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*Christmas telegram from [[Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale|Lord Lonsdale]]: "Christmas greeting to you and yours and all the best of wishes. It is Regiments such as yours that are going to establish the supremacy of England for - ever and sincerely trust that this will be done as speedily as possible and that next Xmas I can congratulate you upon all success and the safety of the Empire but [[troops]] are still needed so use your collective and individual help in recruiting in the interest of the King and your country." <ref>{{lowther|recno=112}}</ref> |
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*[[Private]]s F. Moscrop (17382), D. Macdonald (13783), W.T. Armstrong (17384), F.G. Wilson (17385), T. Macdonald (17386), F. Robinson (17387) are posted to E Company.<ref>{{lowther|recno=135}}</ref> |
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*Battalion situated at Bouzincourt. One officer and 50 other ranks involved in fatigue duties<ref>Fatigue duty is the employment of manual labour assigned to military men that does not necessitate the use of weaponry.</ref> (erecting huts) for the Royal Engineers.<ref name="wdnovdec15">[[11th Battalion War Diary, November to December 1915]]</ref> |
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*"The following Christmas presents have been received from the Earl of Lonsdale 1,600 pounds plum pudding and 1,300 cigars. Also: 1,000 cigarettes, 40 tins of sweetmeats, 8 geese, 100 body belts." <ref>{{lowther|recno=?}}</ref> |
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*Battalion situated at Bouzincourt. |
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*One officer and 50 [[other ranks]] involved in [[fatigue duty|fatigue duties]] (erecting huts) for the {{wl|Royal Engineers}}. |
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*Battalion situate at 'Seige Camp' involved in cleaning up etc.<ref name="wddec17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, December 1917]]</ref> |
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*Battalion situated at Siege Camp involved in cleaning up etc. |
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Latest revision as of 13:13, 14 December 2022
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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 24 December.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 24 December on The Great War wiki.
1914 (Thursday)
- Christmas telegram from Lord Lonsdale: "Christmas greeting to you and yours and all the best of wishes. It is Regiments such as yours that are going to establish the supremacy of England for - ever and sincerely trust that this will be done as speedily as possible and that next Xmas I can congratulate you upon all success and the safety of the Empire but troops are still needed so use your collective and individual help in recruiting in the interest of the King and your country." [1]
- Privates F. Moscrop (17382), D. Macdonald (13783), W.T. Armstrong (17384), F.G. Wilson (17385), T. Macdonald (17386), F. Robinson (17387) are posted to E Company.[2]
- "The following Christmas presents have been received from the Earl of Lonsdale 1,600 pounds plum pudding and 1,300 cigars. Also: 1,000 cigarettes, 40 tins of sweetmeats, 8 geese, 100 body belts." [3]
1915 (Friday)
- Newspaper article A Bit of Rotten Luck is published in the Workington Star and Harrington Guardian.
- Battalion situated at Bouzincourt.
- One officer and 50 other ranks involved in fatigue duties (erecting huts) for the Royal Engineers.
- Remainder of Battalion cleaning rifles and equipment.
1916 (Sunday)
- Battalion situated at Puchevillers. Church parade and inspection of billets.
1917 (Monday)
- Battalion situated at Siege Camp involved in cleaning up etc.
References
Sources: Various sources contemporary to the war have been used to compile the Lonsdale Battalion on this day... (hover to read more)
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 (24 December), 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.