Wednesday 27th February 1918

Front line trenches on the Montello, between roads 11 and 14.

L.Cpl. Alfred John Davis (see 8^th November 1917), serving in France with 179^th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers, departed for England on two weeks’ leave.

Sgt. Michael Kenefick MM (see 24^th September 1917), who had been in England since having been wounded in September 1917, appeared before a District Court Martial and would be found guilty of a charge of desertion (details unknown); he would be ordered to be reduced to the rank of Corporal.

A payment of £1 19s. 1d. was authorised, being the amount due in pay and allowances to the late Pte. Leonard Le Lacheur (see 20^th September 1917), who had been killed in action on 20^th September 1917; the payment would be divided between his sister, Hilda who received £1 and his mother, Ada who received the balance of 19s. 1d. His mother would also receive a parcel of his personal effects, comprising of “wallet, letters, cards, pencil, linen (LL), 2 cloth numerals, dictionary”.

A payment of £1 18s. 4d. was authorised, being the amount due in pay and allowances to the late L.Cpl. James Lister Petty (see 18^th September 1917), who had been killed in action on 18^th September 1917. Although Petty had been a married man, the payment would go to his executor, Arthur Telford Smith. Mr. Smith would also receive a parcel of Petty’s personal effects, comprising of “wallet, photos, penknife”.

A payment of £2 2s. 7d. was authorised, being the amount due in pay and allowances to the late Pte. Herbert Smith (31449) (see 20^th September 1917), who had been killed in action on 20^th September 1917; the payment would go to his mother, Hannah. She would also receive a parcel of his personal effects, comprising of “disc, wallet, comb, 2 cards, mirror (broken), razor blades, part of sharpener”.

A payment of £2 6s. 5d. was authorised, being the amount due in pay and allowances to the late Pte. Thomas Thompson MM (see 27^th October 1917), who had been killed in action on 20^th September 1917; the payment would go to his widow, Catherine.


A pension award was made in the case of the late Pte. Henry Thomas Lackey (see 11^th February), who had died of wounds in September 1917; his widow, Hannah, was awarded £1 6s. 3d. per week for herself and her three children. Two days later her youngest son, Cyril, would die aged 16 months; as a result her weekly pension would be reduced to £1 2s. 11d.