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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 4 April.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 4 April on The Great War wiki.

1915

• Letter from the Earl of Lonsdale regarding the proposed move to Grantham: “Obviously, I have no wish to express any opinion as to where the Battalion is sent, and I entirely agree with anything that Colonel Machell desires, my one object being to further the interest of the Regiment, and am only anxious to agree with whatever he wishes.”
• Lieut. Hodgkinson writes report on Belton Park Camp, Grantham, in preparation for the move.

1916

• Battalion is relieved by the 10th York and Lancaster Regiment, returning to billets in Senlis.

1917

• Deaths: George Crozie (30155 Pte.)

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 Please do not publish these extracts on other publicly visible media without prior permission from the copyright holder.