5 December: Difference between revisions

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 (5 December), 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 Please do not publish these events without prior permission from the Lowther Estate.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] Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/111

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-==1914==
+==1914 (Saturday)==
-*Telegram: {{quote-left}}[[Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale|Lord Lonsdale]] approves of water pipe get it done at once.{{quote-right}} <ref>{{lowther|recno=111}}</ref>
+*Telegram: "[[Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale|Lord Lonsdale]] approves of water pipe get it done at once." <ref>{{lowther|recno=111}}</ref>
-==1915==
+==1915 (Sunday)==
-*[[Battalion]] situated at Molliens-au-Bois, engaged in lectures, inspections and physical exercises. Weather very wet.<ref name=“wdnovdec15”>[[11th Battalion War Diary, November to December 1915]]</ref>
+*Molliens-au-Bois: Battalion engaged in lectures, inspections and physical exercises due to inclement weather.
-==1916==
+==1916 (Tuesday)==
-*Battalion situated at Berteaucourt involved in [[Brigade]] courses in [[Sniping]] and [[Lewis gun]]s. One [[Company]] employed in constructing [[Bayonet]] Fighting Course. Remainder under Company arrangements. <ref name="wddec16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, December 1916]]</ref>
+*Berteaucourt: Battalion involved in [[brigade]] courses in [[sniping]] and [[Lewis gun]]s.
+*One [[company]] is employed in constructing [[bayonet]] fighting course.
+*Remainder of the battalion are under Company arrangements.
-==1917==
+==1917 (Wednesday)==
-*Battalion situated at 'Brake Camp' involved in reorganisation. Companies at the disposal of Company Commanders.<ref name="wddec17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, December 1917]]</ref>
+*Battalion situated at 'Brake Camp' involved in reorganisation. Companies at the disposal of Company Commanders.
-*Deaths: [[Frederick Bent (260268 Pte.)]]<ref>{{CWGC+SDGW}}</ref>
+*Deaths: [[Frederick Bent (260268 Pte.)]]
+<br/>
-==References / notes==
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