Thursday 15th November 1917

In billets at Sacca.

The weather was “very fine and bright by day, with very cold nights, in contrast to the warm sun by day”.

Cpl. Joseph Henry Haywood (see 12^th November) began to be paid according to his rank, having previously held the post unpaid.

Pte. Frederick Thorn (see 29^th October) was reported by Sgt. James Henry Howarth (see 4th November) as having been ‘unshaven on parade’; on the orders of Capt. John Edward Lennard Payne (see 30^th October) he was to be confined to barracks for three days.

Pte. Louis Charles Preen (see 30^th October) was reported as absent without leave; he would not return until 9.15am on 17^th November, at which point he would be placed in detention to await court martial.

The rigours of the long journey to Italy began to be seen in a number of men reporting sick. 

Pte. Hartley Gibb (see 23^rd February) was admitted via 69^th Field Ambulance and 38^th Casualty Clearing Station to 11^th General Hospital in Genoa; he was suffering from ICT (inflammation of the connective tissue) in both legs.

Pte. Willie Holmes (see 21^st October) was admitted via 69^th Field Ambulance and 38^th Casualty Clearing Station to 38^th Stationary Hospital in Genoa; he was suffering from diarrohea.

Pte. John Richard Newell (see 29^th October) reported sick, suffering from constipation; he would be admitted to 11^th General Hospital in Genoa.

L.Cpl. Reginald James Nosworthy (see 29^th October) was admitted via 69^th Field Ambulance and 38^th Casualty Clearing Station to 11^th General Hospital in Genoa; he was suffering from scabies.

Pte. Gott Fielding (see 4^th August), who had been under treatment in France for shellshock, was posted back to England; he had not travelled to Italy.

Pte. Stanley Basil Studd (see 31^st May), serving in France with 9DWR, was appointed Lance Corporal.

Pte. Harry Briggs (19286) (see 7^th September), serving with 5^th Army School of Mortars, was awarded Proficiency Pay, Class II.

Ptes. Joseph Clough (see 7^th November), John Foster (see 7^th November), Charles Hammond (see 7^th November), George Edward Milner (see 12^th June), Walter Pedley (see 7^th November) and Fred Slater (see 7^th November), serving with 3DWR at North Shields, were all posted back to France. They had initially been due to re-join to 10DWR but with the Battalion having departed for Italy they were instead re-directed to join 2/7^th DWR and would report for duty on 20^th November.

Pte. William Postill Taylor (see 24^th October) was also posted back to France; he would join 2DWR on 25^th November.

Pte. George Frederick Ford (see 24^th June), serving with the non-combatant Labour Corps, appeared before a Medical Board which recommended that be discharged from the Army as no longer physically fit due to chronic bronchitis.

2Lt. Charles Crowther Hart (see 30^th April), serving with 3/3^rd Battalion, King’s African Rifles was killed in action at Mwiti, East Africa; he was buried locally close to Massassi, in what is now Malawi.

Lt. Ernest Cyril Coke (see 19^th October) was promoted Acting Captain; it is unclear with what unit he was serving having been sent back to England a month previously.

Lt. David Lewis Evans (see 16^th October), serving with 3DWR, appeared before an Army Medical Board assembled at Tynemouth. The Board reported, “he states that he is short of breath on active exertion and cannot march. The deafness is still present although hearing is improving; he states that the deafness varies. He has pain in his chest on coughing and sneezing”. The Board declared him fit for light duties at home and instructed him to re-join 3DWR.

Lt. Philip Howard Morris (see 15^th October), who had been wounded on 7^th June and was now serving with 3DWR at North Shields, appeared before a further Army Medical Board assembled at Tynemouth. The Board found him fit for general service and instructed him to re-join 3DWR.

Lt. Harold Lockhart Waite, (see 4^th October), who had served with the Battalion from its creation until being transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in May 1916, appeared before a further RFC Medical Board, having been wounded in August. He was now declared fit for light duties at home, but with no flying; he would be re-examined in a further month.