Wednesday 16th August 1916

Billets in Metrien

Training continued. In the evening, orders were received for the Battalion to be prepared to move to bivouacs in the Steenwerck area.

Cpl. John William Dickinson (see 30^th July) and Pte. William Hassall (see 17^th July) were admitted via 69^th Field Ambulance to 23^rd Divisional Rest Station, suffering from influenza. Pte. Hassall would re-join the Battalion ten days later, but it would be 8^th September before Cpl. Dickinson re-joined the Battalion.

Lt. George Reginald Charles Heale MC (see 14^th August) was promoted Captain, with seniority and pay from 6^th July.

Lt. George Reginald Charles Heale, MC

L.Cpl. Tom Jackson Tindall (see 7^th July) was discharged from the City of London Military Hospital in Clapton and posted to the Regimental Depot at Halifax.

Pte. Richard Butler (see 29^th July) who had been wounded in the actions around Munster Alley was discharged from Bargrave War Hospital, West Lothian and posted to the Regimental Depot at Halifax.

Enquiries continued regarding 2Lt Roland Herbert Wyndham Brinsley-Richards (see 15^th August) who was officially reported ‘missing in action’ following the attack on Munster Alley. A statement was taken from Pte. Stanley Bostock (see 29^th July), onboard the Hospital Ship Jan Breydell awaiting departure from Boulogne. However, Bostock merely reported that, “This officer is in the 10^th Battalion … I know nothing about him except that he is missing.”

2Lt. Roland Wyndham Brinsley-Richards