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.

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. 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.