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'''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 [[
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).
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