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*General Equipment Indent: 81 Infantry whistles.<ref>{{lowther|recno=66}}</ref> |
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*Copy letter from [[Percy Wilfred Machell|Lt-Col. Machell]] to 124th Infantry Brigade: "Recruits are now coming in well, and my experience of closing recruiting in November showed me that, once it is announced that recruiting is closed, it is by no means easy to begin again. I strongly recommend I may be authorised forthwith to proceed with the formation of the 6th (Depot) Company, for whom I can arrange [[billet]]s in the neighbourhood as long as the Service Battalion remains in its present camp." <ref>{{lowther|recno=219}}</ref> |
*Copy letter from [[Percy Wilfred Machell|Lt-Col. Machell]] to 124th Infantry Brigade: "Recruits are now coming in well, and my experience of closing recruiting in November showed me that, once it is announced that recruiting is closed, it is by no means easy to begin again. I strongly recommend I may be authorised forthwith to proceed with the formation of the 6th (Depot) Company, for whom I can arrange [[billet]]s in the neighbourhood as long as the Service Battalion remains in its present camp." <ref>{{lowther|recno=219}}</ref> |
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*Football Match takes place on the Camp Football Field between the Regimental Team and C Company.<ref name="lowther135 |
*Football Match takes place on the Camp Football Field between the Regimental Team and C Company.<ref name="lowther135>{{lowther|recno=135}}</ref> |
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*Court of Enquiry takes place regarding the alleged illegal absence of [[Isaac Parker (16286 Pte.)]] of C Company.<ref |
*Court of Enquiry takes place regarding the alleged illegal absence of [[Isaac Parker (16286 Pte.)]] of C Company.<ref name="lowther135" /> |
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==1916== |
==1916== |
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Revision as of 21:43, 1 March 2020
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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 9 January.
For events that took place elsewhere, see our sister project The Great War On This Day
1915
- General Equipment Indent: 81 Infantry whistles.[1]
- Copy letter from Lt-Col. Machell to 124th Infantry Brigade: "Recruits are now coming in well, and my experience of closing recruiting in November showed me that, once it is announced that recruiting is closed, it is by no means easy to begin again. I strongly recommend I may be authorised forthwith to proceed with the formation of the 6th (Depot) Company, for whom I can arrange billets in the neighbourhood as long as the Service Battalion remains in its present camp." [2]
- Football Match takes place on the Camp Football Field between the Regimental Team and C Company.[3]
- Court of Enquiry takes place regarding the alleged illegal absence of Isaac Parker (16286 Pte.) of C Company.[3]
1916
- Battalion is situated in the F1 sector near Aveluy. The day is quiet.
1917
- Battalion in billets at Courcelles supplying carrying and working parties in the trenches.
1918
- Located in Tournehem, the battalion is involved in defensive training with Lewis guns on range.
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Acknowledgements
Various sources contemporary to the war have been used to compile The Lonsdale Battalion On This Day. The majority of the events shown on this day (9 January), including any supplementary notes, enlistments and statistical data etc., have been primarily sourced from the Lonsdale Battalion War Diary (November 1915 to June 1918), Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) and abridged material from Timeline and Chronology of the Lonsdale Battalion (September 1914 - May 1915), which are sourced from the original DLONS/L/13/13 Lowther Estate Archives. Events from that chronology are reproduced here with kind permission of Jim Lowther (2016). They are identified and referenced separately by their unique DLONS numbers. Please do not publish these events without prior permission from the Lowther Estate. All casualty names, numbers, ranks, date of deaths and places of burial/commemoration have been sourced from Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19, Volume 39, The Border Regiment and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database respectively.