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*[[Percy Wilfred Machell|Lt-Col. Machell]] to [[Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale|Lord Lonsdale]]: "....[[greatcoat]]s.... actually received 230...." <ref>{{lowther|recno=279}}</ref>
*Lord Lonsdale's reply: "....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." <ref>{{lowther|recno=131}}</ref>
*Daily returns of rations are issued to 11 [[sergeant]]s and 239 men.<ref>{{lowther|recno=102}}</ref>
==1915 (Wednesday)==
*[[Battalion]] situated in [[billet]]s at Villers-Bocage.
*Newspaper article: ''[[Killed - Sgt. Arthur Hackett]]''.<ref>''[[Killed - Sgt. Arthur Hackett]]'' – [[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>▼
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▲*Newspaper
▲*Battalion situated at Berteaucourt involved in training under
*Deaths: [[Arthur Carrigan (14926 Pte.)]] / [[Richard Potts (16303)]]
==1917 (Saturday)==
*Battalion situated at Wurst Farm, resting the majority of the day then.
*8.55pm: The men ready themselves prior to attack.
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