Monday 16th September 1918

Front line positions on the far left of the divisional front, north of Mt. Lemerle.

Starting at 9pm, the Battalion was relieved by 11^th Northumberland Fusiliers and marched to Bydand Corner, from where they were taken by motor lorries to Beregana Camp, south-east of Thiene, where they had been five weeks previously.

Pte. Owen Frank Hyde (see 5^th September) departed for England on two weeks’ leave.

2Lt. Keith Sagar Bain (see 26^th August), who had suffered wounds to his right leg and buttock during the trench raid on 26^th August, was transferred from 62^nd General Hospital at Bordighera, near Ventimiglia to an Officers Convalescent Hospital in Portofino.

Pte. Frank Easterby (see 26^th August), who had suffered severe wounds to his chest during the trench raid on 26^th August, was transferred from 24^th Casualty Clearing Station to 11^th General Hospital in Genoa, and from there, five days later, would be transferred to 57^th General Hospital in Marseilles.

Pte. Sidney John Rainbow (see 11^th September), who had been admitted to 23^rd Division Rest Station five days’ previously, suffering from “I.C.T.” (Inflammation of the connective tissue) to his right ankle, was now diagnosed as suffering from pneumonia and was transferred to 39^th Casualty Clearing Station.

Pte. Charles Hammond (see 15^th November 1917), serving in France with 2/7^th DWR, was posted back to England, having suffered wounds to his right leg; the date and circumstances of his having been wounded are unknown.

Lt. John Robert Dickinson (see 26^th March), serving with 3DWR at North Shields, appeared before a further Army Medical Board which found him fit for general service. 

Pte. Albert Saville (see 19^th July 1917), serving with 298^th Labour Company, based at Ripon, was transferred to 762^nd Area Employment Company.