On this day is a listing of historical events associated with the actions of the Lonsdale Battalion, from formation in 1914 through to is eventual disbandment in 1918. Events comprise a variety of subjects including:
- Births and deaths of officers, NCO's and other ranks;
- Actions of individuals and small groups;
- Battalion and Regimental actions;
- Casualty figures, reports and war diary extracts.
This list is by no means exhaustive and remains open to the inclusion of other relevant information.
This site also includes many other articles and documents relating to the Lonsdales. These form the backbone of the project and have been used specifically to reinforce a seamless series of events.
Events are bulleted listing the oldest first. Each day lists events that occurred on that specific day over a period of many years. A month calendar is included on each page.
Daily events are bulleted with linkable dates (i.e. 1 July). Each Day lists the events of the heading of a specific year (i.e. 1915, 1916).
Notes, references and sources
The events are conveyed in a concise and coherent manner to ensure that what you read on this site is succinct and, more importantly, genuine. While every effort is made to ensure accuracy there may be events where dates appear misleading. This can result in conflicting sources although human is also a real factor to consider; errors can often be overlooked but in most cases this is not intentional.
- Notes – are added to pages where additional information is required that do not fit within the body of event.
- References – are added to pages when specific references to events are required.
- Sources – are added to the sources page instead of individual pages.