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On this day, 21 October[edit | edit source]
1914[edit | edit source]
- One man is recruited at Kirkbampton; 3 men are recruited at Orton; 22 men are recruited at Causewayhead.[1]
1916[edit | edit source]
- Battalion leaves Longuevillete at 8am in full marching order. Arrives Herissat 1.45pm.[2]
- Parade of bombers for live grenade throwing.[2]
1917[edit | edit source]
- Battalion situated at Teteghem. Church Parade at 10.30am.[3]
References / notes[edit | edit source]
Material from Timeline/Chronology of the Lonsdale Battalion (September 1914 - May 1915) are sourced from the DLONS/L/13/13 Lowther Estate Archives. Entries from this timeline are reproduced here with kind permission of Jim Lowther and are not available under the license of this site. Please do not publish these extracts on other publicly visible media without prior permission from the copyright holder.
- ↑ Record No. DLONS/L/13/13/279
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 11th Battalion War Diary, October 1916
- ↑ 11th Battalion War Diary, October 1917