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↑ The Lonsdales were in their final month before being disbanded. Where training is concerned, this was done alongside the American infantry. It was during this period that they moved to several different locations in the eventual run up to the disbandment papers being approved. On 29 July, 1918, the war diary states: "orders received for WO's, NCO's and men of the cadres to proceed to join the 1/5th Border Regiment (A.G. letter C.R. 5/9054/30 G.) and for battalion to be disbanded from date of departure." The Lonsdale are disbanded two days later on 31 July.

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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 (3 July), 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 Please do not publish these events without prior permission from the Lowther Estate.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.

[1] The Lonsdales were in their final month before being disbanded. Where training is concerned, this was done alongside the American infantry. It was during this period that they moved to several different locations in the eventual run up to the disbandment papers being approved. On 29 July, 1918, the war diary states: "orders received for WO's, NCO's and men of the cadres to proceed to join the 1/5th Border Regiment (A.G. letter C.R. 5/9054/30 G.) and for battalion to be disbanded from date of departure." The Lonsdale are disbanded two days later on 31 July.

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-==1915==
+==1916 (Monday)==
+*Battalion withdraws to [[Crucifix Corner]] {{gw|dug-out}}.
-*{{EF}} Russians leave Gnila Lipa for Zlota Lipa (Galicia).
+*Deaths: [[Sydney Caddy (13841 Pte.)]] / [[Edmund Lawrence Dixon (15031 Pte.)]] / [[Howard Nicholson (13402)]] / [[James Dixon Nicholson (17488)]] / [[John William Pillans (15502)]]
-*{{SF}} [[Dardanelles]]: Turks lose 5,159 k. and 15,000 prisoners in last five days.
-*{{NO}} South Africa's offer of volunteer contingent announced by [[General]] Smuts.
-==1916==
+==1917 (Tuesday)==
+*Battalion remains in the line. There is fairly heavy {{gw|shell}}ing of left [[gw:trench|communication trench]] and Pont Pastre, which is hit in two or three places. Remainder of the day is quiet.
-*{{WF}} Fierce fighting continues; British capture La Boiselle and part of Ovillers.  French capture Chapitre Wood, Feuillères, Buscourt, Flaucourt; also Assevillers to the South. Germans gain and lose Damloup work (Verdun). North of Ancre actions indecisive. 12,300 prisoners to date.
+*[[George Edward Bland (27346 Pte.)]] is [[killed in action]] and [[James McEvoy (20170)]] [[dies of wounds]].
-*{{EF}} Battle of Baranovichi continues south of Vilna. Russian sea-attack on German lines near Riga.
-*{{SF}} French [[air-raid]] on Sofia from Salonika.
-*{{AE}} Russians again resume offensive in Armenia, west of Erzerum.
-*{{NO}} British advance in East Africa, in region between Lake Tanganyika and Victoria Nyanza.
-*{{PO}} Report of Royal Commission on the causes of the Irish Rebellion issued. Russo-Japanese treaty ''re'' the Far East signed.
+==1918 (Wednesday)==
-==1917==
+*Battalion training continues with 1st Battalion, 130th Infantry Regiment (33rd American Division) at Ailly-le-Haut-Clocher.<ref group="lower-alpha">The [[Lonsdales]] were in their final month before being disbanded. Where training is concerned, this was done alongside the American infantry. It was during this period that they moved to several different locations in the eventual run up to the disbandment papers being approved. On [[29 July]], 1918, the [[11th Battalion War Diary, July 1918|war diary states]]: "orders received for WO's, {{gw|NCO}}'s and men of the cadres to proceed to join the [[1/5th Border Regiment]] (A.G. letter C.R. 5/9054/30 G.) and for battalion to be disbanded from date of departure." The Lonsdale are disbanded two days later on [[31 July]].</ref>
-*{{WF}} German offensive on a front of 11 miles north of the Aisne repulsed with heavy loss. German attacks towards Verdun repulsed. British [[air-raid]] on Belgian towns.
-*{{EF}} Russian attack of Brzezany (Galicia) fails. [[Artillery]] activity growing in the Stokhod area (Volhynia).
-*{{PO}} Riots in Amsterdam. Statement in House of Lords by Lord Hardinge (Ex-Viceroy of India) on report of Mesopotamia Commission.
+{{notes}}<!--{{refs}}-->{{acks}}
-==1918==
-*{{WF}} French advance north of Aisne between Autrèches on east and Moulin sous Touvent on west; 1,000 prisoners.
-*{{EF}} Germans prepare to advance on Murman railway. New Provisional Government established at Vladivostok.
-*{{NO}} Retreat of Germans at Nhamacurra.
-*{{PO}} Proclamation of Sinn Fein as dangerous organisation. Death of Lord Rhondda (British Food Controller). Death of Mohammed V., Sultan of Turkey; succeeded by Mohammed VI (Vahid-ed-Din).
-==References/notes==
-{{Gleichen-123}}
-{{reflist}}
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