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Saturday 5 October 2019

Monday 6th October 1919


Pte. George William Ball (see 11th August), who was serving at Arquata Scrivia with the Military Foot Police, was reported for having been ‘in a cafĂ© (in Genoa) during prohibited hours’; he would be ordered to be deprived of three days’ pay.

L.Cpl. John Jackson (19555) (see13th September), serving in Malta with 8th Yorks. and Lancs., was admitted to hospital (cause unknown); he would be discharged and re-join his Battalion after five days.

Payment of an £8 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Francis Herbert Maltby (see 7th February 1917), who had been killed in action in July 1916; the payment would go to his widowed mother, Sarah.


Pte. Francis Herbert Maltby

Payment of a £9 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late L.Cpl. Willie Waggitt (see 5th April 1918), who had been killed at Le Sars in October 1916; the payment would go to his father, John.

L.Cpl. Willie Waggitt

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