Monday 25th June 1917

Le Coq de Pailie, close to Berthen

There was further rain through the evening and overnight. 

The confusion as to the fate of Pte. Fred Brown (see 11^th June) was now definitively resolved. Brown had originally been reported killed in action on 7^th June, but this report had then been rescinded and it was reported instead that Brown had been wounded. It was now officially confirmed that Brown had indeed been killed on 7^th June and had been buried at Woods Cemetery.

Pte. Arthur Milner (see 8^th February) was promoted Lance Corporal. Ptes. Herbert Newton (see 5^th April), Thomas Riding (see 8^th May) and Wilfred Clarkson (see 22^nd July 1916) were promoted (unpaid) Lance Corporal.

Ptes. George Bernard Hardy (see 5^th May) and James Hotchkiss (see 7^th June) re-joined the Battalion from no.34 Infantry Base Depot at Etaples.

L.Cpl. Gilbert Swift Greenwood joined the Battalion, having spent the previous eight weeks at 34^th Infantry Base Depot at Etaples following his posting to France on 3^rd May; the reason for his extended stay at Etaples is unclear. He was 30 years old and from Halifax, where he had worked as an assistant to a woll merchant; he had been promoted Lance Corporal whilst in training with 3DWR. Pte. Henry Richardson Oddy (see 28^th May) also joined the Battalion; he had spent the previous month at 34^th Infantry Base Depot at Etaples, since arriving with a draft of more than forty men, most of whom had immediately joined 10DWR.

Pte. Victor Alexander Wildman (see 28^th May) again found himself on a charge; on this occasion for “irregular conduct, ie not having full kit on CO’s parade”. He was reported by Sgt. Arthur Kilburn Robinson (see 5^th April) and sentenced to three days’ confined to barracks by Capt. Adrian O’Donnell Pereira (see 15^th June).

Pte. Ernest Ashness (see 10^th May) reported sick, suffering from boils; he was admitted first to 69^th Field Ambulance and then transferred to 23^rd Division Rest Station. 

Pte. Herbert Willoughby (see 14^th June) was admitted via 69^th Field Ambulance to 23^rd Division Rest Station, suffering from myalgia.

L.Cpl. Stephen Grady (see 9^th April) and Ptes. Alfred Taylor (see 7^th March) and Edwin Waterworth (see 16^th January) were formally transferred to 69^th Brigade Trench Mortar Battery, with whom they had been serving on attachment.

Pte. Thomas Fielden (see 7^th June), who had suffered a relatively minor wound to his left forearm on 7^th June, was discharged from 2^nd Canadian General Hospital at Le Treport and posted to 34^th Infantry Base Depot at Etaples. 

A Divisional horse show was held and subsequently described by Brig. Genl. Lambert (see 19^th June),  as “somewhat tedious, but an excellent show”. 

A payment was authorised of outstanding pay and allowances due to the late 2Lt. Roland Herbert Wyndham Brinsley-Richards (see 4^th May), who had been officially reported ‘missing in action’ following the action at Munster Alley in July 1916; the amount concerned was £46 2s. 6d.

 

2Lt. Roland Herbert Wyndham Brinsley-Richards