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==1915==
*[[Percy Wilfred Machell|Lt-Col. Machell]]: {{quote-left}}The Battalion will parade for inspection by the [[Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale|Earl of Lonsdale]]....Dress [[khaki]], Marching Order – the Battalion will be formed in Mass and, after being inspected, will rank past in forms from the right hand and dismiss by Companies.{{quote-right}} <ref>{{lowther|recno=278}}</ref>
*Letter from Lt-Col. Machell: {{quote-left}}A & detachment D with all baggage & transport horses, 2.20pm....Baggage to go up to Camp by Contractor’s line – B & C & Horses 3.40pm. - Nothing in this train but men and officers’ horses....All well here....Lord Lonsdale has been and inspected us today & made a good speech which I hope will be published – There were some reports present. All cut and dried now for tomorrow & I expect a big crush in the town this time.{{quote-right}} <ref>{{lowther|recno=42}}</ref>
*Letter to Lt-Col. Machell from GDS, High Wray Bank, Ambleside:
:{{quote-left}}Welcome to your new camp. I hope you will find it really comfortable....We were very glad we came [to Carlisle]....and were in time to say goodbye to the first lot....I was very sorry you had such a mob at the end as I should like to have seen you march on but it was a wonderful sight the thin stream of [[khaki]] filtering through the two gates [The Courts] and then a sudden admixture of black coats and then the great rush coming through like a dam bursting. Well, it shows what a hold you had got on Carlisle and must surely make every man there wish he had been in your lines to have got such a send off. You deserve it too you have nursed those men and trained them and they must have often been a sore trial on your (hereditary) temper but it has been worth it all and now you can feel you have given the Empire a real tool shaped properly....out of what was at the beginning most unpromising material.{{quote-right}} <ref>{{lowther|recno=57}}</ref>
==1916==
*Battalion in isolation camp at Contay Wood (measles) involved in Divisional and Brigade manoeuvres, training and small 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><ref>Training continues during the whole period of isolation.</ref><ref name="wdmay16">[[11th Battalion War Diary, May 1916]]</ref>
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