Monday 31st March 1919

The cadre of the Battalion continued their train journey towards England, travelling via Modane and Montmelian to reach Saint Germain au Mont d’Or, north of Lyons.

Sgts. John William Binks (see 19^th October 1918) and Harold Howlett (see 1^st March) and Ptes. Frank Dunn (see 1^st March), Bertram Edwin Earney (see 1^st March) and Charles Henry Russell (see 1^st March) were officially transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.

Pte. Ernest Thorn (see 25^th February), who had been serving in France with 1^st/7^thDWR, was also officially transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.

Pte. George Clegg (see 1^st January 1918) who had been repatriated to England in January having been taken prisoner in July 1916, was also officially transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.

A pension award was made in the case of the late Sgt. Charles Robert Scarber (see 18^th November 1918), who had died from pneumonia in September 1918; his mother, Mary Anne, was awarded 8s. per week.


A pension award was made in the case of the late Pte. Walter Limmer (see 6^th February), who had died of wounds in September 1918; his widow, Alice, was awarded 13s. 9d. per week.

Pte. Walter Limmer

Image by kind permission of Henry Bolton