Wednesday 22nd March 1916

Front line trenches west of Angres

On a dull day it was reported that “everything on both sides was unusually quiet”. The Trench Mortar Battery reported no firing.

L.Cpl. Richard Cleasby Chorley (see 25^th September 1915) was admitted to 70th Field Ambulance Unit suffering from scabies.

Pte. Thomas Campbell (see 1^st July 1915), serving with 3DWR at North Shields, was formally discharged from the Army as no longer physically fit for service on account of bronchitis. It was stated that, “In June 1909 at Bradford he had an attack of pleurisy. He recovered from this and, with the exception of slight colds, he was in fairly good health until a year ago. He was then at Farnham under canvas until December 1914. There his chest troubled him owing to the cold and wet. His chest symptoms have got gradually worse until now he has chronic bronchitis. He becomes breathless on slightest exertion. Condition almost certainly aggravated by alcoholism”. It was accepted that his illness was “Not caused, but aggravated by, exposure to damp and cold while on military service” and as such he would be awarded an Army pension and the Silver War Badge.