Pte. John Thomas
Mason (see 13th September),
serving with 8th 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 10th June),
who had been serving with 3rd Yorks. and Lancs. at Rollestone Camp
on Salisbury Plain, was formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.
Pte. Frederick Thorn
(see 21st 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 3rd
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.
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| RQMS Frank Stephenson MSM |
Payment of an £8 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect
of the late Pte. Tom Ball (see 20th October 1916), who
had been killed in action on 5th 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 12th 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 20th December 1916),
who had been killed in action on 29th 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 10th November 1916),
who had died of wounds on 29th July 1916; the payment would go to
his mother, Elizabeth.
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| Image by kind permission of Andy Wade and MenofWorth |
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