Saturday 19th January 1918

In Brigade Reserve at Pederiva

Periods of fog and mist made observation difficult but conditions remained “exceptionally quiet”.

Pte. Ernest Jones (see 13^th January) appeared before a Field General Court Martial on a charge of having “used insubordinate language to his superior officer”; he was found guilty and sentenced to 56 days’ Field Punishment No.1.

L.Cpl. Jesse Merritt (see 26^th November 1917) was discharged from 62^nd General Hospital at Bordighera, near Ventimiglia, and re-joined the Battalion; he had been treated for two months for pneumonia.

Pte. Herbert Willis Pickles (see 27^th November 1917) was transferred from Wharncliffe War Hospital in Sheffield to hospital in Chester.

Pte. Stephen Shevill (see 5^th July 1917) was formally discharged from the Army as a result of wounds suffered in action. (In the absence of his service record it has not been possible to establish any further information about when he had been wounded).

A payment of £3 3s. 9d. was authorised, being the amount due in pay and allowances to the late L.Cpl. Arthur Charles Elkington MM (see 18^th September 1917), who had been killed in action on 18^th September 1917; the payment would go to his widow, Ellen.

A payment of £2 6s. 5d. was authorised, being the amount due in pay and allowances to the late Pte. Francis Seed (see 12^th June), who had been killed in action on 7^th June 1917; the payment would go to his widow, Ann. She would also receive a parcel of his personal effects comprising of, “disc, cigarette case, wallet, photo, diary, cards, 2stamps (½d)”.