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*Letter from [[General]] Sir Henry Mackinnon to [[Percy Wilfred Machell|Lt-Col. Machell]]: {{quote-left}}Hope to “fetch up” at the Station Hotel, Carlisle. I shall have my Motor with me and shall come out to Camp on Friday morning for an hour or two, and should like if possible, to see a little digging, some physical drill, and other Company work. Don’t have any Parade for me. I may ask them to march past in fours. I shall be glad to see you for I know you have done your training well, although you have been handicapped by want of [[rifle]]s etc.{{quote-right}} <ref>{{lowther|recno=114}}</ref> |
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*Two [[Zeppelin]]s attacks [[Paris]]. |
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*Capitulation of [[Przemsyl]] to the Russians; 126,000 prisoners and 700 big guns<ref group="note">The siege of Przemysl lasted continuously from [[10 November|10]]/[[11 November]], 1914 to 22 March, 1915.</ref> (see [[10 November]] 1914 and [[3 June]] 1915). |
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*Turkish raiding forces discovered near El Kubri (Suez). |
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*French Prize Court declare seizure of {{SS|Dacia}} valid (see [[27 February]]). |
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*[[Battalion]] situated in the E1 sector near Hénencourt. Front very quiet with some casualties.<ref name="wdmarch16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, March 1916]]</ref> |
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*Casualties: three [[other ranks]] wounded ([[rifle]] [[grenade]]), two slightly wounded ([[shrapnel]]), two killed (rifle grenade).<ref name="wdmarch16" /> |
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*Deaths: [[Fred Coates (13247 Sgt.)]]{{2nbsp}}•{{2nbsp}}[[George Lennon (15270 L/Cpl.)]]<ref name="cwgc">{{CWGC+SDGW}}</ref> |
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==1917== |
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*Battalion situated at Nesle involved with working parties<ref>A group of soldiers (or prisoners) that are assigned to perform manual tasks or duties, for their own or other units.</ref> on bridges and roads etc. Guards and piquets are supplied, remainder of Battalion bathes.<ref name="wdmar17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, March 1917]]</ref> |
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*Battalion situated in Divisional Reserve. Day is spent in cleaning up after tour in the line, the men concentrated in shelters along 'Canal Bank'.<ref name="wdmar18">[[11th Battalion War Diary, March 1918]]</ref> |
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*One [[Company]] is out on working party duty and two Companies bathe during afternoon.<ref name="wdmar18" /> |
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Revision as of 22:37, 5 June 2020
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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 22 March.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 22 March on The Great War wiki.
1915
- Letter from General Sir Henry Mackinnon to Lt-Col. Machell: “Hope to “fetch up” at the Station Hotel, Carlisle. I shall have my Motor with me and shall come out to Camp on Friday morning for an hour or two, and should like if possible, to see a little digging, some physical drill, and other Company work. Don’t have any Parade for me. I may ask them to march past in fours. I shall be glad to see you for I know you have done your training well, although you have been handicapped by want of rifles etc.” [1]
1916
- Battalion situated in the E1 sector near Hénencourt. Front very quiet with some casualties.[2]
- Casualties: three other ranks wounded (rifle grenade), two slightly wounded (shrapnel), two killed (rifle grenade).[2]
- Deaths: Fred Coates (13247 Sgt.) • George Lennon (15270 L/Cpl.)[3]
1917
1918
References / notes
Material from Timeline/Chronology of the Lonsdale Battalion (September 1914 - May 1915) are sourced from the DLONS/L/13/13 Lowther Estate Archives. Entries from this timeline are reproduced here with kind permission of Jim Lowther and are not available under the license of this site. Please do not publish these extracts on other publicly visible media without prior permission from the copyright holder.
- ↑ Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/114
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 11th Battalion War Diary, March 1916
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- ↑ A group of soldiers (or prisoners) that are assigned to perform manual tasks or duties, for their own or other units.
- ↑ 11th Battalion War Diary, March 1917
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 11th Battalion War Diary, March 1918