Friday 19th October 1917

Front line trenches west of Polygon Wood. A and B Coys in the front line from J.11.d.7.5. to J.12.a.5.5, with C and D Coys in the Support Line from J.11.c.5.6 to J.11.b.1.5. HQ at The Butte (J.10.a.7.9).

A fine day.

Overnight, 19^th/20^th, the Battalion was relieved by 12DLI and returned to Railway Dugouts and Zillebeke Bund.

L.Sgt. Albert Bradley (see 18^th October), who had been severely wounded the previous day, died of his wounds at 17^th Casualty Clearing Station at Remy Sidings; he would be buried at the adjacent Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery.

Pte. Harry Clay (see 5^th June) suffered multiple shrapnel wounds; he would be admitted via 69^th Field Ambulance, 11^th Casualty Clearing Station and no.30 Ambulance Train to 20^th General Hospital at Camiers.

The following men had been wounded over the previous four days but, in the absence of surviving service records, it has not been possible to establish exactly when or under what circumstances.

Pte. John William Cross; he was 19 years old and from New Brumby, near Scunthorpe. The details of his wounds and treatment are unknown but he would be subsequently transferred to the King’s Royal Rifle Corps.

Pte. Albert Drake (see 10^th August); the details of his wounds and treatment are unknown, but he remained in France.

Pte. Sydney Drake (see 20^th September) suffered a gunshot wound to his left arm; he had been evacuated to 11^th Casualty Clearing Station on 18^th October, before being transferred, onboard no.24 Ambulance Train, to 18^th General Hospital at Camiers on the 19^th. He would be evacuated to England and admitted to hospital in Norwich. He would subsequently be transferred to King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (details unknown).

Pte. Horace Eastwood (see 5^th July); the details of his wounds and treatment are unknown and, in the absence of a surviving service record, I am unable to establish any further details of his service.

Pte. Ernest Elsworth; the details of his wounds and treatment are unknown and, in the absence of a surviving service record, I am unable to establish any further details of his service beyond the fact that he would re-enlist in the Regular Army at the end of the war. He was from Bradford.

Pte. Richard England (see 11^th January); the details of his wounds and treatment are unknown and, in the absence of a surviving service record, I am unable to establish any further details of his service beyond the fact that he would be subsequently transferred to the Labour Corps.

Pte. Jim Haigh (see 7^th June) the details of his wounds and treatment are unknown but it seems likely that he soon re-joined the Battalion.

Pte. Harold Harris; the details of his wounds and treatment are unknown. He was a 17 year-old warehouseman from Barnoldswick; he had enlisted, aged just 15, in May 1915 and had previously served with 2^nd/6^th and 2^nd/7^th DWR. The date and circumstances of his having joined 10DWR are unknown.

Pte. William Hart; the details of his wounds and treatment are unknown. He was a 29 year-old machine labourer from Huddersfield and was married, with one daughter; he had previously served with 8DWR and had been wounded in September 1916. The date and circumstances of his having joined 10DWR are unknown. He would be subsequently transferred to the Labour Corps (date and details unknown).

Pte. Archie Walker Pemberton; the immediate details of his wounds and treatment are unknown but he would be evacuated to England and would be admitted to hospital at Dunraven Castle in South Wales. He was a 25 year-old market gardener from Baildon and was married, but had no children; he had previously served with 1^st/7^th and 2^nd/7^th DWR and had been wounded in September 1916. The date and circumstances of his having joined 10DWR are unknown. He would be subsequently transferred to 2^nd/4^th Yorkshire Light Infantry (date and details unknown).

Pte. Samuel Walker (see 17^th March); the details of his wounds and treatment are unknown but he would be evacuated to England on 21^st October and would be admitted to 3^rd Western General Hospital in Newport.

Pte. Harold West (see 5^th July); the details of his wounds and treatment are unknown but he would be subsequently transferred (date and details unknown) to the Machine Gun Corps.

Pte. William Hindle (see 5^th October), who had been wounded on 20^th September, was discharged from 3^rd Convalescent Depot at Le Treport and posted to 34^th Infantry Base Depot at Etaples, en route to a return to active service.

Pte. William George Ruddock (see 21^st September), who had suffered shrapnel wounds to his head on 21^st September, was discharged from hospital and posted to 34^th Infantry Base Depot at Etaples, en route to a return to active service.

Cpl. Thomas Angus McAndrew (see 14^th May), formerly of 10DWR but now serving with 37^th Company, Labour Corps, reverted to the rank of Private.

Lt. Ernest Cyril Coke (see 1^st July), who had been wounded on the Somme in July 1916 and was now serving with 2DWR in France, appeared before an Army Medical Board assembled at the Base Depot at Boulogne. The Board found that Coke was still suffering from the effects of the wounds he had suffered in July 1916 and recommended him for three weeks sick leave in England.

Pte. Fred Stokes (see 13^th April) was formally discharged from the Army as being unfit for military service due to chronic nephritis (inflammation of the kidneys). He was awarded a pension of 27s. 6d., reducing to 22s. after four weeks; this was to be reviewed in 44 weeks.