Tuesday 3rd July 1917

Front line trenches in Battle Wood; one company at the Caterpillar (I.35.a.9.2) and three Companies between O.6.a.2.5 and I.36.b.2.3.

Another hot day, with further German shelling.

Overnight 3rd/4th the Battalion was relieved by 1/17^th Londons, with the relief completed by 2am, and moved back to Micmac Camp, between Dickebusch and Ouderdom. 

Pte. Richard Marsden (see 13^th May) was wounded; he suffered shrapnel wounds to his left thigh and was admitted, via 71^st Field Ambulance, to 10^th Casualty Clearing Station at Remy Sidings, and from there he would be transferred to 3^rd Canadian Stationery Hospital at Boulogne. Pte. Sidney Best (see 16^th January) was also wounded, suffering shrapnel wounds to his right shoulder; the details of his immediate treatment are unknown.

Pte. Ronald Bray (see 20^th May), serving with the Divisional Machine Gun Company, was wounded, suffering multiple shrapnel wounds to his left shoulder and back. He was admitted first to 69^th Field Ambulance, transferred to 3^rd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station and then to 18^th General Hospital at Camiers.

L.Cpl. John Smith Hodgson (see 15^th June) began to be paid according to his rank, having previously held it unpaid. L.Cpl. Thomas Anthony Swale (see 19^th June 1916) was promoted Corporal.

Cpl. Albert George Ashton (see 16^th January) was awarded a bounty of £20 under Army regulations.

L.Cpl. Stephen Grady (see 25^th June), serving with 69^th Brigade Trench Mortar Battery, was promoted Corporal.

Cpl. Thomas Arthur Sturdy (see 6^th June), who had suffered severe wounds to his left leg on 6^th June, was evacuated to England; the details of his further treatment are unknown.

Pte. Willie Kershaw (see 2^nd March), who had been posted back to England four months’ previously, was posted to 3DWR at North Shields.