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Tuesday, 9 July 2019

Thursday 10th July 1919

Pte. James William Kershaw MM (12519; 60065) (see 28th February), who had re-enlisted to continue serving, was married, in Halifax, to Jane Elizabeth Pattinson, who was pregnant with their first child. She was the widow of Pte. John Pattinson, who had been killed in action on 27th September 1915 while serving with 10th King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry; she had four surviving children by her first marriage and a fifth child had died July 1917.

Pte. Norman Greenwood (17998) (see 11th April), who had been transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z in February, was awarded an Army pension on the grounds of his having been wounded whilst in service and also having contracted chronic bronchitis; he was assessed as having a 30% disability and was awarded 8s. 3d. per week, to be reviewed after one year.

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