1st - 30th November 1920

1^st November 1920

Walter Evans (see 31^st January 1919), who had been transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z in January 1919, enlisted on a three year term in the 10^th Battalion Manchester Regiment (Territorial Force); he was then living in Oldham and working as a labourer.

 

2^nd November 1920

A review of the pension award in the case of John Killerby (see 27^th September 1919), who had been transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z in September 1920, resulted in his assessed degree of disability being reduced to 30% and his pension being reduced to 12s. per week.

A review of the pension award in the case of William Sutcliffe Wood (see 11^th June 1917), who had been discharged from the Army as no longer physically fit for service on account of dysentery in June 1917, resulted in his assessed degree of disability being set at 50% and his pension being increased to £1 per week.

 

5^th November 1920

John Thomas Nunnington (see 12^th February 1919), wh had been transferred to the Army Reserve in February 1919, wrote the Dukes’ Regimental Depot regarding his medal entitlement: “Will you kindly inform me when I shall receive my medals which I am due to. I met a young fellow in the street the other day who had been issued with his service medals for the European War”. He would be informed that the medals would be despatched to him ‘with as little delay as possible’.

9th November 1920

A review of the pension award in the case of Harry Hinchliffe (see 6^th June 1918), who had been discharged from the Army on account of wounds in June 1918, resulted in his pension being reduced to 12s. per week.

 

10^th November 1920

Matthew Best (see 15^th December 1917), who had been discharged from the Army in November 1917, was awarded a one-off gratuity payment of £90 in lieu of any further pension payments.

 

A further review was carried out of the pension award made in respect of the late Pte. Harry Towell (see 30^th October 1919), who had been killed in action on 5^th July 1916; the pension granted to his mother, Mary, was reduced from 10s. per week, to 7s. 6d..

 

12^th November 1920

2Lt. Edgar Leyland Mills Lumb (see 6^th January 1919) relinquished his commission ‘on completion of service’; on the same date he was appointed to a commission as Second Lieutenant with 6^th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Territorial Army).

 

13^th November 1920

A review of the pension award in the case of Cyril Hollingsworth (see 14^th December 1918), who had been discharged from the Army in December 1919, resulted in his assessed degree of disability being reduced to less than 20% and his pension being reduced to 5s. 6d. per week.

 

16^th November 1920

CSM Albert Blackburn DCM (see 3^rd June), who had been discharged from the Army in March, was awarded a one-off gratuity payment of £63 15s. in lieu of any further pension payments.

 

18^th November 1920

A payment of £18 14s. 8d. was authorised, being the amount due in pay and allowances (including a war gratuity of £15 10s.) to the late Cpl. John Kennedy MM (see 26^th August 1918), who had been killed in action in August 1918; the payment would go to his mother, Frances. The reason for such a protracted delay in settling Cpl. Kennedy’s account is unknown.

 

22^nd November 1920

An official report by the Directorate of Graves Registration and Enquiries confirmed that the remains of the late Pte. Harry Clay (see 2^nd March), who had been killed in action on 26^th August 1918 while serving in France with 9DWR, had been recovered and had been reinterred at Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont.

 

23^rd November 1920

A review of the pension award in the case of Thomas William Woodcock (see 29^th June 1916), who had been discharged from the Army in June 1916, resulted in the amount of his weekly pension being increased from 8s. to 12s.

George Richard Goodchild MSM (see 3^rd June 1919), who had been transferred to the Army Reserve in January 1919 , wrote to the Infantry Records Office in York: “I note that, according to a supplement to the London Gazette just issued, annuities are payable to men who have been awarded the Meritorious Service Medal. I have received that award and should be obliged if you would be good enough to acquaint me with the conditions under which an annuity may be claimed”. The outcome of his enquiry is unknown.

 

24^th November 1920

A review of the pension award in the case of Harry Gordon Binns MM (see 30^th November 1918), who had been discharged from the Army in November 1918, resulted in his assessed degree of disability being revised to 30% and his pension being increased to 13s. per week.

 

26^th November 1920

The Pensions Officer at St. Dunstan’s Blinded Soldiers and Sailors Committee wrote to the Dukes’ Record Office on behalf of 2Lt. Billy Oldfield MM (see 13^th April 1919), who had been severely wounded and blinded in April 1918, requesting the issue of the 1915 Star medal to which he was entitled. In reply he was informed that, having been commissioned, 2Lt. Oldfield’s medal would be despatched direct from the War Office, rather than via the Regiment and, as such, any further enquiries should be directed to the War Office.

 

 

29^th November 1920

A review of the pension award made in respect of the late Pte. John Holden (12384) (see 8^th January) who had been killed in action in October 1916, resulted in the pension payable to his widow, Margaret Ann, being increased from £1 16s. 8d. to £2 1s. 10d. per week.

 

30^th November 1920

A pension award was authorised in respect of the late L.Cpl. Walter Blamires (see 22^nd September 1919), who had died of wounds in July 1916; his father, Joseph, was awarded 5s. per week.

21st - 31st October 1920

22^nd October 1920

John Henry Markham (see 30^th April 1919), who had been transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z in April 1919, was awarded a one-off gratuity payment of £35 in respect of a 1% disability which he had suffered whilst in service (details unknown). 

26^th October 1920

Majs. James Christopher Bull MC (see 19^th March) and William Norman Town (see 19^th March) formally relinquished their commissions ‘on completion of service’; both would retain the rank of Major.

Bertie Constantine (see 8^th November 1918), who had been discharged from the Army as no longer physically fit for service on account of his wounds in November 1918; was awarded a one-off gratuity payment of £45 10s. in lieu of any further pension payments.

A review of the pension award in the case of Percy France (see 16^th March 1919), who had been discharged from the Army in March 1919, resulted in his assessed level of disability being set at less than 20% and his weekly pension at 5s. 6d.

