Wednesday 12th December 1917

Support positions between roads 12 and 13 on the Montello.

The weather became very wet overnight 11^th/12^th and it continued to rain all morning and for much of the day.

Pte. Percy Montgomery (see 19^th September), who had been under arrest since having been reported as a deserter in September, appeared before a Field General Court Martial. He was found guilty of desertion and was sentenced to death; however, this would shortly be commuted to 15 years’ penal servitude and he would be committed to No.1 Military Prison in Rouen.

L.Cpl. Albert Edward White (see 23th October) was admitted to 70^th Field Ambulance, suffering from a recurrence of the “I.C.T.” (inflammation of the connective tissue) to his left knee; he would be discharged and return to duty after ten days.

Pte. John Crossley was admitted via 69^th Field Ambulance to 39^th Casualty Clearing Station, suffering from jaundice; after four days he would be transferred to 62^nd General Hospital at Bordighera, near Ventimiglia. He was a 40 year-old chair maker from Keighley; he had originally served with 1^st/5^th DWR but the date and circumstances of his transfer to 10DWR are unknown. 

L.Cpl. George Henry Hansford (see 11^th May), serving in France with 1^st/6^th DWR, was promoted Corporal.

L.Cpl. Stanley Basil Studd (see 1^st December), serving in France with 9DWR, was discharged from 61^st Casualty Clearing Station and re-joined his Battalion. Four days later he would depart on two weeks’ leave to England.

L.Cpl. Herbert Newton (see 27^th October), who had been in England since having been wounded on 20^th September, was posted to Northern Command Depot at Ripon.

Lt. Harold Lockhart Waite (see 16^th November), who had served with the Battalion from its creation until being transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in May 1916, appeared before a further RFC Medical Board, having been wounded in August. He was again declared fit for light duties at home, but with no flying; he would be re-examined in a further two months.

Pte. Harry Smith (3/11979) (see 30^th June), who had been serving with 377^th Home Service Labour Company, was formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class W, to take up employment with Messrs. Clayton and Shuttleworth, an engineering company in Lincoln.

Pte. Arthur Holt (see 7^th June) was formally discharged from the Army as no longer physically fit for service on account of the wounds he had suffered in June; he was awarded an Army pension (details unknown).

A pension award was made in the case of the late Pte. Arnold Crossley (see 25^th November), who had died of wounds on 8^th June; his widow, Florence, was awarded 13s. 9d. per week. 

A pension award was made in the case of the late Pte. Herbert Smith (200022) (see 4^th October), who had died of wounds on 8^th June; his widow, Elizabeth, was awarded 13s. 9d. per week.