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*3 men recruited at High Hesket.<ref>{{lowther|recno=12}}</ref> |
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*John Gibson of the Y.M.C.A. in Kendal in response to [[Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale|Lord Lonsdale]] about accommodating recruits at the Y.M.C.A: {{quote-left}}Our aim is to provide a home from home for the men and to keep them out of temptation’s way. We have organised sing songs, concerts, band entertainments, shooting and billiard competitions, and allow smoking throughout the place{{quote-right}} <ref>{{lowther|recno=279}}</ref> |
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*Battalion situated at Bouzincourt. General parade of instruction and working parties for the Royal Engineers.<ref>A group of soldiers (or prisoners) that are assigned to perform manual tasks or duties, for their own or other units.</ref><ref name="wdoct16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, October 1916]]</ref> |
*Battalion situated at Bouzincourt. General parade of instruction and working parties for the Royal Engineers.<ref>A group of soldiers (or prisoners) that are assigned to perform manual tasks or duties, for their own or other units.</ref><ref name="wdoct16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, October 1916]]</ref> |
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Revision as of 10:24, 30 November 2016
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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 28 October.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 28 October on The Great War wiki.
1914
- 3 men recruited at High Hesket.[1]
- John Gibson of the Y.M.C.A. in Kendal in response to Lord Lonsdale about accommodating recruits at the Y.M.C.A: “Our aim is to provide a home from home for the men and to keep them out of temptation’s way. We have organised sing songs, concerts, band entertainments, shooting and billiard competitions, and allow smoking throughout the place” [2]
1916
1917
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 Please do not publish these extracts on other publicly visible media without prior permission from the copyright holder.
- ↑ Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/12
- ↑ Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/279
- ↑ A group of soldiers (or prisoners) that are assigned to perform manual tasks or duties, for their own or other units.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 11th Battalion War Diary, October 1916
- ↑ General Officer Commanding.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 11th Battalion War Diary, October 1917