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{{Quote|text=Before he [ [[Gerald Spring-Rice]] ] joined he had done splendid work as Secretary of the Executive Committee, and from the time of his appointment as Transport Officer until the day of his death he devoted his entire energies to the welfare of the Battalion, in the formation of which he had such an important share.|person=[[Percy Wilfred Machell|P.W. Machell]], [[26 May|26th May]] 1916|source=[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France]]}} |
{{Quote|text=Before he [ [[Gerald Spring-Rice]] ] joined he had done splendid work as Secretary of the Executive Committee, and from the time of his appointment as Transport Officer until the day of his death he devoted his entire energies to the welfare of the Battalion, in the formation of which he had such an important share.|person=[[Percy Wilfred Machell|P.W. Machell]], [[26 May|26th May]] 1916|source=[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France]]}} |
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{{Quote|text=Tremendous bombardment for four days. We have had a comparatively safe two days behind this big bank, but the poor people who relieved us have suffered terribly.|person=[[Percy Wilfred Machell|P.W. Machell]], [[28 June]] 1916|source=[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France]]}} |
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{{Quote|text=The G.O.C. Division expects us to take [[Mouquet Farm]] to-morrow and keep it. I told the General that he could reply on the Lonsdales to carry out his orders. The thought that night, until we start, I ask everyone to be as quiet as possible in the wood and to show no lights, in order to avoid calling special attention to our location. Before noon to-morrow we shall have accomplished our task. I feel no doubt about it, because, as in the case of the raid, we have made every possible preparation, and the whole battalion means to do its duty, as Lieut. Barnes and the Company raiders did theirs.|person=[[Percy Wilfred Machell|P.W. Machell]], [[28 June]], 1916|source=[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - Appendix D]]}} |
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{{Quote|text=None go back as long as can stick out. Shells in wood and on emerging, also our front line. All not hit must push on. Must do our job. If all goes well, I stay proper place; if goes badly, I come up and see it through.<ref>Things did go badly and he did "come up and see it through" when he made his way to the British front line after seeing his men cut down by machine-gun fire. Lt-Col. Machell was true to his word and was killed upon climbing the parapet.</ref>|person=[[Percy Wilfred Machell|P.W. Machell]], [[30 June]], 1916|source=[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - Appendix E]]}} |
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