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<noinclude>{{Calendar|October}}{{Date-introtext}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__
==1914 (Monday)==
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*Enlistments: [[Joseph Bell (13653 L/Sgt.)]]
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*Recruiting Office sends 14 attestation papers.<ref>{{lowther|recno=12}}</ref>
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*One man enlisted into F Company.<ref>{{lowther|recno=211}}</ref>
*[[Battalion]] situated in the Cambrin Sector. GSO<ref>General Staff Officer.</ref> [[Colonel]] Wace visits Battalion HQ at 9:55am, then both the Commanding Officer and Colonel Wace visit the front line [[trench]]es.<ref name="wdoct16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, October 1916]]</ref>▼
*"An advance party consisting of 2 officers and 40 [[other ranks]] will proceed by rail on ... [[8 October]] and the main body on ... [[13 October]]. ...The rear party will remain at Carlisle for recruiting purposes for the present." <ref>{{lowther|recno=223}}</ref>
*At 8pm a strafe on the enemy trenches is carried; gas and smoke is sent over at intervals along with short bombardments by the Battalion's [[trench mortar]]s, [[machine gun]] and [[rifle|rifle fire]].<ref name="wdoct16" />▼
*Codford Camp: Letter to {{D Company}}: "... we are doing several Companies’ washing in the Codford Camp and we are offering you the same terms ... 7d per bundle of soldier’s washing. We collect the dirty laundry on Saturday and deliver the same clean again on Thursday. ..."<ref>{{lowther|recno=194}}</ref>
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*Battalion is relieved by the 1/6th Lancashire Fusiliers and withdraws to 'Canada Camp'; relief is quiet and completes at 11:30pm. Four [[other ranks]] are wounded.<ref name="wdoct17">[[11th Battalion War Diary, October 1917]]</ref>▼
▲*At 8pm a strafe on the enemy
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▲*Battalion is relieved by the 1/6th Lancashire Fusiliers and withdraws to 'Canada Camp'; relief is quiet and completes at 11:30pm.
*Four [[other ranks]] are wounded.
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