Sunday 11th April 1920

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

Saturday 10th April 1920

It was determined at the War Office that Maj. Robert Harwar Gill DSO (see 29^th March), who was on leave having been under treatment at 3^rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth, on account of wounds he had suffered in October 1918, should ‘relinquish his commission on account of ill-health caused by wounds’. Notice of the decision would be communicated to Northern Command; the Ministry of Pensions; and to Maj. Gill himself within the next few days.

Maj. Robert Harwar Gill DSO

Friday 9th April 1920

Pte. John Henshall (see 26^th February), who had been serving with 2DWR and had been under treatment at the Military Hospital in Ripon since February, appeared before an Army Medical Board. The Board reported regarding the wounds he had suffered to his left leg in July 1916; ‘Good movement of knee; no wasting to muscles. Two small, nearly healed scars (has three needles left in a bone deep in; other two removed as they formed an abscess)’. The Board recommended that he be discharged as no longer physically fit for service on account of his wounds; he was regarded as having suffered a less than 20% disability and was awarded an Army pension (amount unknown) to be reviewed after six months.

A pension award was made in the case of Ernest Fozard (see 3^rd April 1919), who had been transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z a year previously; he was now assessed as having suffered a 20% disability as a result of wounds to his left thigh (date and details unknown) and was awarded 8s. per week, to be reviewed after one year.

Thursday 8th April 1920

L.Cpl. John Jackson (19555) (see 9^th December 1919), having been transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z in December 1919, applied in Manchester for re-enlistment in the Army. In response to a request by telegram for his ‘character and if eligible’, the Infantry Records Office in York would reply, ‘eligible for re-enlistment; charcter indifferent’. The outcome of his application is unknown.

Wednesday 7th April 1920

Following a review of the pension award made to Harry Pullin (see 6^th April 1919), an increase was authorised to his Army pension from 11s. to 16s. per week.

Tuesday 6th April 1920

Payment of £6 from a war gratuity of £18 was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Alfred Baker (see 25^th March 1919), who had died, apparently of heart failure, in July 1918; the payment would go to his widow, Florence. The balance, of £12, would subsequently be paid to their daughter, Nellie.


Payment of £2 from a war gratuity of £4 was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Edwin Charles Church (see 12^th January), who had been killed in action in September 1917; the payment would go to his sister, Emma. The balance, of £2, would subsequently be paid to Mrs. Annie D’Arcy, the sister-in-law of Pte. Church.


Payment of £1 8s.s 3d. from a war gratuity of £22 was authorised in respect of the late Sgt. Albert Hurford MM (see 3^rd March 1919), who had been killed in action in October 1918 while serving with 1^st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment. His widow, Ida, having died in the Autumn of 1919 the payment would go to his mother-in-law, Mrs. Ada Thurlow. The balance, of £20 11s. 9d., would subsequently be paid to his brother-in-law, Arthur Cleveland Thurlow.


A payment of 3s. 2d. was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Matthew Henry Jubb (see 12^th November 1919), who had died of wounds behind German lines in April 1918, while serving with 1^st/4^th DWR. The payment arose from an amendment to the acknowledged date of death of Pte. Jubb; his date of death had originally been stated as 10^th April, but had been corrected to 12^th April, thus entitling his widow to a further two days’ of her late husband’s pay and allowances.

Monday 5th April 1920

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