Wednesday 1st October 1919

Pte. John Thomas Menday was officially transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z; in the absence of a surviving service record I am unable to make a positive identification of this man or to establish any details of his military service.


A grant of probate was issued in the estate of the late Maj. Stephen Minchin Mercer, ASC (see 21^st July), who had died in June; the estate was valued at £1,919 1s. 11d. and the grantee was his married daughter, Mrs. Evelyn May Roche.


Payment of an £8 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. William Edward Banner (see 8^th February 1917), who had been killed in action in July 1916; the payment would go to his widow, Ada.


Payment of a £6 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Irvin Barraclough (see 10^th May 1917), who had been killed in July 1916; the payment would go to his mother, Mrs. Christina Heppenstall.


Payment of an £8 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Frank Sanderson Chatwin (see 12^th April 1917), who had been killed in action in July 1916; the payment would go to his father, Thomas.


Payment of an £8 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Charles Henry Jackson (see 21^st August) who had been killed in action on 5^th July 1916; the payment would go to this father, Charles Henry.

Tuesday 30th September 1919

Lt. Leopold Henry Burrow (see 28^th June), now serving at 4^th Prisoner of War Depot in France, was granted one weeks’ leave in France.


Payment of a £5 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Lt. Joseph Crocker (see 12^th June 1918), who had been killed in action in September 1917; the payment would go to his mother, Harriet.


Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Frederick Blackwell (see 19^th March 1917), who had died of wounds in August 1916; the payment would go to his widow, Daisy.


Payment of an £8 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Walter Edwards (see 23^rd October 1916), who had been killed in action in July 1916; the payment would go to this widow, Emma.


Payment of an £8 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Tom Emmott (see 5^th February 1917), who had died of wounds in September 1916; the payment would go to his father, William.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Cyril Clarkson Hoyle (see 18^th November 1916), who had been killed in July 1916; the payment would go to his father, John.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. William Ogden (see 4^th October), who had been killed in action in October 1916; the payment would go to his father, Holland.


Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. William Priestley (17833) (see 1^st May 1917) who had died of wounds in December 1916; the payment would go to his mother, Elizabeth.

Monday 29th September 1919

Pte. Hubert Crabtree (see 30^th August), who had been serving with 13DWR, was formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Harry Ambler (see 15^th May 1916), who had died of wounds on 25^th March 1916; the payment would go to his widow, Louisa.

Payment of a £9 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. John Whitaker Fennell (see 16th April 1917), who had been killed in October 1916; the payment would go to his widow, Kate, who had recently re-married and was now Mrs. Midgley.


Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Wilfred Lawson Oates (see 23^rd January 1917), who had been killed in action in October 1916; the payment would go to his father, Arthur.

Pte. Wilfred Lawson Oates

Sunday 28th September 19191

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Saturday 27th September 1919

Ptes. Harry Jackson (24186) (see 26^th July), John Killerby (see 26^th July), Ben Pedder MM (see 26^th July) and Ernest Townsend (see 26^th July), who had been serving with 2DWR, were officially transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z. Pte. Killerby was assessed as having suffered a 40% disability on account of the wounds he had suffered and was awarded an Army pension of 16s. per week, to be reviewed after six months. Pte. Jackson also applied for an Army pension on the grounds of having suffered from bronchitis, but his claim was rejected.

Cpl. Thomas Mann MM (see 7^th August), who had been serving with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps to serve at Woolwich Barracks, was also officially transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.

Payment of an £8 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Thomas Rigby (see 29^th March 1917), who had died of wounds following the actions on the Somme in the Summer of 1916; the payment would go to his father, Thomas snr.

Pte. Thomas Rigby

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Frank Oddy Waddington (see 5th June 1917) who had died of wounds in November 1916. The payment would go to his father, Craven.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. John Edward Whiteley (see 18^th October 1916) who had been killed in action in July 1916; the payment would go to his father, Isaac.

Friday 26th September 1919

Lt. Fred Swale (see 1^st May), who had been serving with 9^th West Yorks., was formally released from military service.

Lt. Fred Swale

Image by kind permission of Joan Rigg and family

Payment of an £8 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Tommy Cartman (see 3^rd November 1916) who had died of wounds in July 1916; the payment would go to his mother, Mrs. Ellen Rishworth.

