Monday 1st December 1919

Ptes. Thomas Henry Bennett (see 14^th September), Tom Clay (see 4^th September), Joseph Harpin (see 14^th September) and James Frederick Palmer (see 14^th September), who had been serving on attachment from 8^th Yorks. and Lancs. at Scutari (modern day Uskudar) in Istanbul, were posted back to England for demobilization.


A partial payment was made of the war gratuity due in respect of the late CSM James Davis MM (see 6^th May 1918), who had died of wounds in June 1917; his widow, Charlotte, who had re-married and was now Mrs. Charlotte Preskey, would receive £6 10s. The reason why the balance, of £13, would remain, as yet, unpaid, is unknown.

CSM James Davis MM

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Payment of a £9 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late L.Cpl. Smith Hesselden (see 29^th January), who had died of wounds in July 1918; the payment would go to his widow, Lily.

Payment of a £9 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Fred Ainley (see 4^th December 1917) who had been killed in the German shelling of Ypres in January 1917; the payment would go to his mother, Emma.

Payment of a £13 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. George Bentley (see 30^th January), who had been killed in action in October 1917; the payment would go to his widow, Daisy.

Payment of a £6 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Leonard Watling (see 17^th June), who had died of wounds in October 1917; the payment would go to his grandmother and legatee, Ann Eliza Debenham.

Payment of a £6 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Walter Kenyon Whitehead (see 13^th February 1918) who had been killed in action in September 1917; the payment would go to his executors, his father William and his married sister, Alice Arguile.

Sunday 30th November 1919

Pte. Arthur Schofield (see 29^th October 1918) was formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.

The sentence of two years’ imprisonment with hard labour, which had been imposed on Pte. John Bayliss (see 20^th August) in December 1918 for having been found sleeping whilst on sentry duty, was formally remitted by the military authorities in Italy.

Saturday 29th November 1919

Pte. Robert Ellis Clayton (see 10^th November), who had been serving with the Labour Corps, was discharged from the Army.

Payment of a £9 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late L.Cpl. Leonard Mustill (see 18^th October 1918), who had died of wounds in June 1918; the payment would go to his mother, Mary Ann.

Friday 28th November 1919

Pte. Charles Clear (see 9^th May), serving with the 2^nd Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment at Kirkee Barracks, Colchester, was reported as having been ‘late falling in on parade’; he would be confined to barracks for four days.

Payment of a £10 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Sgt. Luke Dawson (see 23^rd July 1918), who had been killed in action in September 1917; the payment would go to his mother, Sarah.

Sgt. Luke Dawson (standing right)

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Payment of a £6 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Cpl. John Henry Hitchin (see 16^th October 1918), who had been killed in the sinking of the troopship HMS Aragon in December 1917; the payment would go to his father, John.

Cpl. John Henry Hitchin

Payment of a £15 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Cpl. Joseph Smith (12748) MM (see 24^th April 1918), who had been killed in action in October 1917; the payment would go to his father, Thomas.

Payment of a £12 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Wilfred Cornelius Allott (see 11^th April), who had been killed in action in September 1917; the payment would go to his mother, Grace.

Payment of an £18 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Walter Limmer (see 31^st March), who had died of wounds in September 1918; the payment would go to his widow, Alice.

Pte. Walter Limmer

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Payment of an £8 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Stanley Arthur Lucas (see 15^th April), who had been killed in action in September 1917; the payment would go to his father, Arthur.


Payment of an £8 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Clifford George Unwin (see 31^st May 1917) who had been killed in action in July 1916; the payment would be divided equally between his married sister, Blanche McEnnerney, and Miss Ivy Brayshaw, who may have been his ‘sweetheart’.

Pte. Clifford George Unwin

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. John (Jack) Williams (see 10^th April 1918), who had died of wounds in September 1917; the payment would go to his mother, Elizabeth. 

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Joseph Henry Woodcock (see 8^th April 1918), who had died of wounds on 30^th September 1917; the payment would go to his widow, Ethel.

