Thursday 21st June 1917

Le Coq de Pailie, close to Berthen

A much cooler and windy day, with some rain later in the day.

2Lt. Donald Halliday Lyon (see 14^th June) reported for duty, having arrived in France a week earlier.

2Lt. Donald Halliday Lyon

Pte. Joseph Barnes (see 30^th May) re-joined the Battalion. He had been wounded on 19^th May and had spent the last three weeks at 34^th Infantry Base Depot at Etaples after being discharged from hospital.

Cpl. Albert Earnshaw (see 11^th June) re-joined the Battalion following treatment to a sprained ankle.

Pte. James Lister Petty (see 28^th May) 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.

2Lt. John Robert Dickinson (see 10^th June) reported sick, suffering from trench fever and was evacuated to one of the many hospitals at Wimereux.

Lt. Robert Oswald Milligan (see 7^th June), who had suffered severe injuries to his left arm, was evacuated to England travelling onboard the hospital ship Princess Elizabeth; the details of his treatment in England have not been established.

Pte. Walter Ralph (see 16^th March), elder brother of Pte. Kit Ralph (see 30^th April) who had been killed at Le Sars, was posted to France to join 9DWR. 


L.Cpl. Charles Graham (see 4^th May), who had been in England since having had his right foot amputated as a result of wounds suffered while serving with 10DWR in July 1916, was transferred to Keighley War Hospital.