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==1915==
==1915 (Thursday)==
*Russian counter-offensive makes progress in the [[Carpathians]]; 5,700 prisoners taken.
*Letter to [[Percy Wilfred Machell|Lt-Col. Machell]] from Y.M.C.A. Carlisle: {{quote-left}}May I thank you, and the other officers, for the kind way they have supported the Y.M.C.A. at [[Blackhall Camp|Blackhall]]....the way our buildings in the Camp have 'taken on' with the men, has been in no small measure due to your valuable cooperation.{{quote-right}} <ref>{{lowther|recno=119}}</ref>
*Submarine {{SMU|U-29}} sunk.
*The following men are awarded proficiency pay:
*Dutch SS ''Medea'' captured by German submarine and sunk. First neutral ship sunk after visit and search (see [[13 March]] 1915).
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*Indian Expeditionary Force "F" (in [[Egypt]]) absorbed into Indian Expeditionary Force "E" (see [[2 October]] 1914; [[2 November|2]] and [[16 November]] 1914).
*T.F. Pattinson (19423) - E Company
*General Liman von Sanders appointed to command Turco-German Forces, [[Dardanelles]].
*W.E. Rooke (17524) - E Company
*J. Denwood (15522) - E Company
*W.T. Pearson (13438) - C Company
*A.G. Brotherhood (13215) - B Company
*H.A. Hunter (13268) - B Company
*F. Coates (13247) - B Company
*A.E. Ruddick (13216) - C Company
*G. Hogg (13625) - C Company
*G. Duff (15340) - C Company
*G. Lennon (152780) - B Company
*P. Creilly (17532) - A Company
*P. Colt (13797) - E Company
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==1916==
==Notes==
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*[[Battalion]] situated in rest [[billet|billets]] in Dernancourt.<ref>[[11th Battalion War Diary, March 1916]]</ref>
==References==

==1917==
*Battalion situated at Nesle. All but one Company parades and marches to dig on Strong Points.<ref name="wdmar17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, March 1917]]</ref>

==1918==
*Battalion situated in Divisional Reserve along Canal Bank. Training recommences and Companies are at the disposal of officers commanding companies.<ref name="wdmar18">[[11th Battalion War Diary, March 1918]]</ref>

==References / notes==
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==Acknowledgements==
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