Pte. Tommy Cartman

Payment of an £8 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. George Henry Collinson (see 1^st March 1917), who had died wounds in September 1916; the payment would go to Mrs. Jane Curtis.

Payment of a £7 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late L.Cpl. James Kettlewell (see 15^th July 1918), who had been killed in action in July 1916; the payment would go to his mother, Dorothy.

L.Cpl. James Kettlewell

Thursday 25th September 1919

Pte. Harry Barraclough MM (see 15^th May), who had been serving with 1^st Battalion Machine Gun Corps, based at Grantham, was formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.

Pte. John William Dean (see 22^nd August), who had been serving with 2^nd/4^th DWR, was formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.

Ptes. James Edward Haley (see 26^th July) and Willie Kershaw (see 26^th July), who had been serving with 2 DWR, were formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z. Pte. Kershaw was assessed as having suffered a 40% disability as a result of ‘bronchial catarrh’, attributable to his service, and was awarded an Army pension of 16s. per week.

L.Sgt. Jonathan Richardson Sunderland (see 20^th December 1918), who had been serving at the Regimental Depot in Halifax since having been repatriated to England from captivity as a prisoner of war, was formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z. Having been wounded and suffered ‘heart trouble’ in service he was assessed as having suffered a 40% disability and was awarded an Army pension of 17s. 4d. per week.

Payment of an £8 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late L.Cpl. William Knox (see 30^th October 1916), who had died of wounds in July 1916; the payment would go to his widow, Ethel.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Fred Mouatt (see 29^th July), who had died of wounds in July 1916; the payment would go to his father, John.

Wednesday 24th September 19191

Pte. John Thomas Mason (see 13^th September), serving with 8^th Yorks. and Lancs. in Malta, suffered severe injuries in an accident; the details of the accident are unknown, but Pte. Mason suffered a fracture to his right femur, scalp wounds and concussion and would be admitted to Cottonera Hospital.

Pte. John Walter Jennings (see 10^th June), who had been serving with 3^rd Yorks. and Lancs. at Rollestone Camp on Salisbury Plain, was formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.

Pte. Frederick Thorn (see 21^st April), who had most recently been employed with the British Military Mission in Italy, was formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z. 

Alice Stephenson, wife of RQMS Frank Stephenson MSM (see 3^rd June), who had been transferred to Class Z in February, gave birth to the couple’s first child; the baby boy would be named Richard Alan.

RQMS Frank Stephenson MSM

Payment of an £8 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Tom Ball (see 20^th October 1916), who had been killed in action on 5^th July 1916; the payment would go to this father, William.

Payment of an £8 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Arthur Bell (see 12^th February 1917) who had died of wounds in July 1916; the payment would go to his widow, Harriet.

Payment of an £8 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. James Thomas Coughlin (see 20^th December 1916), who had been killed in action on 29^th July 1916; the payment would go to his widow, Ethel.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Harold Schofield Hanson (see 26th June 1917) who had died of “shrapnel wound to the right arm and pleurisy” in December 1916; the payment would go to his father, Joe.

Payment of an £8 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. William James Jakeway (see 10^th November 1916), who had died of wounds on 29^th July 1916; the payment would go to his mother, Elizabeth.

Image by kind permission of Andy Wade and MenofWorth

Tuesday 23rd September 1919

Pte. William Baxter (see 26^th August), who had been serving in France with 6^th Prisoner of War Company, Labour Corps, was formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.

Payment of an £8 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Joseph Haywood (see 10^th May 1917), who had been killed in action on 11^th July 1916; the payment would go to his widow, Ada, who had re-married and was now Mrs. Ada Gornall.

Payment of a £12 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Acting Sgt. Albert Herd (see 10^th January 1917), who had been killed in action in August 1916. The payment would go to his father, John Herd.

Sgt. Albert Herd

Payment of an £11 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Sgt. Edward Smith (11769) (see 5^th July) who had been killed in action on 5^th July 1916; the payment would go to his widow, Rosetta.

Payment of a £5 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Algie Clarkson (see 24^th June), who had been killed in action on 10^th July 1916; the payment would go to his widow, Mary.