Thursday 27th November 1919

Sgt. Arthur Manks (see 11^th June), on attachment from 3DWR to a Prisoner of War camp at East Boldon near Sunderland, was posted to the Dispersal Centre at Ripon for demobilization.

Payment of a £16 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Sgt. Charles Robert Scarber (see 31^st March), who had died from pneumonia in September 1918; the payment would go to his mother, Mary Anne.

Payment of a £5 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. George William Cook (see 19^th December 1917), who had been killed in action in June 1917; the payment would go to his father, John.

Payment of a £9 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Harry Exley (see 24^th June 1918), who had been killed in action in November 1917 while serving with 2^nd/6^th DWR; the payment would go to his brother, John.

Payment of an £18 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Ernest Haslam (see 18^th September), who had been killed in action in June 1918; the payment would go to his father, Henry.

Payment of a £5 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. William James Horne (see 4^th September 1918) who had been killed in action in October 1917; the payment would go to his widow, Agnes.

Payment of a £9 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Harry Robinson (see 6^th June), who had died of wounds in July 1918; the payment would go to his widow, Edith.

Wednesday 26th November 1919

Pte. James William Kershaw MM (12519; 60065) (see 14^th November) was formally discharged from the Army on grounds of sickness. A medical examination carried out in Halifax assessed him as having suffered less than 20% disability which was likely to last for less than six months and therefore ineligible for an Army pension. His condition was summarised as follows: “1. Frost bite (1914); nothing abnormal detected in feet now, all movements perfect. 2. Gas poisoning (1915); complains of shortness of breath, lungs clear, heart normal. 3. Gunshot wound, right leg (1916); through and through. Entrance irregular oval pear 1” inner side calf, non adherent. Exit similar scar adherent to fascia 2 ½“ behind outside scar. Some loss of muscle tissue, no bone or nerve lesion, walks well.”

Payment of a £16 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Sgt. Norman Wilson (see 28^th March 1918) who had been killed in action in October 1917; the payment would go to his father, Joseph. Sgt. Wilson’s brother, Pte. Harold Kershaw Wilson, 21^st West Yorks., had also been killed in action, on 26^th April 1918.

Payment of a £13 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. John Buckley (see 6^th September 1918), who was presumed dead having been officially missing in action since September 1917; the payment would go to his mother, Sarah.

Payment of a £9 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Edwin Isherwood (see 10^th October 1918), who had been killed in action in October 1916; the payment would go to his mother, Hannah.

Pte. Edwin Isherwood

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Payment of a £9 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. John Edward Scott (see 14^th October 1918) who had been killed in action in March 1918 while serving with 2^nd/7^th DWR; the payment would go to his widow, Ethel.

Tuesday 25th November 1919

Pte. Charles Knight (see 13^th September) was officially transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late L.Cpl. Luther Pickles (see 17^th July 1918) who had killed in action in June 1917; the payment would go to his widow, Lily.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Joseph Bernstein (see 8^th February 1918), who had been killed in action in June 1917; the payment would go to his father, Aaron.

Payment of a £12 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Edwin Kenyon (see 26^th August) who had been killed in action in August 1918; the payment would go to his widow, May.

Pte. Edwin Kenyon

Payment of a £3 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. John Joseph Walker (see 16^th April 1918) who had been killed in action in September 1917; the payment would go to his mother, Sarah.

Monday 24th November 1919

Payment of an £11 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Cpl. Joseph Robinson (see 8^th May), who had been killed in action in June 1918; the payment would go to his father, John.

Cpl. Joseph Robinson

Payment of a £5 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Willie Dracup (see 2^nd April 1918), who had been killed in action in October 1917; the payment would go to his father, Harry.

Payment of a £4 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Archibald Kean (see 15^th April 1918), who had been killed in action in September 1917; the payment would go to his widow, Annie.

Sunday 23rd November 1919

Sgt. Rowland Firby (see 19^th September), who had been serving with 13DWR, was formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.

Pte. James Austin (see 25^th October) was formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z; his claim for an Army pension on grounds of ‘debility’ was rejected.

