Tuesday 24th December 1918

Billets at Morando

Pte. Benjamin Fawcett (see 13^th November) was reported by Cpls. George Kelly (see 1^st December) and Lawrence William Hinchcliffe (see 23rd December) and L.Cpls. Geoffrey Bland and Arthur Whincup (see 16^th October) as “absenting from sick parade at 9am until found in billets at 10.15pm”. He would be further reported by Cpls. Hinchcliffe and Wilfred Town (see below) and L.Cpls. Clarence Smith (see 18^th August) and Charles Bates (see 20^th March) as “breaking his arrest at 8am on 25^th December from L.Cpl. Smith and remaining absent until found in billets at 6pm on 28^th December”. On the orders of Maj. William Norman Town (see 14^th December), he would undergo 28 days’ Field Punishment no.1. L.Cpl. Smith would be severely reprimanded by Maj. Town, having been reported by Cpl. Hinchcliffe for, “neglect of duty; when in charge of a prisoner, allowing him to escape”. 

Wilfred Town was a 25 year-old weaver from Silsden.

Pte. Thomas Warburton (see 15^th September) was reported by Cpl. James Hotchkiss (see 26^th November) as having been, “dirty on guard mounting”; on the orders of Capt. Paul James Sainsbury (see 21^st October) he would be confined to barracks for three days.

Sgt. Wilfred Fletcher (see 22^nd December) was evacuated to England from 57^th General Hospital in Marseilles, travelling onboard the Hospital Ship St. Patrick.

Pte. Walter Oddy (see 24^th February), serving at the Royal Engineers Special Factory Section at Les Attaques, was posted back to England for demobilization.

Pte. John James Goodship (see 20^th December), who had only returned to England four days previously having been a prisoner of war in Austria, was formally discharged from the Army as no longer physically fit for service due to wounds. He would be awarded a pension of 11s. per week, to be reviewed after one year.