Payment of an £8 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Anthony Ellingworth (see 10^th July), who had been killed in action on 10^th July 1916; the payment would go to his mother, Sarah.

Payment of an £8 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Wilfred Palfreeman (see 29^th July) who had been killed in action in July 1916; the payment would go to his father, Charles. 

Monday 22nd September 1919

Pte. Edwin Haley (see 13^th September), serving with 8^th Yorks. and Lancs. in Malta, was ordered to undergo 14 days’ Field Punishment no.2; the nature of his offence is unknown.

Sgt. Joseph Patrick Melvin (see 4^th September), who had been recently posted back to England, was transferred to 2DWR and posted for duty at the Dispersal Centre at Ripon.

Payment of a £7 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late L.Cpl. Walter Blamires (see 28^th October 1916), who had died of wounds in July 1916; the payment would go to his father, Joseph.

Payment of an £8 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. George Edward Bush (see 19^th January 1917), who had died of wounds in July 1916; the payment would go this father, Thomas.

Payment of an £8 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. James Field (see 4^th December 1916), who had been killed in action in July 1916; the payment would go to his widow, Beatrice, who had recently re-married and was now Mrs. Beatrice Flack.

Payment of an £8 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Albert Victor Hands (see 14^th March 1917), who had been killed in action in October 1916; the payment would go to his father, Samuel Oliver Hands.

Image by kind permission of Andy Wade and MenofWorth

Sunday 21st September 1919

A/Cpl. Nathaniel Bather (see 27^th May), serving in Italy (details unknown), was promoted Acting Sergeant.

L.Cpl. Herman Tutty (see 6^th September) and Ptes. Henry Fielding (see 6^th September), Joseph Hartley (see 6^th September), Lancelot Johnson (see 6^th September) and John Chadwick Taylor (see 6^th September) who had been posted back to England from 8^th Yorks. and Lancs. at Fiume, were demobilized from the Dispersal Centre at Ripon.

Pte. Albert Ellis (see 5^th August), who had been serving with 2^nd/7^th Durham Light Infantry, was formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z; his appeal for an Army pension was rejected on the grounds that he had suffered no disability whilst in service.

Friday 19th September 1919

A/L.Sgt. Rowland Firby (see 17^th May), serving in France with 13DWR, was promoted Temporary Sergeant; two days’ later he would complete a certificate stating that he would, “surrender my claim to early demobilization and express my desire to continue serving under the same conditions as soldiers retained with the Army of Occupation provided that it is agreed that I shall not in any case be retained after 30/12/1919 unless I give my written consent to such further retention”.

L.Cpl. Henry Edgar Grass (see 14^th August), serving in India with 1DWR, was reported as having been “late falling in for 7am parade”; he was severely reprimanded.

Pte. Leonard Pankhurst (see 14^th March), who had been transferred to Class Z in March, was awarded an Army pension of £2 per week having been assessed as being 100% disabled due to pulmonary tuberculosis attributable to his service.

Payment of a £5 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Lt. Frederick Hird (see 29^th April 1917), who had been killed in action in July 1916. This amount was added to the existing credit balance of £76 10s 7d which remained outstanding on Frederick Hird’s account as a result of uncertainty about the distribution of the monies because of his uncertain marital status at the time of his death.

Payment of a £5 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Edgar Preston (see 4^th December 1916), who had been killed in action in August 1916; the payment would go to his father, Alexander.

Saturday 20th September 1919

Sgt. William Alfred Walmsley Gaunt (see 26^th February), who had been transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z in February, was awarded an Army pension of 6s. 6d. per week as a result of the wounds he had suffered in October 1916.

Pte. James Wilding Clarkson (see 26^th February), who had been transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z in February, was involved in a violent property dispute, the events and aftermath of which were later reported in the local press, as follows:

GRINDLETON - THROWN INTO A DITCH

Lively Doings over a House

The Bolton-by-Bowland magistrates were occupied over two hours on Monday in hearing charges of assault made by William Altham, overlooker, East View, Grindleton, against James Wilding Clarkson, weaver, Cherry Hall, Grindleton and his son Joseph Clarkson.

