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Saturday, 11 May 2019

Monday 12th May 1919


Pte. Eli Bradley (see 14th April) was transferred from the Kitchener Military Hospital in Brighton to a Dispersal Hospital, also in Brighton, in preparation for discharge from the Army; he had been suffering from malaria.
Pte. John James Pickering (see 26th February), who had recently been transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z, was reassessed by an Army Medical Board and awarded a one-off gratuity of £35 as a result of the wound he had suffered in action in October 1918.

A pension award was made in the case of the Pte. Joseph Henry Haywood (see 10th April) who had died from influenza and broncho-pneumonia in October 1918; his widow, Edith, was awarded 20s. 5d. per week for herself and her son.
A parcel of personal effects belonging to the late Pte. Noah Davis (see 10th April), who had died of pneumonia and jaundice on 1st September 1918 was despatched to his widow, Helena; the parcel comprised of ‘disc, photos, cards, wallet, blades in case, pencil case, silver ring (broken), cap badge, belt, note book’.


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