Friday 19th October 1917

Front line trenches west of Polygon Wood. A and B Coys in the front line from J.11.d.7.5. to J.12.a.5.5, with C and D Coys in the Support Line from J.11.c.5.6 to J.11.b.1.5. HQ at The Butte (J.10.a.7.9).

A fine day.

Overnight, 19^th/20^th, the Battalion was relieved by 12DLI and returned to Railway Dugouts and Zillebeke Bund.

Pte. Harry Clay (see 5^th June) suffered multiple shrapnel wounds; he would be admitted via 69^th Field Ambulance, 11^th Casualty Clearing Station and no.30 Ambulance Train to 20^th General Hospital at Camiers.

L.Sgt. Albert Bradley (see 18^th October), who had been severely wounded the previous day, died of his wounds at 17^th Casualty Clearing Station at Remy Sidings; he would be buried at the adjacent Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery.

Pte. William George Ruddock (see 21^st September), who had suffered shrapnel wounds to his head on 21^st September, was discharged from hospital and posted to 34^th Infantry Base Depot at Etaples, en route to a return to active service.

Cpl. Thomas Angus McAndrew (see 14^th May), formerly of 10DWR but now serving with 37^th Company, Labour Corps, reverted to the rank of Private.

Lt. Ernest Cyril Coke (see 1^st July), who had been wounded on the Somme in July 1916 and was now serving with 2DWR in France, appeared before an Army Medical Board assembled at the Base Depot at Boulogne. The Board found that Coke was still suffering from the effects of the wounds he had suffered in July 1916 and recommended him for three weeks sick leave in England.

Pte. Fred Stokes (see 13^th April) was formally discharged from the Army as being unfit for military service due to chronic nephritis (inflammation of the kidneys). He was awarded a pension of 27s. 6d., reducing to 22s. after four weeks; this was to be reviewed in 44 weeks.