Monday 24th December 1917

Front line trenches on the Montello.

A competition was held across the Brigade “to judge the best interior economy arrangement in Transport Lines of the Brigade”. Brig. Genl. Lambert (see 23^rd December), along with Major Owen DSO, DAAG, 23^rd Division, would award marks for the condition and cleanliness of: “cookhouses, ovens, dixie trenches, ablution arrangements, latrines, incinerators, billets, horse lines, water supply, harness and metal work”. 10DWR finished in joint second place, along with 11WYR, sharing a prize of 175 lira; the winner was the Brigade Machine Gun Company.

Colour Sergeant Henry Briley (see 1^st January 1916), serving with 83^rd Training Reserve Battalion, was discharged from the Army as no longer physically fit due to sickness. It has not been possible to establish the nature of Briley’s illness nor when he had returned to England from 10DWR.

A pension award was made in the case of the late Pte. Fred Greenwood (12115) (see 1^st November 1917), who had been killed in action in June 1917; his widow, Beatrice, was awarded 13s. 9d. per week. 
A pension award was made in the case of the late Pte. John William Hardcastle (see 4^th September) who had initially been reported missing in action on 7^th June and subsequently confirmed as having been killed; his widow, Ellen, was awarded 26s. 3d. per week for herself and her three children.

A pension award was made in the case of the late Pte. Tom Close Naylor (see 22^nd September), who had been killed in action on 7^th June; his widow, Harriet, was awarded 13s. 9d. per week.

A pension award was made in the case of the late Pte. Charles Smith (29004) (see 8^th October), who had been killed in action on 7^th June; his widow, Ann, was awarded 18s. 9d. per week.

A pension award was made in the case of the late Pte. Lewis Sykes (see 7^th June 1917) who had been killed in action in June; his widow, Minnie, was awarded 13s. 9d. per week.

A pension award was made in the case of the late Pte. Thomas Wood (see 21^st October 1917), who had been killed in action in June; his widow, Catherine, was awarded 18s. 9d. per week for herself and her daughter.