Monday 5th August 1918

Billets at Cereda and Grumo.

The Battalion was engaged in training and on the rifle range.

In the evening, starting at 5.15pm, a Brigade horse show was held. Maj. Edward Borrow DSO (see 4^th August) was one of the senior stewards for the event; Maj. James Christopher Bull MC (see 15^th July), in temporary command of 8Yorks, was one of two “ring masters for jumping and riding events”; Maj. Herbert St. John Carr West (see 15^th July) joined was “officer in charge of ring and buildings” and Capt. Henry Kelly VC (see 25^th May) was one of three “ring masters for transport events”. The Battalion band, along with those of the other battalions of the Brigade, contributed to a programme of musical entertainment.

Pte. William John Thomas Hurst (see 29^th October 1917) was reported by Cpl. Sidney Twine (see 4^th August) and L.Cpl. Bertie Thurling (see 31^st October 1917) as “when on light duty, absent from billets from 5.30pm until 9.20pm”; on the orders of Capt. John Edward Lennard Payne MC (see 8^th July) he would be confined to barracks for seven days.

Pte. Willie Davenport Frame (see 28^th July) was also reported by Cpl. Twine and L.Cpl. Thurling; in his case he had been “absent from billets from roll call 9pm until 9.35pm”; on the orders of Capt. Payne he would be confined to barracks for seven days.