Tuesday 24th September 1918

Beregana Camp, south-east of Thiene.

Ptes. Ernest George Denyer (see 5^th September) and Hiram Tasker (see 20^th June) were appointed (unpaid) Lance Corporal.

Pte. Smith Stephenson Whitaker (see 26^th August) was admitted via 69^th Field Ambulance to 23^rd Division Rest Station, suffering from scabies.

Pte. Joe Mallinson Lancaster was admitted via 71^st Field Ambulance and 39^th Casualty Clearing Station to 51^st Stationary Hospital; he was suffering from ‘venereal disease – not yet diagnosed’. He was a 31 year-old blacksmith from Brighouse and had been an original member of the Battalion.

Ptes. James Pidgeley (see 22^nd July) and John William Procter (see 16^th July) were transferred from 16^th Convalescent Depot at Marseilles to the Base Depot at Arquata Scrivia.

L.Cpl. Victor Munnery (see 11^th September), who had suffered a shrapnel wound to his right elbow two weeks’ previously, was transferred from 24^th Casualty Clearing Station to 62^nd General Hospital at Bordighera, near Ventimiglia.

Pte. Frederick George Westlake (see 14^th September), who had suffered an accidental gunshot wound to his right foot a month previously, was transferred from 9^th Casualty Clearing Station to 62^nd General Hospital at Bordighera, near Ventimiglia.

Pte. Ernest Mudd (see 15^th September), who had been under treatment for inflammation to his left knee for the previous two weeks, was transferred from 39^th Casualty Clearing Station to 62^nd General Hospital at Bordighera, near Ventimiglia.

Capt. Bob Perks DSO (see 20^th April), who had been in England since having been wounded on 20^th September 1917, left England en route to re-joining 10DWR in Italy.

Capt. Bob Perks DSO

Lt. Col. Robert Raymer (see 28^th May) was transferred to command 5^th (Pioneer) Battalion South Wales Borderers; he would have ten days’ leave to England before taking command.

Lt. Col. Robert Raymer

Lt. Andrew Aaron Jackson (see 15^th September), who had suffered wounds to his right shoulder during the trench raid on 26^th August, and was currently under treatment at Lady Cooper’s Hospital, Hursley Park, Winchester, appeared before an Army Medical Board at Winchester. The findings of this Board are unknown but he appears to have remained in hospital.

Lt. George Stuart Hulburd (see 20^th July) appeared before a further Army Medical Board, which, as previously recommended, classified him as category Cii. Under this category he would be regarded as fit for garrison duty at home, being “free from serious organic diseases; able to walk 5 miles, see and hear sufficiently for ordinary purposes”.

Lt. George Stuart Hulburd

Image by kind permission of Paddy Ireland

Maj. Harry Robert Hildyard (see 3^rd August) was formerly appointed Assistant Provost Marshal with Northern Command.

The War Office replied to Capt. Herbert Sparling MC (see 10^th September), who had been severely wounded on 18^th October 1917, having his left leg amputated below the knee, regarding his offer to continue his military career, “I am directed to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 11^th September 1918, and to inform you in reply that in view of the finding of the Medical Board held on 10^th September, whilst the offer of your further services is appreciated, there is no opportunity of utilizing them in any capacity  until you are passed by the medical authorities as fit for some form of military duty”.

Pte. William Postill Taylor (see 22^nd August), serving with 3DWR at North Shields, was discharged from Brighton Grove Military Hospital, Newcastle-on-Tyne and re-joined his Battalion.

Sgt. Harry Clark (see 11^th May), who had been on an officer training course at no.19 Officer Cadet Battalion at Pirbright, was transferred to 6^th (Reserve) Battalion, London Regiment at Blackdown; the reason for his transfer is unknown.

Pte. Alfred Heath was formally discharged from the Army under King’s Regulations, paragraph 392 (xix), which would indicate a man discharged after serving 18 years in the army. In the absence of a surviving service record I am unable to make a positive identification of this man or to establish any details of his service with 10DWR.

The London Gazette published notice of the award of the Military Cross to Capt. Henry Kelly VC (see 18^th September), which he had been awarded following the trench raid in June; “For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in charge of a company and a half in a raid. Despite a bright moon, he successfully assembled his party and attacked, killing a large number of the enemy and capturing thirty-one prisoners and two machine guns. His gallantry and fine leadership were largely responsible for the success of the raid”.

 

Capt. Henry Kelly VC, MC