Saturday 26th April 1919

Pte. Mark Beaumont (see 12^th March), who been serving with 1^st Garrison Btn, Northumberland Fusiliers, was formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z; having been wounded, he was awarded a gratuity of £35.

Pte. George Smith (12330) (see 24^th June 1917), who had been serving with the Labour Corps, was formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.


Pte. Frank Hewitt was formally discharged from the Army as no loger physically fit for service on account of illness; he was assessed as having suffered a 30% disability due to nephritis and was awarded an Army pension of 12s. per week. He was 23 years old and from Marsden; he had been called up in December 1916 and had been posted (date and details unknown) to 10DWR, but, in the absence of a surviving service record I am unable to establish any details of his service.

A payment of £22 11s. 3d. was authorised, being the amount due in pay and allowances (including a war gratuity of £13) to the late Pte. Arthur Flowers (see 24^th April) who had been killed in action in October 1918; the payment would go to his mother, Emma. She would also receive a package of her son’s remaining personal effects, comprising of, “wallet, photos and cards”; she would acknowledge receipt of the items and in replying ask, “if you have got his watch I should be pleased to have it as it was a gift from his dead brother”.