Wednesday 20th June 1917

Le Coq de Pailie, close to Berthen

There was a lot of rain in the early morning, but the weather then became bright and hot.

Pte. Arthur William Stobart (see 19^th December 1916) was appointed Lance Corporal.

Pte. John Oldfield Greenwood (see 7^th June), who had suffered facial wounds on 7^th June and had been in hospital in France, was evacuated to England for further treatment.

Pte. Claude Prosser (see 7^th June), who had had his left arm amputated due to wounds received on 7^th June, was evacuated to England; on arrival he would be admitted to the Royal Victoria Military Hospital, Netley.

Pte. Harry Gordon Binns (see 19^th December 1916) was also evacuated to England; it is unclear when, or under what circumstances, he had been wounded, or whether he had been taken ill.

The remains of Pte. Arthur Greenwood (see 7^th June), who had been reported missing in action, were identified and he was buried near the hamlet of Verbrandenmolen, south-east of Larch Wood (I.28.d.7.7); however the cross marking his grave would be lost in subsequent fighting and the site of his burial lost. He is now commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.

2Lts. Conrad Anderson (see 25^th April) and Ronald Ferguson (see 26^th April), who had been commissioned two months earlier, arrived in France en route to join 10DWR. 

Pte. Mark Beaumont (see 28^th April), who had spent five months at the Red Cross Hospital, Gloucester after suffering severe shrapnel wounds to his left thigh when the Battalion billets in Ypres had been shelled in January, was discharged and transferred to Woodcote Convalescent Hospital, Epsom.