Saturday 10th March 1917

Eperlecques

The weather turned much milder and the previous days programme of gas training continued.

Pte. Trayton George Harper (see 11^th January) was reported by Cpls. Fred Swale (see 24^th December 1916) and Bob Maunders (see 29^th October 1915) (Bob Maunders had re-joined the Battalion and been promoted since having been wounded 16 months previously) for, “hesitating to obey an order; not re-joining the ranks when ordered”; on the orders of Capt. Dick Bolton (see 8^th December 1916) he would be confined to barracks for three days.

Capt. James Christopher Bull (see 6^th March), who had left the Battalion in September 1916, suffering from paratyphoid, but had recently been declared fit for general service, re-joined the Battalion, four days after arriving back in France.

Capt. James Christopher Bull

Image by kind permission of the Trustees of the DWR Museum

Sgt. Michael Kenefick MM (see 22^nd February), who had been wounded in the shelling of Ypres in January, re-joined the Battalion from 34^th Infantry Base Depot at Etaples.

Battalion M.O., Capt. Cecil Berry (see 28^th January) left to go on leave to England; his post as Medical Officer was taken up in his absence by Capt. T.L. Llewellyn, posted from 69^th Field Ambulance.

Image by kind permission of the Trustees of the DWR Museum

Pte. Mark Henry Sutcliffe (see 22^nd January) was transferred to the Headquarters of 23^rd Division; it is not known in what capacity.

Following a period of leave in England, Sgt. Frederick Griggs MM (see 24^th January), who had been one of Tunstill’s original Company but had subsequently served with 2DWR, was posted to no.7 Officer Cadet Battalion, based at Moore Park, Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland to begin his course of officer training. He would train alongside his former colleague, CSM William Jones MM (see 3^rd March) who, a week after submitting his application for a commission, was posted to the same training unit.