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.