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<noinclude>{{Calendar|November|hide31=yes}}{{Date-introtext}}<br>{{year-day|Wednesday|Thursday|Saturday|Sunday|Monday}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__
==1914==
*Two men are recruited at Lees Hill.<ref name="lowther1">{{lowther|recno=279}}</ref>
===Western Front===
*Enlistments: [[Harrison Bulman (16281 L/Cpl.)]].
*[[Lombartzyde]] recovered by the [[Allies]].
*[[Percy Wilfred Machell|Lt-Col. Machell]] to [[Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale|Lord Lonsdale]]: {{quote-left}}Strength yesterday over 850, and I expect to be nearly full in 10 days.{{quote-right}} <ref name="lowther1" />
*[[Battle of Ypres]] continues.
*Letter to Lt-Col. Machell: {{quote-left}}We had a grand meeting here [Kirkby Stephen] last night 400 people & a great number of likely men but could not get one to put his hand up, although after the meeting several came & stated they were going into Appleby on Sat next to join the Battalion.{{quote-right}} <ref>{{lowther|recno=7}}</ref>
===Eastern Front===
*Letter from Y.M.C.A.: {{quote-left}}What sum we would be justified in spending for the comfort and recreation of the men in Carlisle and ... to ascertain whether it might not be possible to secure a building locally and erect it on the camp site.{{quote-right}} <ref name="lowther2">{{lowther|recno=258}}</ref>
*[[Galicia]]: Austrians defeated at [[Jaroslau]]; loss of 19,000 prisoners and 40 guns in twelve days.
*{{quote-left}}The Soldiers’ Club will re-open tomorrow (Thursday) night at 6.0 p.m. at the new premises at 41 Bank Street. We trust your men will look upon it as a home when they are in Carlisle.{{quote-right}} <ref name="lowther2" />
===Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres===
*Armenia: Russian advance from [[Caucasus Mountains]]; Diadin occupied.
===Naval and Overseas Operations===
*[[East Africa]]: British reverse at [[Tanga]].<ref>[[Tanga]], German port on the Moschi Railway ([[East Africa]]), attacked unsuccessfully by an [[Indian Expeditionary Force]] with one British [[battalion]]. 1st Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, 101st Grenadiers, I.A., and 1st Kashmir Rifles suffered heavily during the engagement in the town, and forced to retreat to the coast and re-embark. Casualties nearly 800, including 141 British officers and men. Germans displayed great cunning in defence of the town, also employing native ''ruses de guerre''.</ref>
*German cruiser {{SMS|Yorck}} destroyed by a mine near [[Wilhelmshaven]].
===Political===
*[[Persia]] refuses to join [[Turkey]] in war against the Entente.
 
==1916==
==References/notes==▼
*[[Battalion]] situated at La Vicogne involved in general parades of instruction under Commanding Officer.<ref name="wdnov16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, November 1916]]</ref>
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==1917==
*Battalion situated in the Roubrouck Area involved in training.<ref name="wdnov17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, November 1917]]</ref>
 
==1918==
*Deaths: [[William George Barnfather (13398 Pte.)]].<ref>{{CWGC+SDGW}}</ref>
 
▲==References / notes==
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