Saturday 29th June 1918

Support positions near Mount Torle.

Work with the Royal Engineers continued.

Pte. Joseph Hirst (29641) (see 14^th June) was discharged from 23^rd Division Rest Station and re-joined the Battalion.

L.Cpl. Harry Bailey (25248) (see 15^th June) and Ptes. Alfred Ellis (see 17^th October 1917) and Abraham Sunderland (see 4^th November 1917) departed on seven days’ leave to Lake Garda.

Ptes. Mortimer Banks (see 30^th May), Michael Church (see 29^th October 1917), Harry Horner (see 9^th December 1916), Sidney Guy Mealing (see 29^th October 1917), Thomas Wilson Shaw (see 19^th December 1916) and Leonard Beaconsfield Turner (see 16^th June) departed for England on two weeks’ leave.

Cpl. Fred Greenwood MM (24522) (see 17^th June) was transferred from the Convalescent Depot at Lido d’Albano to the Base Depot at Arquata Scrivia.

Pte. John William Procter (see 3^rd June), who was suffering from an abcess to his left thigh, was transferred from 62^nd General Hospital at Bordighera to hospital in Marseilles.

L.Cpl. Ernest Gee (see 6^th June), serving in France with 2DWR, was admitted to hospital suffering from suspected influenza.

Pte. Herbert Willis Pickles (see 20^th April), serving with 3DWR at North Shields, was admitted to Brighton Grove Military Hospital in Newcastle suffering from gonorrhoea.

Pte. James Wilson (see 10^th May) was transferred from Beaufort War Hospital, Bristol where he had been treated for malaria, which he had contracted while serving with the ASC in East Africa. He would have two weeks’ leave before joining 728^th Employment Company, based at Hitchin, Herts.

Sgt. Arthur Manks (see 9^th March) was transferred from 161^st Protection Company, Royal Defence Corps to 3DWR based at North Shields.

Pte. Harold Drury (see 20^th September 1917) was formally discharged from the Army on account of the wounds he had suffered in September 1917. His medical report noted, “Operation performed. Scar 3” long above patella. Considerable thickening of bone. Limitation of movement in knee. Very little power of flexion. 30% disability”. He was awarded a pension, though the details are unknown.