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==1916 (Thursday)==
*Battalion reorganising into two [[company|Companies]] in Contay Wood. Battalion strength is 11 officers and 480 [[other ranks.<ref name="wdjuly16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, July 1916]]</ref>.
*Deaths:
**[[Caleb Walden Margerison|Lieutenant Caleb Walden Margerison]] <ref group="note">[[Lieutenant]] [[Caleb Walden Margerison|Margerison]] was the battalion War Diarist, Intelligence and Signalling Officer. One month prior to his death he took part in the [[Night raid on the Leipzig Salient (5 June 1916)|night raid on the Leipzig Salient]] at the [[Bull&#8217;s Eye]] German [[Trench]]es on [[5 June]] 1916. He [[died of wounds]] and is buried at {{CWGC link|id=7300|name=Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery}}.</ref>
**[[James Campbell (19621 L/Cpl.)]] <ref group="note">[[Lance Corporal]] [[James Campbell (19621 L/Cpl.)|James Campbell]] of {{D Company}} died in the UK aged 21. He is buried at {{CWGC link|id=2068312|name=Bramption (St. Martin) Old Churchyard}}.</ref>
**[[Thomas Campbell (13920 Pte.)]] <ref group="note">[[Private]] [[Thomas Campbell (13920 Pte.)|Thomas Campbell]] of {{D Company}} [[died of wounds]] sustained from action on [[1 July]]. He is buried at {{CWGC link|id=2800|name=St. Sever Cemetery Extension}}.</ref>
 
==1917 (Friday)==
*Newspaper article: ''[[Killed - Pte. James B. Simpson]]''.<ref>''[[Killed -is Pte.published Jamesin B. Simpson]]'' &ndash;the [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]. Published 15 December, 1916.</ref>
*Battalion situated at Nieuport.: 2nd Lieut. Bishop is killed in a [[working party]] about midnight [[5 July|5th]]/ 6th by indirect MG fire.<ref name="wdjuly17">[[11thmachine Battalion War Diary, July 1917gun]]</ref> fire.
*Back areas are under heavy shelling during morning and afternoon with 8" Naval Shells[[Shell]]s.<ref name="wdjuly17" />
*Retaliation from our[[Allied]] field guns and heavies on M18.a. and enemy aeroplanes are active overhead.<ref name="wdjuly17" />
*Enemy [[aeroplane]]s are active overhead.
*[[Benjamin Edward Ryan (33585)]] and [[Frederick William Smith (28699)]] are [[killed in action]].
 
==1918 (Saturday)==
*Battalion training continues with 1st Battalion, 130th Infantry Regiment (33rd American Division) at Ailly-le-Haut-Clocher.<ref group="note">The [[Lonsdales]] were in their final month before being disbanded. Where training is concerned, this was done alongside the American infantry. It was during this period that they moved to several different locations in the eventual run up to the disbandment papers being approved. On [[29 July]], 1918, the [[11th Battalion War Diary, July 1918|war diary states]]: {{quote-left}}orders received for WO's, [[NCO]]'s and men of the cadres to proceed to join the [[1/5th Border Regiment]] (A.G. letter C.R. 5/9054/30 G.) and for battalion to be disbanded from date of departure.{{quote-right}} The Lonsdale are disbanded two days later on [[31 July]].</ref>
*Training continues for {{11BR}} with 1st Battalion 130th Infantry Regiment (USA) at Ailly-le-Haut-Clocher.<ref name="wdjuly18">[[11th Battalion War Diary, July 1918]]</ref>
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