Saturday 22nd November 1919

A/Sgt. Fred Greenwood MM (24522) (see 29^th August), who had been serving with 505^th Prisoner of War Company at San Bonifacio, was posted to England for demobilization.

Cpl. Arthur William Stobart (see 2^nd August), who had been serving with the Base Salvage Depot at Arquata Scrivia, was posted to England for demobilization.

Pte. George William Ball (see 6^th October), who had been serving with the Military Foot Police at Arquata Scrivia, was posted to England for demobilization.

Pte. Edward Smitham, the eldest son of Sgt. George Edward Smitham (see 20^th June), serving with 83^rd Company, Labour Corps in France, departed on two weeks’ leave to England.

Payment of a £21 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late CSM Joseph Bona (see 22^nd April 1918), who had been killed in action in October 1917; the payment would go to his father, Thomas.

Payment of a £7 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. John Robert Camm (see 22^nd July 1919), who had been killed in action in September 1917; the payment would go to his father, George.

Payment of a £6 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Henry Leech (see 29^th April 1918), who had been killed in action in October 1917; the payment would go to his widow, Harriett.

Friday 21st November 1919

Ptes. Arthur Hodgson (see 6^th May 1917), Henry Holroyd (see 31^st October 1917), John Roebuck (see 1^st June) and Pte. Lewis Walton (see 5^th July), serving with 1DWR in India, embarked onboard the City of Sparta at Karachi to travel to England for demobilization.

Lt. John Charles Brison Redfearn (see 9^th February) formally relinquished his commission on grounds of ill health.

Payment of a £15 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Sgt. John Thomas Hall MM (see 14^th November 1917) who had been killed in action in May 1917; the payment would go to his father, John.

Payment of a £16 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Cpl. Arthur Boorman (see 10^th July 1918), who had died in February 1918; the payment would go to his widow, Edith.

Payment of a £13 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Herbert Briggs (see 26^th April 1918), who had been killed in action in October 1917; the payment would go to his father, Robert.

Payment of a £3 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Henry Harry Jolly (see 24^th February), who had been killed in action in September 1917; the payment would go to his widow, Ada, in spite of the fact that she had been declared ineligible for an Army pension.

Pte. Henry Harry Jolly

Payment of a £9 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Kit Ralph (see 30^th April 1917) who had been killed in action in October 1916; the payment would go to his sister, Kate.

Pte. Kit Ralph

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Gnr. George Thistlethwaite (see 21^st February), who had died of wounds in February 1918; the payment would go to his father, John.

Gnr. George Thistlethwaite

Thursday 20th November 1919

Payment of a £28 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late 2Lt. Albert Edgar Palmer (see 22^nd February), who had been killed in action in September 1918 while serving in France with 8^th West Yorks; the payment would go to his widow, Clara.


Payment of an £8 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late L.Cpl. Thomas Hodson (see 14^th March) who had been killed in action in July 1916; the payment would go to his stepmother, Mary.

Payment of a £4 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Frank Beaumont (see 4^th December 1917) who had been killed in action in June 1917; the payment would go to his father, Charles. 

Payment of a £4 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. William Henry Gray (see 17^th March) who had been killed in action in March 1918 while serving in France with 2^nd/7^th DWR; the payment would go to his mother, Sarah.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. George Edward Hickson (see 14^th January 1918), who had been killed in action in September 1917; the payment would go to his father, Frederick.

Payment of a £14 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Stanley Peace (see 21^st May 1918), who had died of wounds in September 1917; the payment would go to his mother, Mary Ann.

Payment of a £17 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. James Tuddenham, known to all as ‘Tudd’ (see 31^st August 1918), who had been killed in action in April 1918 while serving with 1^st/6^th DWR; the payment would go to his mother, Elizabeth.

Pte. James Tuddenham

Payment of a £5 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Walter Pedley (see 24^th June 1918), who had been killed in action in November 1917 while serving with 2/7^th DWR; the payment would go to his widow, Edith.

