18 September: Difference between revisions

“It is anticipated that a battalion called "The Lonsdale Battalion" with Workington, Carlisle and Kendal as centres. A large number of names have been given in, and those who wish to join will please give their names and addresses to Mr. R.H. Hodgson, the Drill Hall, Workington. A number of officers will be required, and those willing to take a commission should apply at once. It will be necessary for all those willing to join, to give their names in as quickly as possible. It is anticipated that this will be on the lines of a Pals Battalion.”

1916 (Monday)

Battalion is situated in reserve line billets (Harley Street) finding working parties for front line trenches and the Royal Engineers.
Colonel Wace, GSO,^{[note 1]} calls at Battalion HQ during the morning.
Private John Robson (17415) is killed in action.

1917 (Tuesday)

Battalion situated in the front line.
The Germans use megaphone from 'Alpha Post' to C Company Post.

Notes

↑ General Staff Officer.

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Various sources contemporary to the war have been used to compile The Lonsdale Battalion On This Day. The majority of the events shown on this day (18 September), including any supplementary notes, enlistments and statistical data etc., have been primarily sourced from the Lonsdale Battalion War Diary (November 1915 to June 1918), Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) and abridged material from Timeline and Chronology of the Lonsdale Battalion (September 1914 - May 1915), which are sourced from the original DLONS/L/13/13 Lowther Estate Archives. Events from that chronology are reproduced here with kind permission of Jim Lowther (2016). They are identified and referenced separately by their unique DLONS numbers. Please do not publish these events without prior permission from the Lowther Estate. All casualty names, numbers, ranks, date of deaths and places of burial/commemoration have been sourced from Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19, Volume 39, The Border Regiment and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database respectively.

[1] General Staff Officer.

[note 1]

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 <noinclude>{{Calendar|September|hide31=yes}}{{Date-introtext}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__
-==1914==
+==1914 (Friday)==
+*Article published in the [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]:
-*{{quote-left}}It is anticipated that a battalion called "[[The Lonsdale Battalion - an introduction|The Lonsdale Battalion]]" with Workington, Carlisle and Kendal as centres. A large number of names have been given in, and those who wish to join will please give their names and addresses to Mr. R.H. Hodgson, the Drill Hall, Workington. A number of officers will be required, and those willing to take a commission should apply at once. It will be necessary for all those willing to join, to give their names in as quickly as possible. It is anticipated that this will be on the lines of a Pals Battalion.{{quote-right}} <ref>Published in the [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]], 18 September 1914.</ref>
+<blockquote>{{quote-left}}It is anticipated that a [[battalion]] called "[[The Lonsdale Battalion - an introduction|The Lonsdale Battalion]]" with Workington, Carlisle and Kendal as centres. A large number of names have been given in, and those who wish to join will please give their names and addresses to Mr. R.H. Hodgson, the Drill Hall, Workington. A number of officers will be required, and those willing to take a commission should apply at once. It will be necessary for all those willing to join, to give their names in as quickly as possible. It is anticipated that this will be on the lines of a Pals Battalion.{{quote-right}}</blockquote>
-==1916==
+==1916 (Monday)==
-*Battalion situated in reserve line billets (Harley Street) find 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> for front line trenches and Royal Engineers.<ref name="wdsep16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, September 1916]]</ref>
+*Battalion is situated in reserve line [[billet]]s (Harley Street) finding [[working party|working parties]] for front line [[trench]]es and the {{wl|Royal Engineers}}.
-*Colonel Wace, GSO,<ref>General Staff Officer.</ref> calls at Battalion HQ during the morning.<ref name="wdsep17" />
+*Colonel Wace, <small>GSO</small>,<ref group="note">General Staff Officer.</ref> calls at Battalion HQ during the morning.
+*[[Private]] [[John Robson (17415)]] is [[killed in action]].
-==1917==
+==1917 (Tuesday)==
-*Battalion situated in the front line. The Germans use megaphone from 'Alpha Post' to 'C' Company Post.<ref name="wdsep17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, September 1917]]</ref>
+*Battalion situated in the front line.
+*The Germans use megaphone from 'Alpha Post' to {{C Company}} Post.
+<br/>
+{{notes}}<!--{{refs}}-->{{acks}}
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