Tuesday 1st June 1915

Pte. Frank Harrison (3/11632) (see 25^th September 1914) was admitted to Shorncliffe Military Hospital for treatment to an old fracture of the humerus; he would be discharged to duty after five days.

Pte. Albert Saville (see 16^th September 1914) was married at the Register Office in Skipton. His new wife was Alice Bradley, aged 25, who, like Albert Saville, was from Cowling. She was one of two children of William and Hannah Bradley and had been working as a cotton weaver. The two witnesses named on the certificate were “H. Bradley”, presumably Alice’s mother; and “A. Benson”, who may have been Albert Benson, one of Albert Saville’s fellow Cowling recruits. Albert Christopher Benson had enlisted, aged 20, on 10^th September 1914, six days before most of the Cowling recruits had signed up. He was one of four children of Annie Benson, a widow whose husband, John, had died in 1900. Before enlisting, Albert Benson had been employed as a weaver by Messrs. John Binns and Sons Ltd., Croft Mills, Cowling.

Cpl. William Alfred Walmsley Gaunt (see 27^th January) was also married. He married Grace White, in a ceremony held at Riccall.

Monday 31st May

Dvr. Arthur Overend (see 24^th May), who had originally been a member of Tunstill’s Company, but was now serving with the ASC, was formally declared ‘fit for Imperial service’, once he had been inoculated.

Sunday 30th May 1915

Tunstill's Company remained in training at Bramshott.

Saturday 29th May 1915

Less than a week after being released from detention following an episode of drunkenness (see 14^th May), Pte. Sam Shuttleworth again found himself in trouble. On this occasion he was admonished, but suffered no further punishment, having been found to have been fighting in his barrack room.

Friday 28th May 1915

Tunstill's Company remained in training at Bramshott Camp.

Thursday 27th May 1915

The recommendation, made the previous day, that Pte. Abel Moore be discharged from the Army on grounds of ‘delusional insanity’, was formally approved and endorsed by the Colonel in charge of Netley Hospital.

At home in Bradford, Sarah Ann Steward, wife of Pte. Christopher Steward (see 26^th December 1914) gave birth to the couple’s first child; the boy would be named Christopher.

Wednesday 26th May 1915

A report was produced by a Lieutenant in the RAMC on the condition of Pte. Abel Moore who had been transferred to Netley Hospital on 22^nd May. The report concluded that Moore, although in ‘good’ physical condition “is a dull stupid looking man with somewhat asymmetrical features and thick lips. His answers to questions are very slow. He states that his officers were all against him and were conspiring to injure him; he could also hear them talking about him. He is slow in his movements and takes very little interest in his surroundings”. It was recommended that he be discharged as permanently unfit for service on grounds of “delusional insanity”.