Payment of a £13 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. William John Williamson (see 29^th March 1918) who had been killed in action in October 1917; the payment would go to his mother, Mary.

Pte. William John Williamson

A Bible, which was the only outstanding item from the personal effects of the late Pte. Joseph Henry Haywood (see 12^th May) who had died from influenza and broncho-pneumonia in October 1918, was sent to his widow, Edith.

Wednesday 19th November 1919

Pte. Thomas Henry Cox (25806) (see 12^th October), who was serving at the Base Depot at Arquata Scrivia, was posted back to England for demobilization.

Maj. Robert Harwar Gill DSO (see 7^th October), who had been under treatment at 3^rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth for the wounds he had suffered in October 1918, was granted two months’ leave, on the expiry of which he was to return to hospital.

Maj. Robert Harwar Gill DSO

A/CQMS John William Baird (see 21^st April) was formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.

Pte. Wilson Sunderland was also formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z; he was a 33 year-old dyers’ labourer from Bradford and was married with one child. In the absence of a surviving service record I am unable to establish when he had joined 10DWR or any details of his military service.

Payment of a £17 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Sgt. George Thomas Bates (see 20^th August 1918), who had died in November 1917 while serving with 32^nd Company, Labour Corps; the payment would go to his widow, Emily.

Payment of an £11 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Sgt. Wilfred Blackburn (see 20^th January 1917), who had been killed in action in July 1916. The payment would go to his next of kin, his married sister, Mrs. Jessie Kendall.

Sgt. Wilfred Blackburn

Payment of a £5 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late L.Cpl. Arthur Dyson MM (see 11^th October 1918), who had been presumed dead having been officially missing in action since 17^th October 1917; the payment would go to his father, William.

Payment of a £14 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late L.Cpl. Arthur Charles Elkington MM (see 20^th March 1918), who had been killed in action in September 1917; the payment would go to his widow, Ellen.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Joseph Honeyble (see 20^th March 1918) who had died of wounds in October 1917; the payment would go to his widow, Rose.


Payment of an £8 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. William Munro (see 25^th August 1917), who had been killed in action in July 1916; the payment would go to his father, Daniel.

Payment of a £5 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Peter James Sheehan (see 18^th March 1918) who had been killed in action in October 1916; the payment would go to his father, Michael.

Payment of a £6 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Ernest Varley (see 18^th May 1916) who had been killed in action in March 1916. The payment would be divided equally between his brothers, James and Joseph.

Tuesday 18th November 1919

Pte. Israel Burnley (see 28^th January), who had been transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z in January, had his claim for an Army pension rejected on the grounds that he had suffered no disability.

Payment of an £11 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Sgt. John Hartley (see 1^st May 1917), who had been killed in action in October 1916; the payment would go to his father, Watson.

Sgt. John Hartley

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Henry Cox (see 10^th April 1918), who had been killed in action in September 1917; the payment would go to his mother, Eunice Smith.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. William Stanley Davies (see 26^th March 1918), who had died of wounds in September 1917; the payment would go to his father, David.

Pte. William Stanley Davies

Payment of a £3 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. John William Hebb (see 2^nd April 1918), who had been killed in action in September 1917; the payment would go to his widow, Mary.

Pte. John William Hebb

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Walter Horne (see 1^st October 1917), who had been killed in action in June 1917; the payment would go to his father, Joseph.

Payment of a £15 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Walter Robinson (14753) (see 8^th October 1918), who had been killed in action in December 1917 while serving with 1^st/6^th DWR in France; the payment would go to his father, Albert.

Pte. Walter Robinson (14753)

Payment of a £4 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Alfred Spencer (see 8^th June), who had been officially ‘missing in action’ since September 1917 and was now presumed dead; the payment would go to his widow, Selena.

Pte. Alfred Spencer

Monday 17th November 1919

Payment of a £17 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Sgt. Ernest Nussey (see 27^th March 1918), who had been killed in action in September 1917; the payment would go to his father, Thomas.

