Friday, 8th January 1915

Second Lieutenant Frederick Hird (see 9^th December) was posted to serve with 10^th Battalion; he would become one of the officers serving with Tunstill’s Company.

Horace Dunn was released from hospital following his treatment for scabies (see 2^nd January).


Following the recent concerns about his fitness for appointment to a commission, Robert Clement (Bob) Perks (see 30^th December) underwent a second army medical examination. The result, in the words of a telegram to his family, was that he, “Passed Doctor easily”.

(I am greatly indebted to Janet Hudson for her kind permission to quote from Bob Perks’ correspondence).

Bob Perks, left, with his older brother, Martin Thomas Perks, during their time at Oxford

Image by kind permission of Janet Hudson