Wednesday 30th April 1919

Cpl. Alfred Bradbury MM (see 29^th March), who had been in England since having been wounded in October 1918, was discharged from Wharncliffe War Hospital, Sheffield; he would be referred for further orthopaedic treatment to the Edgar Allan Institute in Sheffield.

Pte. Donald McColl (see 24^th October 1918) was formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.

Pte. John William Addison (see 17^th April), who had recently been demobilized, was officially transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.

Pte. John William Mallinson (see 1^st April), who had been on attachment to 151^st Protection Company, Royal Defence Corps, was officially transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.

Pte. John Henry Markham (see 5^th July 1916), who had served with the Labour Corps after having been wounded in July 1916, was formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.

The War Office wrote to Maj. William Norman Town (see 20^th April), at his home address, ‘Chymnour’, Reanance Rad, Falmouth, regarding 2Lt. Lawrence Tindill MM (see 27^th March), who had been officially missing in action since 21^st June 1918: “I am directed to inform you that it has been brought to the attention of this department that you can give evidence regarding the recovery of the body of an officer believed to be that of Second Lieutenant L. Tindill, 10^th Battalion Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, who was reported missing 21^st June 1918 after a raid on the Ave Sector. No official information has been received concerning this officer since he was reported as missing and I am, therefore, to request that you will be good enough to furnish a statement showing any information which would establish his fate”. 

A request, in similar vein, was also sent to GOC, British Forces in Italy, “I am directed to inform you that the following unofficial report has been received concerning Second Lieutenant L. Tindill, 10^th Battalion West Riding Regiment, who was officially reported as missing on 21^st June 1918: 

‘This officer took part in a raid organised by his Battalion on the night of June 21^st on the Austrian positions on the Ave sector and when the raid was over it was found that Lt. Tindill and Pte Goodship (Pte. John James Goodship, see 27^th March) were missing. Pte Goodship is now officially known to be a prisoner in the hands of the Austrians. On 21^st August (sic.; recte 26^th August) the above Battalion carried out another raid on the Austrian positions in the same sector and in the course of the operations some Austrian officers were captured, one of whom in examination stated that on the night of 21^st June they captured an English officer and a private and the description he gave was a correct one of Lt. Tindill. The Austrian officer stated that Lt. Tindill had several times been taken up to points of observation by his captors with a view to obtaining information as to the British positions, which information Lt. Tindill had refused to give’.

An unofficial report has also been received that the body of an officer had been found after the armistice that presumably the officer was Liutenant Tindill. I am therefore to request that you will be good enough to cause enquiries to be made as to whether Second Lieutenant Tindill was the only officer who took part in this raid and also to ascertain whether the Austrian officer who gave the information regarding Second Lieutenant Tindill can now be traced. I am further to request that you will furnish a report showing any information which would establish the ultimate fate of this officer. I am to add that Private Goodship states that he can give no information on the subject”.

The Infantry Record Office in Warwick wrote to Rev. A. Tattersall, minister of the Bethesda United Methodist Church in Bristol, regarding Pte. Walter William Ford (see 12^th April), who had died from influenza whilst at his home in Bristol; Rev. Tattersall had been in communication with the authorities on behalf of Pte. Ford’s widow. “I shall be glad if you will kindly give me the Regimental Number and also the Regiment to which Pte. Ford belonged as I am unable to trace him in the Gloucester Regiment and, until I have these particulars, together with the cause of death, I am unable to take any action in this matter. Probably Pte. Ford was attached to the Gloucester Regiment from another Corps. The particulars taken at the Dispersal Station were inaccurate”.