Monday 29th April 1918

Billets at Cornedo Vicentino.

The weather improved somewhat, becoming dry and warmer.

Following the incident three weeks previously when he had been injured whilst handling a detonator, Pte. John Eastwood (see 5^th April) was tried by Field General Court Martial on a charge of “conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, in that he wounded himself by negligently handling a bomb”. He was found guilty and sentenced to 28 days Field Punishment no.1.

Pte. Fred Atkinson (see 21^st February) was reported by CSM Charles Edward Parker, DCM, MM (see 13^th March), Sgt. Harry Smith (12240) (see 22^nd March) and Cpl. Stanley Vyvyan Golledge (see 25^th April) for having been, “drunk whilst on duty and in charge of a pair of horses”; on the orders of Lt.Col. Francis Washington Lethbridge DSO (see 25^th April) he would undergo seven days’ Field Punishment no.2.

Pte. Wilson Hepworth (see 18^th April), on attachment to 23^rd Division HQ, was admitted via 70^th Field Ambulance to 23^rd Division Rest Station suffering from inflammation to his left knee joint, arising from the accidental injury he had suffered in February whilst playing rugby; he would be discharged and return to duty after nine days.

L.Cpl. George Oversby (see 18^th January), serving in France with 1^st/4^th DWR, was wounded in action. The injuries to his scalp were relatively minor and he would be admitted via 56^th General Hospital at Etaples to a Convalescent Hospital also at Etaples.

Pte. Robert McCall (see 8^th April), who had been severely wounded six months previously, suffering major chest wounds, was formally discharged from the Army as no longer physically fit for service. He was awarded a pension of 27s. 6d. for four weeks, reducing thereafter to 19s. 3d. and to be reviewed in nine months.

Pte. William Barker (see 5^th March 1915), who had been formally discharged from the army on medical grounds (varicose veins) in March 1915, was awarded a one-off gratuity payment of £15.

A pension award was made in the case of the late Pte. Henry Leech (see 16^th April), who had been killed in action on 18^th October 1917; his widow, Harriett, was awarded 13s. 9d. per week.

A pension award was made in the case of the late Pte. Arthur Tempest (see 2^nd February), who had been killed in action on 20^th September 1917; his widow, Clara, was awarded 18s. 9d. per week for herself and her daughter.