bus supplying [[working parties]].<ref name="wdjan17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, January 1917]]</ref> |
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*[[James William Gregg (14003 L/Cpl.)]]<ref name="cwgc">{{SDGW}}</ref> |
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==1918 (Wednesday)== |
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*Battalion is 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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==Notes== |
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==Acknowledgements== |
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Revision as of 22:23, 3 March 2020
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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 16 January.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 16 January on The Great War wiki.
1915 (Saturday)
- Garrard & Co, Crown Jewellers to Lord Lonsdale: "We have this afternoon forwarded to Lt-Col. Machell 650 of the silver regimental badges, we have made to your esteemed instructions." [1]
- Letter to Major Binning regarding the water Supply to Blackhall: "We....find that to deliver the quantity of water required, a larger Plant and Pipe will be required to meet your requirements. We propose to fix a 30 feet Tower....this will give you a daily average of 4500 gallons. The water from the Council’s main will be delivered into a 550 gallon Tank.” [2]
- Transfers: J. Wheatman (13427) from C Company to E Company.[3]
- Discharges: T. Stewart (15429) of C Company.[3]
- Enlistments to E Company: William Forsyth (17520)[3]
1916 (Sunday)
1917 (Tuesday)
- Battalion is situated at Bus supplying working parties.[5]
- James William Gregg (14003 L/Cpl.)[6]
1918 (Wednesday)
- Battalion is situated at Tournehem. Parading on 'B' Range and carrying out firing practices.[7]
Notes
References
- ↑ Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/279
- ↑ Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/53
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/135
- ↑ 11th Battalion War Diary, January 1916
- ↑ 11th Battalion War Diary, January 1917
- ↑ Soldiers Died in the Great War (1921)
- ↑ 11th Battalion War Diary, January 1918
Acknowledgements
Various sources contemporary to the war have been used to compile The Lonsdale Battalion On This Day. The majority of the events shown on this day (16 January), including any supplementary notes, enlistments and statistical data etc., have been primarily sourced from the Lonsdale Battalion War Diary (November 1915 to June 1918), Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) and abridged material from Timeline and Chronology of the Lonsdale Battalion (September 1914 - May 1915), which are sourced from the original DLONS/L/13/13 Lowther Estate Archives. Events from that chronology are reproduced here with kind permission of Jim Lowther (2016). They are identified and referenced separately by their unique DLONS numbers. Please do not publish these events without prior permission from the Lowther Estate. All casualty names, numbers, ranks, date of deaths and places of burial/commemoration have been sourced from Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19, Volume 39, The Border Regiment and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database respectively.