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==1915 (Friday)== |
==1915 (Friday)== |
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*Letter from the Recruiting Office, Workington: "We are also taking steps to interest the Police in their respective areas, about the selection of men of good physique and character for admission to the Battalion. This is being done with the knowledge of the Chief Constable." <ref>{{lowther|recno=199}}</ref> |
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*Heavy fighting at Fontaine Madame and [[St. Hubert]] ([[Argonne]]) and at the [[Hartmannsweilerkopf]]. |
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*Return of 379 unsold Battalion Christmas cards to W.H. Smith in English Street, Carlisle.<ref>{{lowther|recno=100}}</ref> |
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*[[Aeroplane]] raid by the Germans on [[Dunkirk]], and by the British on [[Zeebrugge]]. |
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*Battalion Orders: A Football Match will take place at Aspatria tomorrow, [[Lonsdale Battalion]] v. Aspatria.<ref>{{lowther|recno=136}}</ref> |
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*Austrians, having been strongly reinforced, recapture [[Kirlibaba Pass]]. |
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*D. McKillop (16375) is transferred from B Company to E Company and promoted from [[Private]] to [[Lance Corporal]]. <ref name="lowther135">{{lowther|recno=135}}</ref> |
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*Enlistments to E Company: John Bell (17533)<ref name="lowther135" /> |
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==1916 |
==1916 Saturday)== |
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*[[Lonsdales|Battalion]] experiences active enemy [[artillery]] fire in the F1 sector near Aveluy. |
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*Casualties: one officer<ref>The officer dies that evening.</ref> and two men are wounded; one man ([[Private]] [[Isaac Henry McQuire (15261)|McQuire]]) is killed.<ref name="wdjan16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, January 1916]]</ref><ref>Private McQuire's death is dated in ''[[A Smile for Everybody and Always Obliging]]'' – [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]. Published [[4 February]], 1916.</ref> [[Percy Wilfred Machell|Lt-Col. P. W Machell]] writes [[A Tribute to Private McQuire|tribute letter to Mrs McQuire]] on [[25 January]].<ref>''[[A Tribute to Private McQuire]]'' – [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]. Published [[4 February]], 1916.</ref> |
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==1917 (Monday)== |
==1917 (Monday)== |
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*Battalion in the [[trench|trenches]] R1 Sector (Beaumont Hamel). One [[company]] in reserve 'Station Road', one in support and two in front line.<ref name="wdjan17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, January 1917]]</ref> |
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==1918 (Tuesday)== |
==1918 (Tuesday)== |
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*Situated at Caribou Camp, involved in training during the morning and recreation during afternoon.<ref name="wdjan18">[[11th Battalion War Diary, January 1918]]</ref> |
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==Notes== |
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==References== |
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==Acknowledgements== |
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Revision as of 22:54, 4 March 2020
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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 22 January.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 22 January on The Great War wiki.
1915 (Friday)
- Letter from the Recruiting Office, Workington: "We are also taking steps to interest the Police in their respective areas, about the selection of men of good physique and character for admission to the Battalion. This is being done with the knowledge of the Chief Constable." [1]
- Return of 379 unsold Battalion Christmas cards to W.H. Smith in English Street, Carlisle.[2]
- Battalion Orders: A Football Match will take place at Aspatria tomorrow, Lonsdale Battalion v. Aspatria.[3]
- D. McKillop (16375) is transferred from B Company to E Company and promoted from Private to Lance Corporal. [4]
- Enlistments to E Company: John Bell (17533)[4]
1916 Saturday)
- Battalion experiences active enemy artillery fire in the F1 sector near Aveluy.
- Casualties: one officer[5] and two men are wounded; one man (Private McQuire) is killed.[6][7] Lt-Col. P. W Machell writes tribute letter to Mrs McQuire on 25 January.[8]
1917 (Monday)
1918 (Tuesday)
- Situated at Caribou Camp, involved in training during the morning and recreation during afternoon.[10]
Notes
References
- ↑ Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/199
- ↑ Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/100
- ↑ Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/136
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/135
- ↑ The officer dies that evening.
- ↑ 11th Battalion War Diary, January 1916
- ↑ Private McQuire's death is dated in A Smile for Everybody and Always Obliging – Workington Star and Harrington Guardian. Published 4 February, 1916.
- ↑ A Tribute to Private McQuire – Workington Star and Harrington Guardian. Published 4 February, 1916.
- ↑ 11th Battalion War Diary, January 1917
- ↑ 11th Battalion War Diary, January 1918
Acknowledgements
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 (22 January), 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.