Ann Benson, mother of the late Pte. Fred Benson (see 15^th July 1920), who had been killed in action in July 1916, died. 

27^th October 1920

Billy Rawlinson (see 14^th May), who had been discharged from the Army as no longer physically fit for service on account of his wounds in July 1917) was married, at Burton-in-Lonsdale Parish Church, to Elizabeth Alice Edmondson.

Monday 31st August 1914

Herbert Montagu Soames Carpenter enlisted in the Honourable Artillery Company; within days he would be commissioned Second Lieutenant and would be posted to serve with the newly-formed 10^th Battalion Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment. He was 29 years old and a former member of the King’s College School Officer Training Corps and had served three years with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. He worked, for Messrs. Allcard & Co., as a clerk on the London Stock Exchange.

Herbert Montagu Soames Carpenter

Image by kind permission of Henry Bolton

Wednesday 20th October 1920

A review of the pension award in the case of William Murphy (see 22^nd October 1919), who had been discharged from the Army in December 1915, resulted in his weekly pension being reduced to £1 8s. per week.

Tuesday 19th October 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Monday 18th October 1920

Percy Cole (see 1^st October) wrote to the Infantry Record Office in York regarding his ‘Mons Star’ medal (actually a 1914-15 Star); “On July 17^th I returned you my Mons Star for alteration. Kindly let me know when I may expect this returned to me. I drew your attention to this matter about two months ago and you replied that it had been sent away for alteration but that you would forward it to me in short time”. Having received a reply he would write again on 22^nd October; “Your reply to my letter of 18^th inst. to hand. Please let me know when the War Office letter was issued giving instructions that all alterations to Mons Star and other medals are to be done in bulk. It seems strange that after three months delay this is the only explanation you can give me”.

A review of the pension award made in the case of Frank Revell (see 17^th March), who had been transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z in March 1919, resulted in his weekly pension being increased to 17s. per week.

The remains of the late Pte. Amos Oddy (see 11^th November 1919), identified by his ID disc, were recovered from an unmarked grave near Inverness Copse, east of Ypres; he had been killed in action in September 1917.

Sunday 17th October 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Saturday 16th October 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Friday 15th October 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Thursday 14th October 1920

The remains of Sgt. Norman Wilson (see 26^th November 1919) and Pte. John Driver (see 17^th November 1919), who had been killed in action in October 1917, were exhumed from separate battlefield graves east of Polygon Wood, near Ypres, and re-interred at Tyne Cot Cemetery. Both men had been identified by virtue of their Army paybooks, and, in Pte. Driver’s case, also by his identity disc.

Wednesday 13th October 1920

Walter Appleby (see 25^th October 1918), who had been discharged from the Army in October 1918, was married, at Keighley Parish Church, to Elizabeth Bowman.

A review of the pension award which had been made to Reginald Jerry Northin (see 29^th March), who had been discharged from the Army in March, resulted in his assessed degree of disability being revised to 40% and his weekly pension increased to 16s.

Tuesday 12th October 1920

A review of the pension award in the case of Harry Mawson (see 27^th October 1919), who had been formally discharged in 1919, resulted in his being awarded a one-off gratuity of £60 in lieu of any further pension payments.

Monday 11th October 1920

A review of the pension award in the case of Arthur Hall (see 12^th April 1918), who had been formally discharged from the RAF in April 1918, resulted in his being awarded a one-off gratuity of £97 10s. in lieu of any further pension payments.

Sunday 10th October 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Saturday 9th October 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Friday 8th October 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Thursday 7th October 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Tuesday 5th October 1920

William Franklin (see 14^th December 1918), who had been transferred to Army Reserve Class P in September 1918 and subsequently discharged, was awarded a one-off gratuity payment of £27 10s. in respect of the wounds he had suffered in September 1917. A later appeal for an Army pension would be rejected.

Wednesday 6th October 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Monday 4th October 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Sunday 3rd October 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Saturday 2nd October 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Friday 1st October 1920

A review of the pension award in the case of Percy Cole (see 5^th October 1916), who had been formally discharged from the army in October 1916, resulted in his assessed degree of disability being reduced to 30% and his weekly pension being reduced from £1 8s. to £1 1s..

Thursday 30th September 1920

A review of the pension award in the case of John William Windle (see 5^th February 1919), who had been formally discharged from the Army as no longer physically fit for service due to ‘nerve deafness’, resulted in his assessed degree of disability being reduced from 30% to 20% and his weekly pension being reduced from 12s. to 8s.

Wednesday 29th September 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Tuesday 28th September 1920

Lt. Charles Archibald Milford (see 11^th October 1918), formally relinquished his commission.

John Hoar, father of Sydney Hoar (see 9^th July), who had travelled to Canada in July along with his son, returned to England onboard the SS Metagama. John stated that he would be remaining in England, but there is no indication that Sydney returned to England.

Monday 27th September 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Sunday 26th September 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Saturday 25th September 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Friday 24th September 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Thursday 23rd September 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Wednesday 22nd September 1920

Messrs. Smith and Fazakerley, solicitors of Preston, wrote to the Infantry Records Office in York regarding the affairs of the late L.Cpl. Arthur Milner (see 29^th January), who had been killed in action in September 1917; they notified the office that L.Cpl. Milner’s children “are now, and have been for some time in the custody of the father of the deceased. Will you therefore arrange for the pension to be forthwith transferred to our client, Mr. Richard Milner.”. The Infantry Records Office duly passed on the request to the Ministry of Pensions.

Tuesday 21st September 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Monday 20th September 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Sunday 19th September 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Saturday 18th September 1920

A further review of the pension award made to Ernest Booth (see 16^th August), who had discharged from the Army in August 1918, led to his pension being confirmed as permanent, without need for further annual review.

