Monday 27th August 1917

‘New Dickebusch Camp’, just south-west of the village of Dickebusch.

A very wet day.

The Battalion marched three miles east to Chateau Segard, near the hamlet of Kruistraathoek, where they were accommodated in bivouacs, dugouts and Armstrong huts.

Pte. Arnold Robson (see 19^th August) was re-admitted to hospital (details unknown); he would be discharged to duty after ten days.

L.Sgt. Albert Bradley (see 12^th August) was late returning from his ten days’ leave to England; he was reprimanded and forfeited three days’ pay.

Pte. John Thomas Elford (see 19^th December 1916) was transferred back to England, where he was to resume his civil occupation as a coal miner. He would be formally transferred to Army Reserve Class W and go to work at the Burradon and Coxlodge Coal Company, at Hazelrigg Colliery, near Dudley, Northumberland.

Pte. Ellis Sutcliffe (see 13^th August), who was at 34^th Infantry Base Depot at Etaples, en route to a return to active service, was deprived of three days’ pay as a result of “showing kit with another man’s greatcoat”.

Pte. Thomas Walter Mellin (see 18^th July 1916), who had served briefly with 10DWR in June/July 1916 before being transferred to 9DWR, returned to England on ten days’ leave.

As recommended by an Army Medical Board three weeks previously, Pte. Fred Addy (see 6^th August), who had been posted back to England, suffering from TB, in May, was formally discharged as unfit for further service. He was awarded the Silver War Badge and granted a pension of 13s. 9d. per week, to be reviewed in one year.

The surviving effects of the late Pte. Harry Cowper (see 29^th June), who had been killed on 7^th June were returned to his family; they consisted of, “pocket wallet, photos, postcards”.

A payment of £2 18s. 0d. was authorised, being the amount due in pay and allowances to the late Pte. Charles Arthur Stott (see 29^th June), who had been killed in action on 10^th June; the payment would go to his widow, Marcella. A similar payment, of £4 10s. 8d., was authorised, being the amount due in pay and allowances to the late Pte. Samuel Woodhead (see 15^th June) who had died of wounds on 9^th June; the payment would go to his widow, Selina. A series of similar payments were also authorised in repect of the Pte. Michael Gallagher (see 22^nd May), who had been killed in action on 22^nd May. In his case, the payment was divided between his mother, Mary (£2 14s. 5d.) and siblings James, Thomas, Maria and Margaret (10s. 10d. each); a further share was allocated to another brother, Anthony, but this would not actually be paid out until much later.


A pension award was made in the case of the late Acting CQMS Thomas Doyne (see 2^nd July) who had been accidentally killed in February. His widow, Bridget, was awarded £1 10s. per week for herself and their children. However, Bridget was currently an inmate at Richmond Asylum, Dublin, and the pension was therefore to be payable to Mrs. Mary Doyne, who was guardian to the couple's three youngest children.