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==1914 (Thursday)==
*One man is recruited in Cumwhitton.<ref name="lowther279">{{lowther|recno=279}}</ref>
*Enlistments: [[Howard Nicholson (13402 Pte.)]]
*[[Colour-Sergeant]] Cowie ([[Border Regiment]]) is appointed the Battalion's [[Sergeant-Major]]. He remains in the role until [[20 May]], 1915.
*Telegram from [[Percy Wilfred Machell|Lt-Col. Machell]]: "Lord Lonsdale has obtained authority enlist five feet five instead five feet six." <ref>{{lowther|recno=12}}</ref>
*Telegram from [[Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale|Lord Lonsdale]] to Lt-Col. Machell: "have got present for each man of pair blankets if not three they will all be at Carlisle today." <ref>{{lowther|recno=6}}</ref>
*Letter from Carlisle Cooperative Society: “We regret our inability to procure any Cardigans, Jackets & Sweaters of any description whatsoever. We have tried all our available sources, and have found it impossible to get even a dozen..."<ref name="lowther279"/>
*Nominal roll for {{C Company}} based in Kendal.<ref>{{lowther|recno=185}}</ref>
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*Mackinnon to [[Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale|Lord Lonsdale]]: "... I am afraid for purposes of training that the Battalion must go, but I have given instructions that a small party shall be left behind for recruiting purposes..." <ref>{{lowther|recno=279}}</ref>
*Morning practice in crossing craters. The Commanding Officer is a member of a General Court Martial.<ref name="wdoct16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, October 1916]]</ref>▼
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▲*Morning practice in crossing craters. The Commanding Officer is a member of a General Court Martial.
*Holding the left sub-sector of Lombardzyde Sector – dispositions are unchanged.<ref name="wdoct17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, October 1917]]</ref> ▼
*2nd Lieut. J.G.M. Marr is wounded. Five [[other ranks]] are killed and five are wounded.<ref name="wdoct17" />▼
==1917 (Monday)==
▲*Holding the left sub-sector of Lombardzyde Sector – dispositions are unchanged.
▲*2nd Lieut. J.G.M. Marr is wounded. Five [[other ranks]] are killed and five are wounded.
====Deaths====
*[[Charley Boadle (202955 Pte.)]]
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*[[Christopher Robinson (13658)]]
==1918 (Tuesday)==
*Deaths: [[John Grant (240014 Sgt.)]] / [[Arthur James Matthews (19433)]]<ref group="note"> [[Company Sergeant Major]] [[Arthur James Matthews (19433)|Matthews]] was awarded the {{wl|Military Medal}} for his actions on a [[Night raid on the Leipzig Salient (5 June 1916)|night raid on the Leipzig Salient]], the [[Bull’s Eye]] German [[Trench]]es, on [[5 June]] 1916. He attained the rank of [[Captain]] and was commissioned in the 15th South Lancashire Regiment. He died in the UK and is buried at {{CWGC link|id=42001|name=Battersea Rise Cemetery}}.</ref> / [[Wilfrid Vernon Matthews|Wilfrid Vernon Matthews (2nd Lieut.)]] <ref group="note">[[2nd Lieutenant]] [[Wilfrid Vernon Matthews|Matthews]] was awarded the {{wl|Mlitary Cross}} for his actions on [[5 September]] 1918. Citation reads: ''"When crossing the Somme at Brie, on 5th September, 1918, he attacked and captured two [[machine gun]]s that were hampering our advance. He displayed great gallantry and tactical skill in the method of the operation, which was completely successful at the cost of few casualties, in spite of heavy [[artillery]] and machine-gun fire."'' One month later he was [[killed in action]] and is buried at {{CWGC link|id=2000075|name=Bellicourt British Cemetery}}.</ref>
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