Sunday 8th April 1917

Scottish Camp, south-west of Brandhoek

Easter Sunday. Training continued and the weather remained very cold. While the Battalion, with the rest of 69^th Brigade, remained in Divisional Reserve at Scottish Camp, 70^th Brigade took over a 2,500 yard stretch of the front line astride the Zillebeke-Zwarteleen road.

Pte. Ellis Sutcliffe (see 14^th March), who had been wounded six weeks previously, re-joined the Battalion from 34^th Infantry Base Depot at Etaples. Pte. Arthur Lumb (see 5^th December 1916) also re-joined the Battalion 34^th Infantry Base Depot at Etaples; he had spent the previous four months at Etaples following dental treatment in December 1916. The reason for his extended stay at Etaples is unclear.

Pte. Edward Grayshon (see 19^th March) was admitted discharged from 23^rd Division Rest Station and re-joined the Battalion; he had been suffering from “I.C.T.” (Inflammation of the connective tissue) ‘general’.

Pte. Henry Marshall (see 25^th March) who had been treated for syphilis, re-joined the battalion and Pte. Patrick Sweeney (see 21^stMarch), who had been treated for gonorrhoea was also posted back to the Battalion from no.34 Infantry Base Depot at Etaples.

CQMS Cyril Edward Agar, (see 24^th February), 9^th Yorkshires, having spent six weeks on leave in England, was posted to no.19 Officer Cadet Battalion based at Pirbright. Once commissioned he would serve with 10DWR. Sgt. George Clifford Sugden (see 12^th February), 10^th East Yorkshires, also began his course of officer training, although it is not clear to which Cadet Battalion he was posted. He would later be commissioned and serve with 10DWR.

CQMS Cyril Edward Agar

Image by kind permission of Henry Bolton