Sgt. Ernest Nussey

Payment of a £14 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Cpl. William Henry Scott (see 5^th December 1917), who had died of wounds in June 1917; the payment would go to his widow, Susannah.

Cpl. William Henry Scott

Payment of a £14 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Joseph Crabtree (see 20^th November 1917), who had died of wounds in November 1917 while serving with 2^nd/5^thDWR; the payment would go to his sole legatee, Mrs. Charlotte Wilkinson.

Image by kind permission of Andy Wade and MenOfWorth

Payment of a £5 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. William Currey (see 28th March 1917) who had been killed in action in October 1916; the payment would go to his brother, Charles.

Payment of a £14 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. John Driver (see 11^th May 1918), who had been killed in action in October 1917; the payment would go to his widow, Mabel.

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Payment of a £9 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. William Greenwood (see 5^th February), who had been killed in action in May 1917 while serving with 2DWR; the payment would go to his his mother, Sarah Ann.

Payment of a £14 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. George King (16475) (see 10^th May 1918), who had been killed in action in October 1917; the payment would go to his married sister, Elizabeth S. Green.

Payment of a £4 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Ernest Needham (see 30^th August 1918), who had been officially presumed killed in action since September 1917; the payment would go to his father, Matthew.

Payment of a £14 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Herbert Ridley (see 10^th October) who had been killed in action in March 1918 while serving in France with 5DWR; the payment would go to his widow, Ellen.

Payment of a £4 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Edwin Waterworth (see 18^th February 1918) who had been killed in action in September 1917 while attached to 69^th Brigade Trench Mortar Battery; the payment would go to his cousin and sole legatee, Mrs. Ada Smith.

Sunday 16th November 1919

Sgt. John Stephenson (see 29^th March) and Pte. Fred Clayton (see 9^th October) who had served with 505^th Prisoner of War Company in Italy, were formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.

Saturday 15th November 1919

Pte. John Oldfield Greenwood (see 31^st July), who had been serving in France with 301 Prisoner of War Company, was formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.

Payment of a £15 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Sgt. George Peacock (see 22^nd January 1918), who had died of wounds in June 1917; the payment would go to his mother, Jane.

Sgt. George Peacock

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Payment of a £13 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Sgt. Herbert Veal (see 2^nd May 1917) who had died of wounds following the German shelling of the Battalion billets in Ypres in January 1917; the payment would go to his mother, Sarah.

Payment of an £11 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Arthur Cawley (see 14^th May 1918), who had been killed in action in October 1917; the payment would go to his mother, Mary.

Payment of a £14 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Joseph William Henley (see 24^th April 1918) who had been killed in action in October 1917; the payment would go to his widow, Lilian.

Payment of a £3 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Lewis Lunn (see 8^th April 1918), who had died of wounds in September 1917; the payment would go to his Gertrude, for herself and her son, Stanley.

Payment of a £4 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Clifford Mackrell (see 15^th November 1918), who had been officially missing in action since October 1917; the payment would go to his father, Samuel.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Harold Oliver (see 23^rd January 1918), who had been killed in action in September 1917; the payment would go to his mother, Martha.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Willie Priestley (see 15^th April 1918), who had been killed in action on 20^th September 1917; the payment would go to his widow, Lilian.

Payment of a £4 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Harry Stillwell (see 20^th March 1918), who had been killed in action in September 1917; the payment would go to his widow, Ada.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. John Richard Thornton (see 30^th May 1917) who had been killed in action in October 1916; the payment would go to his father, Ramoth.

Friday 14th November 1919

In Brighouse, Jane Elizabeth Kershaw, wife of Pte. James William Kershaw MM (12519; 60065) (see 10^th July), gave birth to the couple’s first child, a daughter, who would be named Esther Ann.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late L.Cpl. William Hemp (see 24^th May 1917) who had had died of wounds in November 1916; the payment would go to his mother, Miriam.

