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Line 1: <noinclude>{{Calendar\|March}}{{Date-introtext}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__ ==~~1916~~1915 (Sunday)== {{preceding}} Battalion situated in rest billets in Dernancourt.<ref>[[11th Battalion War Diary, March 1916]]</ref> Proposal to proceed to Grantham by train on [[7 April]].<ref>{{lowther\|recno=279}}</ref> :"Getting short of officers. The regular battalions are always changing, but these North-Country men want to know their officers thoroughly or they count for very little."<ref>[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France]]</ref> – [[Percy Wilfred Machell\|Lt-Col. P. W. Machell]]▼ ==~~1917~~1916 (Tuesday)== Dernancourt: Situated in rest [[billet]]s. Battalion parades in fighting order and marches east, leaving Nesle at 12 noon. They pass through Voyennes to Toulle, arriving there 3.30pm where they remain there for 3 hours. At 6.45pm they continue to march to ground north of Germaine and dig trenches on a 700 yard frontage, facing eastwards.<ref name="wdmar17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, March 1917]]</ref> ▲[[Percy Wilfred Machell\|Lt-Col. P. W. Machell]]:" {{quote-left}}Getting short of officers. The regular battalions are always changing, but these North-Country men want to know their officers thoroughly or they count for very little."<ref>[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France]]</ref> ~~– [[Percy Wilfred Machell\|Lt-Col. P. W. Machell]]~~ ==1917 (Wednesday)== ==1918==▼ Battalion parades in fighting order and marches east, leaving Nesle at 12 noon passing through Voyennes to Toulle, arriving 3.30pm. They halt here for three hours. Battalion moves from the sunken road at Ransart at 8.30am to occupy old trenches in the vicinity of Adinfer Wood. 2 Companies in rear and 2 on the right flank.<ref name="wdmar18">[[11th Battalion War Diary, March 1918]]</ref> ▼ March continues at 6.45pm to area north of Germaine. Later in day the rear Companies move to the front of the wood. The men dig shelters in the sides of old trenches. Battalion Headquarters is located at the rear.<ref name="wdmar18" /> [[Trench]]es are dug on a 700 yard frontage, facing eastwards. Deaths: [[Thomas Gilbert Davies (27726 Pte.)]] / [[Ernest Harold Gough (27750 Pte.)]] ▲==1918 (Thursday)== ~~{{refs-table}}~~ ▲Battalion moves from the sunken road at Ransart at 8.30am to occupy old trenches in the vicinity of Adinfer Wood. ~~2 Companies in rear and 2 on the right flank.<ref name="wdmar18">[[11th Battalion War Diary, March 1918]]</ref>~~ <noinclude>▼ Two companies in rear and two on the right [[flank]]. Rear companies move to the front of the wood later in the day. Shelters are dug in the sides of old trenches. *Battalion Headquarters is located at the rear. ▲<noinclude>{{refs-notes}} [[Category:Events by day\|088]] [[Category:March events\|28]]