Thursday 23rd November 1916

Winnipeg Camp

The next week would be largely spent resting although 45-strong working parties were provided for the Royal Engineers on alternate days.

Battalion Adjutant Lt. Hugh William Lester (see 22^nd November) departed for England on a short four days’ leave.

Pte. William Frederick Denman was formally transferred to the Royal Flying Corps and would serve as a photographer; he had been an original member of the Battalion. He was from Keighley and had been working as a clerk when enlisting in September 1914; he had claimed to be 19 years old but was in fact only 17 at the time of enlistment.

Pte. Arthur Lee (see 17^th October) was charged with “Losing by neglect government property; ie service dress cap, value 1s. 6d.”; on the orders of Capt. Charles Bathurst (see 22^nd November), he was to have the value deducted from his pay.

Pte. Harry Exley (see 17^th July 1916) was admitted to 23^rd Divisional Rest Station, via 70^th Field Ambulance, suffering from ‘trench foot’; he would be treated for a week before re-joining the Battalion.

2Lt. Charles Archibald Milford (see 14^th November), who had spent the last ten days under treatment for influenza, was now transferred from No.11 Casualty Clearing Station at Varennes to No.7 Stationary Hospital at Boulogne, to be treated for ‘dental caries’.

Pte. Harry Simpson (see 28^th September) who had been treated in hospital for the previous two months as a result suffering from “ICT” (inflammation of the connective tissue) to the fingers of his right hand, was discharged and posted to 34^th Infantry Base Depot at Etaples.

Pte. Willie Jackson (see 14^th November), who had been at 24^th General Hospital at Etaples for the previous ten days, was evacuated to England onboard the Hospital Ship Stad Antwerp; the reason for his hospitalisation and the details of his treatment in England are unknown.