For the complainant, Mr. Birtwell of Burnley, stated that early this year Altham purchased the premises occupied by defendant, and it was agreed that Clarkson should continue to be tenant of the house and that Altham should have the garden. A good deal of unpleasantness had been created and Clarkson had challenged Altham to fight on more than one occasion. On September 20^th Altham went to collect the rent and it was alleged that the two Clarksons began to jostle him. He got away and went to the rear of the premises to measure a window which it was proposed to convert into a door. No sooner had he begun the work than the elder Clarkson pulled him down and began to beat him. Ultimately, he got away but the Clarksons followed, threw him into a ditch and beat him, leaving him unconscious. In the evening Altham was walking up the village with his wife when the older Clarkson again attacked him. He protected himself and finally got away. This statement was borne out by complainant.

Mr. T.J. Backhouse, for defendant, said there had been an arrangement that the two men should change houses. On the day of the alleged assault Atham declared that he would have to move or he would take out the windows. He went to the rear with the hammer and chisel and began hammering around the window. Clarkson went to him, took the implements, and threw them into the road. Altham then began to throw stones at the windows, four entering the house and smashing three jugs. Clarkson then went towards him and Altham threw a stone which struck him in the face. Defendant thereupon attacked Altham and did undoubtedly give him a ‘good hiding’. Later Altham returned with his wife and son and the door was struck with a stick, thumped and kicked, Clarkson wisely remaining indoors. In the evening it was Altham who attacked Clarkson, cutting him about the face. As a result, defendant had been off work ever since.

Defendants corroborated this account of what transpired and the elder defendant was fined 40s.; the case against the younger man being dismissed on payment of costs.

Lancs Evening Post, 21^st November

At Clitheroe County Court yesterday, before Judge Sturges, James Wilding Clarkson, weaver, formerly of Cherry Hall Cottage, Grindleton and now of Barnoldswick, claimed £47 2s. 6d. damage sustained during an alleged trespass and assault, from William Altham, East View, Grindleton, owner of the cottage. Mr. Lustgarten, barrister of Manchester, instructed by Mr. J.T. Backhouse, appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. J.C. Jackson, barrister of Manchester, briefed by Mr. J. Birtwell of Burnley, was for the defence.

Clarkson, an ex-soldier, said he had lived in the house in Grindleton since 1914 and when he returned from the Army in January last learned that it had been purchased by Altham. On September 20^th Altham called for the rent and began knocking off the plaster round one of the windows with a hammer and chisel. Clarkson asked him if he was going to have a supply of water laid on, and his reply was that he had given Clarkson five months to get out and he was going to pull the windows out. He also declared that he would do what he liked with his own property. Clarkson, however, took the hammer and chisel from him and threw them int the road. He then returned to the house and Altham began to throw stones through the windows, breaking seven panes of glass, three jugs in the house and damaging a wringing machine. Clarkson went to the front door which Altham was passing at the time. Altham had a stone in his hand and threw it at Clarkson, hitting him in the face. “I gave him a hiding” Clarkson added. His Honour, “What does that mean?”. Clarkson, “I gave him a fairly good roasting”. Mr. Jackson, “Your Honour will hear that Altham was a hospital patient afterwards”. His Honour, “As the boys say, did he take it lying down?”. Mr. Jackson, “He was lying down most of the time with Clarkson sitting on him”. Continuing, Clarkson said that about an hour later Altham returned to the house, accompanied by his wife and son. They began kicking and hammering at the front door. His Honour, “You had not given him enough?”. Clarkson, “He shouted ‘Come outside now; I am well prepared for you!’, but I did not accept the challenge”. His Honour, “Where was the local policeman all this time?”. Clarkson, “Miles away”. Mr. Jackson, “Plaintiff should know, he has been a policeman”. Clarkson went on to say that at eight o’clock the same evening he was walking through the village when he encountered Altham and his wife and the former cut him across the face with a stick, which was broken. He thought his eye had been bursted and, as a result of the injuries caused, he was unable to go to his work for over a fortnight. As a result of the incident Clarkson was summoned at the police court and fined 40s.

Mr. Jackson, “You wanted a garden attached to the house, telling the defendant you had fought for the land and he was not going to have it”. Clarkson, “I told him I had fought for the likes of him”. Further questioned, Clarkson said he went to the village public house after the alleged assault, but it was for the purpose of having a bath. Mr. Jackson, “Did you drink four pints of beer?”. Clarkson, “No. I had three pints.” Mr. Jackson, “Was that the bath?” (laughter).

