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==1915 (Sunday)==

*[[Battalion]] total strength of 1,152 [[non-commissioned officer]]s and men[[other ranks]].

==1916 (Monday)==

*Aveluy: In [[billet]]s at Aveluy involved in [[fatigue duty<ref>Fatigue duty is the employment of manual labour assigned to military men that does not necessitate the use of weaponry.</ref>]] for the {{wl|Royal Engineers}}.<ref name="wdjan16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, January 1916]]</ref>

*The Rev. A.J.W. Crosse, writes to the [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]: {{quote-left}}<br>Dear Sir, Please accept my grateful thanks for sending a football for [[11th Battalion Border Regiment Nominal Roll, November 1915 ({{D Company)|D Company]]}}, 11th Borders. I hope we shall soon be having some inter-Company matches in the [[Lonsdale Battalion|Lonsdale Battalion]], when D Company, which is noted for it’s forcefulness and dash, will, no doubt, do as well in the football field as it is doing in the trenches[[trench]]es. If you want to see some real ‘muddied oafs’ come here when D Company comes out of the trenches – but they are merry still. Believe me, very heartily yours.{{quote-right}}<ref>''[[Lonsdales got Their Football]]''. &ndash; [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]. Published [[14 January]], 1916.</ref>

==1917 (Wednesday)==

*Puchevillers: [[Battalion situated at Puchevillers]] 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>]] and general training.<ref name="wdjan17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, January 1917]]</ref>

*Deaths: [[George Henry Davies (27727 Pte.)]]<ref name="cwgc">{{CWGC+SDGW}}</ref>

==1918 (Thursday)==