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==1914 (Wednesday)==
==1915==▼
*Schedule of lights and fittings at the [[Blackhall Camp|Grand Stand]].<ref>{{lowther|recno=75}}</ref>
*Monthly indents of personal clothing and kits are issued to {{C Company}} in Kendal.<ref>{{lowther|recno=68}}</ref>
:"Very good moving on gradually, so the men get used to billeting; it’s a big change for these lads, accustomed to having everything done for them. Their minds move slowly and they think it’s still training; so far we have got along first rate, much better than others. [[Gerald Spring-Rice|Spring-Rice]] very good at getting the transport along." – [[Percy Wilfred Machell|Lt-Col. P. W. Machell]]▼
▲==1915 (Thursday)==
*[[Battalion]] leaves Longpré at 1am: {{A Company}} marches to Ergnies, arriving at 7am.
*{{B Company}}, {{C Company}} and {{D Company}} marches to Gorenflos, arriving at 5:30am and remain in [[billet|billets]].<ref name="lonsdales">[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France]]</ref>
▲*[[Percy Wilfred Machell|Lt-Col. Machell]]: "Very good moving on gradually, so the men get used to billeting; it’s a big change for these lads, accustomed to having everything done for them. Their minds move slowly and they think it’s still training; so far we have got along first rate, much better than others. [[Gerald Spring-Rice|Spring-Rice]] very good at getting the transport along."
==1916 (Saturday)==
*Battalion parades then leaves Arqueves at 9.25am; arrives Gezaincourt 12 noon.
*A draft of 40 men reports in as reinforcements.
==1917 (Sunday)==
*Battalion is situated in the Bellvue area.
*A and C Companies withdraw without relief onto B and D Companies. Both A and C Companies suffer heavy casualties owing to a hostile [[barrage]] put down in the front line area.
*Battalion is relieved by the 15th Highland Light Infantry, which completes at 11.30pm.
*Battalion then moves on to relieve the 17th Highland Light Infantry in the left subsector via Kronprinz Farm. Relief completes at 2am on [[26 November|the following morning]].
*Captain J. Benson, 2nd Lieut. J.R McDonald, 2nd Lieut. Duncan and 35 [[other ranks]] are wounded. 12 [[other ranks]] are killed and 7 are missing.
===The following Lonsdale men died this day in 1917===
{{Lonsdale Casualties 25 November 1917}}
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