Sunday 23rd February 1919

Billets at Arzignano

Ptes. Ben Butler (see 15^th February), John Eastwood (see 15^th February) and Albert Edward White (see 15^th February) were posted back to England for demobilization; Butler and White would be demobilized from Clipstone; and Eastwood from Prees Heath.

L.Cpl. George Oversby (see 3^rd December 1918), who had been serving with 1^st/4^th DWR was formally discharged from the Army as no longer physically fit for service due to wounds suffered in action. Having been wounded in October 1918, he was medically examined and it was reported that, “He complains of stiffness of right index finger and aching left leg on much walking. There is a scar over posterior aspect of second phalanx, right index finger; helaed, not tender, not adherent There is a 2” vertical scar, inner side of lower third of left leg; healed, partially adherent, not tender. Ankle movements normal”. He was awarded a pension of 5s. 6d. per week, to be reviewed after one year.

Pte. William Noel Simpson MM (see 24^th January), serving with 3DWR at North Shields, was appointed Lance Corporal.

2Lt. Archibald (Archie) Allen (see 24^th January), who been in hospital in England after suffering severe shrapnel injuries to his left arm and chest on 21^st June 1918, was formally released from the Army; he completed his documents whilst at 1^st Southern General Hospital, Birmingham.

Sgt. James Leach (see 11^th January), who had, just six weeks previously, been discharged from the Army as no longer physically fit for service due to sickness suffered in service, died, from influenza and pneumonia; he would be buried at Bingley Cemetery. His widow, Isabel, would be awarded a pension of 22s. 11d. per week for herself and their daughter, Helen.

Cpl. Norman Lockwood MM (see 26^th August 1918), L.Cpl. William (Billy) Hoyle MM (see 24^th January) and Ptes. John Thomas Alston (see below), Edwin Beechey (see below), Alfred Cragg (see 5^th July 1916), Bertie Gooch (see 24^th January), John William Holroyd (see 24^th January), George Ingle (see 24^th January), Richard William Johnson (see 24^th January), Albert Lund (see 26^th December 1918), John William Procter (see 24^th January), John George Sleight (see 13^th October 1918), Harry Squire (see 24^th January), Matthew Stone (see 24^th January), Joseph Barber Taylor (see 4^th January) and John Edward Varley (see 22^nd January) were formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.

John Thomas Alston and Edwin Beechey had served only with 10DWR, and both had been been original members of the Battalion, but, in the absence of surviving service records, I am unable to make a positive identification of either of these men or establish any details of their service.

Ptes. Charles Bradbury and Herbert Crossley, both of whom had originally served with 10DWR before being transferred (date and details unknown) to 1^st/7^th DWR, were also formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z. In the absence of surviving service records I am unable to make a positive identification of either man or to establish any details of their service.

Sgt. Harry Raistrick (see 1^st January 1918) and Cpl. Joseph Dunn (see 1^st December 1918), who had been serving with 3DWR at North Shields, were also officially transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.

Pte. William Postill Taylor (see 15^th December 1918), who had been serving with 2^nd/4^thDWR, was also officially transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.

Pte. Walter Butterfield MM, who had been serving with 2DWR, was also officially transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z. He had been an original member of 10DWR, having enlisted aged 32, married, with one son, and working in Keighley as a woolsorter. At some point (date and details unknown) he had been transferred to 2DWR and was serving with that battalion when awarded the Military Medal in 1918. In the absence of a surviving service record I am unable to establish any further details of his service.

Pte. Harry Frederick Walton (see 7^th June 1917), who had been serving with the Labour Corps, was also officially transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.

Pte. Edward Burnside (see 31^st August 1916), who had been serving with 1^st West Yorks, was also officially transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.