Thursday 27th June 1918

Support positions near Mount Torle.

Work with the Royal Engineers continued.

Sgt. Alfred Dolding (see 2^nd June) returned to Italy from leave in England but did not immediately re-join the Battalion; instead he was posted to XIV Corps Reinforcement Camp at Arquata Scrivia.

Pte. William Hissett (see 20^th March), serving in France with 9DWR, was admitted to 56^th Casualty Clearing Station, suffering from ‘enlarged turbinal bone’ (a bone in the nose); he would be discharged to duty after five days.

Pte. Horace Trinder (see 25^th May), serving with 3DWR at North Shields was posted back to France and would join 2^nd/4^th DWR.

2Lt. Frederick Millward MC (see 20^th June), who had been severely injured during a trench raid carried out in November 1916 and had had his right leg amputated above the knee, formally relinquished his commission as a result of his injuries.

A pension award was made in the case of the late James Jackson (see 4^th May), who had been killed in action on 21^st September 1917; his widow, Rachel, was awarded 18s. 9d. per week for herself and her son.