Tuesday 7th May 1918

Billets at Cornedo Vicentino.

Pte. George Bell (see 29^th October 1917) was reported by Sgt. Edward Arthur Myers (see 23^rd April) as having been “unshaven on CO’s parade”; on the orders of Capt. Henry Kelly VC (see 23^rd March) he would be confined to barracks for seven days.

Pte. William Gordon Johnston (see 29^th October 1917) was reported by Sgt. Frank Brierley (see 22nd March) for ‘laughing on parade’; he would be confined to barracks for five days.

Pte. Joseph Henry Haywood (see 25^th April) was admitted to 71^st Field Ambulance, suffering from scabies; he would be discharged to duty after two days’ treatment.

Following two weeks’ treatment, Pte. John Henry Evison (see 25^th April) was discharged from 23^rd Division Rest Station and re-joined the Battalion.

A pension award was made in the case of the late Pte. Alfred Hirst (see 20^th September 1917), who was presumed dead having been officially missing in action since 20^th September 1917; his mother, Elizabeth, was awarded 12s. 6d. per week, which would later, in January 1919, be increased to 15s. per week.

A pension award was made in the case of the late Pte. Harold Jefferson (see 26^th January 1918), who had been killed in action in September 1917; his sister, Ellen, was awarded 3s. 6d. per week, which would later, in November, be increased to 5s. per week.

A pension award was made in the case of the late Pte. John Myles Raw (see 13^th March), who had been killed in action in September 1917; his mother, Dora, was awarded 7s. 6d. per week