Friday 17th September 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Thursday 16th September 1920

Capt. Hugh William Lester MC (see 21^st April 1919) formally relinquished his commission.

Hannah Rycroft, mother of the late Pte. George Henry Rycroft (see 21^st November 1919), died.

Wednesday 15th September 1920

Hannah Greenwood, mother of the late Pte. Richard Greenwood (see 13^th August 1919) who had been killed in action in October 1916, died.

Tuesday 14th September 1920

A review of the pension award made to Michael Loughlin (see 4^th September 1917), who had been discharged from the Army in September 1917, resulted in his assessed level of disability being reduced to 20% and his Army pension to 8s. per week.

Monday 13th September 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Sunday 12th September 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Saturday 11th September 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Friday 10th September 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Thursday 9th September 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Wednesday 8th September 1920

Edgar Bairstow (see 14^th September 1919), who had been transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z a year previously, was awarded a grant of £32 10s. in lieu of any further pension award.

A review of the pension award made to William Arthur Hutchinson (see 30^th July 1919), who had had his left leg amputated as a result of wounds suffered on 29^th October 1918, resulted in his assessed level of disability being reduced to 70% and his Army pension  £2 2s. 8d. per week.

A report submitted by the Directorate of Graves Registration and Enquiries detailed the re-burial, at Aeroplane Cemetery, Ypres, of the remains of a number of men which had been recovered from isolated burial sites. Among them were the remains of the late Pte. Frederick James Farthing (see 9^th December 1919), who had been killed in action in October 1917; the location of Pte. Farthing’s original grave is not recorded.

Tuesday 7th September 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Monday 6th September 1920

Bruce Ernest Nash (see 19^th March 1919), who had been accidentally injured in June 1918 and had been discharged from the Army in March 1919, appeared before an Army medical board in Coventry in connection with his application for an Army pension. The Board reported that, “states continual pain in left elbow when lifting heavy weights. Is a right-handed man. General health good; heat seems normal. Faint scar over left elbow; no abnormal physical sign now present”. It was determined that he had suffered no disability and his pension application was rejected.

Sunday 5th September 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Saturday 4th September 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Friday 3rd September 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Thursday 2nd September 1920

Lt. Charles George Edward White (see 15^th February 1919), serving with 7DWR, was promoted Captain.

Wednesday 1st September 1920

2Lts. John William Pontefract (see 21^st June) and Percival Victor Thomas (see 6^th June) formally relinquished their commissions.

Tuesday 31st August 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Monday 30th August 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Sunday 29th August 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Saturday 28th August 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Friday 27th August 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Thursday 26th August 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Wednesday 25th August 1920

A review of the pension award in respect of the late Pte. Harry Briggs (16040) (see 8^th September 1919), who had been killed in action in March 1916, resulted in the pension payable to his widow, Ada, being increased to £2 4s. 2d. per week.

Tuesday 24th August 1920

Lt. George Thomas Lotherington (see 27^th December 1918), who had briefly served with 10DWR in September 1917, formally resigned his commission; he had been serving with 4^th East Yorks.

Monday 23rd August 1920

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Douglas Smith (see 19^th October 1916), who had died of wounds in August 1916, the payment would go to his father, Job.

A review of the pension award which had been granted to Thomas McDonald (see 3^rd March 1919), who had been transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z in March 1919, led to the award being cancelled there being ‘no grounds for further award’.

Sunday 22nd August 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Saturday 21st August 1920

Lt. Erik Frost Helmsing (see 8^th October 1917), who had briefly served with 10DWR in September/October 1917, formally resigned his commission; he had been serving with 4^th East Yorks.

Charles Godfrey Kingdom (see 29^th February), who had been transferred to the Army Reserve in February, was awarded a one-off gratuity payment of £56 5s. in respect of a 5% disability (details unknown) suffered whilst in service.

A further review of the pension award made to George Edward Western (see 12^th June), who had been discharged from the Army in May 1917, led to his assessed degree of disability being reduced from 30% to 20% and his pension being accordingly reduced to 8s. per week, to be reviewed after one year.

Friday 20th August 1920

Robert Henry Arnold MM (see 1^st May 1919) wrote, from his current address at Blantyre Street, King’s Road, Chelsea, to the Infantry Records Office in York: “Am writing to let you know I have not received any answer to my letter of a week ago. You wrote, asking me to forward my regimental number to enable you to trace my documents referring to my demobilization. Am unable to draw any out-of-work donation until the Labour Exchange receives verification of my statements. Kindly send same as soon as possible and oblige”.

Thursday 19th August 1920

The Infantry Records Office in York wrote to Stockport Borough Police requesting information about the whereabouts of Bob Harrison (see 13^th February 1919) who had been transferred to the Army Reserve in February 1919; the purpose of the enquiry is unclear, but it may have been in connection with the issue of Harrison’s war medals. The Chief Constable’s Office would reply stating that Harrison “had only resided at 31 Chatham Street, Stockport, for a short time and nothing has been seen or heard of him here for the past 12 months”.

Wednesday 18th August 1920

The Infantry Records Office in York, having been requested by the Directorate of Graves Registration to provide details of the burial place of the late Pte. Joseph Clayton (see 25^th July), who had died in November 1917 whilst serving with 83^rd Training Reserve Battalion at Gateshead, made further enquiries. A request was directed to the Dukes Regimental Depot in Halifax; “An enquiry sent to Nuns Lane School Hospital (where Pte. Clayton had died) has been returned by the Postal Authorities, endorsed ‘not known’. I shall therefore be much obliged if you can inform me from your records the burial place of the late soldier to enable me to reply to the enquiry”. A similar request would be sent, next day, to Pte. Clayton’s father.

