Thursday 31st October 1918

The Battalion remained in billets at Casa Dal Cin on the road between Pianzano and Baver.

The British advance was again carried forward by units of 70^th Brigade, capturing the village of Sacile and forcing the crossing of the River Livenza.

Pte. Harold Wall (see 10^th October), who had been held in confinement for the previous three weeks on a charge of “writing an officer’s name on an envelope addressed to England with intent to deceive the censor”, was released ‘without prejudice’, pending further action.

Pte. Joseph Hadley (see 17^th October) was reported for “irregular conduct, ie urinating on the staircase of a billet at 10pm”; on the orders of Capt. Henry Kelly VC, MC (see 27^th October) he was to be confined to barracks for seven days.

L.Cpl. Richard Cleasby Chorley (see 22^nd October) was transferred from 62^nd General Hospital at Bordighera, near Ventimiglia to 81^st General Hospital in Marseilles; he was suffering from influenza.

Pte. Frederick George Westlake (see 15^th October), who had suffered an accidental gunshot wound to his right foot on 25^th August, was evacuated to England from 57^th General Hospital in Marseilles; he would travel onboard the Hospital Ship Gloucester Castle.

Pte. Charles William Groves (see 25^th October) was transferred from 1^st Birmingham War Hospital to Derriford Hospital, Devon.

Pte. John Beaumont (see 18^th October), serving with the Motor Transport Section of the Army Service Corps in France, was discharged from Southport Convalescent Hospital and posted to Northern Command Depot at Ripon.

Casualties for the month were officially recorded as being:

Killed                                 3 officers and 22 other ranks

Accidentally killed           0

Died of wounds               1

Wounded                          1 officer and 70 other ranks

Accidentally wounded    0

Missing                              5

The official cumulative casualty figures since arriving in France in August 1915 were thus:

Killed                                   305

Accidentally killed                5

Died of wounds                  24

Wounded                       1,448

Accidentally wounded       53

Missing                               194