Sunday 21st October 1917

‘C’ Camp, near Kruistraathoek (H.30.c.4.2)

A fine day.

The Battalion marched a further three miles west to Micmac Camp, between Dickebusch and Ouderdom.

Pte. Willie Davenport Frame (see 27^th March) was reported by Sgt. John William Wardman (see 6th October) for ‘inattention on parade”; on the orders of Capt. John Edward Lennard Payne (see 6th October), he was to be confined to barracks for three days.

Ptes. Henry Grimshaw (see 5^th October) and Claude Wilfred Norman (see 24^th September) were both admitted to 71^st Field Ambulance, suffering from mild cases of ‘trench foot’. Pte. Willie Holmes (see 19^th August) was also admitted; he was suffering from exhaustion. All three men would be discharged to duty after three days.

Pte. John William Camps (see 18^th October), who had suffered severe wounds to his left leg three days previously, was evacuated to England; on arrival he would be admitted to 1^st London General Hospital (St. Bartholomew’s).

Pte. Samuel Walker (see 11^th January) was evacuated to England; the details of his illness or wounds are unknown, but it seems likely that he had been wounded in one of the recent actions.

Pte. Walter Oddy (see 31^st August) was discharged from 13^th Convalescent Depot at Trouville and posted to 34^th Infantry Base Depot at Etaples; two days later he would be re-classified as fit only for permanent base duties and transferred to the Employment Base Depot, also at Etaples.

Pte. Fred Abbey, serving with 8DWR was evacuated by no.31 Ambulance Train from Camiers to Boulogne, having at some point (details unknown) suffered shrapnel wounds to his right thigh. He had been an original member of 10DWR and had gone to France with the Battalion in August 1915. In the absence of a surviving service record I am unable to make a positive identification of this man or to establish the date or circumstances of his leaving 10DWR.

Ex-Tunstill’s Man, Dvr. Arthur Overend (see 23^rd July), now serving in France with the ASC, was reported for “leading horses on a road without bits, contrary to orders”; he was ordered to forfeit three days’ pay.

A payment of £2 5s. 5d. was authorised, being the amount due in pay and allowances to the late Pte. Pte. Thomas Wood (see 7^th June), who had been killed in action on 7^th June; the payment would go to his widow, Catherine.

A memorial service was conducted by Rev. Luke Beaumont at Bridge End Congregational Church, Brighouse, to remember three local men who had recently been killed in action; one of the three was Pte. Arthur Thornton (see 20^th September).