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==1915==
==1915==
*Memo: {{quote-left}}fire broke out this morning in no. 2 Barrack Room ... The damage is very slight being confined to the woodwork of the window sill. There is a danger of fire arising from all the stoves ... because they are fixed too near to the woodwork.{{quote-right}} <ref>{{lowther|recno=268}}</ref>
*Memo: {{quote-left}}fire broke out this morning in no. 2 Barrack Room....The damage is very slight being confined to the woodwork of the window sill. There is a danger of fire arising from all the stoves....because they are fixed too near to the woodwork.{{quote-right}} <ref>{{lowther|recno=268}}</ref>


==1916==
==1916==
*In [[billet|billets]] at Aveluy providing 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="wdjan16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, January 1916]]</ref>
*In [[billet]]s at Aveluy providing 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="wdjan16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, January 1916]]</ref>


==1917==
==1917==
*Battalion situated in [[dug-out|dug-outs]] at Beaumont Hamel. The Lonsdales take over R1 Sector relieving the 16th Highland Light Infantry.<ref name="wdjan17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, January 1917]]</ref>
*Battalion situated in [[dug-out]]s at Beaumont Hamel. The Lonsdales take over R1 Sector relieving the 16th Highland Light Infantry.<ref name="wdjan17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, January 1917]]</ref>
*The Commanding Officer meets with General Jardine.<ref name="wdjan17" />
*The Commanding Officer meets with General Jardine.<ref name="wdjan17" />
*Deaths: [[Horace Frederick Dutton (27675 Pte.)]]<ref name="cwgc">{{CWGC+SDGW}}</ref>


==1918==
==1918==
*Battalion situated on the front line. All very quiet.<ref name="wdjan18">[[11th Battalion War Diary, January 1918]]</ref>
*Battalion situated on the front line. All very quiet.<ref name="wdjan18">[[11th Battalion War Diary, January 1918]]</ref>
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*[[Horace Frederick Dutton (27675 Pte.)|Dutton, Horace Frederick (27675 Pte.)]]
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[[Category:Events by day|031]]
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Revision as of 16:36, 23 June 2017

January

Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 31 January.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 31 January on The Great War wiki.

1915

  • Memo: fire broke out this morning in no. 2 Barrack Room....The damage is very slight being confined to the woodwork of the window sill. There is a danger of fire arising from all the stoves....because they are fixed too near to the woodwork. [1]

1916

  • In billets at Aveluy providing fatigue duties[2] for the Royal Engineers.[3]

1917

1918

  • Battalion situated on the front line. All very quiet.[6]

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.

  1. Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/268
  2. Fatigue duty is the employment of manual labour assigned to military men that does not necessitate the use of weaponry.
  3. 11th Battalion War Diary, January 1916
  4. 4.0 4.1 11th Battalion War Diary, January 1917
  5. Soldiers Died in the Great War (1921) / Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  6. 11th Battalion War Diary, January 1918
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