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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 3 May.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 3 May on The Great War wiki.

1915

• Lt-Col. Machell to Lord Lonsdale: “Our Advanced Party, 4 officers, and 200 NCO's and men, left this morning 9.30 for Prees Heath....all in excellent form & very pleased with the move.“
• Lt-Col. Machell: “March round Silloth – halt and fall out at Silloth short time before starting march [to] Wigton. Halt about 6-7 minutes before each clock hour. Halt for luncheon near, but just outside of Wigton, about 1⁄2 or 3⁄4 mile, and go in with Bugles – smartly – Halt, pile arms, take off packs, mount guard & sentry (relieve) & let men fall out until 1⁄2 an hour before time to fall in.”
• Letter from Brigadier Mackenzie to Lt-Col. Machell: “On the departure of your battalion from the 112th Brigade, I should like to express to you, and all ranks under your command, my grateful thanks for the energy and ability that has been displayed in training in the battalion since the 18 March....It is a great regret to me that the battalion will no longer be in my Brigade. I wish all of you every luck and prosperity for the future, and I shall watch your movements with interest, knowing that whatever you are asked to do in the future, you will uphold the honour and credit of the British Army.”

The following men are punished with detention and forfeiture of pay:

• M. Armstrong (13267) - A Company
• R. Graham (13360) - A Company
• J.W. Kelton (13816) - B Company
• J.W. Hunter (16345) - B Company
• L.G. Jackson (13833) - B Company
• W. Shannon (13836) - B Company
• J.W. Wilkins (16282) - B Company
• J. Leighton (15274) - B Company
• J.H. Porter (15271) - B Company

1916

• Battalion in isolation camp at Contay Wood (measles) involved in Divisional and Brigade manoeuvres, training and small working parties. Training continues during the whole period of isolation.

References / notes

Material from Timeline/Chronology of the Lonsdale Battalion (September 1914 - May 1915) are sourced from the DLONS/L/13/13 Lowther Estate Archives. Entries from this timeline are reproduced here with kind permission of Jim Lowther and are not available under the license of this site. Please do not publish these extracts on other publicly visible media without prior permission from the copyright holder.