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==19141916==
*Battalion marches to Allouagne via Parnes - Floringhem - Auchel - Lozinghem and takes over billets.<ref name="wdjuly16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, July 1916]]</ref>
===Events preceding British Declaration of War===
*The following newspaper articles are published: ''[[Deaths - Local Border Men]]'' / ''[[Killed - Official Notifications]]'' / ''[[It's Been an Awful Time]]'' / ''[[Workington's Black Week]]''<ref>[[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]</ref>
*[[Austria-Hungary]]: Conferences held at Ischl and Budapest concerning [[Serbia]].
*Deaths: [[Leonard Davies (17536 Pte.)]]
*[[Germany]]: French Ambassador informs [[Paris]] of first steps towards German mobilisation.
*[[Russia]]: Beginning of great Revolutionary Strike.
 
==19151917==
*Battalion remains in camp at Bray Dunes involved in training and recreation.<ref name="wdjuly17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, July 1917]]</ref>
*{{EF}} - Ivangorod fortress invested. Russian offensive round [[Sokal]] expels enemy from right bank of Upper [[Bug (river)|Bug]].
*{{SF}} - Italians advance at [[Plava]] (Julian).
*{{AE}} - British force reach [[Euphrates]] from [[Kurna]] and captures Turkish [[troops]]. British re-occupy [[Sheikh Othman]] ([[Aden]]).
 
==1918==
==References/notes==
*Battalion receives orders to move to Abancourt - Ser Queux area.<ref name="wdjuly18">[[11th Battalion War Diary, July 1918]]</ref>
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*Deaths: [[Thomas Murray (19707)]]<ref group="note">[[Thomas Murray (19707)|Thomas Murray]] died of Pneumonia and is buried at {{CWGC link|id=2090440|name=St. Riquier British Cemetery}}. He was 27 years old.</ref>
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