Harrogate Herald - 10th April 1918

W H Breare letter

On Friday morning I was pleasantly surprised to meet Philip Hale. You know Hale and Company, wine merchants, near the Sulphur Well. He has been training at Catterick, but was home on a weekend leave. He has to go before a medical board, for he has broken down in training and had a strong touch of bronchitis when I met him. I am wondering whether they will reduce his category or not. He may get his discharge and be allowed to come back to his business, but of that there is some doubt just now.