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Line 1: <noinclude>{{Calendar\|May}}{{Date-introtext}}__NOTOC__</noinclude> ==1916 (Friday)== [[Battalion]] situated at ~~[[Glossary:~~Crucifix Corner]]. ~~–~~They ~~relieves~~relieve the 17th Highland Light Infantry in the [[Authuille]] Sector.~~<ref name="wdmay16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, May 1916]]</ref>~~ [[Lieut.]] [[Gerald Spring-Rice]], Transport Officer, is [[killed in action]].<ref group="note">The Commanding Officer, [[Percy Wilfred Machell]], speaks of his fellow officer on the day of his death: "Before he joined he had done splendid work as Secretary of the Executive Committee, and from the time of his appointment as Transport Officer until the day of his death he devoted his entire energies to the welfare of the Battalion, in the formation of which he had such an important share." ~~–~~Source: ~~[[Percy Wilfred Machell\|Lt-Col. P. W. Machell]] <ref>~~''[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France]]''</ref>▼ Lieut. [[Gerald Spring-Rice]], Transport Officer to the Battalion, is killed by a spent bullet. He was 52 years of age.<ref name="wdmay16" /> ▲"Before he joined he had done splendid work as Secretary of the Executive Committee, and from the time of his appointment as Transport Officer until the day of his death he devoted his entire energies to the welfare of the Battalion, in the formation of which he had such an important share." – [[Percy Wilfred Machell\|Lt-Col. P. W. Machell]] <ref>[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France]]</ref> ==1917 (Saturday)== ~~{{refs-table}}~~ *Domart: Battalion training, followed by games and recreation, then finally a route march. <noinclude>▼ ▲<noinclude>{{refs-notes}} [[Category:Events by day\|147]] [[Category:May events\|26]]