Tuesday 17th August 1920

A review of the pension award made in respect of the late Pte. Harry Braithwaite (see 20^th October 1918), who had been killed in action in October 1916, led to the pension payable to his mother, Mary, being increased to 13s. 10d. per week. 

Monday 16th August 1920

A review of the pension award made to Ernest Booth (see 15^th August 1918), who had discharged from the Army in August 1918, led to his pension being increased to 16s. per week, to be reviewed after one year.

Sunday 15th August 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Saturday 14th August 1920

Annie Jackson, mother of the late Pte. Charles Henry Jackson (see 21^st August) who had been killed in action on 5^th July 1916, died.

Friday 13th August 1920

A review of the pension award to Eli Bradley (see 10^th June 1919) who had been discharged from the Army in June 1919 led to his level of assessed disability being revised to less than 20% and his Army pension being reduced to 7s. 10d. per week.

Thursday 12th August 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Wednesday 11th August 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Tuesday 10th August 1920

A review of the pension award which had been made to William Johnson (13081) (see 14^th February 1918), who had been discharged from the Army in February 1918 on account of epilepsy, assessed his degree of disability as being 60% and granted him a pension of £1 18s. per week.

Monday 9th August 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Sunday 8th August 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Saturday 7th August 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Friday 6th August 1920

A review of the pension award which had been made to George King (25833) (see 14^th May 1918), who had been discharged from the Army suffering from Addison’s disease in May 1918, saw his assessed degree of disability reduced to 20% and his pension to 8s. per week.

Thursday 5th August 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Wednesday 4th August 1920

A review of the pension award which had been made to Harold Walker Bray (see 30^th August 1919), who had been discharged from the Army due to wounds in August 1919, saw his assessed degree of disability increased to 60% and his pension to £2 1s. 8d. per week.

A review of the pension award which had been made to Frederick Ernest Jones (see 5^th August), who had been discharged from the Army due to wounds in August 1919, saw his assessed degree of disability reduced to 30% and his pension to 19s. per week.

Tuesday 3rd August 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Monday 2nd August 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Sunday 1st August 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Saturday 31st July 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Friday 30th July 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Thursday 29th July 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Wednesday 28th July 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Tuesday 27th July 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Monday 26th July 1920

A review of the pension award to Patrick Larvin (see 3^rd March), who had been severely wounded in May 1916 and had been discharged from the Army, reduced the level of his assessed disability to 1% and, in lieu of further pension payments, he was awarded a gratuity payment of £27 10s.

Lt. Thomas Arnold Woodcock (see 1^st April) was appointed to a post (details unknown) in the Colonial Office.

Sunday 25th July 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Saturday 24th July 1920

Matthew Woodward (see 21^st October 1919), who had been transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z in February 1920, was married to Evelyn Charlotte Greenwood; they were married at St. John’s Church, Hammersmith.

The Directorate of Graves Registration wrote to the Infantry Records Office in York requesting details of the burial place of the late Pte. Joseph Clayton (see 1^st November 1919), who had died in November 1917 whilst serving with 83^rd Training Reserve Battalion at Gateshead. The Office accordingly wrote to Nuns Lane School Hospital, where Pte. Clayton had died, requesting details.

Friday 23rd July 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Thursday 22nd July 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men on 10DWR.

Wednesday 21st July 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Tuesday 20th July 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Monday 19th July 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Sunday 18th July 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Saturday 17th July 1920

Payment of an £8 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Richard Spencer Howard (see 17^th January 1918), who had been killed in action in June 1917; the payment would go to his married sister, Emma Forestal, who was described as his ‘sole legatee’ despite the fact that his widow, Martha, was still alive.

Pte. Richard Spencer Howard

Thursday 15th July 1920

A review of the pension award made in respect of the late Pte. Fred Benson (see 7^th October 1919), who had been killed in action in July 1916, led to the pension payable to his mother, Ann, being increased to 14s. per week.

Pte. Fred Benson

A review of the pension award made in respect of the late Pte. James Jackson (see 16^th October 1919), who had been killed in action in September 1917, led to the pension payable to his widow, Rachel, being increased to £2 16s. per week.

Wednesday 14th July 1920

A review of the pension award made to Frank Shelah Gilleard MC (see 11^th March 1919), who had been discharged from the Army in February 1919, led to his pension being reduced to 10s. 8d. per week, on the grounds that his degree of disability was reassessed as being 20% rather than 30%.

A payment of £26 8s. 4d. was authorised, being the amount due in pay and allowances (including a war gratuity of £24) to the late Cpl. Reginald Robinson (see 26^th August 1918), who had been killed in action in August 1918; the payment would go to his mother, Ruth.

A review of the pension award made in repect of the late Cpl. Thomas Arthur Sturdy (see 26^th February 1919), who had died in February 1919, led to the pension payable to his widow, Annie Elizabeth, being increased to £2 2s. 9d. per week.

Tuesday 13th July 1920

A review of the pension award made in respect of Edward Hunter (see 5^th September 1916), who had been discharged from the Army as no longer physically fit for service in action in September 1916, led to his assessed degree of disability being registered as 100% and his weekly pension set at £2 6s. 8d. per week.

A review of the pension award made in respect of the late L.Cpl. James Gordge (see 17^th September 1919), who had been killed in action in July 1916, led to the pension payable to his widow, Mary Ann, being increased to £2 4s. 3d. per week.

Monday 12th July 1920

It was confirmed that a sum of £23 outstanding from the pay and allowances and war gratuity due in respect of the late Sgt. James Robinson (see 18^th March), had been invested in National Savings Certificates for his son, Leslie.

Sunday 11th July 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Saturday 10th July 1920

Payment of a £13 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late 2Lt. Roland Herbert Wyndham Brinsley-Richards (see 11^th August 1917), who had been killed in action in July 1916.

