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==1914== |
==1914== |
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*Enlistments: [[John Barker (15427 Pte.)]]. |
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===Western Front=== |
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*General Equipment Indent: 955 short rifles, 953 sword bayonets, 953 scabbards, 5 Webley pistols, 955 bottles of oil, 955 pull-throughs, 12 mirror reflectors, 5 pistol cleaning roads.<ref>{{lowther|recno=66}}</ref> |
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*[[Battle of the Yser]]: Germans take [[Ramscapelle]]. The Belgians open the sluices of the canal. |
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*Heavy fighting round [[Festubert]] ([[La Bassée]]). |
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===Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres=== |
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*[[Egypt]]: Beduin tribes raid the frontier. |
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===Naval and Overseas Operations=== |
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*Turkish fleet attacks [[Odessa]], [[Novorossisk]], and [[Theodosia]], and sinks Russian destroyer, etc. |
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===Political=== |
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*[[Great Britain]]: [[Lord Fisher]] appointed First Sea Lord. |
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*[[Turkey]] enters the war on the German side.<ref>[[Turkey]] enters the war on the side of the [[Central Powers]]. Telegram from Petrograd states that German-Turkish warships {{SMS|Breslau}} and {{SMS|Hamidia}} bombarded simultaneously and unexpectedly the unfortified seaside towns of [[Theodosia]] and [[Novorossisk]] respectively.</ref> |
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==1916== |
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*[[Battalion]] situated in Bouzincourt. General parades and working parties<ref>A group of soldiers (or prisoners) that are assigned to perform manual tasks or duties, for their own or other units.</ref> for the Royal Engineers.<ref name="wdoct16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, October 1916]]</ref> |
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==1917== |
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*Battalion situated in the Roubrouck Area. Companies at the disposal of [[Company]] Commanders.<ref name="wdoct17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, October 1917]]</ref> |
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