Wednesday 11th August 1915

Pte. Harry Widdup (see 7^th May) was promoted Lance Corporal.

Pte. John Charles Brison Redfearn (see 14^th June) completed and submitted his application for a commission as a Temporary Lieutenant.

Rev. Wilfred Leveson Henderson (see 3^rd July), chaplain to 10DWR, returned the contract of service and medical certificate relating to his appointment.

In anticipation of the Battalion being posted overseas, the parents of Lt. Robert Stewart Skinner Ingram (see 9^th August) had made plans to visit their son in Hampshire; he wrote to them with news of the prospects of securing accommodation in the area:

11^th Aug. 1915  

Bramshott Camp

Hampshire 

My darling Mother 

Thank you so much for your letter. We have been very busy indeed and haven’t had much time to look round. Rooms are very scarce round here. I wonder if that place in Headley where Nell was is vacant? Will try another place today. Mrs. Wilson’s phone number is 701 North, and address 7 Cambridge Gate. 

With much love, your loving son

Robert 

‘Nell’ was Ingram’s elder sister, Helen, who had clearly visited him at some point.

Ingram’s comment about ‘Mrs. Wilson’ refer to the mother of a friend of his from Harrow, 2Lt. Laurence Cecil Wilson; he had been severely wounded in action on 7^th July, while serving with 1^st Battalion Norfolk Regiment near Hill 60, south-east of Ypres.

Joseph Bell (see 10^th August) reported at no.22 Depot to begin his training to join the Australian Imperial Forces. He was the elder brother of original Tunstill recruit Pte. William Irving Bell.

One year earlier Gilbert and Geraldine Tunstill had left St. Petersburg on their way back to England.