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<noinclude>{{Calendar|August}}{{Date-introtext}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__
<noinclude>{{Calendar|August}}{{Date-introtext}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__
==1916==
==1916 (Thursday)==
*Battalion 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> are relieved by the 25th Infantry Brigade at 12:30pm from the Hohenzollern Redoubt and Hairpin Mines; they proceed to Noyelle for rest.<ref name="wdaug16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, August 1916]]</ref>
*Noyelle: All Battalion [[working parties]] are relieved by the 25th Infantry Brigade at 12:30pm from the {{wl|Hohenzollern Redoubt}} and Hairpin Mines; they proceed to Noyelle for rest.
*At 1:30pm a party of 4 officers and 110 other ranks proceeds to Annequin to form working parties for the 2nd Manchester Regiment.<ref name="wdaug16" />
*A party of four officers and 110 [[other ranks]] proceed to Annequin to form working parties for the 2nd Manchester Regiment.


==1917==
==1917 (Friday)==
*Battalion situated at Coxyde continues indoor work and lectures due to continuation of heavy rain.<ref name="wdaug17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, August 1917]]</ref>
*Coxyde: Indoor work and lectures due to continuation of heavy rain.
*[[Private]] [[Albert Benjamin Lewis (27867)]] dies of dysentery.
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*[[Albert Benjamin Lewis (27867 Pte.)|Lewis, Albert Benjamin (27867 Pte.)]]
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