Tuesday, 5th January 1915

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

Charles Edgar Shuttleworth (known as Edgar) was appointed Acting Unpaid Lance Corporal and transferred to ‘D’ Company. He was one of the Earby recruits who had volunteered in Skipton on 9^th September and had subsequently been attached to Tunstill’s Company. Aged 25, he was the son of Charles Shuttleworth, the owner of the Victoria weaving shed in Earby and had been working in the family business along with his two brothers. Edgar Shuttleworth’s administrative and managerial experience would seem him promoted eventually to Company Quartermaster Sergeant.