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==1916==
*[[Battalion]] situated in rest [[billet]]s in Dernancourt.<ref>[[11th Battalion War Diary, March 1916]]</ref>
*[[Percy Wilfred Machell|Lt-Col. P. W. Machell]]:
==1917==
*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 [[trench]]es on a 700 yard frontage, facing eastwards.<ref name="wdmar17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, March 1917]]</ref>
*Deaths: [[Thomas Gilbert Davies (27726 Pte.)
==1918==
*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>
*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" />
▲*[[Thomas Gilbert Davies (27726 Pte.)|Davies, Thomas Gilbert (27726 Pte.)]]
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