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==1916 (Wednesday)==
*Battalion situated in Bouzincourt engaged in {{gw|working parties}}.
*''Fallen Officers – The Times List of Casualties'' is published: {{quote-left}}We have received news of the death of the following officer, in addition to those whose names have been published in the official lists: {{gw|Lieutenant}} [[Gerald Spring-Rice]], [[Border Regiment]], was killed on [[27 May]],<ref group="lower-alpha">Although the ''The Times'' newspaper casualty list published [[Gerald Spring-Rice]]'s death as [[27 May]], the [[11th Battalion War Diary, May 1916|Lonsdale Battalion war diary]], [[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France|Record of the Lonsdale Battalion]] document and the {{gw|Commonwealth War Graves Commission}} all put his date of death at [[26 May]].</ref> in his 52nd year. He was the third son of the Hon. C.W.T. Spring-Rice, and brother of Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, British Ambassador in Washington, and cousin of Lord Monteagle. He joined the Border Regiment last year as a transport officer after a period of valuable service as Director for Cumberland of the Voluntary Aid Detachments. He married in 1905, Mary Isabella, younger daughter of Mr. John Bush, of Beauthorn, Penrith. Mrs. Spring-Rice, who, with two sons, survives him, is nursing in Penrith Military Hospital. Interestingly, 'I vow to thee my country' was written by Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, supposedly with Gerald in mind.<ref>''The Times'', Wednesday, 31 May, 1916</ref>
*Deaths: [[John Barwise Osborn (19691)]]
==1917 (Thursday)==
*Villers Bretonneaux: Battalion prepares for entraining.
==1918 (Friday)==
*Deaths: [[John Norman Leach (35344 Pte.)]]
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