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==1914==
==1914==
*6 men are recruited at Drumburgh; a further 2 men are recruited at Wigton.<ref>{{lowther|recno=279}}</ref>
*Newspaper article: ''[[Notes of the Week (Editorial about Raising the Lonsdales)]]''.<ref>[[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]], published 6 November, 1914.</ref>
*Newspaper article: ''[[Notes of the Week (Editorial about Raising the Lonsdales)]]''.<ref>[[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]], published 6 November, 1914.</ref>


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*Battalion holds the left sub-sector of Lombardzyde Sector – dispositions are unchanged; 14 other ranks wounded, 1 other rank killed.<ref name="wdoct17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, October 1917]]</ref>
*Battalion holds the left sub-sector of Lombardzyde Sector – dispositions are unchanged; 14 other ranks wounded, 1 other rank killed.<ref name="wdoct17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, October 1917]]</ref>
==References / notes==
==References / notes==
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Revision as of 18:40, 29 November 2016

October

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

1914

1916

  • Battalion practices crossing craters during morning, watched by the Commanding Officer.[3]
  • The Adjutant visits Battalion HQ in the Cambrin Sector; Sector Battalion is to take over. Very wet afternoon.[3]

1917

  • Battalion holds the left sub-sector of Lombardzyde Sector – dispositions are unchanged; 14 other ranks wounded, 1 other rank killed.[4]

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 Please do not publish these extracts on other publicly visible media without prior permission from the copyright holder.

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