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==1915==
==1915==
*Football Match takes place at Brunton Park, Carlisle.<ref>{{lowther|recno=136}}</ref>
*Promotion to [[Sergeant]]: [[John Cornelius McDivitt (13249 L/Cpl.)|J.C. McDivitt (13249)]] of A Company.<ref name="lowther137">{{lowther|recno=137}}</ref>
*Promotions to [[Corporal]]: [[William Stirling Hunter (13300 Sgt.)|W.S. Hunter (13300)]], W. Dixon (13259), [[James Raven (13373 L/Sgt.)|J. Raven (13373)]], E.C. Tinnion (13256) and [[Robert Ritchie (13723 Cpl.)|R. Ritchie (13723)]], all of A Company.<ref name="lowther137" />
*Appointments to [[Lance Corporal]]: E. Brockbank (13269), P. Bryan (13270), J. Moore (13308), [[John James McSkimmings (13379 L/Cpl.)|J.J. McSkimmings (13379)]] and J. Peacher (13335), all of A Company.<ref name="lowther137" />
*A progress report states that {{quote-left}}The 5th (Depot) Company is [[billet]]ed in the neighbourhood.{{quote-right}} <ref>{{lowther|recno=55}}</ref>
*Football match takes place at Brunton Park, Carlisle.<ref>{{lowther|recno=136}}</ref>


==1916==
==1916==
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==1918==
==1918==
*Battalion situated at camp near Woesten. A repetition of [[26 February#1918|yesterday]]. [[Specialists|Specialists training]] as usual.<ref name="wdfeb18">[[11th Battalion War Diary, February 1918]]</ref>
*Battalion situated at camp near Woesten. A repetition of [[26 February]]. [[Specialists|Specialists training]] as usual.<ref name="wdfeb18">[[11th Battalion War Diary, February 1918]]</ref>

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Revision as of 10:48, 29 June 2017

February

Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 27 February.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 27 February on The Great War wiki.

1915

1916

  • Situated in billets in Millencourt involved in fatigue duties.[4][5]

1917

  • Battalion situated as Quesnel involved in general parades for training and instruction.[6]

1918

References / notes

Material from Timeline/Chronology of the Lonsdale Battalion (September 1914 - May 1915) are sourced from the DLONS/L/13/13 Lowther Estate Archives. Entries from this timeline are reproduced here with kind permission of Jim Lowther and are not available under the license of this site. Please do not publish these extracts on other publicly visible media without prior permission from the copyright holder.

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/137
  2. Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/55
  3. Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/136
  4. Fatigue duty is the employment of manual labour assigned to military men that does not necessitate the use of weaponry.
  5. 11th Battalion War Diary, February 1916
  6. 11th Battalion War Diary, February 1917
  7. 11th Battalion War Diary, February 1918
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