Thursday 30th October 1919

L.Cpl. Henry Edgar Grass (see 19^th September), serving in India with 1DWR, embarked onboard the SS Sicilia at Karachi to return to England for demobilization.

Payment of a £7 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late L.Sgt. Fred Light Pashley (see 21^st November 1918), who had been presumed dead having been posted ‘missing in action’ on 20^th September 1917; there had been an exchange of correspondence regarding who should be the beneficiaries of his estate and the payment would go to his mother, Annie.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Cpl. Dennis Bradbury (see 15^th October 1917), who had been killed in action in June 1917; the payment would be divided evenly between his two married sisters, Edith Armitage and Emily Muschamp.

Payment of a £12 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Cpl. George Benson Heap (see 22^nd May 1918), who had been killed in action in May 1917; the payment would go to his mother, Annie.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Nicholson Braddock (see 30^th January 1918), who had been killed in action in September 1917; the payment would go to his mother, Ann.


Payment of a £14 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. John Arthur Cole (see 29^th May 1918), who had been killed in action in November 1917 while serving with 2^nd/6^th DWR; the payment would go to his mother, Jemima.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Henry Marshall (see 4^th December 1918), who had been killed in action in June 1917; the payment would go to his father, Samuel.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Harold Precious (see 8^th December 1918) who had died at the East Leeds War Hospital on 4^th July 1918, a month after having been wounded; the payment would go to his mother, Ann.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Hector Salembier (see 27^th November 1918), who had been killed in action in June 1917; Salembier’s father being French, the payment was to be made via the Consul General of France. However, the family’s application for an Army pension had been rejected.

Payment of an £8 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Harry Towell (see 6^th November 1918), who had been killed in action on 5^th July 1916; the payment would go to his mother, Mary.