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in the First World War

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On this day

16 September

A daily listing of events across all fronts that took place on this day between 1914–1918. This information refreshes daily.

1916 (Saturday)

• Battalion is relieved in the front line trenches (Cuinchy Sector) at 3:00pm by the 17th Highland Light Infantry.
• Retires to reserve line billets at 'Harley Street'; relief complete by 5:00pm.
• Henry Leonard Parry (13257) of A Company is killed in action, aged 28 years.

1917 (Sunday)

• Battalion situated in the front line; everything is quiet.

Sources: Various sources contemporary to the war have been used to compile the Lonsdale Battalion on this day... (hover to read more)

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 (Main Page), 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 Please do not publish these events without prior permission from the Lowther Estate.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.

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A discussion is taking place between the Commanding Officer and one of his men

"This is how you do it lads." An aiming drill staged for the photographer

Learning how to "dig-in" and the rigid training involved of digging entrenchments

Inspection of the troops by Lord Lonsdale, the men standing to attention as he passes by

Close quarter bayonet training with sandbags

Officers out for a stroll through the grounds keeping a watchful eye on the training

Officers of the Lonsdale Battalion

Parade of new recruits, many without uniform

There is no getting away from the morning stretches!

Commanding Officer, Percy Machell and other officers, watch the physical drill instructor

A route march through the streets of Carlisle

A route march through the streets of Carlisle, the fanfare of the lads marching off to war

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