Sunday 11th June 1916

Trenches north of Souchez

A dismal day, with heavy rain falling for much of the day. There was little to report other than continued exchanges of rifle grenades. Two men from the Battalion were wounded overnight of 11^th/12^th whilst working on the defensive wire.

L.Sgt. William Alfred Walmsley Gaunt (see 2^nd June) was discharged from 4^th Stationary Hospital at Arques and re-joined the Battalion.

Pte. Harry Hinchliffe (see 9^th March), who had been in England since having been wounded in March, was posted to 3DWR at North Shields.

Charles Archibald Milford (see 28^th December 1915), who had been a leading figure in Tunstill’s original recruitment campaign, was commissioned Second Lieutenant with the West Riding Regiment, following his training with 28^th Battalion London Regiment (Artists Rifles).

L.Cpl. Lawrence Tindill, serving with 1^st/5^th Yorkshires (see 15^th May) began to receive the pay of his rank (he had previously held the rank unpaid ); he would later be commissioned and serve with 10DWR. 

Cpl. Archibald (Archie) Allen, serving with the Army Service Corps in France, was admitted to no.2 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station at Remy, near Poperinghe; he was suffering from tonsillitis. Archie Allen would subsequently be commissioned and would serve with 10DWR. He was born 25^th June 1890 in Hockley, Warwickshire, and had been working as a clerk when war broke out. He had joined the ASC in August 1914 and had been promoted Corporal six months later. He had been in France since May 1915 and had spent four days in hospital after suffering an earlier bout of tonsillitis in January 1916.