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==1916 Saturday)==
*Aveluy: Active enemy [[artillery]] fire in the F1 sector near Aveluy. One officer and two men are wounded.<ref group="note">The wounded officer, most likely to be Lieutenant T.S. Gordon, who is mentioned as being killed on this day in [[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France]], succumbs to his wounds sustained earlier in the day and dies later in the evening.</ref>
*[[Isaac Henry McQuire (15261)]] is [[killed in action]] by a [[whizz-bang]] [[artillery]] [[shell]] in Aveluy whilst in [[billet]]s.<ref group="note">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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