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Thursday 27 June 2019

Saturday 28th June 1919


Lt. Leopold Henry Burrow (see 25th July 1918), serving at no.14 Convalescent Depot at Trouville, departed for England on two weeks’ leave; his leave would later be extended by a further week.

Pte. Joseph Barnes (see 3rd June), who had been on leave to England while serving with 8th Yorks. and Lancs. at Fiume, failed to report back on time from his leave; he would not report until 11th July and would be ordered to forfeit 13 days’ pay and undergo 14 days’ Field Punishment no. 2.

Pte. James Pidgeley (see 21st April) was posted back to England from Italy for demobilization; however, having reached Boulogne, he would remain in France (reason unknown).

Cpl. Sidney Twine MSM (see 1st January) was formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.

Maj. Herbert Henry Hudson DSO, MC (see 31st May), who had briefly commanded 10DWR in June/July 1917, formally relinquished his commission; having been released from the Army a month previously, he had already returned to India to resume his employment with a railway company.

Sgt. Wilson Allinson MM (see 21st March), who had been serving with 3DWR at North Shields, was formally discharged from the Army as no longer physically fit for service on account of his wounds; he was assessed as having suffered 30% disability and was awarded an Army pension of 9s. 9d. per week, to be reviewed after one year.

Pte. Charles Walton (see 2nd December 1918), who had been at the Scottish National Red Cross Hospital, Bellahouston since having been wounded on 11th September 1918, was also formally discharged from the Army as no longer physically fit for service on account of his wounds; he was assessed as having suffered 50% disability and was awarded an Army pension of 13s. 9d. per week, to be reviewed after one year.

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