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Line 1: <noinclude>{{Calendar\|November\|hide31=yes}}{{Date-introtext}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__ ==1914 (Friday)== Five men are recruited at Rosley. Ten men are recruited at 7 Devonshire Street, Carlisle. A further five men recruited from Alston. <ref>{{lowther\|recno=279}}</ref> Newspaper article: ''[[Lonsdale Battalion Coming Tomorrow]]''.<ref name="news">[[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]], published 6 November, 1914.</ref>▼ Letter to [[Percy Wilfred Machell\|Lt-Col. Machell]] from Fred Lee of Brampton: "I hear you propose visiting Hallbankgate on Wednesday. This will be quite useless. It is Hiring Day at Brampton and all the young men from that District will be here." <ref>{{lowther\|recno=7}}</ref> Newspaper article: ''[[Lonsdale Battalion - New Company to be Formed]]''.<ref name="news" />▼ ~~A letter,~~Letter written by ~~[[Percy Wilfred Machell\|~~Lt-Col. Machell~~]], is published in the [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]~~ detailing a pre-arranged itinerary for a detachment of West Cumberland [[~~The Lonsdale Battalion - an introduction\|~~Lonsdales]], under the command of 2nd Lieut. W.A. Hobson is published in the [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]. ~~They~~<ref group="note">The detachment ~~proceed~~proceeds to Maryport, Workington and Cockermouth over two day period where they parade through the streets to live bands. They start on Saturday [[7 November]] and finish on Monday [[9 November]]~~.<ref>Letter written by [[Percy Wilfred Machell\|Lt-Col. Machell]] to the [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]], published 6 November, 1914~~.</ref> ▲Newspaper article: ''[[Lonsdale Battalion Coming Tomorrow]]'' is published.<ref name="news">[[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]], published 6 November, 1914.</ref> ▲Newspaper article: ''[[Lonsdale Battalion - New Company to be Formed]]'' is published.<ref name="news" /> ==~~1916~~1915 (Saturday)== Major Browne to Lt-Col. Machell: "I hope I shall be able to keep you supplied with a good lot of well trained men. It will, of course, be my main anxiety. ... The local recruiting for the [[Lonsdales]], as you say, seems to have come to an end. One would have liked to have kept it up, but I think it would be folly to rely on it. I might find myself unable to meet your requirements. Lord knows how soon you may require drafts. I have sent [[William Walter Riddell Binning\|Binning]] to Carlisle to stir things up, & later I shall go myself. We are now to get one third of the recruits enlisting in the counties, until we are full up." <ref>{{lowther\|recno=214}}</ref> ~~{{Expand-section\|date=20 July, 2016}}~~ ==~~1917~~1916 (Monday)== [[Battalion]] situated at {{wl\|La Vicgone}} taking part in [[Brigade]] Field Day. ~~{{Expand-section\|date=20 July, 2016}}~~ [[Lonsdales]] advance from a position south of Val de Maison and marches towards Beauval, breaking into [[artillery]] formation on the way. Position south of Beauval is assaulted, breaking into extended order at Ferme du Rosel. ==1917 (Tuesday)== Battalion situated in the {{wl\|Roubrouck}} Area involved in training. ==1918 (Wednesday)== *Deaths: [[John Barker (15427 Pte.)]] <ref group="note">[[John Barker (15427 Pte.)]] date of death is listed this day in ''[[Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19, Volume 39, The Border Regiment]]'' and on [[5 November]] 1918 in the [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]] database.</ref> <br/> {{notes}}{{refs}}{{acks}} ~~==References / notes==~~ ~~<references />~~ <noinclude> [[Category:Events by day\|311]]