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*1259 men are inoculated against typhoid.<ref>{{lowther|recno=85}}</ref>
*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>▼
*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 [[Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale|Earl of Lonsdale]], will accompany....carrying the necessary food, forage and blankets." <ref>{{lowther|recno=77}}</ref>
*Weekly denominational roll: 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>
==1915 (Saturday)==
▲*Bouzincourt. Battalion
*[[Percy Wilfred Machell|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-out]]s and a chance of drying up, but I feel very bad about the men, and one can’t do enough for them." <ref name="lons15">[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France]]</ref>
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==1916 (Monday)==
*Battalion situated at Puchevillers.
*Battalion [[bomber]]s parade under Bombing Officer. Remainder of Battalion prepare new training ground.
==1917 (Tuesday)==
*Battalion situated at Wurst Farm involved in [[working parties]] etc. Casualties 2 [[other ranks]].
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