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==1915== |
==1915 (Thursday)== |
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*Battalion marches to Molliens-au-Bois; arrives and |
*[[Battalion]] marches to Molliens-au-Bois; arrives and [[billet]]s at 12:30pm. |
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*Involved in lectures, inspections and physical exercises.<ref name=“lons15”>[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France]]</ref> |
*Involved in lectures, inspections and physical exercises.<ref name=“lons15”>[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France]]</ref> |
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==1916== |
==1916 (Saturday)== |
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*Berteaucourt: Church parade and inspection of billets by Commanding Officer. |
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==1917== |
==1917 (Sunday)== |
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*Battalion makes a night attack on German positions South of Westroosebeek in conjunction with remaining units of [[ |
*Battalion makes a night attack on German positions South of Westroosebeek in conjunction with the remaining units of [[97th Brigade]] and two units of the 96th Brigade. |
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*1.55am: [[Zero hour]]. The [[Lonsdales]] take their objectives. |
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*Zero hour 1.55am. The Lonsdales takes its objectives but two leapfrogging Companies fall back before dawn onto subsidiary objectives, which are held all day until the enemy launches a counter attack at 4.30pm. The Lonsdale then fall back onto the old line.<ref name="wddec17" /> |
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*Two leapfrogging [[company|companies]] fall back before dawn onto subsidiary objectives. These are held all day. |
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*4.30pm: The enemy launches a counterattack and the Lonsdale fall back to the old line. |
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*[[Robert Anderson (13705 L/Cpl.)|Anderson, Robert (13705 L/Cpl.)]] |
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*[[James Ashcroft (260205 Pte.)|Ashcroft, James (260205 Pte.)]] |
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*[[Frank William Ashman (28817 Pte.)|Ashman, Frank William (28817 Pte.)]] |
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*[[Charles Ernest Bailey (28814 Cpl.)|Bailey, Charles Ernest (28814 Cpl.)]] |
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*[[Edward Bainbridge (202864 Pte.)|Bainbridge, Edward (202864 Pte.)]] |
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*[[Peter Bainbridge (13680 L/Cpl.)|Bainbridge, Peter (13680 L/Cpl.)]] |
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*[[William Richard Baker (28818 Pte.)|Baker, William Richard (28818 Pte.)]] |
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*[[Herbert Barnes (32001 Pte.)|Barnes, Herbert (32001 Pte.)]] |
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*[[John Barton (28916 Pte.)|Barton, John (28916 Pte.)]] |
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*[[Arthur Gordon Bickley (28825 Pte.)|Bickley, Arthur Gordon (28825 Pte.)]] |
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*[[John James Blaylock (26291 Cpl.)|Blaylock, John James 926291 Cpl.)]] |
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*[[Walter Bertram, Bottom (28771 Pte.)|Bottom, Walter Bertram (28771 Pte.)]] |
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*[[Charles John Bramble (28636 Pte.)|Bramble, Charles John (28636 Pte.)]] |
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*[[Robert John Bridge (27670 L/Cpl.)|Bridge, Robert John (27670 L/Cpl.)]] |
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*[[Lee Broadhurst (34511 Cpl.)|Broadhurst, Lee (34511 Cpl.)]] |
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*[[Thomas Mason Brough (202879 Pte.)|Brough, Thomas Mason (202879 Pte.)]] |
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*[[Ben Brown (28923 Pte.)|Brown, Ben (28923 Pte.)]] |
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*[[George William Brown (241761 Pte.)|Brown, George William (241761 Pte.)]] |
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*[[Edward John Burgess (25119 Pte.)|Burgess, Edward John (25119 Pte.)]] |
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*[[John Burgess (28765 L/Cpl.)|Burgess, John (28765 L/Cpl.)]] |
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*[[Thomas Caddle (25588 Pte.)|Caddle, Thomas (25588 Pte.)]] |
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*[[John Richard Carmichael (260212 Pte.)|Carmichael, John Richard (260212 Pte.)]] |
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*[[Samuel Ebenezer Craker (33708 Pte.)|Craker, Samuel Ebenezer (33708 Pte.)]] |
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*[[John William Dalby (260219 Pte.)|Dalby, John William (260219 Pte.)]] |
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*[[Walter Dalzell (32643 Pte.)|Dalzell, Walter (32643 Pte.)]] |
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*[[Frederick Davidson (15372 Pte.)|Davidson, Frederick (15372 Pte.)]] |
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*[[John Johnstone Davidson (23777 Pte.)|Davidson, John Johnstone (23777 Pte.)]] |
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*[[George Frederick Delahoy (33344 L/Sgt.)|Delahoy, George Frederick (33344 L/Sgt.)]] |
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*[[Joseph Demellweek (260216 Pte.)|Demellweek, Joseph (230216 Pte.)]] |
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*[[William John Douglas (20963 Pte.)|Douglas, William John (20963 Pte.)]] |
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*[[Harry Eggington (33536 Pte.)|Eggington, Harry (33536 Pte.)]] |
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*[[Harold Fernyhough (28623 L/Sgt.)|Fernyhough, Harold (28623 L/Sgt.)]] |
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*[[William Pritchard Fletcher (260221 Pte.)|Fletcher, William Pritchard (260221 Pte.)]] |
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*[[Harry George Francis (28274 Pte.)|Francis, Harry George (28274 Pte.)]] |
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*[[Thomas Gibson (13902 Cpl.)|Gibson, Thomas (13902 Cpl.)]] |
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*[[John Graham (26902 Pte.)|Graham, John (26902 Pte.)]] |
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*[[Walter Frederick Gunning (263073 Pte.)|Gunning, Walter Frederick (263073 Pte.)]] |
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*[[Thomas Oliphant (28150 Pte.)|Oliphant, Thomas (28150 Pte.)]] |
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Latest revision as of 22:55, 27 December 2023
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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 2 December.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 2 December on The Great War wiki.