2Lt. Roland Herbert Wyndham Brinsley-Richards

Friday 9th July 1920

Sydney Hoar (see 18^th April), who had been transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z in April and had recently been in trouble with the police at home, travelled to Canada onboard the SS Empress of France. He travelled with his father, John, but without his wife and two young sons. They stated that they were travelling on holiday and would be staying with a cousin, Frank Sandall, who lived in Trehern, Manitoba. John would return to England in September, but there is no indication that Sydney returned.

Thursday 8th July 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Wednesday 7th July 1920

A review of the pension award made to William Hartley (see 2^nd August 1918), who had been discharged from the Army in August 1918, led to his level of assessed disability being reduced to 20% and his pension to 7s. 10d. per week.

The balance of £12 from the war gratuity payable in respect of the late Pte. Alfred Baker (see 6^th April), who had died, apparently of heart failure, in July 1918, was authorised for payment to his daughter, Nellie.

Eleanor Birch, mother of the late L.Cpl. Christopher Smith Birch (see 5^th December 1919), who had been killed in action in October 1917, died.

Tuesday 6th July 1920

A review of the pension award made to Patrick Conley (see 13^th August 1919), who had been discharged from the Army in March, led to his pension being reduced to 13s. 11d. per week, to be reviewed after one year.

Monday 5th July 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Sunday 4th July 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Saturday 3rd July 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Friday 2nd July 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Thursday 1st July 1920

A review of the pension award made to Harry Dewhirst (see 21^st December 1919), who had been discharged from the Army in December 1919, led to his pension being increased to 16s. 1d. per week, to be reviewed after one year.

A review of the pension award made to Charles Walton (see 28^th June 1919), who had been discharged from the Army in June 1919, led to his pension being reduced to 8s. per week, to be reviewed after one year.

Wednesday 30th June 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Tuesday 29th June 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Monday 28th June 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Sunday 27th June 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Saturday 26th June 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Friday 25th June 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Thursday 24th June 1920

A review of the pension award made to Joseph Leonard Holmes (see 6^th July 1918), who had been discharged from the Army in July 1918, led to his pension being reduced to 8s. per week, to be reviewed after one year.

Wednesday 23rd June 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Tuesday 22nd June 1920

An Army Medical Board reviewed the case of Frank Easterby (see 5^th February), who had been discharged from the Army as no longer physically fit for service on account of his wounds in March 1919; the Board determined that he was to receive a final payment of £105 in lieu of any further pension payments.

Monday 21st June 1920

2Lt. John William Pontefract (see 5^th June 1919) was married, at Holy Trinity Church in Huddersfield, to Gladys Bletcher.

Sunday 20th June 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Saturday 19th June 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Friday 18th June 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Thursday 17th June 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Wednesday 16th June 1920

A final payment of £10 15s. 8d. (including the balance of £10 of the war gratuity payable) was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Willie Burley (see 13^th February) who had died of wounds in September 1915; the payment would go to his married sister, Elizabeth Louisa Chase.

Tuesday 15th June 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Monday 14th June 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Sunday 13th June 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Saturday 12th June 1920

A review of the pension award made to George Edward Western (see 24^th May 1917), who had been discharged from the Army in May 1917, led to his pension being increased to 12s. per week, to be reviewed after one year.

Friday 11th June 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Thursday 10th June 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Wednesday 9th June 1920

Payment of a £13 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late L.Cpl. Thomas Mullaney (see 26^th November 1918), who had been killed in action on 20^th September 1917; the payment would go to his mother, Mary.

Tuesday 8th June 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Monday 7th June 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Sunday 6th June 1920

Lt.Col. Francis Washington Lethbridge DSO (see 19^th May) replied to the War Office following a recent enquiry regarding 2Lt. Percival Victor Thomas (see 1^st March 1919), “I have the honour to report that Second Lieutenant Thomas gave me satisfaction in the performance of his duties so far as his health permitted and I think he should be promoted so as to be entitled to keep the rank of Lieutenant on demobilisation. I consider it my duty, however, to state that this officer’s health was so bad that I considered him unfit for combatant duty”.

Saturday 5th June 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Friday 4th June 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Thursday 3rd June 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Wednesday 2nd June 1920

A review of the pension award made to Alfred Bradbury MM (see 28^th May 1919), who had been discharged from the Army in May 1919, led to his pension being increased to 8s. 8d. per week. However, his weekly pension was to be terminated with effect from 3^rd August; in its place he was to be paid a final gratuity of £52 10s.

William (Billy) Hoyle MM (see 23^rd February 1919) was married to Jane Ann Coates at the Parish Church, Kirkby Malham; a report would appear in the Craven Herald,

MALHAM TARN - A MALHAM MOOR WEDDING

A very interesting wedding took place at the Parish Church, Kirkby Malham, on Wednesday June 2^nd, the contracting parties being Mr. William Hoyle, second son of Mr. J. Hoyle of Westside House, Malham Moor, and Miss Jane Ann Coates, eldest daughter of Mr. Henry Coates of High Tarnhouse, Malham Moor. The bridegroom was one of those who volunteered at the first call of Earl Kitchener and served in the 10^th West Riding Regiment through the whole of the great war in both France and Italy, and received the Military Cross (sic Military Medal) and bar.

The bride was given away by her father and was daintly attired in a dress of white crepe dechine with silver trimming and a gossamer veil surmounted with a wreath of orange blossom. She carried a white bound prayer book. She was accompanied by one bridesmaid, her sister Ethel, who was attired in apricot durona silk with black picture hat and she carried a white bound prayer book, the gift of the bridegroom. Mr. George Hoyle, brother of the bridegroom, acted as groomsman.

