Thursday 11th July 1918

In huts and tents at Club Camp, west of Granezza.

Pte. Joseph Barnes (see 21^st April), who had been part of the working party which had been detached since April for work at Rocchetto Station, south-east of Verona, now re-joined the Battalion.

Ptes. Frank Dunn (see 25^th April) and Frank Tucker (see 8^th January) re-joined the Battalion from XIV Corps Reinforcement Camp at Arquata Scrivia.

Pte. John Foster (see 2^nd July), serving in France with 2/7^th DWR, was transferred from 3^rd Stationary Hospital at Rouen to 72^nd General Hospital at Trouville; he was now diagnosed as suffering from “boils and carbuncles”. He would spend four days in hospital before being further transferred to 13^th Convalescent Depot, also at Trouville.

L.Cpls. Rowland Firby (see 25^th February) and Norman Moorhouse (see 17^th January), serving with 3DWR at North Shields, were promoted Acting Corporal.

Pte. James Pilkington (see 12^th January 1915) was formally discharged from the Army on account of sickness. He had been an original member of Tunstill’s Company having been one of those who had enlisted in Earby in September 1914. He had been 38 years old when he had volunteered and had been living in Kelbrook with his wife and daughter. In the absence of a surviving service record it has not been possible to establish anything more about his service other than that he had embarked for France with the Battalion in August 1915; when he had been taken ill is unknown.