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Saturday 26 October 2019

Monday 27th October 1919


Pte. Harry Mawson (see 11th October 1918) was formally discharged from the Army as no longer physically fit for service on account of wounds; he was assessed as having suffered a 10% but the details of any ension award are unknown.

Payment of a £10 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late L.Cpl William Rawnsley, MM (see 7th July) who had died of wounds in November 1916; the payment would go to his father, Kendal.

Payment of an £8 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Charlie Branston (see 28th August 1918) who had been killed in action in October 1916; the payment would go to his mother, Hannah.
Pte. Charlie Branston
Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Harold Illingworth Cawthra (see 22nd August 1917) who had been killed in action in May 1917; the payment would go to his father, Joseph.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Joe Dyson (see 10th December 1917), who had been killed in action on 23rd May 1917; the payment would go to his widow, Maud.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Arthur Heeley (see 7th November 1917), who had died of wounds on 12th June 1917; the payment would go to his mother, Sarah.

Payment of an £8 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Walter Lingwood (see 12th February 1917) who had died of wounds in October 1916; the payment would go to his mother, Mrs. Rose Cunningham.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Arthur Prestwood (see 18th March 1918), who had died of wounds on 22nd September 1917; the payment would go to his widow, Elsie. Early in 1920 Elsie Prestwood would marry Charles Brown.


Payment of a £5 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Donald Stewart (see 31st December 1917), who had been killed in action in June 1917 while serving with 69th Machine Gun Company, Machine Gun Corps; the payment would go to his mother, Sarah Jane.

Payment of a £5 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Samuel Wilson (see 14th January 1918), who had been killed in action on 7th June 1917; the payment would go to his mother, Annie.


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