After the ceremony a large number of guests were received by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Coates at High Tarnhouse and in the evening a dance was held there. The happy pair left for Lytham by motor car for the honeymoon.

Tuesday 1st June 1920

Pte. Charles Clear (see 26^th January), serving with the 2^nd Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, was formally discharged from the Army as no longer physically fit for service on account of sickness contracted whilst in service (details unclear); he was awarded an Army pension of 16s. per week, to be reviewed after one year.

A review of the pension award made to Ernest Wilson (28985) (see 20^th June 1918), who had been discharged from the Army in June 1918, led to his pension being reduced to 10s. per week, to be reviewed after one year.

Monday 31st May 1920

Fred Atkinson (see 2^nd March 1919), who had been transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z in March 1919, wrote to the Infantry Records Office in York, “As I find myself unable to follow my employment  and am not in receipt of any pension I have been instructed to apply to you for A.F. Z 22. I understand that this will enable me to have an examination before a medical officer and, as my circumstances are very straitened and daily growing worse, I trust that you will oblige me at your earliest convenience”. The outcome of his request is unknown.

Sunday 30th May 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Saturday 29th May 1920

In reply to recent confirmation from the War Office that he was to be regarded as having ‘relinquished his commission on grounds of ill-health caused by wounds’, Maj. Robert Harwar Gill DSO (see 26^th May) again wrote, “I am under the impression that a wounded officer in hospital cannot be gazetted as relinquishing his commission until discharged from hospital. As I was expected to return to Millbank Hospital on 28^th and probably to undergo one or two more operations, I am not discharged and should, I think, be entitled to my rank and pay until such time as I am’. A note which would be made on Maj. Gill’s records at the War Office on 5^th June would confirm that the appeal was to be rejected and that the War Office decision would stand; this was to be communicated to Maj. Gill (details unknown).

Maj. Robert Harwar Gill

Friday 28th May 1920

A review of the pension award made to Fred Addy (see 27^th August 1917), who had been discharged from the Army in August 1917, led to his pension being increased to £1 per week, to be reviewed after one year.

Thursday 27th May 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Wednesday 26th May 1920

A review of the pension award made to Edward Somers (see 27^th May 1919), who had been discharged from the Army in May 1919, led to his pension being increased to 10s. per week, to be reviewed after one year.

Maj. Robert Harwar Gill DSO (see 4^th May), who had been registered as having ‘relinquished his commission on grounds of ill-health caused by wounds’, despite having appealed to the War Office, again wrote regarding his situation; the War Office would reply confirming their decision.

Maj. Robert Harwar Gill DSO

Tuesday 25th May 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Monday 24th May 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Sunday 23rd May 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Saturday 22nd May 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Friday 21st May 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Thursday 20th May 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the offices and men of 10DWR.

Wednesday 19th May 1920

Lt.Col. Francis Washington Lethbridge DSO (see 19^th March) formally relinquished his commission ‘on completion of service’.

2Lt. Archibald (Archie) Allen (see 21^st July 1919), who been released from the Army having been wounded in June 1918, appeared before a further Army Medical Board assembled in Birmingham. The Board found that he “States that it is not so tender and movements are slightly improved. Liable to bad colds and gets easily tired. On examination there is considerable loss of muscle substance of left upper arm. Cannot elevate arm above a right angle. Scar is sound; slightly tender and grip is reduced 50%. Much loss of tissue of left side of chest. A rib has been removed. General physical condition poor. Weight 9st. 13lbs. Pale and delicate looking. Lungs normal. Heart normal”.

A further review of the pension award made to James Bentley Crosland (see 17^th April), who had been discharged from the Army in December 1917, led to his assessed degree of disability being reduced to 40% and his pension to 16s. per week, to be reviewed after one year.

Tuesday 18th May 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Monday 17th May 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Sunday 16th May 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Saturday 15th May 1920

In an accident which occurred close to the family home (Allwood Cottage, Langcliffe), two year-old George Thistlethwaite drowned in the dam adjoining the High Mill (the premises of Messrs. Hector Christie Ltd). George was the son of John William Thistlethwaite (see 23^rd July 1915), who had been one of Tunstill’s original recruits but had been discharged as unfit in the Summer of 1915. The boy had been named after John William’s brother, George Thistlethwaite (see 21^st November 1919), who had also originally joined Tunstill’s Company but had also been discharged, only to be called up in August 1917; he had died of wounds in February 1918. A subsequent report in the Craven Herald  (21^st May) gave an account of the accident and also of the inquest;

DROWNING FATALITY AT LANGCLIFFE - AUNT’S BRAVE ATTEMPT AT RESCUE

On Tuesday Mr. Edgar Wood (coroner) conducted an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of George Thistlethwaite, the two year old son of John William Thistlethwaite of Allwood Cottage, Langcliffe who was drowned on Saturday evening in the dam adjoining the High Mill (Messrs. Hector Christie Ltd).

John William Thistlethwaite, the father, gave evidence of identification and said that at 6.15 on Saturday evening he noticed his son playing by himself near the house. He did not know whether a gate which led to the bank of the dam was open or not. Whilst partaking of tea, however, he heard a scream, and on ascertaining the cause he found Mrs. Lily Pearcy, the deceased’s aunt, in the dam, making towards his son. The deceased was under the water and about 20 yards from the bank. He dived into the water and assisited Mrs. Pearcy to recover the child, who, however, showed no signs of life.

Previous Accidents

Lily Pearcy deposed that shortly before half past six on Saturday evening she went in search of the deceased but as she was unable to find him she proceeded to the dam, passing through the gate which was not often closed. On reaching the dam she saw something in the water but could not at first ascertain what it was. On looking again witness saw it was a child and consequently she went to the rescue, despite the fact that the water reached up to her arm pits. On reaching him witness found that her nephew was laid face downwards. With the assistance of deceased’s father the child was recovered. Witness added that her daughter had been to the dam on three occasions and that she also knew of another girl that had fallen in. Robert Yates of Langcliffe spoke of attempting artificial respiration but without obtaining any sign of life. His child, he said, had also been to the dam.