Payment of a £12 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. George Brook (see 7^th December 1917), who had been killed in action in June 1917; the payment would go to his widow, Maud.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Frederick Charles Davies (see 18^th January 1918), who had died of wounds in June 1917; the payment would be divided in equal shares between his sister, Emily and his grandmother, Martha.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Alfred Hirst (see 4^th September 1918), who had been presumed dead having been officially missing in action since September 1917; the payment would go to his mother, Elizabeth.

Payment of a £7 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Herbert Kitley (see 25^th April 1918) who had been killed in action in October 1917; the payment would go to his father, John.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. George Stinson (see 3^rd April 1918) who had been killed in action in September 1917; the payment would go to his mother, Betsy.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Thomas Henry Swift (see 5^th April 1918) who had been killed in action in September 1917; the payment would go to his father, Thomas.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Arthur Tempest (see 13^th June); the payment would go to his widow, Clara, who had re-married in January and was nowMrs. Petty.

Payment of a £6 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Harry Willey (see 24^th March), who had been officially missing in action since September 1917; the payment would be go to his brother, Jack.

Thursday 13th November 1919

Pte. John Henshall (see 26^th July), serving with 2DWR, was reported as on a charge of ‘Neglect of duty; ie absent off his post after having been posted as sentry’; he would placed under ‘open arrest’ and would be ordered to undergo 14 days’ detention.

Lt. Andrew Aaron Jackson (see 22^nd August), who had been in England since having been wounded in August 1918, formally relinquished his commission on grounds of ill health caused by his wounds.

Payment of a £6 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Fred Hargreaves (20214) (see 1^st November 1918), who had been officially missing in action since 1^st October 1917; the payment would go to his widow, Phyllis.

Payment of an £18 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. George Hartell (see 28^th February 1918), who had been killed in action on 20^th September 1917; the payment would go to his mother, Edith.

Payment of a £11 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. George Holmes (15231) (see 19^th November 1917), who had died of wounds in June 1917; the payment would go to his sister and sole legatee, Elizabeth Williams.

Payment of a £4 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Stanley Roebuck Hutton (see 23^rd March 1918), who had been killed in action in September 1917; the payment would go to his widow, Mary Alice.

Payment of a £4 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. David Lindsay (see 2^nd May 1918), who had died of wounds in September 1917; the payment would go to his widow, Esther.

Payment of a £4 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late L.Cpl. James Lister Petty (see 4^th April 1918), who had been killed in action in September 1917. Although Petty had been a married man, the payment would go to his executor, Arthur Telford Smith.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Arthur Thornton (see 8^th April 1918) who had been killed in action in September 1917; the payment would go to his widow, Edith.

Wednesday 12th November 1919

A pension award was made in the case of the Pte. Thomas Laytham (see 23^rd May), who had been been discharged to the Army Reserve Class Z in March; he was diagnosed as suffering from ‘orchitis, traumatic’ (inflammation of the testicles, due to injury) and, being considered to have suffered a temporary 20% disability, was awarded 5.s 6d. per week, for one year only. 

A package of personal effects belonging to the late Pte. Matthew Henry Jubb (see 1st November), who had died of wounds behind German lines in April 1918, while serving with 1^st/4^th DWR, was despatched to his widow; the parcel comprised of “wallet, photos, letters”.

Payment of an £8 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late L.Sgt. Albert Bradley (see 8^th Jaunary 1918), who had died of wounds in October 1917; the payment would go to his mother, Elizabeth.

Payment of an £11 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Albert Edward Dury (see 6^th April 1918) who had been killed in action in October 1916; the payment would go to his mother, Sarah.

Tuesday 11th November 1919

Lt. George Clifford Sugden MC (see 24^th February) and 2Lt. Christopher Longstaff (see 8^th November) were formally released from military service.

2Lt. Christopher Longstaff

Pte. John Kelly (18983; 60001) DCM (see 28^th February) was formally discharged from the Army on account of wounds suffered in action (details unknown).

