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“I am much distressed about the War Office plans for your Battalion. I did hear that the Battalion were going to be put in the Highland Division. That would not be so bad if it were the 1st Highland, which I understand is going abroad soon. If, however, it is the 2nd Highland, I should be sorry....If you ever come across Lord Kitchener, you might mention the Battalion to him, and you certainly have my authority to say how very highly I think of the material and training.” ^[1]

1916

Battalion in isolation camp at Contay Wood (measles) involved in training and small working parties.^[2]^[3]
Lance-Corporal O. Bell writes a letter to the Workington Star and Harrington Guardian:

“Dear Sir, I must drop you a line to thank you and your subscribers so much for sending me the parcel of Old Tom cigarettes. I shared them out to the lads in my Section, who I may say are nearly all from Workington and the neighbouring villages. We are some distance from the firing line just at present, but we never know the minute we may be called upon. I am writing to thank the senders of the parcel under separate cover; but it will do no harm by thanking them through your valuable paper, too. I must now conclude, wishing you all, also the Smoke Fund, the best of luck.” ^[4]

1917

Deaths: Cowing, John (15548 L/Cpl.)^[5]

1918

Deaths: Bell, Adam (17540 Pte.) • Keen, Octavius (28857 Pte.)^[5]

References / notes

Material from Timeline/Chronology of the Lonsdale Battalion (September 1914 - May 1915) are sourced from the DLONS/L/13/13 Lowther Estate Archives. Entries from this timeline are reproduced here with kind permission of Jim Lowther and are not available under the license of this site. Please do not publish these extracts on other publicly visible media without prior permission from the copyright holder.

↑ Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/279
↑ Training continues during the whole period of isolation.
↑ 11th Battalion War Diary, April 1916
↑ May Be Called Upon Any Minute – Workington Star and Harrington Guardian. Published 28 April 1916.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Soldiers Died in the Great War (1921)

[1] Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/279

[2] Training continues during the whole period of isolation.

[3] 11th Battalion War Diary, April 1916

[4] May Be Called Upon Any Minute – Workington Star and Harrington Guardian. Published 28 April 1916.

[cwgc-5] 5.0 ^5.1
Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Soldiers Died in the Great War (1921)

[6] Commonwealth War Graves Commission

[7] Soldiers Died in the Great War (1921)

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 ==1915==
-*General Sir Henry Mackinnon (Commander in Chief, Western Command) to [[Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale|Lord Lonsdale]]:
+*[[General]] Sir Henry Mackinnon (Commander in Chief, Western Command) to [[Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale|Lord Lonsdale]]:
-:{{quote-left}}I am much distressed about the War Office plans for your Battalion. I did hear that the Battalion were going to be put in the Highland Division. That would not be so bad if it were the 1st Highland, which I understand is going abroad soon. If, however, it is the 2nd Highland, I should be sorry ... If you ever come across Lord Kitchener, you might mention the Battalion to him, and you certainly have my authority to say how very highly I think of the material and training.{{quote-right}} <ref>{{lowther|recno=279}}</ref>
+:{{quote-left}}I am much distressed about the War Office plans for your Battalion. I did hear that the Battalion were going to be put in the Highland Division. That would not be so bad if it were the 1st Highland, which I understand is going abroad soon. If, however, it is the 2nd Highland, I should be sorry....If you ever come across Lord Kitchener, you might mention the Battalion to him, and you certainly have my authority to say how very highly I think of the material and training.{{quote-right}} <ref>{{lowther|recno=279}}</ref>
 ==1916==
-*Battalion in isolation camp at Contay Wood (measles) involved in training and small working parties.<ref>Training continues during the whole period of isolation.</ref><ref>[[11th Battalion War Diary, April 1916]]</ref>
+*[[Battalion]] in isolation camp at Contay Wood (measles) involved in training and small working parties.<ref>Training continues during the whole period of isolation.</ref><ref>[[11th Battalion War Diary, April 1916]]</ref>
-*Lance-Corporal O. Bell writes a letter to the [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]:
+*[[Lance-Corporal]] O. Bell writes a letter to the [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]:
 :{{quote-left}}Dear Sir, I must drop you a line to thank you and your subscribers so much for sending me the parcel of Old Tom cigarettes. I shared them out to the lads in my Section, who I may say are nearly all from Workington and the neighbouring villages. We are some distance from the firing line just at present, but we never know the minute we may be called upon. I am writing to thank the senders of the parcel under separate cover; but it will do no harm by thanking them through your valuable paper, too. I must now conclude, wishing you all, also the Smoke Fund, the best of luck.{{quote-right}} <ref>''[[May Be Called Upon Any Minute]]'' &ndash; [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]. Published [[28 April]] 1916.</ref>
-<br>
-{{table-deaths
- |1914={{clear}}
- |1915={{clear}}
- |1916={{clear}}
- |1917={{clear}}
-*[[John Cowing (15548 L/Cpl.)|Cowing, John (15548 L/Cpl.)]]
- |1918={{clear}}
-*[[Adam Bell (17540 Pte.)|Bell, Adam (17540 Pte.)]]
-*[[Octavius Keen (28857 Pte.)|Keen, Octavius (28857 Pte.)]]
-}}
+==1917==
-{{refs-table2}}
+*Deaths: [[John Cowing (15548 L/Cpl.)|Cowing, John (15548 L/Cpl.)]]<ref name="cwgc">{{CWGC+SDGW}}</ref>
+==1918==
+*Deaths: [[Adam Bell (17540 Pte.)|Bell, Adam (17540 Pte.)]]{{2nbsp}}•{{2nbsp}}[[Octavius Keen (28857 Pte.)|Keen, Octavius (28857 Pte.)]]<ref name="cwgc" />
+==References / notes==
+<small>{{lowther copyright}}</small>
+{{reflist}}
+<!--{{refs-lowther}}-->
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