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==1914== |
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*1259 men are inoculated against typhoid.<ref>{{lowther|recno=85}}</ref> |
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===Western Front=== |
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*Lonsdale's Alston route march: train to Haltwhistle then march to Alston, Nenthead, Garrigill, Alston for recruiting meeting. {{quote-left}}The Battalion Ambulance with pair of horses, all presented by the [[Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale|Earl of Lonsdale]], will accompany....carrying the necessary food, forage and blankets.{{quote-right}} <ref>{{lowther|recno=77}}</ref> |
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*Indian [[troops]] begin an attack on the Germans round [[Givenchy]] ([[La Bassée]]); a five days' battle commenced. |
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*Weekly denominational roll of the Lonsdales: Church of England 656, Roman Catholic 94, Wesleyan Methodists 38, Presbyterians 18, Baptists 3, Primitive Methodists 11, Congregationalists 6, Scotch Nationalists 3. (Total 829)<ref>{{lowther|recno=19}}</ref> |
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*French pressure towards [[Péronne]]. |
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===Eastern Front=== |
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*[[Galicia]]: Austrians recover [[Lupkow Pass]] over the [[Carpathians]]. |
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===Naval and Overseas Operations=== |
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*German cruiser {{SMS|Friedrich Karl}} reported lost in Baltic. |
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===Political=== |
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*[[Egypt]]: Hussein I proclaimed Sultan.<ref>British Protectorate declared in [[Egypt]]; abolition of Turkish suzerainty. Deposition of Khedive Abbas Hilmi owing to anti-British intrigues; Khediviate with title of Sultan of Egypt offered to, and accepted by, his uncle, Prince Hussein Kamel, second son of Ismail Pasha.</ref> |
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*Meeting of three Scandinavian Kings at Malmo. |
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*[[Great Britain]]: Conviction of [[Adolf Ahlers]] quashed.<ref>[[Adolf Ahlers]], naturalised British subject and German Consul at Sunderland, had been sentenced to death for high treason for having incited and assisted German reservists to return to [[Germany]].</ref> |
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==1915== |
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*[[Battalion]] situated at Bouzincourt. Right half of Battalion relieves two Companies of garrison of the F1 sub-sector; left half relieves two Companies of garrison of the F2 sub-sector.<ref name="wdnovdec15">[[11th Battalion War Diary, November to December 1915]]</ref> |
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*[[Percy Wilfred Machell|Lt-Col. Machell]]: {{quote-left}}All will be more comfortable when our division takes over. C.O.’s are well enough off always apparently, having pretty good [[dug-out]]s and a chance of drying up, but I feel very bad about the men, and one can’t do enough for them.{{quote-right}} <ref name="lons15">[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France]]</ref> |
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==1916== |
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*Battalion situated at Puchevillers. Battalion [[bomber]]s parade under Bombing Officer. Remainder of Battalion prepare new training grounds.<ref name="wddec16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, December 1916]]</ref> |
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==1917== |
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*Battalion situated at 'Wurst Farm' involved in working parties<ref>A group of soldiers (or prisoners) that are assigned to perform manual tasks or duties, for their own or other units.</ref> etc. Casualties 2 other ranks.<ref name="wddec17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, December 1917]]</ref> |
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Revision as of 00:33, 6 June 2020
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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 18 December.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 18 December on The Great War wiki.
1914
- 1259 men are inoculated against typhoid.[1]
- Lonsdale's Alston route march: train to Haltwhistle then march to Alston, Nenthead, Garrigill, Alston for recruiting meeting. “The Battalion Ambulance with pair of horses, all presented by the Earl of Lonsdale, will accompany....carrying the necessary food, forage and blankets.” [2]
- Weekly denominational roll of the Lonsdales: Church of England 656, Roman Catholic 94, Wesleyan Methodists 38, Presbyterians 18, Baptists 3, Primitive Methodists 11, Congregationalists 6, Scotch Nationalists 3. (Total 829)[3]
1915
- Battalion situated at Bouzincourt. Right half of Battalion relieves two Companies of garrison of the F1 sub-sector; left half relieves two Companies of garrison of the F2 sub-sector.[4]
- Lt-Col. Machell: “All will be more comfortable when our division takes over. C.O.’s are well enough off always apparently, having pretty good dug-outs and a chance of drying up, but I feel very bad about the men, and one can’t do enough for them.” [5]
1916
1917
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/13/13/85
- ↑ Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/77
- ↑ Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/19
- ↑ 11th Battalion War Diary, November to December 1915
- ↑ Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France
- ↑ 11th Battalion War Diary, December 1916
- ↑ A group of soldiers (or prisoners) that are assigned to perform manual tasks or duties, for their own or other units.
- ↑ 11th Battalion War Diary, December 1917