The defence was that Clarkson was the aggressor. Mrs. Altham saying that she thought Clarkson was going to kill her husband. His Honour said Clarkson failed if he did not prove Altham to be the aggressor in the evening. Counsel addressed the court on this phase of the action.

Summing up, His Honour expressed the opinion that Altham behaved very unwisely, especially having regard to the disposition of Clarkson, who was a very strong man and probably likely to back his opinions with violence. With respect to the alleged assault in the evening, Altham’s contention was that Clarkson first caught hold of him by the collar. If that was true, Altham was entitled to use violence in self protection. He was satisfied that Clarkson had not proved that he did not first seize Altham and there would be judgement for Altham. In order to mark his disapproval of Altham’s action in returning to the house in the afternoon and challenging Clarkson, His Honour refused to allow costs.

Payment of a £5 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late 2Lt. Harry Thornton Pickles (see 26^th June 1916).

2Lt. Harry Thornton Pickles

Payment of an £8 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Richard Davies Ellison (see 21^st October 1916) who had been killed in action in July 1916; the payment would go to this mother, Margaret Ann.

Thursday 18th September 1919

Pte. James Pidgeley (see 28^th July) was discharged from 7^th General Hospital in Boulogne; four days later he would be posted to England for demobilization.

Pte. Walter Ralph (see 12^th October 1918), serving in England with the Labour Corps, was transferred to the West Yorkshire Regiment; he was the elder brother of Pte. Kit Ralph (see 30^th April 1917) who had been killed in action in October 1916.

Payment of an £8 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Arthur William Bailey (see 17^th November 1916), who had been killed in action in July 1916; the payment would go to his father, William George Bailey.

Pte. Arthur William Bailey

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Herbert Baldwin (see 4^th October 1917), who had been killed in action in July 1916; ; the payment would go to his father, Fred.
Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. John Thompson (see 11^th January 1917), who had been killed in action in August 1916; the payment would go to his mother, Eliza Jane.

Payment of a £7 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Sykes Walker (see 5^th February 1917), who had been killed in action in July 1916; the payment would go to his widow, Mary.

A pension award was made in the case of the late Pte. Ernest Haslam (see 17^th September 1918), who had been killed in action in June 1918; father, Henry, was awarded 5s. per week, backdated to 3^rd June.

Wednesday 17th September 1919

Pte. Percy Burrows (see 26^th July), who had been serving with 2DWR, was formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.

Payment of a £5 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late L.Cpl. Joseph Fieldhouse (see 20^th September 1916), who had died of wounds in March 1916; the payment would go to his widow, Eva.

Payment of an £8 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Myer Freedman MM (see 15^th July), who had been killed in action in July 1916; the payment would go to his father, Marks.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late L.Cpl. James Gordge (see 26^th March 1917), who had been accepted as dead, having been officially missing in action since 10^th July 1916; the payment would go to his widow, Mary Ann.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Bertram Stanley Temperton (see 1^st May 1918) who had been killed in action in July 1916; the payment would go to his widow, Alice.

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Tuesday 16th September 1919

Following two weeks treatment for debility, Pte. James Austin (see 4^th September) was discharged from the Military Hospital, Endell Street, Covent Garden, London, and posted to a convalescent hospital in Eastbourne.

Pte. Percy Parker was formally discharged from the Army as no longer physically fit on account of wounds; he was awarded the Silver War Badge but the details of any gratuity or pension payments are unknown. He had been an original member of 10DWR and had been posted to France in August 1915 but had subsequently served with 8DWR and 1^st/4^thDWR. In the absence of a surviving service record, I am unable to make a positive identification of this man or establish any details of his military service.

Payment of a £10 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Michael Davis (see 6^th March 1917), who had died of wounds in October 1916; the payment would go to his sister Ellen.

Payment of a £10 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Sgt. Kayley Earnshaw DCM (see 26^th July 1918), who had been killed in action in June 1916; the payment would be divided in three equal shares between his widow, Ellen, and their two daughters, Doris and Gladys.

