Sunday 2nd March 1919

Billets at Montecchia di Crosara

A/Sgt. Abel Roberts DCM (see 15^th November 1918), L.Cpls. Roderick Harmer (see 28^th October 1918) and Jesse Merritt (see 13^th August 1918) and Ptes. Wellington Baldwin (see 5^th September 1918), George Lownsborough (see 3^rd August 1918) and Jonas Yoxall (see 26^th November 1918) completed and signed their ‘Statement as to disability’ forms, which were a precursor to their being posted back to England. The completed forms, which confirmed that they did not claim to have suffered any disability in service, were witnessed, for Roberts, Harmer, Baldwin and Yoxall, by 2Lt. Wilfred Frederick John Thomson MC (see 17^th February) and for Merritt and Lownsborough by Capt. Paul James Sainsbury (see 25^th February).

Pte. Ernest Ashness (see 18^th February), serving in Fiume with 8^th Yorks. and Lancs., was reported ‘absent off roll call; he would forfeit three days’ pay.

Pte. Charles Frederick Riddial (see 18^th February), serving in Fiume with 8^th Yorks. and Lancs., was reported by Cpl. Victor Race MM (see 18^th February) for, “not complying with an order, ie., failing to clean a cupboard out when ordered to do so”; he would be confined to barracks for seven days.

Pte. Reginald Dayson (see 18^th February) was admitted to no.1 Military Prison at Rouen.

Pte. Eber Casson Sykes (see 13^th February 1918), serving in France with 298^th Reserve Labour Company, was posted back to England from demobilization; he would be demobilized from the Dispersal Unit at Prees Heath.

Sgts. Josias Bailey MM (see 31^st January) and John William Wardman DCM, MM (see 15^th January), L.Cpls. Alfred Hanson (see 22^nd January) and Albert Nixon (see 25^th January) and Ptes. Fred Atkinson (see 25^th January), Lewis Batey MM (see 31^st January), Joe Fawcett (see 9^th October 1917), Stanley Hirst (see 23^rd January), Leonard Hurley (see 25^th January), George Martin (see below), Douglas Mercer (see 25^th January), Harry Orchard (see 25^th January), William Parr (see 5^th October 1917) and William Watson (see 4^th October 1918), were officially transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.

George Martin had been an original member of the Battalion but, in the absence of a surviving service record, I am unable to make a positive identification of this man or establish any details of his service.

Ptes. Stanley Barker DCM (see 4^th February) and Charles Edward Lund (see 23^rd December 1918), who had been serving with 3DWR at North Shields, were also officially transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.

Pte. Harold Price (see 6^th October 1916), who had served with 8DWR and 9DWR since having been gassed while serving with 10DWR in October 1916, was also officially transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.

Pte. Garnet Boothroyd (see 20^th September 1917), who had been serving with the Machine Gun Corps, was also officially transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.

Pte. George Albert Wright (see 30^th September 1918), who had been serving in France with 148^th Labour Company Labour Corps, was also officially transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.

Pte. Michael Hopkins MM (see 2^nd February), who had been serving in France with 29^th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, was also officially transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z. Having been twice wounded, he was assessed for an Army pension but his claim was rejected.

Pte. Henry Gardner (see 10^th July 1916) was also officially transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z; since having been wounded while with serving with 10DWR in July 1916 he had served with several battalions of the Northumberland Fusiliers.

Dvr. George Rawlings, who had been serving with the Royal Field Artillery was also officially transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z; he had originally served with 10DWR before being transferred. In the absence of a surviving service record I am unable to make a positive identification of this man or establish any details of his service.

Pte. Donald Hunter Ransom, who had been serving with the Labour Corps, was also officially transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z; he had been an original member of 10DWR, having enlisted aged 17. He was from Farnham, Surrey and had worked as a telegraph messenger. In the absence of a  surviving service record I am unable to establish any details of his service or when or under what circumstances he had left 10DWR.

Pte. Francis Wilson Stockell (see 24^th June 1918), who had been serving in England with the Royal Defence Corps was also officially transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z. Having been wounded in July 1916 he was awarded an Army pension of 8s. 3d. per week, to be reviewed after one year.

Pte. Thomas McDonald (see 18^th May 1918), serving with the Royal Defence Corps, was formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z; he was also awarded an Army pension of 12s. per week on account of having suffered a disability due to a wound to his right thigh.

A/Cpl. Ralph Pocock Crease (see 2^nd February) who had been training for a commission, was also officially transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.