Sunday 20th October 1918

Billets at Limbraga.

There was a sudden and marked change in the weather and the day became very hot.

Pte. George William Ball (see 7^th July) was admitted via 70^th Field Ambulance and 9^th Casualty Clearing Station to 38^th Stationary Hospital in Genoa, suffering from influenza.

Pte. Reginald Dayson (see 15^th October), who had been absent without leave for the previous five days, was apprehended by the Military Foot Police in Bologna at about 3.30pm. He would be returned to the Battalion and held in confinement to await trial by Field General Court Martial.

Pte. Ernest Franklin (25969) (see 27^th September) was killed in action while serving in France with 5DWR; he would be buried at Quievy Communal Cemetery Extension, east of Cambrai.

Pte. James Duncan Foster (see 26^th July), serving in France with 2DWR, was wounded in action, suffering a ‘through and through’ gunshot wound to his left knee; he would be admitted to 32^nd Stationery Hospital at Wimereux.

L.Cpl. George Oversby (see 11^th October), who had been wounded a week previously while serving in France with 1^st/4^th DWR, was evacuated to England from 22^nd General Hospital in Camiers, travelling onboard the Hospital Ship Princess Elizabeth. On arriving in England he would be admitted to 1^st Birmingham War Hospital.

2Lt. Conrad Anderson (see 3^rd October), who had reported sick whilst serving with a battalion of the Dukes in France (details unknown), was posted back to England, travelling from Calais to Dover.