Sgt. Kayley Earnshaw DCM

Ellen, Doris and Gladys Earnshaw

Payment of a £5 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Charles Holgate (see 28^th December 1916), who had been killed in action in July 1916; the payment would go to his father, Joe.

Monday 15th September 1919

A payment of £15 6s. 1d., including a war gratuity of £13, was authorised in respect of the late Pte. William Belcher (see 26^th May), who had been killed in action on 27^th October 1918; the payment would go to his widow, Florence.

Payment of an £8 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. John Bruce Davidson (see 8^th September 1916), who had died of wounds in July 1916; the payment would go to his father, Joseph.

Pte. John Bruce Davidson

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. James Frainey (see 21^st June 1916), who had been killed in action in March 1916; the payment would go to his father, Michael.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Dick Hirst (see 4^th April 1917) who had been killed in action on 5^th July 1916; the payment would go to his widowed mother, Elizabeth.

Sunday 14th September 1919

Ptes. Thomas Henry Bennett (see 18^th February), Joseph Harpin (see 18^th February) and James Frederick Palmer (see 18^th February), serving with 8^th Yorks. and Lancs. at Fiume, were attached to a detachment of the Battalion (details unknown) posted for duty to Scutari (modern day Uskudar) in Istanbul.

Pte. William George Ruddock MM (see 24^th March), serving with 8^th Yorks. and Lancs. at Fiume, departed on two weeks’ leave to England; at the conclusion of his leave he would remain in England.

Pte. Edgar Bairstow (see 22^nd April), serving with 3DWR, was formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z. Having been wounded in October 1918, he was assessed as having suffered a 20% disability and was awarded an Army pension of 6s. per week, to be reviewed after one year.

Saturday 13th September 1919

8^th Yorks. and Lancs., who had been stationed at Fiume, were transferred to Malta; the former 10DWR men who are known to have been transferred with the Battalion were A/CQMS James Allen (see 8^th March), Sgts. Ronald Jeckell (see 2^nd August) and William Walker Rossall MM (see 18^th February); A/Sgt. William Edward Varley (see 23^rd May), Cpl. Victor Race MM (see 11^th May); L.Cpl. John Jackson (19555) (see 8^th September); A/L.Cpl. James Sugden (see 31^st July); and Ptes. Ernest Ashness (see 9^th July), Joseph Barnes (see 28^thJune), Harry Beaumont (29306) (see 5^th August), Herbert Bibby (see 18^th February), Arthur Edward Bottomley (see 18^th August), Arthur Brook (see 10^th March), Joseph William Carter (see 23^rd July), James Frederick Coldwell (see 4^th May), Hartley Gibb (see 23^rd May), Edwin Haley (see 27^th April), Richard Harold Haresnape (see 8^th March), Albert Edward Victor Harris (see 11^th May), Herbert Crowther Kershaw (see 3^rd June), James Henry Lomax (see 30^th March), Walter Norman (see 18^th February), Ernest Potter (see 23^rd May), Edward Shaw Powell (see 8^th June), Martin Reddington (see 23^rd July), Charles Frederick Riddial (see 5^th June), Thomas Wilson Shaw (see 23^rd May), James Slinger (see 22^nd August), Clarence Smith (see 28^th August), Herbert Stanley Smith (see 23^rd May), Albert Stanley (see 11^th May), Harry Stephenson (see 18^th February), Arthur Wallis (see 18^th February), John Walton (see 23^rd May), Alfred Whittaker (see 22^nd August), Arthur Thomas Wilford (see 27^th April) and Irvin Wilkinson (see 18^th February).

Pte. Charles Knight (see 12^th April), who was at the Arquata Scrivia Rest Camp having been officially posted to the ‘Details Battalion’ of the Dukes, departed for England on two weeks’ leave; on the expiry of his leave, he was to remain in England and report to the Regimental Depot at Halifax.

Pte. Michael Langley (see 6^th June), who had been serving with 3DWR, was formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.

Pte. Lawrence Holgate (see 20^th September 1917), who had been serving with the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, was formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z. He was assessed as having suffered a 20% disability as a result of shrapnel wounds to his left shoulder (details unknown) and was awarded an Army pension of 10s. per week.

