The very cold weather continued, with a hard frost. Training,
and the provision of working parties, continued.
Capt. Adrian
O’Donnell Pereira (see 8th
December 1916), currently on light duty with 3DWR at North Shields, and
with a pending application for a permanent commission in the Indian Army,
appeared before a Medical Board at Tynemouth. The Board found him fit for
general service.
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| Capt. Adrian O'Donnell Pereira |
Aidan Nicholson (see 6th May 1916), who had
previously been dismissed from his officer training course, as being “of
insufficient physique”, wrote to the War Office asking that his case be
reconsidered. He told them that, “Since being discharged I have endeavoured to
improve my physique and my measurements are now – 5ft 4 ½ inches; 30 – 34 ½
inch chest. I should be grateful if you could do anything for me as regards
resuming my course and should I not be sufficient for the Infantry I should be
only too pleased to offer myself as an observer or otherwise for the Flying
Corps. This I suggest on account of the training and theory I obtained, firstly
during the twelve months OTC training and secondly in the Cadet Battalion where
I was for two months”. He would later serve with 10DWR.
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Aidan Nicholson
Image by kind permission of the Trustees of the DWR Museum
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