Friday 14th March 1919

Billets at Montecchia di Crosara

Pte. George William Ball (see 5^th January), serving with 512^th Prisoner of War Company at Arquata Scrivia, was attached to the Military Police. Ptes. Richard Henry Harris (see 5^th January) and William Ryan (see 5^th January), who had also been serving with the same Company, were transferred to the GHQ concentration camp at Tavernelle in preparation for demobilization.

Pte. Michael Newton (see 3^rd December 1918) was also posted from the Base Depot at Arquata Scrivia to the GHQ concentration camp at Tavernelle in preparation for demobilization.

Pte. Herbert Jacklin (see 18^th February), serving with 69^th Trench Mortar Battery, was discharged from 62^nd General Hospital at Bordighera, near Ventimiglia and posted to the Base Depot at Arquata Scrivia; he had been suffering from jaundice.

Cpl. William Edward Varley (see 18^th February), serving with 8^th Yorks. and Lancs., was promoted Lance Sergeant.

Capt. Alfred Percy Harrison MC (see 20^th February), who had been serving with 3DWR at North Shields, formally relinquished his commission ‘on grounds of ill health due to wounds suffered in action’.

Sgts. William Edward Gibson MSM, MM (see 27^th July 1917) and Willie Nichols (see 3^rd February) and Ptes. Frederick Betts (see 3^rd February), Willie Davenport Frame (see 3^rd February), Henry Lindley Harvey (see 17^th July 1918), William Hill (see 4^th February), James Edward Hollingworth (see 11^th February), John Thorp Newsome (see 3^rd February), Leonard Pankhurst (see 13^th February), Harold Poucher (see 5^th June 1918) and Thomas Stockdale Worsley (see 12^th September 1914) were officially transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.

Pte. Percy Harry Bentley (see 6^th January), who had been in England since January, was also officially transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z; having suffered from “I.C.T.” (inflammation of the connective tissue) to his knee, he was awarded an Army pension of 5s. 6d. per week, to be reviewed after six months.

Pte. Edwin Dawson (see 12^th February), who had been serving in France with 9DWR, was also officially transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.

Pte. Louis Charles Preen (see 29^th November 1918), serving with 3DWR at North Shields, was also officially transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z. Having been wounded in October 1918, he was awarded an Army pension of 6s. 10d. per week, which was to be reviewed after one year.

Pte. Andrew Green (see 8^th July 1916), serving with the Machine Gun Corps, was also officially transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z; he would be awarded an Army pension (details unknown).

Pte. Harry Killeen (see 9^th March 1917), who, since having been wounded while serving with 10DWR January 1916, had served with 2DWR and 1^st/6^th DWR, was also officially transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.

Pte. Horace Trinder (see 19^th November 1918), who had been serving at Northern Command Depot at Ripon, was officially transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.


A pension award was made in the case of late L.Cpl. Thomas Hodson (see 24^th July 1917) who had been killed in action in July 1916; his father, Thomas, was awarded 8s. per week.