Dr. G. Watson of Settle said death was due to asphyxia, probably due to drowning. The Coroner recorded a verdict of accidental death and recommednded that the gate giving access to the footpath leading to the bank of the dam should be made to close and that the dam should be fenced up to the first stile.



Confirmation was received and registered at the Directorate of Graves Registration and Enquiries of the exhumation and reburial of the remains of a number of British soldiers from Rue-du-Bacquerot (Wangerie Post) New Military Cemetery, which was close to the hamlet of Wangerie, to the Royal Irish Rifles Graveyard, Laventie. These included four men from 10DWR who had been killed in November 1915; L.Cpl. Samuel Holroyd (see 9^th July 1919), and Ptes. James Bradley (11737) (see 12^th August 1919), Frederick Ford (see 9^th July 1919) and Hildred Woodhouse (see 28^th August 1919).

Friday 14th May 1920

A review of the pension award in respect of Billy Rawlinson (see 6^th July 1917), who had been discharged from the Army as no longer physically fit for service on account of his wounds in July 1917) set his assessed degree of disability at 70% and his weekly pension at £1 10s. 4d..

Thursday 13th May 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Wednesday 12th May 1920

A review of the pension award which had been made to Henry Herbert Calvert (see 24^th July 1916), who had been discharged from the Army on account of shellshock, awarded him a weekly pension of £1 12s. 1d., on the basis of a 50% disability.

The pension award which had been made to John Dennis Moss (see 19^th March), who had been discharged from the Army on account of wounds, was reviewed and reduced from 16s. per week to 12s.

Tuesday 11th May 1920

Pte. Michael Cooney MM (see 2^nd July 1919), who had been serving with the Irish Guards, was formally discharged from the Army; he would be subsequently (October 1920) be assessed as having suffered a disability of less than 20% as a result of a gunshot wound to the arm and neurasthenia and would be awarded an Army pension of 5s. 6d. per week.

A review of the pension award made to Robert Sylvester Downey (see 14^th December 1918), who had been discharged from the Army in December 1918, led to his pension being increased to 16s. per week, to be reviewed after one year.

Michael Frainey, father of the late Pte. James Frainey (see 29^th January), who had been killed in action in March 1916, died.

Monday 10th May 1920

A payment of £21 15s. 4d. was authorised, being the amount due in pay and allowances (including a war gratuity of £16) to the late Pte. James Henry Quiller (see 24^th April 1919), who had been killed in action in October 1918; two thirds of the payment would be paid to his half-sister Elizabeth Smith and the remaining third to his brother Thomas.

Sunday 9th May 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Saturday 8th May 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Friday 7th May 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Thursday 6th May 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Wednesday 5th May 1920

A review of the pension award made to Herbert Burgess (see 4^th November 1918), who had been discharged from the Army in November 1918, led to his assessed pension being increased to 19s. per week, to be reviewed after one year.

A review of the pension award made to James Charles Eugene O’Callaghan (see 5^th May 1919), who had been discharged from the Army in December 1917, led to his assessed pension being increased to £1 per week, to be reviewed after one year.

Tuesday 4th May 1920

Despite his pending appeal to the War Office, Maj. Robert Harwar Gill DSO (see 29^th April), who was on leave having been under treatment at 3^rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth, on account of wounds he had suffered in October 1918, was formally registered as having ‘relinquished his commission on grounds of ill-health caused by wounds’.

Maj. Robert Harwar Gill DSO

Monday 3rd May 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Sunday 2nd May 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Saturday 1st May 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Friday 30th April 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Thursday 29th April 1920

Maj. Robert Harwar Gill DSO (see 22^nd April), who was on leave having been under treatment at 3^rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth, on account of wounds he had suffered in October 1918, wrote (from his home address at Claremont House, Knaresborough) to The War Office regarding the recent decision that he was to relinquish his commission:

“On the 16^th I received from the Assistant Military Secretary, Northern Command, War Office letter saying it had been decided to gazette me as relinquishing my commission. I am a patient in Queen Alexandra’s Military Hospital, Millbank, and, up to yesterday, was on leave for the purpose of receiving 13 weekly inocluations of autogenous serum which could be administered here to me at less expense to both the State and myself than if I had remained in hospital. I have not been discharged from hospital and the Medical Officers who recommended me this leave did so on the understanding that I was to return for further treatment at the end of it. This treatment will probably consist of an operation to my nose and a further plastic operation to my socket. I immediately wrote to the Assistant Military Secretary, Northern Command, pointing out these facts and requesting information, but have received no reply to my letter, nor to a reminder sent to him on the 22^nd. A similar letter sent to the Ministry of Pensions, Yorkshire Region, on 20^th has also received no reply. If, as I think, the relinquishing of commission is an error, I should now be back in hospital. I have, however, received no confirmation from the War Office of the month’s leave granted me by the Medical Board at York on 29^th March and no order or warrant to return to hospital. The former I need to claim the allowances to which I am entitled. I shall be much obliged if you will explain the position to me’.

Maj. Robert Harwar Gill DSO

Wednesday 28th April 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Tuesday 27th April 1920

Harold Drury (see 17^th April 1919), who had been formally discharged from the Army in June 1918 on account of wounds, underwent a further medical examination in Lincoln in connection with his pension entitlement. The report of the examination noted, “Complains of pain and some stiffness in left knee joint after prolonged standing or walking any distance. On examination there is a healed scar 3” long above left patella. Movements: cannot fully flex but can fully extend knee joint. No shortening. Fracture soundly healed in good alignment. Very slight thickening. Heart and lungs normal. Walks with a slight limp. No treatment.”; his degree of disability was confirmed as being 20% and his pension would be confirmed at a rate of 10s. per week.

