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-<noinclude>{{Calendar|December}}{{Date-introtext}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__
+<noinclude>{{Calendar|December}}{{Date-introtext}}<br>{{year-day|Tuesday|Wednesday|Friday|Saturday|Sunday}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__
 ==1914==
+===Western Front===
-*[[Percy Wilfred Machell|Lt-Col. Machell]] to [[Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale|Lord Lonsdale]]: {{quote-left}}....[[greatcoat]]s.... actually received 230....{{quote-right}} <ref>{{lowther|recno=279}}</ref>
+*[[Vermelles]], near Bethune, recovered by the French.
-*Lord Lonsdale's reply: {{quote-left}}....greatcoat difficulty was not fault of committee but fault of contract being made with company who became insolvent and could not obtain cloth to vary out contracts.{{quote-right}} <ref>{{lowther|recno=131}}</ref>
+*[[King George]] visits Indian [[troops]]; confers G.C.B. on [[General Joffre]].
-*Daily returns of rations are issued to 11 [[sergeant]]s and 239 men.<ref>{{lowther|recno=102}}</ref>
+===Eastern Front===
+*Fierce fighting in the suburbs of [[Lodz]].
-==1915==
+===Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres===
-*[[Battalion]] situated in [[billet]]s at Villers-Bocage.<ref name=“wdnovdec15”>[[11th Battalion War Diary, November to December 1915]]</ref>
+*Armenia: Russians capture Sarai and Bashkal.
+===Naval and Overseas Operations===
-==1916==
+*[[South Africa]]: Surrender of [[General de Wet]].
-*Newspaper article: ''[[Killed - Sgt. Arthur Hackett]]''.<ref>''[[Killed - Sgt. Arthur Hackett]]'' &ndash; [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]. Published 1 December, 1916.</ref>
-*Newspaper article: ''[[Wounded - L/Cpl. R. Potts & Sgt. J.W. Oglethorpe]]''.<ref>''[[Wounded - L/Cpl. R. Potts & Sgt. J.W. Oglethorpe]]'' &ndash; [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]. Published 1 December, 1916.</ref>
-*Battalion situated at Berteaucourt involved in training under [[Company]] arrangements. Games etc. in the afternoon.<ref name="wddec16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, December 1916]]</ref>
-*Deaths: [[Arthur Carrigan (14926 Pte.)]]<ref>{{CWGC+SDGW}}</ref>
-==1917==
-*Battalion situated at Wurst Farm, resting the majority of the day then, at 8.55pm, readies itself prior to attack.<ref name="wddec17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, December 1917]]</ref>
-==References / notes==
-{{refs-lowther}}
+==References/notes==
+{{Gleichen-123}}
+{{reflist}}
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