Friday 9th May 1919

Lt. Col. Robert Raymer (see 17^th January), commanding 5^th (Pioneer) Battalion South Wales Borderers, was promoted Colonel.

Col. Robert Richmond Raymer

Pte. Charles Clear (see 28^th February), serving with the Lincolnshire Regiment, was posted back to the Regimental Depot in Lincoln; three days later he would be formally transferred to 2^nd Battalion.

Pte. Bertie Cox (see 25^th April) was posted back to England for demobilization on compassionate grounds (details unknown).

Pte. Albert Greenwood (see 2^nd December 1918), who had been in England since having been wounded on 27^th October 1918, was formally discharged from the Army as no longer physically fit for service on account of his wounds; he was assessed as having a 40% disability and was awarded an Army pension of 11s. per week, to be reviewed after one year.

A pension award was made in the case of the late Cpl. William Frederick Ackrill (see 27^th March) who had been killed in action on 24^th October 1918; his mother, Minnie, was awarded 5s. per week.

A pension award was made in the case of the L.Cpl. Ernest Pearson MM (see 12^th April) who had been killed in action on 27^th October 1918; his widow, Sarah, was awarded 20s. 5d. per week for herself and her daughter.

Rev. A. Tattersall, minister of the Bethesda United Methodist Church in Bristol, replied to the Infantry Record Office in Warwick regarding Pte. Walter William Ford (see 30^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 am sorry my answer to you has been delayed owing to the fact I have been away from home. Pte. W.W. Ford enlisted in the 4^th Glosters. I believe he was transferred several times when in France, but eventually to the 3^rd Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. His number was 25808. That I trust will enable you to make your records clear”.