The day was quiet, and the weather became bright and hot;
the War Diary reported simply, “The usual activity in the air, nothing of
importance is happening in our present sector”.
Capt. Alfred Percy
Harrison (see 1st August),
who had been in hospital in England for the previous seven weeks after being
wounded in action at Munster Alley, appeared before a Medical Board. It was
reported that, “This officer was hit by a rifle bullet just above the middle of
the left thigh. The bullet passed for about nine inches through the muscles on
the outer side of the left femur. A small wound of exit still exists”. Harrison
was declared unfit for duty for a further ten weeks, at which time he would
need to be re-examined.
Mr. Henry Brocker of Allcard & Co, stockbrokers, London,
wrote in response to a request by Mrs. Marian Carpenter, mother of the late of
Capt. Herbert Montagu Soames Carpenter
(see 22nd September), who
had been killed in action on 5th July, to confirm that her son had
indeed been giving her financial support. Brocker confirmed that Carpenter, who
had been an employee of his firm before enlisting, had “instructed me to pay £5
per month into his account at Cox’s and that I understood it was for your
benefit”.
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Capt. H.M.S. Carpenter
Image by kind permission of Henry Bolton
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Pte. Andrew Aaron
Jackson, (see 9th September),
serving with 103rd Training Reserve Battalion, who had recently completed
his application for a commission, was promoted Lance Corporal. He was then
posted to no.9 Officer Cadet Battalion at Gailes Camp, near Troon, Ayrshire, to
begin his officer training.
Henry Wain died, aged two; he was the youngest of four children of Cpl. Harry Wain (see 29th May), who had died of wounds in March.
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