Saturday 28th September 1918

Billets in Creazzo.

Training continued, with ‘special attention paid to the Lewis gun’.

Pte. Albert Jeffrey (see 26^th August) was reported by RSM Charles Edward Parker, DCM, MM (see 9^th September), A/Cpl. Ralph Pocock Crease (see 4^th September), Sgt. Percy James Dawson (see 24^th July), Cpl. William Hay Murdock (see 22^nd March) and Sgt. Herbert Grayshon (see 6^th June 1916) for “making an improper reply to a warrant officer at 9.10pm”; on the orders of Capt. Leonard Norman Phillips MC (see 21^st September) he would undergo seven days’ Field Punishment no.1.

Sgt. Wilfred Fletcher (see 28^th July) and A/L.Sgt. George William Keeling MM (see 21^st June) departed on seven days’ leave to Lake Garda.

Pte. Stanley Sykes (see 7^th September 1917) was admitted via 70^th Field Ambulance and 24^th Casualty Clearing Station to 62^nd general Hospital at Bordighera, near Ventimiglia; he was suffering from jaundice.

Capt. Bob Perks DSO (see 24^th September), who was en route to re-joining 10DWR in Italy, sent a postcard to his sister, Joy, telling her simply, “After being here all this time, I am leaving this afternoon for Italy.  I shall probably be unable to write for five or six days.  Great enthusiasm over war news here. Am quite fit but the weather is breaking”.

(I am greatly indebted to Janet Hudson for her kind permission to allow me to quote from Bob Perks’ correspondence).

Capt. Bob Perks DSO

Image by kind permission of Janet Hudson

Pte. Walter Eary (see 7^th September), who was being treated for a laryngeal tumour, was posted back to England from 57^th General Hospital in Marseilles. On arrival in England he would be admitted to Queen Mary’s Military Hospital, Whalley, Lancs.

Pte. James Percival (see 7^th September), who had suffered wounds to his left leg on 26^th August, was evacuated to England from 57^th General Hospital in Marseilles. He would travel onboard the Hospital Ship Guildford Castle; on arrival in England he would be admitted to the County of Middlesex War Hospital at Napsbury, near St. Albans.

L.Cpl. Dennis Waller MM (see 13^th September), who had been severely wounded in action on 8^th August while serving in serving in France with 2DWR, suffering a compound fracture of his left femur, underwent a further operation at Edmonton General Military Hospital. According to the Medical report the procedure was, “General anaesthesia; wounds enlarged; few small pieces of separated bone removed; counter incision posteriorly; calipers applied”.

It would appear, based on his service number, to have been around this time that Pte. Sydney Hoar (see 5^th January 1917) would have been transferred to the Labour Corps. However, in the abence of a surviving service record, the details of his transfer cannot be confirmed.