Pte. John Henshall (see 24th April), who had been transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z in April after serving in India with 1DWR, re-enlisted in Leeds and was posted to 3DWR.
Pte. Ernest Jones (see 3rd June), who had been in England since having been wounded in October 1918, was married to Emily Dean at the Register Office in Bradford; there had clearly been a change of date and venue after Pte. Jones had appealed for permission to marry two weeks previously.
Ann Eliza Debenham, grandmother and legatee of the late Pte.
Leonard Watling (see 22nd May 1918), who had died of wounds on 17th October 1917,
wrote to the War Office regarding the form which she had received asking for
details of Pte. Watling’s family: “I am returning the form that I received. I
have filled it in as much as the space will allow. Owing to such a large family
there is not space enough to write down all the aunts and uncles and nephews
and nieces of the soldier. If you should require them all I shall write them
down on paper and send them to you. I am his grandmother that brought him up
from a baby. His mother never married his father and she could not give him a
home. He always referred to me as mother and wrote to me as mother and made me
allowances of 2s. 4d. per week. I am just sending you a letter or two so you
will see he always lived with me”.
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