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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 23 September.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 23 September on The Great War wiki.

1914

• 16 men are recruited at Dalston.
• Lt-Col. Machell states: “The [daily] rates of pay of officers and men are as follows - Sergeant 2s 4d [12p], Corporal 1s 8d [7p] and Private 1s [5p].”

1916

• Battalion situated in the front line trenches (Cuinchy Sector) encounters enemy trench mortars and aerial darts in the direction of the 'Brickstacks' during both the morning and afternoon; there is no material damage.
• Enemy artillery (77mm) fires a number of rounds in the direction of Cuinchy Church at 4pm.
• The Bombing Officer visits the front line trenches during afternoon and Brigadier General Jardine visits Battalion HQ at 11:45pm.

1917

• Battalion situated at at Zuydcoote has church parade. Operations Orders are received from Brigade.

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 Please do not publish these extracts on other publicly visible media without prior permission from the copyright holder.