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{{Quote|text=Last night a beastly rifle grenade fell in the middle of a party of our men who were putting out wire. Pitch dark night and a chance shot, as they had no idea anyone was out. It got five. One of my best Sergeants killed dead and another so badly hurt that he died before we could get him back over our parapet. Both personal friends. Harrison, the Captain, is splendid. I was anxious not to have anyone outside, and with another man was laboriously dragging in the Sergeant, when he, Harrison, took him on his back and walked in with him…We have been extremely ‘fortunate’, and I believe we are supposed to have done very well all along…so if anything goes wrong at any time we shall have something to our credit in the past.|person=[[Percy Wilfred Machell|P.W. Machell]], [[23 March|23rd March]] 1916|source=[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France]]}}
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{{Quote|text=Getting short of officers. The regular battalions are always changing, but these North-Country men want to know their officers thoroughly or they count for very little. |person=[[Percy Wilfred Machell|P.W. Machell]], [[28 March|28th March]] 1916|source=[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France]]}}
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{{Quote|text=New sector hotter in every way than any we have been in yet, but have far better dug-outs for Headquarters.|person=[[Percy Wilfred Machell|P.W. Machell]], [[17 May|17th May]] 1916|source=[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France]]}}
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{{Quote|text=Out for three days, then four in, then a bit back for twelve days, and right back for twelve more, that is now our usual routine.|person=[[Percy Wilfred Machell|P.W. Machell]], [[23 May|23rd May]] 1916|source=[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In France]]}}
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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]]}}
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