Saturday 1st September 1917

Bivouacs and dugouts at Chateau Segard, near the hamlet of Kruistraathoek.

2Lt. Ronald Ferguson (see 1^st July) was promoted Lieutenant.

Pte. Ernest Hardcastle (see 8^th July) was admitted to 70^th Field Ambulance, suffering from accidental, minor, burns to his hands; after four days he would be transferred to 23^rd Divisional Rest Station.

Pte. Thomas Manuell (see 22^nd May), who had been receiving treatment for a severe case of ‘trench foot’, was discharged from 12^th Convalescent Depot at Aubengue and posted to 34^th Infantry Base Depot at Etaples, en route to a return to active service.

Orders were issued for the role to be played by 69^th Brigade in a forthcoming assault on the German lines. However, these orders would be subsequently revised and re-issued.

Sgt. Arthur Manks (see 17^th August), serving with 1^st (Garrison) Battalion King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, was transferred to 10^th Battalion Royal Defence Corps, based at Hartlepool.

L.Cpl. Joseph Simpson (see 14^th July), serving in England with 493^rd (Home Service) Employment Company, Labour Corps, was transferred back to 14^th Training Reserve Battalion.

Pte. Eastwood Wilkinson (see 1^st August), serving with 3DWR at North Shields, was transferred to the Royal Defence Corps.

A payment of 9s. 7d. was authorised, being the amount due in pay and allowances to the late Sgt. John Thomas Hall MM (see 23^rd June) who had been killed in action on 23^rd May; the payment would go to his father, John.

Sgt. John Thomas Hall MM

A payment of £2 4s. 7d. was authorised, being the amount due in pay and allowances to the Pte. Frank Beaumont (see 7^th June) who had been killed in action on 7^th June; the payment would go to his father, Charles.  

The pension award made in respect of the late Pte. Harry Towell (see 6^th February), who had been killed in action on 5^th July 1916, was reviewed; the pension granted to his mother, Mary, was increased from 2s. 6d. per week, to 3s. 6d. and was confirmed as being a life grant.