Friday 7th December 1917

Support positions between roads 12 and 13 on the Montello.

Very cold overnight 6^th/7^th; the day remained fine but cloudy and cold.

Brig. Genl. Lambert (see 6^th December) inspected the officers mess, cookhouses, kitchens etc. of 10DWR.

Pte. Frederick Thorn (see 30^th November) was admitted via 69^th Field Ambulance to 23^rd Divisional Rest Station; he was suffering from diarrohea.

L.Cpl. Fred Wilson Fawcett (see 16^th November) and Pte. John Thorp Newsome (see 16^th November) were both transferred from 11^th General Hospital in Genoa to hospital in Marseilles; both were suffering from boils.

2Lt. Harry Widdup (see 31^st August), who had been in England since being taken ill in December 1916, was posted back from 3DWR to 9DWR although he was still declared to be fit only for sedentary employment.

Pte. Francis Wilson Stockell (see 30^th December 1916) was transferred from 83^rd Training Reserve Battalion, based at Gateshead, to the Labour Corps.

Pte. George Bernard Hardy (see 31^st October) was posted from Northern Command Depot at Ripon to 3DWR at North Shields.

Pte. Alfred Edgar Smith (see 29^th July 1916), who had been wounded in July 1916,was formally discharged from the Army due to his wounds, with the award of the Silver War Badge.

A pension award was made in the case of the late Cpl. James Edward Kaye (see 31^st October 1917), who had died of wounds on 9^th June 1917; his mother, Eliza, was awarded 6s. 6d. per week.

A pension award was made in the case of the late Pte. George Brook (see 29^th September), who had been killed in action in June; his widow, Maud, was awarded 18s. 9d. per week.