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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 2 January.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 2 January on The Great War wiki.

1915

• Battalion Order: “C Coy will arrive at Carlisle by special train....The O.C. A Coy will detail one officer, one A.C.O. & 8 men to meet the Coy with the Battalion Transport Cart, and 3 farm carts....The Buglers & Drummers will attend.”
• Strength: Privates Ernest Hymes (17418) and Thomas Smith (17419) are posted to E. Company.

1916

• In billets at Aveluy involved in fatigue duty for the Royal Engineers.

1917

• Battalion situated at Puchevillers involved in working parties and general training.

1918

• Battalion situated at Tournehem carrying out battalion and specialist training.

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 Please do not publish these extracts on other publicly visible media without prior permission from the copyright holder.