Pte. Thomas Barber
Dudley was admonished having been reported as ‘absent off pass from 11.55pm
the previous day until 9.45am. He was a 24 year-old labourer, originally from
Manchester, but had been living in Huddersfield when he enlisted in Halifax in
September 1914.
A/L.Cpl. John
Beckwith (see 15th April)
who had been promoted acting unpaid Lance Corporal on 15th April
reverted, at his own request, to the rank of Private.
Pte. Abel Moore (see 21st September 1914) was
transferred from the Military Hospital at Shorncliffe to the Military Hospital
at Netley, near Southampton. He was said to be
suffering from delusions, which had originated whilst billeted in Folkestone,
and was trearted in ‘D’ Block, part of the psychiatric wing of the hospital.
The official report of his condition stated that, “Patient has delusions of
persecution and states that one of his officers is trying to kill him, he
supports this statement by saying that the officers carry knives with them and
that he has a cut in his water bottle which he thought one of his officers had
made. He also stated that he was touched by an electric brush by one of his
comrades and that since then his head has been funny and hurts him”.
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