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==1914== |
==1914 (Saturday)== |
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*Estimate from Joseph Blain, general dealer of Blackfriars Street, Carlisle for the following necessaries items:<br>1000 hairbrushes at 12s per dozen, 1000 toothbrushes at 4s per dozen, 1000 dressing combs at 5s per dozen, 84 dozen knives and forks at 4s 9d per dozen, 1000 tablespoons at tablespoons at 6s 6d per dozen; delivery in about 7 days.<ref name="lowther">{{lowther|recno=111}}</ref> |
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*Memo from J. Fitzsimmons, hatter of Botchergate: {{quote-left}}I have pleasure in quoting for 1000 Territorial Caps – Standard Army Pattern....making, trimming including badge – price 2s 9d each.<ref name="lowther" /> |
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*[[The Aisne]]: Strong general German attacks: also on the Meuse forts ([[Verdun]]). |
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===Naval and Overseas Operations=== |
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*[[Admiral Troubridge]] recalled into enquiry into escape of ''[[Goeben]]'' and ''[[Breslau]]''. |
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==1916 (Tuesday)== |
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*Battalion is situated in reserve line {{gw|billet}}s (Harley Street) find [[gw:working party|working parties]] for front line {{gw|trench}}es and the {{wl|Royal Engineers}}. |
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*[[Mr. Lloyd George]]'s historic [[Great Speeches of the War/Lloyd George|recruiting speech]] to London Welshmen at the Queen's Hall on German barbarities.<ref>{{gsw}}</ref><ref>[[David Lloyd George]] delivered one of the most memorable speeches of his career in support of the recruiting campaign. The occasion was marked by scenes of extraordinary enthusiasm. The hall, packed with young men ready to join the colours, resounded with the stirring strains of the Welsh National Anthem, Land of my Fathers, and the Welsh battlesong, Men of Harlech; great multitudes assembled outside the building, unable to secure admission. "Scrap of paper" theory of treaties; "treaties are the currency of international statesmanship."</ref> |
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*General Rycroft visits Battalion HQ at 4:45pm. |
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==1917 (Wednesday)== |
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==References/notes== |
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*Battalion in the front line. |
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*A solitary German solider comes from 'Alpha Post' towards 'C' Company Post. |
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*2nd Lieut. Ridgway leaves 'C' Company Post to meet the German soldier. There is no result from these advances. |
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*Operation Orders are received from Brigade. |
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Latest revision as of 08:32, 2 July 2024
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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 19 September.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 19 September on The Great War wiki.
1914 (Saturday)
- Estimate from Joseph Blain, general dealer of Blackfriars Street, Carlisle for the following necessaries items:
1000 hairbrushes at 12s per dozen, 1000 toothbrushes at 4s per dozen, 1000 dressing combs at 5s per dozen, 84 dozen knives and forks at 4s 9d per dozen, 1000 tablespoons at tablespoons at 6s 6d per dozen; delivery in about 7 days.[1] - Memo from J. Fitzsimmons, hatter of Botchergate: “I have pleasure in quoting for 1000 Territorial Caps – Standard Army Pattern....making, trimming including badge – price 2s 9d each.[1]
1916 (Tuesday)
- Battalion is situated in reserve line billets (Harley Street) find working parties for front line trenches and the Royal Engineers.
- General Rycroft visits Battalion HQ at 4:45pm.
1917 (Wednesday)
- Battalion in the front line.
- A solitary German solider comes from 'Alpha Post' towards 'C' Company Post.
- 2nd Lieut. Ridgway leaves 'C' Company Post to meet the German soldier. There is no result from these advances.
- Operation Orders are received from Brigade.
References
Sources: Various sources contemporary to the war have been used to compile the Lonsdale Battalion on this day... (hover to read more)
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 (19 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.