Thursday 8th January 1920

Payment of an £8 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. John Holden (12384) (see 17^th February 1917) who had been killed in action in October 1916; the payment would go to his widow, Margaret Ann.

Wednesday 7th January 1920

Pte. Ernest Jones (see 17^th June), who had been in England since having been wounded in October 1918, was formally discharged from the Army as no longer physically fit for service on account of his wounds; he was assessed as having suffered a 70% disability and was awarded an Army pension of £1 8s. per week.

Payment of an £11 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late 2Lt. George Patrick Doggett (see 4^th July 1917), who had died of wounds in July 1917; the payment would go to his father, George Henry.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. James Herbert Armstrong (see 24^th April 1918) who had been killed in action in October 1917; the payment would go to his mother and father, Mary and James, as joint legatees.

Payment of a £13 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. James Tunnicliffe (see 23^rd March 1918), who had been killed in action in September 1917; the payment would go to his father, James.

Tuesday 6th January 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Monday 5th January 1920

2Lt. Edwin Everingham Ison (see 25^th October 1918) was formally released from the Army; he had most recently been serving with 517^th Prisoner of War Company.

2Lt. Edward Everingham Ison 

Image by kind permission of Henry Bolton

Payment of an £8 10s war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Robert William Bell (see 16^th November 1917) who had been killed in action in October 1916; the payment would go to his mother, Margaret. The pension awards in his case were somewhat complicated; not only was a pension payable to his mother, but payments were also authorised to Mrs. Myra Charlesworth of Bransley, ‘unofficial wife’ and to Mrs. Clarissa Bradley of Settle, ‘guardian of illegitimate child’.

Pte. Robert William Bell

Sunday 4th January 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Saturday 3rd January 1920

Payment of a £15 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Frederick Fielden (see 13^th May 1919), who had died of wounds on 6^th September 1918; the payment would go to his sister, Elizabeth, Pte. Fielden having dictated a new will shortly before his death, removing all reference to his wife, who had since re-married.

Friday 2nd January 1920

A/Sgt. Fred Greenwood MM (24522) (see 22^nd November 1919), Cpl. Arthur William Stobart (see 22^nd November), and Pte. Thomas Henry Cox (25806) (see 19^th November 1919) were formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.

Payment of an £8 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late L.Cpl. John William Parker (13991) (see 13^th April 1917) who had been killed in action in October 1916; the payment would go to his widow, Ann.

Image by kind permission of Andy Wade and MenOfWorth

A payment of £53 2s. 1d. was authorised, being the amount due in pay and allowances (including a war grant of £24) in respect of the late Pte. John William Berry (see 1^st November 1918), who had died of wounds in November 1918; the payment would be divided in four equal shares between his mother, Mary Ann; his sister, Amelia; his married sister, Mrs. Annie Phillips, and his brother, Joseph. His mother was also in receipt of an Army pension (amount and details unknown) having lost two sons.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. William Mitchell (see 8^th May 1917), who had been killed in action in July 1916; the payment would go to his father, Ernest.

Pte. William Mitchell