Wednesday 28th August 1918

In Brigade reserve camp near Cavalletto.

Pte. Joseph Hadley (see 16^th August), who had been late reporting back from leave, was ordered by Lt.Col. Francis Washington Lethbridge DSO (see 25^th August) to undergo 28 days’ Field Punishment no.1 and to forfeit three days’ pay.

Pte. Joseph Wilkinson (see 21^st July) was admitted via 69^th Field Ambulance and 9^th Casualty Clearing Station to 29^th Stationery Hospital in Cremona; he was suffering from “I.C.T.” (Inflammation of the connective tissue) to his right arm and hand.

Pte. Edward Henry Chant (see 21^st July), who had been under treatment for pleurisy, was discharged from 9^th Casualty Clearing Station and posted to XIV Corps Reinforcement Camp at Arquata Scrivia.

Pte. Charles William Hird (see 18^th July), who had been wounded six weeks’ previously while serving in France with 2DWR, was posted back to England and would be admitted to East Leeds War Hospital and later transferred to the Red Cross Hospital in Northallerton.

2Lt. Eric John Lassen (see 23^rd August 1916), who had briefly served with the Battalion in May/June 1916, serving with the Army Signals Service, a branch of the Royal Engineers, was promoted Acting Captain.

A payment of £1 5s. 11d. was authorised, being the amount due in pay and allowances to the late L.Cpl. Norman Wright (see 12^th June), who had been officially missing in action since September 1917; the payment would go to his father, Henry. He would also receive a parcel of his son’s personal effects comprising of, “wallet, letters, cards, photos, cap badge, disc, cigarette case”. I am unable to explain the despatch of personal effects for a man posted as missing in action almost a year previously.


A pension award was made in the case of the late Pte. Charlie Branston (see 30^th April 1917) who had been killed in action in October 1916; his mother, Hannah, was awarded 5s. per week.

Pte. Charlie Branston