Wednesday 6th November 1918

In billets at Porcia.

Sgt. Lionel Vickers (see 20^th July) suffered a further recurrence of the injury to his his knee which he had suffered whilst playing football in February; in his own words, “Whilst walking down the steps of my billet I put my left knee out of joint. I have had the same occur before”. He would be admitted via 69^th Field Ambulance and 39^th Casualty Clearing Station to 62^nd General Hospital at Bordighera, near Ventimiglia .

Sgt. Albert Hoggarth (see 27^th October) was discharged from the Convalescent Depot at Lido d’Albano and posted to the Base Depot at Arquata Scrivia.

Pte. James Henry Lomax (see 27^th October), who had been wounded a week previously, was discharged from 51^st Stationary Hospital and posted to the Convalescent Depot at Lido d’Albano. After just two days he would be posted to the Base Depot at Arquata Scrivia.

Ptes. Jesse Richard Cooper (see 19^th October) and William Naylor (see 29^th October) were both discharged from 51^st Stationary Hospital and posted to the Convalescent Depot at Lido d’Albano.

Pte. Smith Stephenson Whitaker (see 7^th October) was discharged from 11^th General Hospital in Genoa and posted to the Convalescent Depot at Lido d’Albano.

Pte. William Carver (see 21^st October) was discharged from 24^th Casualty Clearing Station and re-joined 273^rd Employment Company at GHQ, Italy.

Pte. Albert Mellor (see 25^th October), who was at ‘B’ Infantry Base Depot at Le Havre, en route to re-joining 10DWR from England, was admitted to 39^th General Hospital at Le Havre; his illness was described simply as “N.Y.D.” (‘not yet diagnosed’).

Cpl. Alfred Carey MM (see 20^th September) was killed in action while serving in France with 2^nd/5^th DWR; he was the younger brother of Norman Carey (see 9^th January 1916) who had been one of Tunstill’s original volunteers. Alfred Carey was originally buried at Gommegnies Communal Cemetery, but, in 1936, his remains, along with those of four other men, would be exhumed and re-interred at Fontaine-Au-Bois Communal Cemetery, east of Cambrai.


A pension award was made in the case of the late Pte. Walton Thomas (see 1^st August 1918), who had been killed in action in April 1918 while serving with 1^st/7^th DWR; his father, John, was awarded 6s. per week.
An increase was authorised in respect of the pension award in the case of the late Cpl. Joseph Edward Preston (see 29^th March 1917), who had been killed in action in October 1916; his mother, Martha, was to be awarded 5s. per week, instead of the 2s. she had received hitherto.

Cpl. Joseph Edward Preston

An increase was authorised in respect of the pension award in the case of the late Pte. Harold Anderton (see 10^th July 1917) who had been killed in action in January 1917; his mother, Emma, was to be awarded 5s. per week, instead of the 4s. she had received hitherto.

An increase was authorised in respect of the pension award in the case of the late Pte. Arthur Gill (see 4^th December 1917), who had been killed in action in May 1917; his widowed mother, Helen, was to be awarded 5s. per week, instead of the 4s. she had received hitherto.

Pte. Arthur Gill

A further review was carried out of the pension award made in respect of the late Pte. Harry Towell (see 1^st September 1917), who had been killed in action on 5^th July 1916; the pension granted to his mother, Mary, was increased from 3s. 6d. per week, to 10s. (her husband, Frederick, had died earlier in the year).