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==1914== |
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*Newspaper article: ''[[Lonsdale Battalion - Further list of Recruits]]''.<ref>[[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]], published 26 November, 1914.</ref> |
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===Western Front=== |
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*Redmaynes of Wigton sends 999 suits caps to [[Blackhall Camp]].<ref>{{lowther|recno=62}}</ref> |
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*German attacks on [[Missy-sur-Aisne]] and along the Yser Canal repulsed. |
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*Telegram from Mrs. Dixon of Wood View, Carlisle: {{quote-left}}Could the [[Lonsdale Battalion]] use ½ a ton of jam? It is offered as a present from some people in Carlisle.{{quote-right}} <ref>{{lowther|recno=?}}</ref> |
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===Eastern Front=== |
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*Letter to [[Percy Wilfred Machell|Lt-Col. Machell]]: {{quote-left}}The Committee of the Wesley House Soldiers’ Institute....that there will be a concert for Soldiers (admission free) at the Y.M.C.A. Hall on Saturday....The Committee are sorry to find that another Concert for Soldiers is to be given in the Bank Street institute on the same evening. They think that everyone working for these brave men who are ready to give their lives for their King and Country should work in harmony and that there should be no competition.{{quote-right}} <ref>{{lowther|recno=258}}</ref> |
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*Bukovina: Austrians again evacuate [[Czernowitz]]. |
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===Naval and Overseas Operations=== |
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==1915== |
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*{{HMS|Bulwark}} blown up in the Medway (foul play suspected - loss of 800). |
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*Newspaper article: ''[[The King's Message to the Lonsdales]]''.<ref>[[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]], published 26 November, 1915.</ref> |
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*[[Battalion]] situated in [[billet]]s at Gorenflos.<ref name=“wdnovdec15”>[[11th Battalion War Diary, November to December 1915]]</ref> |
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==1916== |
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*Battalion parades then leaves Gezaincourt at 8.15pm; arrives Berteaucourt 1pm. [[General]] Barns watches as the Lonsdales march past him en route.<ref name="wdnov16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, November 1916]]</ref> |
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==1917== |
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*Battalion situated at Wesroosebeek, holding the line, all quiet.<ref name="wdnov17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, November 1917]]</ref> |
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*'B' Company captures one prisoner on night of 26–[[27 November]]. 8 other ranks wounded, 2 missing.<ref name="wdnov17" /> |
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*Deaths: [[John Henry Atkinson (13469 Cpl.)]]{{2nbsp}}•{{2nbsp}}[[William Herbert Hartley (25804 Cpl.)]]<ref>{{CWGC+SDGW}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 00:26, 6 June 2020
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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 26 November.
For events that took place elsewhere, see our sister project The Great War On This Day
1914
- Newspaper article: Lonsdale Battalion - Further list of Recruits.[1]
- Redmaynes of Wigton sends 999 suits caps to Blackhall Camp.[2]
- Telegram from Mrs. Dixon of Wood View, Carlisle: “Could the Lonsdale Battalion use ½ a ton of jam? It is offered as a present from some people in Carlisle.” [3]
- Letter to Lt-Col. Machell: “The Committee of the Wesley House Soldiers’ Institute....that there will be a concert for Soldiers (admission free) at the Y.M.C.A. Hall on Saturday....The Committee are sorry to find that another Concert for Soldiers is to be given in the Bank Street institute on the same evening. They think that everyone working for these brave men who are ready to give their lives for their King and Country should work in harmony and that there should be no competition.” [4]
1915
- Newspaper article: The King's Message to the Lonsdales.[5]
- Battalion situated in billets at Gorenflos.[6]
1916
1917
- Battalion situated at Wesroosebeek, holding the line, all quiet.[8]
- 'B' Company captures one prisoner on night of 26–27 November. 8 other ranks wounded, 2 missing.[8]
- Deaths: John Henry Atkinson (13469 Cpl.) • William Herbert Hartley (25804 Cpl.)[9]
References / notes
- ↑ Workington Star and Harrington Guardian, published 26 November, 1914.
- ↑ Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/62
- ↑ Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/?
- ↑ Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/258
- ↑ Workington Star and Harrington Guardian, published 26 November, 1915.
- ↑ 11th Battalion War Diary, November to December 1915
- ↑ 11th Battalion War Diary, November 1916
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 11th Battalion War Diary, November 1917
- ↑ Soldiers Died in the Great War (1921) / Commonwealth War Graves Commission