There was an improvement in the weather, with the day
remaining fine. In the morning the men were left at the disposal of Company
commanders, before, in the afternoon, Lt. Col. Hayne supervised Battalion
drill.
Pte. Lawrence
Matthews was appointed (unpaid) Lance Corporal. He was a 21 year-old sheet
metal worker from Hull.
2Lt. Henry Herbert
Owen Stafford arrived in France, en route to join 10DWR. Stafford was the
youngest (born, 11th July 1895) of seven children of William and
Mary Stafford; the family had lived for many years in Hognaston, Derbyshire,
where William ran a tailoring and outfitting business. On the outbreak of war
Henry had been a student at University College, Nottingham, where he was also a
member of the OTC; he had applied for a temporary commission on 14th
July 1915, shortly after turning nineteen, and had been formally appointed to
11th Battalion West Ridings with effect from 7th August.
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