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==1914== |
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===Western Front=== |
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*[[William Arthur Fell (17355 L/Cpl.)]], from Milnthorpe, Westmorland, enlists at Kendal. |
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*[[Battle of the Yser]]: Belgians, with French aid, maintain unbroken the front [[Nieuport]]-[[Dixmude]]. |
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*Letter from Redmaynes, tailors of Kendal regarding uniform sizes: {{quote-left}}My instructions are ‘No alterations to be made, the tunics & trousers are to be tried on different recruits until each one receives somewhere near a fit’ as all are made in stock sizes not to measures!{{quote-right}} <ref>{{lowther|recno=11}}</ref> |
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*[[Neuve Chapelle]] taken by the Germans. |
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*R. Stanley is appointed the rank of [[Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant]].<ref>[[The Lonsdale Battalion Border Regiment, September 1914 to June 1915]].</ref><ref group="note">Stanley remains in the role until his appointment to a commission of [[Captain]] on [[22 February|22nd February]], 1915.</ref> |
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*Germans pushed back east of [[Nancy]]. |
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===Eastern Front=== |
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*[[Poland]]: Russian victory along the line [[Petrokov]]-[[Radom]]. |
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===Naval and Overseas Operations=== |
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*[[South Africa]]: [[General Beyers]] defeated by [[General Botha]] at [[Commissie Drift]], near [[Rustenburg]]. |
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*{{HMS|Audacious}} sunk by mine off the northern Irish Coast. |
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*French liner ''Amiral Ganteaume'' sunk. |
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*{{SMS|Emden}} captures Japanese ship ''Kamasaka Maru''. |
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===Political=== |
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*[[Portugal]]: Naval Reserves called up. |
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==1916== |
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==References/notes== |
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*Bouzincourt: General parade of instruction and [[working party|working parties]] for the {{wl|Royal Engineers}}. |
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==1917== |
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*Roubrouck: Situated in the Roubrouck Area. Commanding Officer's lectures during morning. |
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*[[Stretcher bearer]]s under medical officers from 10am to 12pm and from 2-4pm. |
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*Battalion carries out practice during afternoon. |
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Revision as of 21:24, 2 June 2020
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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 27 October.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 27 October on The Great War wiki.
1914
- William Arthur Fell (17355 L/Cpl.), from Milnthorpe, Westmorland, enlists at Kendal.
- Letter from Redmaynes, tailors of Kendal regarding uniform sizes: “My instructions are ‘No alterations to be made, the tunics & trousers are to be tried on different recruits until each one receives somewhere near a fit’ as all are made in stock sizes not to measures!” [1]
- R. Stanley is appointed the rank of Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant.[2][note 1]
1916
- Bouzincourt: General parade of instruction and working parties for the Royal Engineers.
1917
- Roubrouck: Situated in the Roubrouck Area. Commanding Officer's lectures during morning.
- Stretcher bearers under medical officers from 10am to 12pm and from 2-4pm.
- Battalion carries out practice during afternoon.
Notes
- ↑ Stanley remains in the role until his appointment to a commission of Captain on 22nd February, 1915.
References
- ↑ Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/11
- ↑ The Lonsdale Battalion Border Regiment, September 1914 to June 1915.
Acknowledgements
Various sources contemporary to the war have been used to compile The Lonsdale Battalion On This Day. The majority of the events shown on this day (27 October), including any supplementary notes, enlistments and statistical data etc., have been primarily sourced from the Lonsdale Battalion War Diary (November 1915 to June 1918), Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) and abridged material from Timeline and Chronology of the Lonsdale Battalion (September 1914 - May 1915), which are sourced from the original DLONS/L/13/13 Lowther Estate Archives. Events from that chronology are reproduced here with kind permission of Jim Lowther (2016). They are identified and referenced separately by their unique DLONS numbers. Please do not publish these events without prior permission from the Lowther Estate. All casualty names, numbers, ranks, date of deaths and places of burial/commemoration have been sourced from Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19, Volume 39, The Border Regiment and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database respectively.