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==1914== |
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*Three men are recruited in Aspatria. The Recruiting Office opens at 7 Devonshire Street, Carlisle.<ref>{{Lowther|recno=279}}</ref> |
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===Western Front=== |
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*14 men enlist into {{A Company}}.<ref>{{Lowther|recno=8}}</ref> |
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*[[The Aisne]]: [[Reims]] again bombarded. |
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*Enlistments: [[Charles Johnston (13279 Sgt.)]]. |
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*[[Battle of Albert]] begun by the Germans to prevent encirclement. |
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*Use of [[Blackhall Racecourse]] (Battalion Headquarters) starts with [[William Walter Riddell Binning|Major Binning]], Captain Sale and 75 recruits, forming the nucleus of {{A Company}} and {{B Company}} of North Cumberland men. |
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*[[Noyon]] and [[Lassigny]] taken from the French. |
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*[[Percy Wilfred Machell|Lt-Col. P.W. Machell]] takes over command of Battalion Headquarters.<ref group="note">Col. Machell becomes the heart of the Battalion and the men come to revere him. He turns the varied farm servants, miners, clerks etc. into soldiers, initially on his own, as he does not even have an [[Adjutant]] until December when Captain P.G.W. Diggle is appointed.</ref> |
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*[[Camp des Romains]] and [[St. Mihiel]] on the [[Meuse]] taken by the Germans. |
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*Newspaper article ''[[Workington Committee for Lonsdale Recruiting]]'' is published.<ref>[[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]</ref> |
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===Eastern Front=== |
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*Major Binning writes to J.W. Barker, manager of the [[Blackhall|racecourse]]: "I have arranged with the Boys Scout Authority to provide 10 Scouts for orderly work in connection with the new Camp." <ref>{{Lowther|recno=12}}</ref> |
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*East Prussian Frontier: Russians driven across the [[Niemen]], which they proceed to defend. |
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*Letter from the Y.M.C.A. in Kendal: "We give them [Lonsdale Battalion] a most hearty welcome to use our Rooms during their stay in Kendal. We have Reading & Writing, Billiard & Smoking, Miniature Shooting & Gymnasium Rooms." <ref>{{Lowther|recno=111}}</ref> |
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===Political=== |
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*[[Paul von Hindenburg]] placed in command of combined Austro-German offensive in [[Poland]] and [[Galicia]]. |
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*[[Great Britain]]: [[Mr. Asquith]]'s Dublin speech: appeal to volunteers. |
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==1916== |
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==References/notes== |
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*In reserve at Le Quesnoy finding [[working parties]] for the front line [[trench]]es and Royal Engineers.<ref name="wdsep16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, September 1916]]</ref> |
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==1917== |
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*[[Battalion]] situated at La Panne finding working parties.<ref name="wdsep17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, September 1917]]</ref> |
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*Deaths: [[Robert Mallinson (16336)]] of {{C Company}}. |
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Revision as of 16:00, 17 April 2020
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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 25 September.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 25 September on The Great War wiki.
1914
- Three men are recruited in Aspatria. The Recruiting Office opens at 7 Devonshire Street, Carlisle.[1]
- 14 men enlist into A Company.[2]
- Enlistments: Charles Johnston (13279 Sgt.).
- Use of Blackhall Racecourse (Battalion Headquarters) starts with Major Binning, Captain Sale and 75 recruits, forming the nucleus of A Company and B Company of North Cumberland men.
- Lt-Col. P.W. Machell takes over command of Battalion Headquarters.[note 1]
- Newspaper article Workington Committee for Lonsdale Recruiting is published.[3]
- Major Binning writes to J.W. Barker, manager of the racecourse: "I have arranged with the Boys Scout Authority to provide 10 Scouts for orderly work in connection with the new Camp." [4]
- Letter from the Y.M.C.A. in Kendal: "We give them [Lonsdale Battalion] a most hearty welcome to use our Rooms during their stay in Kendal. We have Reading & Writing, Billiard & Smoking, Miniature Shooting & Gymnasium Rooms." [5]
1916
- In reserve at Le Quesnoy finding working parties for the front line trenches and Royal Engineers.[6]
1917
- Battalion situated at La Panne finding working parties.[7]
- Deaths: Robert Mallinson (16336) of C Company.
Notes
References
- ↑ Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/279
- ↑ Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/8
- ↑ Workington Star and Harrington Guardian
- ↑ Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/12
- ↑ Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/111
- ↑ 11th Battalion War Diary, September 1916
- ↑ 11th Battalion War Diary, September 1917
Acknowledgements
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 (25 September), 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.