Sunday 28th January 1917

Billets in the Infantry Barracks in Ypres (I.24.b.2½.8½ to I.24.b.8½.3½)

On yet another bitterly cold day, the Battalion returned to the same sector of the front line as on their previous tour, relieving 11^th West Yorks, with the relief complete by 8.20pm.

The application for a commission completed the previous day by CSM Billy Oldfield MM (see 27^th January) was endorsed by Major Ashton St. Hill (see 2^nd January), temporary C.O. 10DWR. Odfield had also been certified as medically fit by Battalion M.O., Capt. Cecil Berry (see 10^th January).

 

CSM Billy Oldfield MM

Pte. Walter White (see 14^th December 1915), who had originally served with Tunstill’s Company but had been transferred to 2DWR in April 1915, and had subsequently been posted back to England, was reported absent without leave from the Regimental Depot at Halifax.