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*Newspaper article: ''[[A Perpetual Stream of Bullets]]''.<ref name="wstar">[[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]], published 31 December, 1915.</ref>
*Newspaper article: ''[[Footballs and Cards to Hand]]''.<ref name="wstar" />
*[[Battalion]] is relieved by the 17th Highland Light Infantry, moving to billets[[billet]]s at Aveluy, close behind the lines.<ref name="wdnovdec15">[[11th Battalion War Diary, November to December 1915]]</ref>
*Involved in fatigue duties<ref>Fatigue duty is the employment of manual labour assigned to military men that does not necessitate the use of weaponry.</ref> for the Royal Engineers.<ref name="wdnovdec15" />
 
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*Battalion situated at Puchevillers. Church parade.<ref name="wddec16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, December 1916]]</ref>
*150 other ranks involved in working parties<ref>A group of soldiers (or prisoners) that are assigned to perform manual tasks or duties, for their own or other units.</ref> on railhead etc.<ref>A railhead, depending on context, has two distinct meanings: 1) the topmost part of the rail profile on which the wheels run and, 2) a terminus of a railway line, especially one that is unfinished or if a terminus interfaces with other modes of transport.</ref><ref name="wddec16" />
*Fitting and testing of new SMB's<ref>Smallsmall Box[[box Respiratorsrespirator]]s.</ref>
 
==1917==
*Battalion situated at Tournehem. Companies at the disposal of [[Company]] Commanders; cleaning of billets[[billet]]s and reconnoitering training grounds.<ref name="wddec17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, December 1917]]</ref>
 
==References / notes==
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