Wednesday 29th May 1918

Support positions near Cesuna.

There were further admissions of men suffering from suspected influenza. Ptes. Fred Heap (see 16^th January 1917) and John Hargreaves (18009) (see 15^th January) were both admitted to 70^th Field Ambulance, suffering from suspected influenza; both would be discharged and return to duty five days later.

Pte. Isaac Robinson (see 3^rd September 1917), serving with 69^th Brigade Light Trench Mortar Battery, was admitted to 70^th Field Ambulance, suffering from suspected influenza; he would be discharged and return to duty four days later.

Pte. Frank Easterby (see 4^th May) was transferred from the Convalescent Depot at Lido d’Albaro, near Genoa to 38^th Stationary Hospital in Genoa, suffering from influenza.

Pte. Thomas Henry Cox (25806) (see 27^th April) was transferred from 29^th Stationary Hospital at Cremona, to the Convalescent Depot at Lido d’Albano.

Having completed their courses of officer training, Cpl. Wilfred Clarkson (see 17^th September 1917) and L.Cpl. Thomas Arthur Bedford (see 16^th October 1917) were both commissioned Temporary Second Lieutenant with the West Yorkshire Regiment.

Pte. Frank Brooks (see 9^th December 1916), who had been returned to England in a prisoner exchange, having been severely wounded (he had had his left foot amputated) and taken prisoner by the Germans in July 1916, was formally discharged from the Army as no longer physically fit for service. He was awarded a pension of 27s. 6d. per week, which was to be reviewed in six months.

A pension award was made in the case of the Pte. John Arthur Cole (see 4^th April), who had been killed in action in November 1917 while serving with 2^nd/6^th DWR; his mother, Jemima, was awarded  6s. per week.