1915 (Thursday)
1916 (Saturday)
- Berteaucourt: Church parade and inspection of billets by Commanding Officer.
1917 (Sunday)
- Battalion makes a night attack on German positions South of Westroosebeek in conjunction with the remaining units of 97th Brigade and two units of the 96th Brigade.
- 1.55am: Zero hour. The Lonsdales take their objectives.
- Two leapfrogging companies fall back before dawn onto subsidiary objectives. These are held all day.
- 4.30pm: The enemy launches a counterattack and the Lonsdale fall back to the old line.
The following Lonsdale men died this day in 1917
- Anderson, Robert (13705)
- Ashcroft, James (260205)
- Ashman, Frank William (28817)
- Bailey, Charles Ernest (28814 Cpl.)
- Bainbridge, Edward (202864 Pte.)
- Bainbridge, Peter (13680 L/Cpl.)
- Baker, William Richard (28818 Pte.)
- Barnes, Herbert (32001 Pte.)
- Barton, John (28916 Pte.)
- Bickley, Arthur Gordon (28825 Pte.)
- Blaylock, John James 926291 Cpl.)
- Bottom, Walter Bertram (28771 Pte.)
- Bramble, Charles John (28636 Pte.)
- Bridge, Robert John (27670 L/Cpl.)
- Broadhurst, Lee (34511 Cpl.)
- Brough, Thomas Mason (202879 Pte.)
- Brown, Ben (28923 Pte.)
- Brown, George William (241761 Pte.)
- Burgess, Edward John (25119 Pte.)
- Burgess, John (28765 L/Cpl.)
- Caddle, Thomas (25588 Pte.)
- Carmichael, John Richard (260212 Pte.)
- Craker, Samuel Ebenezer (33708 Pte.)
- Dalby, John William (260219 Pte.)
- Dalzell, Walter (32643 Pte.)
- Davidson, Frederick (15372 Pte.)
- Davidson, John Johnstone (23777 Pte.)
- Delahoy, George Frederick (33344 L/Sgt.)
- Demellweek, Joseph (230216 Pte.)
- Douglas, William John (20963 Pte.)
- Eggington, Harry (33536 Pte.)
- Fernyhough, Harold (28623 L/Sgt.)
- Fletcher, William Pritchard (260221 Pte.)
- Francis, Harry George (28274 Pte.)
- Gibson, Thomas (13902 Cpl.)
- Graham, John (26902 Pte.)
- Gunning, Walter Frederick (263073 Pte.)
- Hanson, James Robert (26480 Pte.)
- Harris, Wilfred (25083 Pte.)
- Hendrson, John (23690 Pte.)
- Hepwood, Henry (28940 Pte.)
- Hobley, Albert William (28847 Pte.)
- Hodgson, John (12969 Pte.)
- Hodgson, Robert (263076 Pte.)
- Hogg, Robert Telford (13746 Pte.)
- Howe, William (32665 Pte.)
- Hurley, Hugh (26564 Pte.)
- Hyam, John (28937 Pte.)
- Laws, Ernest Edward (33424 Pte.)
- Lowes, Christopher (15396 Pte.)
- MacDuff, William Brown (2nd Lieutenant)
- Marsh, Ernest Ambrose (28863)
- Mayall, Harold (28780)
- Mendham, George (24764)
- Merryweather, Alfred (28953)
- Moore, Robert William (33754)
- Moran, James (26613)
- Mullard, William (28629)
- Oliphant, Thomas (28150)
- Parkin, George (17444)
- Parry, Morris (260254)
- Pennington, Alfred (35043)
- Pollitt, Elijah (11919)
- Powell, John Thomas (27808)
- Poyser, Stephen (34247)
- Raven, James (13373)
- Richardson, Walter (28152)
- Ridgway, William Thomas (2/Lt.)
- Robson, Frederick (19666)
- Ryan, Joseph (33401)
- Saffell, Edward (22160)
- Scholes, William (26929)
- Seekings, Herbert (28215)
- Short, Leonard (8941)
- Smith, William Derryman (32664)
- Steward, Arthur Sydney (28214)
- Swift, George (33144)
References
Sources: Various sources contemporary to the war have been used to compile the Lonsdale Battalion on this day... (hover to read more)
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 (2 December), 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.