Cpl. Stanley Arthur Bones (see 18^th October) wrote to the Infantry Records Office in York regarding the presentation of the Croix de Guerre which he had been awarded, “I have waited to hear from you for several months but have heard nothing further. As stated, I should prefer my medal to be presented to me in public, but, as I may be leaving Colchester at the end of the present year, I trust the matter may have your attention as soon as possible. Kindly let me hear from you by return informing me when the presentation can be fixed”. The response of the Infantry Records Office and the outcome are unknown.

A payment of £5 18s. 9d. was authorised, being the amount due in pay and allowances to the late Pte. Joe Anderson (see 1^st March 1918), who had died of wounds in September 1917; the payment would go to his widow, Edith.

Payment of a £13 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. William Denby (see 10^th January 1918), who had been killed in action in September 1917; the payment would be divided equally between his father, William, and his “friend, Mrs. Ellen Brogen”.

Pte. William Denby

Image by kind permission of Andy Parker

Payment of a £7 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Clifford Gough (see 23^rd January 1918), who had been killed in action in September 1917; the payment would go to his mother, Margaret.

Payment of an £8 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Harry Hancock (see 30^th April 1918), who had been killed in action in September 1917; the payment would go to his father, Samuel.

Payment of a £7 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Amos Oddy (see 9^th April 1918), who had been killed in action in September 1917; the payment would go to his father, Simeon.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Henry Richardson Oddy (see 3^rd April 1918), who had been killed in action in September 1917; the payment would go to his mother, Eleanor.

Payment of a £13 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Harold Shaw (12758) (see 4^th April 1918), who had been killed in action in September 1917; the payment would go to his mother, Martha.

Monday 10th November 1919

Pte. James Slinger (see 21^st October), serving with 8^th Yorks. and Lancs. at Crowborough, was examined by an Army Medical Board. He was claiming an Army pension on the grounds that he “Had teeth extracted at Fiume and Malta but, owing to movement of the Battalion and rapid demobilization, dentures could not be obtained”. The Board found that, if dentures were provided, he would have suffered no disability; he was therefore recommended for further dental treatment but his pension appeal was rejected.

Pte. Robert Ellis Clayton (see 2^nd September), was released from detention having completed his sentence for having been absent without leave from the Labour Corps; whilst in detention he had spent two weeks in hospital, being treated for gonorrhoea.

Ptes. Harry Bailey (25198) (see 12^th September) and Charley Culley (see 12^th September), who had both been in England since September, after serving with 8^th Yorks. and Lancs. at Fiume, were formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.

Payment of a £14 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Cpl. George Herbert Moody (see 23^rd March 1918), who had been killed in action in September 1917; the payment would go to his widow, Annie.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Harry Bradshaw (see 12^th July), who had been killed in action in September 1917; the payment would go to his father, Harry.

Payment of a £5 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Joshua Crossley (see 2^nd November 1917) who had died from measles and pneumonia while in training in November 1914; the payment would go to his mother, Mary. It is unclear why this payment was authorised as in other cases where men had served for less than six months it was determined that they were therefore ineligible for a war gratuity. This was the case with Ptes. Harold Greenhow (see 5^th July 1915) and Walter Isherwood (see 11th October 1918), both of whom had also died whilst in training in the Autumn of 1914.

Pte. Joshua Crossley

Payment of a £3 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. John William Hardcastle (see 24^th December 1917) who had been killed in action in June 1917; the payment would go to his widow, Ellen. Early in 1921 she would re-marry and become Mrs. Nelson.

Payment of a £6 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Thomas Manuell (see 10^th April 1918) who had been killed in action in September 1917; the payment would go to his father, Joe.

Payment of a £13 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Frank Miller (see 19^th February), who had been officially ‘missing in action’ since October 1917; the payment would go to his mother, Mary.

Sunday 9th November 1919

Pte. Herbert Phillips (see 18^th February), who had been serving with 8^th Yorks. and Lancs., was formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.

Saturday 8th November 1919

2Lt. Christopher Longstaff (see 27^th March), serving in France with 17^th Prisoner of War Company, was posted to England for demobilzation.

