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Line 1: {{ROH Soldier~~-infobox~~ 11th Battalion <!--MAIN IMAGE---------> ~~\|image soldier=[[File:Percy Wilfred Machell at Blackhall Racecourse.jpg\|center\|290px]]~~ \|image1 = Percy Wilfred Machell 01.jpg ~~\|image resting place=~~ \|image1_size = 400 ~~\|name=Percy Wilfred Machell~~ \|image1_alt = Lt-Col. Percy Machell at Blackhall Racecourse in Carlisle ~~\|rank=Lieutenant Colonel~~ \|image_caption = Lt-Col. Percy Machell at Blackhall Racecourse in Carlisle ~~\|number=N/A~~ ~~\|battalion=11th Border Regiment<br>Commanding Officer~~ <!--MILITARY-----------> ~~\|company=N/A~~ \|rank = [[Lieutenant Colonel]] ~~\|att'd/trans=Egyptian Army 1886~~ \|service_number = ~~\|former unit=56th (Essex) Regiment 1882~~ \|company = ~~\|enlisted=~~ \|battalion = [[Lonsdale Battalion]] ~~\|resident=Crackenthorpe Hall, nr Appleby, Westmorland~~ \|regiment = [[Border Regiment]] ~~\|where born=~~ \|enlisted = ~~\|country served=United Kingdom~~ \|attached = Egyptian Army / 1886 ~~\|where died=Near Authuille, France and Flanders~~ \|transferred = ~~\|how died=Killed in action~~ \|former_unit = See Service History below ~~\|age=54~~ \|commands = ~~\|date of death=[[1 July]] 1916~~ \|theatres = France and Flanders ~~\|casualty type=Commonwealth War Dead~~ \|battles = ~~\|grave ref=A.17~~ \|tactics = ~~\|resting place=Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery~~ \|service_period = ~~\|source={{CWGC+SDGW}}~~ \|honours = ~~\|notes=Honours/awards:<br>CMG 1906, DSO}}~~ \|decorations = '''Percy Wilfred Machell''' was a soldier in the [[The Lonsdale Battalion - an introduction\|Lonsdale Battalion]] between 1914–1916. He attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and was the Battalion's Commanding Officer up to and including [[1 July]], 1916 when he was killed in the advance on the [[Leipzig Salient]] on the 1st Day of the Battle of the Somme. His 2nd in Command was Major [[W. W. R. Binning]]. \|medals = \|mention_in_dispatches= \|service_records = \|other_records = <!--PERSONAL-----------> \|honourific_prefix = \|name = Percy Wilfrid Machell {{sc\|cmg, [[Distinguished Service Order\|dso]]}} \|honourific_suffix = \|other_name = \|nickname = \|born = 1862 \|education = \|former_employment = Overseas Soldier \|spouse = Valda, Countess Of Gleichen / Married 1905 \|children = Roger Victor Machell / Born 1908 \|parents = Canon Richard Beverley Machell and the Hon Emma (sister of the 8th Lord Middleton) / Crakenthorpe Hall, Westmorland. \|siblings = \|additional_family = \|residence = Crackenthorpe Hall, near Appleby \|nationality = English {{flag\|England\|30px}} <!--REMEMBRANCE--------> \|casualty_type = Commonwealth War Dead \|died = [[1 July]] 1916 \|age = 54 Years \|cause_of_death = [[Killed in action]] \|burial_type = Grave / Inscription reads: {{sc\|56 Regt. 1882 / Egyptian Army 1886 / C.O. XII Sudanese 1891-1895 / Adviser of Interior Egyptian Government 1898-1908 / Prospice}} \|reference_number = A.17. \|resting_place = {{CWGC cemetery\|id=7300\|name=Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery}} \|coordinates = {{osm\|50.01247\|2.52686\|14}} \|location_map = \|additional_memorials = Appleby St. Lawrence Memorial \|scroll = {{scroll}} <!--MEDIA--------------> \|newspapers = Press appreciations<br>[[A Non-Commissioned Officer's Tribute (Westmorland Gazette)]]<br>[[The Late Colonel Machell: An Appreciation (Workington Star)]]<br>[[How Lieut-Colonel Machell Fell (West Cumberland Times)]] \|periodicals = \|books = \|websites = \|links = \|images = {{images}} <!--BIOGRAPHY----------> \|biography = '''Percy Wilfrid Machell''' was a soldier in the [[The Lonsdale Battalion - an introduction\|Lonsdale Battalion]] between 1914–1916. He attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and was the Battalion's Commanding Officer up to and including [[1 July]], 1916 when he was killed in the advance on the [[Leipzig Salient]] on the 1st Day of the Battle of the Somme. His 2nd in Command was Major [[W. W. R. Binning]]. It wasn’t just his experience that made him a great man, it was the high esteem the men of the Lonsdales held for him. Colonel Machell was constantly busy with the preparations for running the [[Blackhall Racecourse\|camp at Blackhall]] in Carlisle, doing most of the work himself until his Adjutant Captain Diggle (the rank he held at that time) of the 6th Border Regiment was appointed on the 3rd of December (this position was later appointed to Lieutenant M Gordon). Line 41 ⟶ 86: There were several appreciations of Colonel Machell printed in local and nation newspapers shortly after the announcement of his dead. There are two appreciations that I think are particularly touching. ~~[[File:Percy Wilfred Machell, Commanding the Battalion.jpg\|thumb\|Percy Wilfred Machell - Commanding the Lonsdales\|right\|280px]]~~ ==Service history== ~~The following gives an idea of his experiences:~~ * 1884-85 he served in the Nile Expeditionary Force * 1886 he was attached to the Egyptian Army and was in command of Fort Khor Moussa, Line 52 ⟶ 96: * 1898-1908 saw him in the role of Adviser to the Ministry of Interior, Egypt * 1902 Grand Cordon of the medjidie * 1906 ~~C.M.G.~~{{sc\|cmg}} * 1914-16 raised, trained and commanded 11th Border Regiment (Lonsdale) ~~==Press appreciations==~~ [[A Non-Commissioned Officer's Tribute (Westmorland Gazette)]] [[The Late Colonel Machell: An Appreciation (Workington Star)]] [[How Lieut-Colonel Machell Fell (West Cumberland Times)]] ==See also== [[Quotes by Percy Wilfred Machell]] <!--REFERENCES---------> \|references = }} ~~[[Category:Officers]]~~ [[Category:Roll of Honour]] [[Category:Officers (11th Battalion)]] [[Category:Rank of Lieutenant Colonel]] [[Category:Died in 1916]] [[Category:Died aged 54]] [[Category:Killed in action]] [[Category:Casualties with graves]] [[Category:Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery]]