Payment of a £7 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Harry Bower (see 2^nd August 1916) who had been killed in action in June 1916; the payment would go to his mother, Emma.

Payment of a £3 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Allan Hiley (see 10^th January 1916), who had been killed in action in October 1915; the payment would go to his mother, Mary, his father, Charles.

A payment of £28 15s. 7d., including a war gratuity of £20 was authorised in respect of the late Pte. James Hillhouse (see 27^th October 1918), who had been killed in action in October 1918; the payment would go to his father, James.

Friday 12th September 1919

Ptes. Harry Bailey (25198) (see 18^th February) and Charley Culley (see 18^th February), serving with 8^th Yorks. and Lancs. at Fiume, departed on two weeks’ leave to England. However, on the expiry of their period of leave they would not return to their Battalion but would instead remain in England.

Cpl. Harry Wood MM (see 12^th August) was transferred from Nell Lane Military Hospital, West Didsbury, Manchester to the Military Convalescent Hospital in Ashton-in-Makerfield.

Payment of an £11 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Sgt. Ephraim Smith (see 3^rd April 1917), who had been killed in September 1916; the payment would go to his widow, Mary.

Sgt. Ephraim Smith

Thursday 11th September 1919

Payment of a £5 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Roy Sayles (see 5^th October 1916) who had been killed in action on 29^th July; the payment would go to his father, George Henry.

A payment of £23 14s. 10d., including a war gratuity of £20, was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Tom Swales (see 21^st March), who had been killed in March 1918; the payment would go to his mother, Grace.

Pte. Tom Swales

Wednesday 10th September 1919

CSM Albert Blackburn DCM (see 5^th June), who had been transferred to Class Z in March, was granted an Army pension on account of his wounds; he would receive 10s. 8d. per week, to be reviewed after ten months.

Payment of a £5 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late 2Lt. Geoffrey Raymond Palmer (see 1^st November 1916), who had been killed in action in July 1916.

2Lt. Geoffrey Raymond Palmer

Payment of an £8 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Tom Clarkson (see 5^th July 1916) who had been killed in action on 5^th July 1916. The payment would go to his widow, Grace Brown; since Tom Clarkson’s death, she had re-married, in early 1917, to Albert Brown.

Payment of an £8 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late L.Cpl. Trevor Roseberry Haigh (see 11^th October 1916) who had been killed in action in July 1916; the payment would go to his mother, Elizabeth.

Payment of an £11 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. James Mullock (see 3^rd March 1918), who had been killed in action on 17^th October 1917; the payment would go to his widowed mother, Alice.

Tuesday 9th September 1919

L.Cpl. John William Kirby (see 26^th June), serving with 8^th Yorks. and Lancs. at Fiume, departed on two weeks’ leave to England. However, on the expiry of his period of leave he would not return to his Battalion but would instead remain in England.

Payment of a £12 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Ernest Balmforth (see 15^th March 1917) who had been killed in action in September 1916; the payment would go to his father, William.

Payment of an £8 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Herbert Rooke (see 8^th March 1917), who had been killed in action in October 1916; the payment would go to his widow, Jane.

Pte. Herbert Rooke

Monday 8th September 1919

L.Cpl. John Jackson (19555) (see 27^th August), serving with 8^th Yorks. and Lancs. at Fiume, was reported as ‘absent from his billet from 9pm until 9.30pm’; he would be ordered to be deprived of seven days’ pay.

Payment of an £11 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Sgt. Arthur Bearpark (see 27^th March 1917) who had been killed in action in October 1916; the payment would go to his father, William.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Harry Briggs (16040) (see 29^th September 1916), who had been killed in action in March; the payment would go to his widow, Ada.

Payment of an £11 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. John Smith (13487) (see 5^th December 1916), who had died of wounds in May 1916; the payment would go to his mother, Priscilla.

Sunday 7th September 1919

A/Sgt. L.Cpl. Fred Oldroyd (see 24^th August), L.Cpl. Charles Sidney Taylor (see 24^th August) and Ptes. Walter Clarke (see 24^th August), Walter Gee Wardley (see 24^th August) and Herbert John Wicks (see 24^th August), who had returned to England after serving with 8^th Yorks. and Lancs. at Fiume, were demobilized from the Dispersal Centre at Ripon.

