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==1916 (Friday)==
*[[Battalion]] situated at Crucifix Corner. –They relievesrelieve 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 to the Battalion, is killed by a spent bullet. He washe is just 52 years of age.<ref namegroup="wdmay16note">In a quote from the Commanding Officer of the battalion: {{quote-left}}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.{{quote-right}} – [[Percy Wilfred Machell|Lt-Col. P. W. Machell]]</ref>
*{{quote-left}}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.{{quote-right}} – [[Percy Wilfred Machell|Lt-Col. P. W. Machell]] <ref>[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France]]</ref>
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