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Thursday 10 January 2019

Saturday 11th January 1919

Billets at Grumolo and Montecchia di Crosara




L.Cpl. Albert Nixon (see 14th March 1918) and Pte. William Andrew Leiper Long (see 5th December 1918) departed for England on two weeks’ leave.
Pte. Harry Jackson (24186) (see 21st October 1918) was evacuated to England; on arrival in England he would be admitted to hospital in Eastleigh.



Cpl. Alfred Taylor (see 30th November), serving with 69th Brigade Trench Mortar Battery, was posted back to England for demobilization; the formalities for him would be completed at North Camp, Ripon.
Ptes. Arthur Clark (25164) (see 27th December 1918) and Arthur James Miles (see 6th December 1918), who were on leave in England, were officially struck off the strength of 10DWR, as a precursor to being demobilized.
Sgt. James Leach (see 20th May 1916), who had been serving on the Army Gymnastic Staff as a Sergeant Instructor, was formally discharged from the Army as no longer physically fit for service due to sickness suffered in service; he was awarded a pension of 6s. 6d. per week.


Pte. Harry Hey (15995) (see 17th October 1916), who had been serving with the Northumberland Fusiliers, was formally discharged from the Army as no longer physically fit for service, having been gassed and suffering from neurasthenia. He was assessed as having suffered a 50% disability and was awarded an Army pension of £1 13s. 5d. per week.

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