Friday 14th May 1915

Pte. James Moran was reported by as having been ‘drunk on parade at 8pm’; on the orders of Lt. Col. Bartholomew he was to undergo 14 days’ detention, although in fact he would serve only seven days before the remainder of his sentence would be remitted. He had enlisted in September 1914 and was a 35 year-old gas stoker; originally from Sligo he had lived for many years in Brighouse and was married with four children. His wife, Susannah, was pregnant with their fifth child.

Pte. William Baxter (see 2^nd May) was reported by Sgt. Percy Cole (see 11th February) as having been “absent off 7am parade”; on the orders of Maj. Lewis Ernest Buchanan (see 2^nd May) he would be confined to barracks for seven days.

Pte. Sam Shuttleworth  was reported as having been found, at 7.30 pm, drunk in Foord Road, Folkestone (at the heart of the area where the Company was billeted). This was not his first brush with military discipline, having previously been drunk in his billet (see 12^th December). He was punished with a fine of 3s. 6d. and ordered to be held in detention for one week, from 17^th May.