2Lt. Christopher Longstaff

Payment of a £4 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late L.Cpl. Alfred Exley (see 22^nd April 1918), who had been killed in action in October 1917; the payment would go to his father, Joseph.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Arthur Greenwood (see 18^th April 1918), who had been killed in action in June 1917; the payment would go in equal shares to his married sister, Emily Robertshaw, and his half brother, James.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Walter Mallory (see 6^th March 1918), who had been killed in action in September 1917; the payment would go to his mother, Alice.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Clement Wilson (see 16^th March 1918), who had been killed in action in September 1917; the payment would go to his mother, Annise.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Samuel Woodhead (see 29^th November 1917) who had died of wounds in June 1917; the payment would go to his widow, Selina, who had re-married in June and was now Mrs. Smith.

Pte. Samuel Woodhead

Friday 7th November 1919

Payment of a £4 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Sgt. Alfred Chitty (see 14^th June 1918) who had been killed in action in July 1916; the payment would go to his widow, Edith.

A payment of £15 17s. 11d. was authorised, being the amount due in pay and allowances, including a war gratuity of £11, to the late L.Cpl. Arthur Clark MM (25966) (see 22^nd October), who had been officially missing in action since 26^th August 1918; the payment would go to his widow, Lilian.

Payment of a £4 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late L.Cpl. George William Foster (see 12^th February 1918) who had been killed in action in September 1917; the payment would go to his father, Holmes.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Benjamin Beaumont (known as Ben) (see 1^st October 1918), who had been killed in action in September 1917; the payment would go to his father, Benjamin.
Payment of a £5 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Francis John Bottomley (see 30^th May 1918), who had been killed in action in November 1917 while serving with 2/4^th DWR; the payment would go to his widow, Sarah.

Payment of a £5 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Joseph Clough (see 24^th May 1918), who had died of wounds in December 1917 while serving with 2^nd/7^th DWR; the payment would go to his widow, Mary.

Payment of a £3 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. John Coltman (see 15^th January 1918), who had been killed in action in June 1917; the payment would go to his mother, Elizabeth.

Payment of a £5 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Mark Ruckledge (see 30^th January 1918), who had been killed in action in July 1917; the payment would go to his widow, Sarah.

Thursday 6th November 1919

Pte. Joseph William Carter (see 21^st October), serving with 8^th Battalion Yorks. and Lancs. at Crowborough, was reported as “absent from tattoo roll call until 9.25pm; total absence 5 minutes”; he was ordered to be confined to barracks for three days.

Pte. Edwin John Collard (see 25^th April), who had been serving with the Royal Munster Fusilers, was formally discharged from the Army as no longer physically fit for service on account of “debility following operation for hernia”; he was assessed as having suffered 60% disability and was awarded an Army pension of £2 10s. 6d. per week.

Payment of a £14 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Cpl. Edward Woffindale (see 16^th October 1918), who had been killed in action in September 1917; the payment would go to his father, Henry.

Payment of a £13 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Joseph Dobson MM (see 11^th December 1918), who had died of wounds in September 1917; the payment would go to his father, Matthew. Although his dependants would not be awarded an Army pension, at some point (date unknown) his sister, Annie, would receive a gratuity payment of £27 6s.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. John Greenwood (see 27^th June 1917) who had died of wounds following German shelling of Ypres in January 1917; the payment would go to his brother, Harry.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Thomas Henry Hanson (see 31^st December 1917), who had been killed in action in June 1917; the payment would go to his widow, Sarah, who had recently re-married and was now Mrs. Leach.

Payment of a £5 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Albert Edward Lawton (see 5^th January 1917), who had been killed whilst on patrol in January 1916; the payment would go to his widow, Jane, who had recently re-married and was now Mrs. Galtross.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Luther Taylor (see 13^th February 1918), who had been killed in action in May 1917; the payment would go to his mother, Alice. She would also be awarded an Army pension (details unknown) in respect of both Luther and his younger brother, Arnold, who had been killed in action in August 1918.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Thomas Wilcock (see 6^th April 1918), who had been killed in action in September 1917; the payment would go to his widow, Ethel, who had re-married and was now Mrs. Griffin.