On yet another day of heavy rain, conditions were generally
quiet, although artillery exchanges continued across the front lines.
At some point around Christmas (the precise date is unknown)
Capt. Gilbert Tunstill (see passim)
suffered injuries in an accident; the news was reported in the Craven Herald on 31st
December, “Captain H.G. Tunstill, of the 10th West Riding Regiment,
met with a nasty accident in France last week. Owing to the muddy ground, his
horse fell and rolled over him. Luckily no bones were broken, but he is in
hospital suffering from a badly-sprained leg and bruised from head to foot. He
is going on as well as can be expected”.
Sgt. James Leach
(see 3rd May; it is unknown
when he had been promoted) was evacuated to England having at some point
(date and details unknown) suffered a wound to his hand.
Pte. William Kendall was posted to France and would
join 10DWR. He had been an original member of the Battalion, having enlisted in
September 1914 aged 32; he was married, with three children, and had worked as
a wet fish salesman. In the absence of a surviving service record it has not
been possible to establish the reason for his delayed departure for France.
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