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==1916==
*Battalion in Divisional Reserve at Bouzincourt providing working parties<ref>A group of soldiers (or prisoners) that are assigned to perform manual tasks or duties, for their own or other units.</ref> for the Royal Engineers.<ref name="wdjun16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, June 1916]]</ref>
*Volunteer group led by Lieut. Barnes undertakes a [[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - Appendix B|night raid on German trenches]] at the [[Leipzig Redoubt]]. Zero time 11pm.<ref name="wdjun16" /><ref name="lons">[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - Appendix B]]</ref><ref>The objective of the night raid was to gain valuable information about the position and layout of the [[trench|trench system]] to be attacked on the [[1 July]].</ref>
*Casualties:- Lt Barnes and 5 other ranks killed, 27 wounded and 1 wounded and missing.<ref name="wdjun16" />
*11 German prisoners captured. "After the raiders had returned, a strong patrol of Lancashire Fusiliers, with two [[machine
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*[[David Johnson Allison (17523 Pte.)|Allison, David Johnson (17523 Pte.)]]
*[[James Herbert Copeland (13877 L/Cpl.)|Copeland, James Herbert (13877 Cpl.)]]
*[[Francis Little (17584 Pte.)|Little, Francis (17584 Pte.)]]
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