Friday 23rd July 1915

Pte. John William Thistlethwaite (see 8^th September 1914) was discharged from the Army on account of “general debility and pulmonary weakness”. He had originally volunteered one week after his younger brother, George, had enlisted. George had also subsequently been discharged on grounds of ill health (see 3^rd October 1914).

At home in Bradford, Elizabeth Thornton, wife of Pte. Joseph Thornton, gave birth to the couple’s second child; the boy would be named William. Joseph Thornton was a 23 year-old platelayer from Bradford; he had enlisted in Bradford in January and had been posted to 10DWR on 8^th April.