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==1915== |
==1915 (Wednesday)== |
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*Germans [[bombard]] [[Libau]]. |
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*{{quote-left}}An advance party will proceed by train to Grantham on Monday 5th.{{quote-right}} <ref name="lowther135">{{lowther|recno=135}}</ref> |
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*Severe fighting in the [[Carpathians]]. |
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*{{quote-left}}The Battalion will probably leave Carlisle on Wednesday [[7 April]] by special train for Grantham. Dress. [[Khaki]]. Marching Order. Luncheon will carried in haversacks. Water Bottles will be filled. All baggage of Headquarters and Companies will be prepared the previous evening and will be stacked as directed by the [[Quartermaster]], in readiness for removal to the railway station early on Wednesday. A fatigue party of 1 [[NCO]] and 5 men per [[Company]] under the [[Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant]] will load the baggage on the hired transport wagons and accompany to the Carlisle Railway Station, where they will unload and pack it in the train. A special label for each article will be supplied by the [[Quartermaster]] to O.C. Companies. Breakfast will be provided in Carlisle for this party.{{quote-right}} <ref name="lowther135" /> |
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*Home Secretary appoints a Committee of enquiry into the recruiting of men from retail trades. |
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*Deprivation of Lance Stripe and forfeiture of pay: P. Colt (13797) of E Company - absent without leave.<ref name="lowther137">{{lowther|recno=137}}</ref> |
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*Enlistments to E Company: J. Simpson (19442) and F. Graham (19443).<ref name="lowther137" /> |
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==Notes== |
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*[[Battalion]] situated in the E1 sector near Dernancourt. Sector very quiet.<ref>[[11th Battalion War Diary, March 1916]]</ref> |
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*Deaths: [[Andrew Elliott (17552 Pte.)]] |
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==1917== |
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*Operation orders are received to attack the village of Savy.<ref name="wdmar17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, March 1917]]</ref> |
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==1918== |
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*Battalion situated in the line. All quiet except for [[sniping|sniper]] and [[machine gun]] fire at night. [[Allied]] snipers claim to have killed at least six enemy. Identification: 466 Regiment.<ref name="wdmar18">[[11th Battalion War Diary, March 1918]]</ref> |
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*Deaths: [[John Ling (32301 Pte.)]] |
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==Acknowledgements== |
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Revision as of 22:38, 25 June 2019
Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 31 March.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 31 March on The Great War wiki.
1915 (Wednesday)
- Germans bombard Libau.
- Severe fighting in the Carpathians.
- Home Secretary appoints a Committee of enquiry into the recruiting of men from retail trades.
Notes
References
Acknowledgements
Various sources contemporary to the war have been used to compile The Lonsdale Battalion On This Day. The majority of the events shown on this day (31 March), including any supplementary notes, enlistments and statistical data etc., have been primarily sourced from the Lonsdale Battalion War Diary (November 1915 to June 1918), Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) and abridged material from Timeline and Chronology of the Lonsdale Battalion (September 1914 - May 1915), which are sourced from the original DLONS/L/13/13 Lowther Estate Archives. Events from that chronology are reproduced here with kind permission of Jim Lowther (2016). They are identified and referenced separately by their unique DLONS numbers. Please do not publish these events without prior permission from the Lowther Estate. All casualty names, numbers, ranks, date of deaths and places of burial/commemoration have been sourced from Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19, Volume 39, The Border Regiment and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database respectively.