Saturday 6th September 1919

L.Cpl. Herman Tutty (see 26^th August) and Ptes. Henry Fielding (see 10^th March), Joseph Hartley (see 26^th August), Lancelot Johnson (see 11^th May) and John Chadwick Taylor (see 7^th July )serving with 8^th Yorks. and Lancs. at Fiume, completed and signed their ‘Statement as to Disability’ forms prior to being posted to England for demobilization. They would depart for England within days, though the precise date is unknown. 

Payment of an £8 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Claude Smith Slater (see 9^th October 1916), who had died of wounds in July 1916. The payment would go to his widowed mother, Annie.

Pte. Claude Smith Slater

Friday 5th September 1919

Writing from no.58 Prisoner of War Camp at Ross-on-Wye, where he was serving as adjutant to the Commandant of the Camp, Lt. John William Headings (see 7^th March), wrote to the Infantry Record Office in York, asking for copies of the warrants promoting him Warrant Officer Class II & I.

The three Headings brothers, from left to right, James Lawrence, John William (standing) and Henry George.

Thursday 4th September 1919

Pte. Tom Clay (see 15^th August), serving with 8^th Yorks. and Lancs. at Fiume, was recorded as having been posted to Budapest; the nature and details of this posting are unknown.

Sgt. Joseph Patrick Melvin (see 18^th July), serving in France with 2^nd/4^th DWR, was posted back to England.

Pte. James Austin (see 26^th August), who had been posted back to England for demobilization from 1034 Employment Company at Arquata Scrivia, was admitted to the Military Hospital, Endell Street, Covent Garden, London, suffering from debility.

Capt. Rev. Hugh Wilfrid Todd (see 3^rd June), who had served on a temporary commission as Battalion Chaplain from June 1917, had his commission converted to a permanent post as an Army Chaplain.

Cpl. Cecil Stanley Pitblado (see 26^th March 1918), serving in England with the Military Provost Staff Corps, was formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.

A further payment, of £32 6s. 7d., was authorised, including a gratuity of £14 10s., being the amount due in pay and allowances to the late L.Cpl. Ernest Pearson MM (see 9^th May) who had been killed in action on 27^th October 1918; the payment would go to his widow, Sarah.

Wednesday 3rd September 1919

Sgt. Arthur Manks (see 11^th June), on attachment from 3DWR to a Prisoner of War camp at East Boldon near Sunderland, was awarded a war gratuity of £31 10s.

There was a revision of the pension award which had been made to L.Cpl. Joseph Simpson (see 22^nd February), who had been transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z in February. He was now re-assessed as having suffered a 30% disability, based upon both his wounds and ‘valvular disease of the heart’; his weekly pension was increased from 8s. 3d. to 15s., to be reviewed after one year.



There was a revision of the pension award which had been made to Pte. Myers Atkinson (see 11^th February), who had been discharged from the Army having had his left leg amputated below the knee. He was now reassessed as having suffered a 50% disability and and his pension was increased from 13s. 9d. per week to £1 11s. 9d.. Myers Atkinson had returned to Shipley, where he would later work as a nightwatchman; he would die in 1960, aged 74.

An Army Medical Board reviewed the case of Pte. Frank Easterby (see 5^th March 1919), who had been discharged from the Army as no longer physically fit for service on account of his wounds in March; he was now to be allowed an additional 5s. per week allowance to take account of his wife as a dependent.
Payment of a £6 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. William Henry Jowett (see 25^th May 1916), who had been killed in action in March 1916; the payment would go to his mother, Nancy Jowett.

Payment of a £6 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Edward Tetlow (see 26^th December 1916), who had been killed in June whilst attached to 181^st Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers; the payment would go to his mother, Eliza.

Tuesday 2nd September 1919

Pte. Ernest Mudd (see 8^th May), who was serving at the Regimental Depot in Halifax, was granted a war gratuity of £17 10s..

Pte. Robert Ellis Clayton (see 9^th July), who had been absent without leave from the Labour Corps, for the previous two months, was apprehended by the police in Keighley; he would be convicted by a District Court Martial and sentenced to eight weeks’ detention.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Arthur Edward Holmes (see 7^th November 1916), who had been killed in action in July 1916; the payment would go to his father Edward.