Monday 6th January 1919

Billets at Grumolo and Montecchia di Crosara

Whilst at Grumolo, according to Pte. Harold Charnock (see 25^th December 1918), “The ‘Dandy Dukes’ concert party, organised by Battalion Chaplain, Capt. Rev. Hugh Wilfrid Todd (see 12^th December 1918), did much to relieve the monotony”.

2Lt. Edgar Leyland Mills Lumb (see 22^nd October 1918) left the Battalion, being attached to 43^rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers.

Pte. Percy Harry Bentley (see 17^th May 1918) was evacuated to England; he had been suffering from “I.C.T.” (Inflammation of the connective tissue) to his knee, but the details of his treatment are unknown.

Pte. Willie Bradley (see 18^th May 1917) was formally discharged from the Army as no longer fit for service due to wounds suffered in action. He had been an original member of 10DWR and had been wounded in July 1916. He had subsequently served with both 8DWR and 2^nd/5^th DWR and at some point (details unknown) had been severely wounded, leading to the amputation of a leg. He was awarded a pension of 46s. per week.

Pte. Willie Bradley

A number of officers and men of 10DWR were mentioned in The Earl of Cavan’s despatch dated 28^th October, and relating to the crossing of the Piave, which was published in the London Gazette. Those named were Lt.Col. Francis Washington Lethbridge DSO (see 26^th December 1918), Maj. James Christopher Bull MC (see 5th January), Maj. William Norman Town (see 25^th December 1918), Capt. James Watson Paterson (see 9^th September 1918), Capt. John Edward Lennard Payne DSO, MC (see 7^th December 1918), Capt. Leonard Norman Phillips MC (see 25^th December 1918), Lt. Vincent Edwards MC (see 22^nd December 1918), Sgts. George Richard Goodchild (see 18^th December 1918), Harry Smith (12240) (see 26^th December), and James Walker MM (see 27^th October 1918). Also mentioned was Lt. Col. Ashton Alexander St. Hill DSO (see 18^th November 1918), C.O., 11^th Northumberland Fusiliers, who had been killed in action on 27^th October 1918; he had been in temporary command of 10DWR in February 1917.