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Line 1: <noinclude>{{Calendar\|September\|hide31=yes}}{{Date-introtext}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__ ==1914 (Thursday)== Approval of the Army Council is given (War Office letter No. 20/Gen. No./3162 (A.G.1) and an Executive Committee is formed. [[Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale\|Earl of Lonsdale]] and the Executive Committee decide to raise the "[[Lonsdale Battalion]]" in three detachments: Carlisle, Kendal and Workington.<ref group="note">There were four companies in the three detachments: {{A Company}} and {{B ~~Companies~~Company}} from East and North Cumberland were based at [[Blackhall Camp\|Blackhall Racecourse]] in Carlisle, {{C Company}} from Westmorland was based at Kendal, and {{D Company}} from West Cumberland was based at Workington.</ref> Enlistments: [[Alfred James Chandler (15321 Pte.)]] ==1916 (Sunday)== In reserve line ~~billets~~[[billet]]s (Harley Street). Finds [[working party\|working parties]] for the front line ~~trenches~~[[trench]]es and {{wl\|Royal Engineers}}. ==1917 (Monday)== In the front line. Encounters a raid on {{C Company}}'s lines about 3:30am with one [[other ranks\|other rank]] killed and one wounded. Heavy hostile [[bombardment]] on left sub-sector (St. Georges and Lombardzyde) during the afternoon. One enemy soldier, who is wounded during raid on C Company, is brought into ~~11th~~the ~~Border~~Lonsdale's lines. Deaths: [[Fred Clancey (28832 Pte.)]] <br/> ~~==References / notes==~~ {{notes}}<!--{{refs}}-->{{acks}} ~~<references />~~ <noinclude> [[Category:Events by day\|261]]