Saturday 2nd February 1918

Front line trenches on the Montello, between roads 14 and 19.

Another fine day.

Cpl. Arthur Boorman (see 8^th September 1917) died at 38^th Stationary Hospital, Genoa; he had under treatment for ‘thrombosis of veins, left leg’. He would be buried at Staglieno Cemetery, Genoa.

L.Cpl. Stanley Vyvyan Golledge (see 29^th October 1917) was promoted Corporal.

Pte. Michael Hannigan (see 23^rd January) re-joined the Battalion from 70^th Field Ambulance, following treatment for dental problems.

Pte. John Thorp Newsome (see 7^th December 1917) re-joined the Battalion having been discharged from hospital in Marseilles following treatment for boils.

L.Cpl. William Frederick Ackrill (see 5^th November 1917), serving in France with 2DWR, was wounded, suffering shrapnel wounds to his shoulder, thigh and head; he would be admitted via 10^th Field Ambulance and 8^th Casualty Clearing Station to 16^th General Hospital at Le Treport.

Pte. James Frederick Coldwell (see 20^th January), who had joined ‘B’ Infantry Base Depot two weeks previously, departed for England on two weeks’ leave.

Pte. Arthur Wood (29040) (see 20^th November 1917) was posted from Northern Command Depot at Ripon to 3DWR at North Shields. 

Pte. Harry Clay (see 23^rd October 1917), who had been in England since having been wounded in October 1917, was discharged from hospital and posted to 3DWR at North Shields.

Trooper Claude Darwin (see 11^th January), serving in Egypt with 1^st Field Squadron, Engineers, Anzac Mounted Division, was posted to the rest camp at Port Said for two weeks. He was the brother of Tunstill recruit, Pte. Tom Darwin (see 21^st January), who had recently been discharged from the army.

A payment of £22 4s. 2d. was authorised, being the amount due in pay and allowances to the late Pte. Wilfred Cornelius Allott (see 20^th September 1917), who had been killed in action on 20^th September 1917; the payment would be divided in six equal shares, each of £3 14s. 2d., between his mother, Grace, and two brothers and three sisters.

A payment of £2 15s. 4d. was authorised, being the amount due in pay and allowances to the late Pte. Elijah Sudworth (see 20^th September 1917), who had been killed in action on 20^th September 1917; the payment would go to his mother, Margaret.

A payment of £3 18s. 4d. was authorised, being the amount due in pay and allowances to the late Pte. Arthur Tempest (see 20^th September 1917), who had been killed in action on 20^th September 1917; the payment would go to his widow, Clara, for herself and her daughter.

An article appeared in the weekly edition of the Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate and Cheriton Herald reporting on the installation of a memorial window, commemorating the late 2Lt. Robert Aubrey Hildyard, who had been killed in action while serving serving with 1^st King’s Own Royal Lancasters; he was the son of Maj. Harry Robert Hildyard (see 3^rd August 1917), who had been the original senior officer of Tunstill’s Company but who was now serving with 9^th Battalion Royal Defence Corps.

LATE LIEUTENANT HILDYARD – MEMORIAL WINDOW

A stained glass window has been place in St. Leonard’s Church, Hythe, to the memory of Lieutenant Aubrey Hildyard, son of Major and Mrs. Hildyard, Hillcrest Road. Particulars of this popular young officer’s death were given in these columns soon after he was killed in action. Deceased was amember of the Parish Church choir and took part in a service while home on leave only a few days before his death. At the last Easter Vestry meeting the Vicar explained the proposal to the Vestry who approved of the plan as being in keeping with other features of the church. The subject of the setting is “The Great Sacrifice”. The memorial was unveiled recently by the Vicar at a brief dedicatory service. Major Hildyard is still serving with the forces.

The memorial window at St.Leonard's Church, Hythe