Sunday 6th May 1917

Billets at Steenvorde

The day was again bright, but with a strong, cold wind as the Battalion formed up at 7.10am and marched twelve miles east from Steenvorde to Halifax Camp, which was situated halfway between Vlamertinghe and Ouderdom. German shelling of the nearby Vancouver Camp, with some men killed, led to Lt. Col. Robert Raymer (see 27^th April) requesting that the Battalion be moved to a different camp.

Pte. Charles Frederick Riddial (see 24^th March) was reported by Sgt. Alfred Dolding (see 23^rd March) as having been “unshaven on parade”; on the orders of Capt. Alfred Percy Harrison (see 5th May) he would be confined to barracks for five days. 

Pte. John William Mallinson (see 28^th March) was ordered to be confined to barracks for three days having been found to be “improperly dressed on parade”.

L.Sgt. John William Dickinson (see 18^th April) re-joined the Battalion after three weeks’ treatment for bronchitis.

Pte. Arthur Lumb (see 19^th April), who had had his right leg amputated following an accidental gunshot wound suffered two weeks previously, was evacuated to England from 13^th General Hospital at Boulogne, onboard the Hospital Ship St. Andrew.

Ptes. Eli Bradley (see 3^rd April), Henry Edgar Grass (see 3^rd April), Henry Holroyd (see 3^rd April), Arthur Hodgson (see 3^rd April) and John Roebuck (see 5^th March) arrived in Bombay, en route to joining 1DWR.

Mrs. Emily Peach, sister of the late Pte. Frank Peel (see 28^th April) who had died of wounds following the actions around Le Sars, acknowleged receipt of her late brother’s effects; they consisted of “letters, photos, cardspipe, cap badge, cotton bag”.