Monday 21st April 1919

10DWR having been formally ‘disbanded’, a number of men still serving in Italy, several having been recovering from illness or wounds, were formally transferred to the ‘Details Battalion’ of the Regiment. Among them are known to have been A/CQMS John William Baird (see 24^th November 1918), Cpls. Howarth Reid (see 28^th October), and Arthur William Stobart (see 4^th March), A/Cpl. Nathaniel Bather (see 12^th March), L.Cpl. Wilfred Henry Fiddes (see 14^th December 1918) and Ptes. George William Ball (see 14^th March), Walter Gibson (see 9^th November 1918), Herbert Jacklin (see 14^th March), James Pidgeley (see 4^th March), Frank William Rabjohn (see 1^st April), George Smith (20340) (see 29^th October 1917), Mark Henry Sutcliffe (see 26^th December 1918), Frederick Thorn (see 25^th March) and Arthur Wylie (see 11^th January 1917).

Pte. Patrick Sweeney (see 23^rd March), serving at one of the Base Depots at Etaples, was also formally transferred to the ‘Details Battalion’.

Pte. James Sugden (see 18^th February), serving with 8^th Yorks. and Lancs. at Fiume, was appointed Acting (unpaid) Lance Corporal.

Pte. Samuel Smith (see 22^nd March) was formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.

Dvr. Harry Metcalfe (see 23^rd January 1917), who had been serving with the ASC, was formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.

Dvr. Harry Metcalfe

Image by kind permission of Alan Metcalfe

John Richie Lester, first child of Capt. Hugh William Lester MC (see 9^th January) and his wife Marjorie Elizabeth, was born; immediately on Capt. Lester leaving the Army the couple had emigrated to Mansfield, Victoria, Australia. (Additional information by kind permission of Mike Calow).

Image by kind permission of the Trustees of the DWR Museum