Pte. George Frederick Barkham (see below) was reported by Cpl. Albert Edgar Palmer (see 6th April) for ‘refusing to obey an order and insolence to an NCO’; on the orders of Maj. James Christopher Bull MC (see 2nd February) he would be confined to barracks for three days. Pte. Barkham was a 34 year-old delver, originally from Peterborough, but had been living in Brighouse; he was married with one daughter.
Pte. William Duffy was reported as absent; he would return to duty six days later and would be ordered to forfeit six days pay. He was a 23 year-old carpet printer from Halifax.
Susannah Moran, wife of Pte. James Moran (see 14th May) gave birth to the couple’s fifth child, a daughter who would be named Mary.
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