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Thursday, 26 September 2019

Saturday 27th September 1919

Ptes. Harry Jackson (24186) (see 26th July), John Killerby (see 26th July), Ben Pedder MM (see 26th July) and Ernest Townsend (see 26th 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 7th 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 29th 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 18th October 1916) who had been killed in action in July 1916; the payment would go to his father, Isaac.

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