Pte. Charles Sidney Skelton (see 3rd June 1918) was formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z; having suffered ‘D.A.H.’ (D.A.H. was Disordered Action of the Heart' otherwise known as 'Soldier's Heart' or 'Effort Syndrome') during service he would be assessed as having a less than 20% disability and would be awarded an Army pension of 5s. 6d. per week.
Pte. John Henry Reynolds was formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z; in the absence of a surviving service record I am not able to make a positive identification of this men nor to establish when he joined 10DWR or any details of his military service.
The Infantry Records Office in York wrote to both Cpl. Stanley Arthur Bones (see 28th February) and Pte. Herbert Smith MM (11837) (see 24th March) in regard to the presentation of gallantry awards. Pte. Smith requested simply that his Military Medal be delivered to him, whereas Cpl. Bones requested a public ceremony for the presentation of his Croce de Guerra. In reply to Cpl. Bones, the Record Office would state that “Up to the present I have only received the Diploma which accompanies the award. When the decoration itself is received you will be communicated with again regarding the presentation of the same”.
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