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*Promotion to [[Sergeant]]: [[John Cornelius McDivitt (13249)]] of A Company.<ref name="lowther137">{{lowther|recno=137}}</ref> |
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*French take part of [[Beaujésour]], near [[Perthes]] ([[Champagne]]). |
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*Promotions to [[Corporal]]: [[William Stirling Hunter (13300)]], W. Dixon (13259), [[James Raven (13373)]], E.C. Tinnion (13256) and [[Robert Ritchie (13723)]], all of A Company.<ref name="lowther137" /> |
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*Russians retake [[Przasnysz]]. 5,400 prisoners reported. First Battle of Przasnysz ends (see [[22 February]]). |
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*Appointments to [[Lance Corporal]]: E. Brockbank (13269), P. Bryan (13270), J. Moore (13308), [[John James McSkimmings (13379)]] and J. Peacher (13335), all of A Company.<ref name="lowther137" /> |
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*Russians report capture of 4,000 prisoners near [[Dolina]] (southern [[Galicia]]). |
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*A progress report states that {{quote-left}}The 5th (Depot) Company is [[billet]]ed in the neighbourhood.{{quote-right}} <ref>{{lowther|recno=55}}</ref> |
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*[[Dardanelles]] operations hindered by bad weather. |
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*Football match takes place at Brunton Park, Carlisle.<ref>{{lowther|recno=136}}</ref> |
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*{{SS|Dacia}} intercepted in the Channel by the French and taken into Brest (see [[11 February]] and [[22 March]]). |
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*[[Admiralty]] proclaim blockade of German [[East Africa]]. |
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*Situated in [[billet|billets]] in Millencourt involved in fatigue duties.<ref>Fatigue duty is the employment of manual labour assigned to military men that does not necessitate the use of weaponry.</ref><ref>[[11th Battalion War Diary, February 1916]]</ref> |
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*Battalion situated as Quesnel involved in general parades for training and instruction.<ref name="wdfeb17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, February 1917]]</ref> |
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*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 11:12, 23 May 2020
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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 27 February.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 27 February on The Great War wiki.
1915
- Promotion to Sergeant: John Cornelius McDivitt (13249) of A Company.[1]
- Promotions to Corporal: William Stirling Hunter (13300), W. Dixon (13259), James Raven (13373), E.C. Tinnion (13256) and Robert Ritchie (13723), all of A Company.[1]
- Appointments to Lance Corporal: E. Brockbank (13269), P. Bryan (13270), J. Moore (13308), John James McSkimmings (13379) and J. Peacher (13335), all of A Company.[1]
- A progress report states that “The 5th (Depot) Company is billeted in the neighbourhood.” [2]
- Football match takes place at Brunton Park, Carlisle.[3]
1916
1917
- Battalion situated as Quesnel involved in general parades for training and instruction.[6]
1918
- Battalion situated at camp near Woesten. A repetition of 26 February. Specialists training as usual.[7]
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.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/137
- ↑ Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/55
- ↑ Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/136
- ↑ Fatigue duty is the employment of manual labour assigned to military men that does not necessitate the use of weaponry.
- ↑ 11th Battalion War Diary, February 1916
- ↑ 11th Battalion War Diary, February 1917
- ↑ 11th Battalion War Diary, February 1918