Friday 17th October 1919

Pte. William Sam Aldrich (see 16^th December 1917) was posted back to England; it would appear that he had been ill but the details of his illness and treatment are unknown.

Pte. Albert William Knight (see 15^th June), who had been serving with 2/6^th DWR, was formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.

Ptes. Walker North and Walter Simpson (32054) were formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z; in the absence of surviving service records I am unable to make a positive identification of either of these men nor to establish when they joined 10DWR or any details of their military service.

Payment of a £5 10s. 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 mother, Rosanna.

Payment of a £5 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Fred Brown (see 28^th December 1917), who had been killed in action in June 1917; the payment would go to his mother, Alice Ann.

Pte. Fred Brown

Payment of a £12 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Tom Greenwood (see 25^th December 1917), who had been killed in action in June 1917; the payment would go to his mother, Alice.

Pte. Tom Greenwood

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Ernest Smith (25187) (see 13^th May 1918), who had been killed in action on 20^th September 1917; the payment would go to his widow, Marian.


Payment of a £7 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Herbert Ernest Sutcliffe (see 10^th May 1917), who had been killed in October 1916; the payment would go to his widow, Hannah.