After another short night a further move was made; this time to just behind the front lines, at Becourt Wood. The men were duly formed up and moved off at 11 am; although the day was warm there was the threat of thunderstorms and by the time they arrived at 4 pm rain was pouring down.
2Lt. Robert Clement (Bob)
Perks (see 27th August
1915) later told his Mother that, “we bivouaced for the third time without
coats or anything but waterproof sheets”.
Eventually the British had been able to gain a foothold in the
village of La Boiselle and some progress had been made towards Contalmaison, but the
German line continued to be strongly-held south-west of the village.
At 5.30pm 69th Brigade was ordered to take over
part of the line currently held by troops of 34th Division
south-west of Contalmaison; 11th West Yorks took over the right
sector of the front and 9th Yorkshires the left, with 8th
Yorkshires in reserve. 10DWR remained in Becourt Wood, where the men bivouacked
for the night and made themselves as comfortable as could be managed, however
heavy downpours continued through the night.
L.Cpl. John William Dickinson
(see 12th June) was discharged
from 18th Casualty Clearing Station at Lapugnoy and re-joined the
Battalion.
Pte. Harry Shaw (12316) (see 6th April), serving with 176th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers, was admitted, via 6th London Field Ambulance and 18th Casualty Clearing Station, to the Australian General Hospital at Wimereux, suffering from “bronchitis and inflammation of the myocardium”. He would later recall how he, “kept getting one cold on top of another and finally a wheezing cough developed. I kept reporting sick and being treated”. Three days later he would be evacuated to England onboard the Hospital Ship St. Patrick. On arrival in England he would be admitted to the St. John VAD Hospital in Chester.L.Sgt. Mark Allan Stanley Wood, (see 3rd July) serving with 16th West Yorkshires, was sent back to England, onboard the hospital ship St. David; he was suffering from nephritis (inflammation of the kidney). He would later be commissioned and serve with 10DWR.
Pte. Harry Shaw (12316) (see 6th April), serving with 176th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers, was admitted, via 6th London Field Ambulance and 18th Casualty Clearing Station, to the Australian General Hospital at Wimereux, suffering from “bronchitis and inflammation of the myocardium”. He would later recall how he, “kept getting one cold on top of another and finally a wheezing cough developed. I kept reporting sick and being treated”. Three days later he would be evacuated to England onboard the Hospital Ship St. Patrick. On arrival in England he would be admitted to the St. John VAD Hospital in Chester.L.Sgt. Mark Allan Stanley Wood, (see 3rd July) serving with 16th West Yorkshires, was sent back to England, onboard the hospital ship St. David; he was suffering from nephritis (inflammation of the kidney). He would later be commissioned and serve with 10DWR.
L.Cpl. John William
Cooper (see 16th April; he
had apparently regained his rank after a previous misdemeanour), serving with
11DWR at Brocton Camp, Staffs., was reportedas “absent from tattoo”; he would
report back at 9.30pm next day and would, again, be ordered to be deprived of
his Lance Corporal’s rank.
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