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*Newspaper article: ''[[Had Severe Blows - Lonsdales Resting]]''.<ref>''[[Had Severe Blows - Lonsdales Resting]]'' – [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]. Published 30 June 1916.</ref>
*Newspaper article: ''[[Two in Hospital and One of Them a Lost Brother]]''.<ref>''[[Two in Hospital and One of Them a Lost Brother]]'' – [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]. Published 30 June 1916.</ref>
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*The Lonsdales move up at 10pm from dug-outs at Crucifix Corner to specifically dug assembly trenches in the thickest (and least damaged) area of Authuille Wood in preparation for Zero Hour on [[1 July]].<ref name="wdjun16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, June 1916]]</ref> A transverse trench used for communication purposes leads the men through the wood. They are hardly shelled at all during the night, with zero casualties.<ref name="lons" />
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