Tuesday 10th July 1917

Billets in the Steenworde area.

The weather remained fine and rest and training continued.

CSM Albert Edgar Palmer (see 14th May) completed an application for a commission; his commission would be endorsed, two days later, by Acting CO Maj. Herbert Henry Hudson MC (see 29^th June).

Pte. Fred Slater (see 28^th June) was posted back to England; the reason for his departure is uncertain, but it seems likely that he had been taken ill.

Pte. Harry Leaper (see 11^th January) was admitted to 69^th Field Ambulance and then to 23^rd Divisional Rest Station, suffering from ‘debility’; he would be discharged to duty after four days’ rest.

After a week’s treatment at 23^rd Divisional Rest Station for inflammation (‘ICT’) in his left hand, Pte. James Arthur Markinson (see 2^nd July) was discharged and returned to duty. 

Pte. Ernest Binns (see 7^th June) who had been treated in France having suffered wounds to his right arm on 7^th June, was evacuated to England. 

Pte. Sidney Best (see 3^rd July), who had been wounded a week previously, suffering shrapnel wounds to his right shoulder, was evacuated to England; the details of his treatment are unknown.

Pte. Herbert Greenwood Audsley (see 7^th June) who had under treatment for lenticular cataracts, appeared before an Army Medical Board in France, which found him unfit for overseas service.

Pte. Fred Rigg (see 6^th April), serving with 3DWR at North Shields, was charged with ‘not complying with an order’ and was ordered to be confined to barracks for two days.



A pension award was made in the case of the late Sgt. Thomas Moyle MM (see 26^th January), who had died of wounds in January; his widow, Elizabeth, was awarded 16s. 3d. per week.

Sgt. Thomas Moyle MM

A pension award was made in the case of the late Pte. Harold Anderton (see 25^th April) who had been killed in action in January; his mother, Emma, was awarded 4s. per week.