The Lonsdale Battalion

30 June

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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 30 June.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 30 June on The Great War wiki.

1916

  • Newspaper article: Had Severe Blows - Lonsdales Resting.[1]
  • Battalion situated at Crucifix Corner. No fresh written Battalion Orders are issued. Sometime during the day notes and instructions[2] are issued verbally by Lt-Col. Machell. Each man is thoroughly acquainted with the task that lay before him.[3]
  • 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.[4] 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.[3]

1917

  • Battalion patrol examines wire in M.22.b.1.6. Day is exceptionally quiet.[5]

References / notes

  1. ↑ Had Severe Blows - Lonsdales Resting – Workington Star and Harrington Guardian. Published 30 June 1916.
  2. ↑ This is the final note with instructions from Lt-Col. Machell to the officers commanding the Battalion Companies.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France
  4. ↑ 11th Battalion War Diary, June 1916
  5. ↑ 11th Battalion War Diary, June 1917
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