Thursday, 25 April 2019

Saturday 26th April 1919

2Lt. Harry Waller MM (see 21st March), who had been under treatment for scabies at 3rd London General Hospital, was formally released from the Army.

Pte. Mark Beaumont (see 12th March), who been serving with 1st Garrison Btn, Northumberland Fusiliers, was formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z; having been wounded, he was awarded a gratuity of £35.

Pte. George Smith (12330) (see 24th June 1917), who had been serving with the Labour Corps, was formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.
Pte. Frank Hewitt (see 20th September 1917) was formally discharged from the Army as no longer physically fit for service on account wounds suffered in action; he would be awarded the Silver War Badge and an Army pension.
  
A payment of £22 11s. 3d. was authorised, being the amount due in pay and allowances (including a war gratuity of £13) to the late Pte. Arthur Flowers (see 24th April) who had been killed in action in October 1918; the payment would go to his mother, Emma. She would also receive a package of her son’s remaining personal effects, comprising of, “wallet, photos and cards”; she would acknowledge receipt of the items and in replying ask, “if you have got his watch I should be pleased to have it as it was a gift from his dead brother”.

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