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==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 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 [[billet]]s (Harley Street). Finds [[working party|working parties]] for the front line [[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 the Lonsdale's lines.
*Deaths: [[Fred Clancey (28832 Pte.)]]
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