Monday 26th April 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Sunday 25th April 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Saturday 24th April 1920

Following a review of the pension award made to John Russell (see 27^th April 1917), who had been discharged from the Army in April 1917, his assessed degree of disability was reduced to 30% and his pension to 12s. per week, pending a further review in twelve months time.

Friday 23rd April 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Thursday 22nd April 1920

Maj. Robert Harwar Gill DSO (see 16^th April), who was on leave having been under treatment at 3^rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth, on account of wounds he had suffered in October 1918, again wrote (from his home address at Claremont House, Knaresborough) to Northern Command regarding the recent decision that he was to relinquish his commission:

“Will you kindly furnish me with a reply to my letter of 16^th as my leave presumably expires on the 28^th and  the Medical Officers who recommended that leave did so on the understanding that I would return to Queen Alexandra’s Military Hospital, Millbank, on its expiration, for further treatment. I have not, to my knowledge, been discharged from hospital and do not wish to be absent without leave’.

Maj. Robert Harwar Gill DSO

George Herbert Lant (see 18^th February 1919), who had been transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z in February 1919, was awarded an Army pension of 8s. per week, having been accepted as suffering from a 20% disability on account of ‘D.A.H’ (D.A.H. was Disordered Action of the Heart' otherwise known as 'Soldier's Heart' or 'Effort Syndrome') attributable to his military service.

Wednesday 21st April 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Tuesday 20th April 1920

John Bates (16949) (see 4^th December 1919), who had been transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z in December 1919, appeared before a Medical Board which reviewed his present condition: “Complains of pain in abdomen. Transverse scar in upper abdomen, 4 ½”, tender; wounds on right side. Abdomen moves freely; no vomiting. Tongue furred; teeth pain. Bowels regular. Looks thin and debilitated”. His pension award was confirmed and extended for a further year.

William Seymour Budd (see 6^th March 1919), who had been transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z a year previously, was assessd as having suffered a 20% disability whilst in service (details unknown) and was awarded an Army pension of 11s. 6d. per week, to be reviewed after one year.

Monday 19th April 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Sunday 18th April 1920

There is nothing to report regarding the officers and men of 10DWR.

Saturday 17th April 1920

Following a review of the pension award made to James Bentley Crosland (see 16^th December 1917), who had been discharged from the Army in December 1917, his assessed degree of disability was reduced to 50% and his pension to £1 per week, pending a further review.

Friday 16th April 1920

Having received notification from the War Office that he should, ‘relinquish his commission on account of ill-health caused by wounds’, Maj. Robert Harwar Gill DSO (see 10^th April), who was on leave having been under treatment at 3^rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth, on account of wounds he had suffered in October 1918, wrote (from his home address at Claremont House, Knaresborough) to challenge the decision:

“I am at a loss to understand this as I am at present on leave from Queen Alexandra’s Military Hospital, Millbank, where I am undergoing treatment by the eye specialist, the nose specialist and bacteriologist. This leave was granted as the course of weekly injections I am now taking (for 13 weeks from 5^th February) could be administered here by my own doctor at less expense. It was though possible that on my return an operation to my nose would be necessary and also a further plastic operation to my socket. The Medical Board at York on 29^th March granted me a month’s extension of leave but I have not received the usual War office authority for this to enable me to claim my allowances. Will you please inform me whether or not I should report my address to the War office ten days before the expiration of my leave’.

Maj. Robert Harwar Gill DSO

Thursday 15th April 1920

The Controller of the Officers Casualties Department at the Military Secretary’s Office wrote to Pte. George Jones in answer to his query regarding his brother, 2Lt. William Jones MM (see 11^th January); “With reference to your letter of 11^th January, which has just been passed to this Department after many enquiries had been made, I am directed by the Military Secretary to inform you that it has been ascertained that No.11967 Company Sergeant Major William Jones, West Riding Regiment,was transferred to the 7^th Officers Cadet Battalion on the 10^th March 1917, and was discharged t a commission in the 3^rd Border Regiment on the 29^th March 1917. I am to add that 2^nd Lieutenant William Jones, Border Regiment, was admitted to No.2 General Hospital, Havre, on the 28^th March 1918 and discharged to duty on the 10^th April 1918. He was subsequently gazetted out of the service with effect from the 4^th of May 1919, at which date he was holding the rank of Temporary Lieutenant. No information has been received in this Department of this officer’s death.”

Wednesday 14th April 1920

Pte. Herbert Jacklin (see 11^th March) was formally discharged from the Army.


An increase was authorised in the weekly pension payable to Herbert Holt (see 16^th April 1919), who had been discharged from the Army a year previously; he was assessed as having a 30% disability his Army pension wa increased from 8s. 3d. per week to 12s.



Pte. Edward Smitham, the eldest son of Sgt. George Edward Smitham (see 22^nd November 1919), serving with 83^rd Company, Labour Corps in France, was posted back to England; he would be formally demobilized a week later.



At home in Long Preston Annie Metcalfe, wife of Harry Metcalfe (see 21^st April 1919), who had been serving from the ASC a year previously, gave birth to the couple’s first child; he would be named James Henry.

Image by kind permission of Algy Metcalfe

Tuesday 13th April 1920

Ptes. Fred Kenneth Carter (see 25^th April 1919) and Herbert Stott (see 25^th April 1919), who had been serving with 1^st (Garrison) Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers, were formally ‘discharged on demobilization’.

Pte. Herbert Stott

Image by kind permission of Barry Gartside

Monday 12th April 1920

A/Maj. John Atkinson (see 28^th February), who had been released from the Army six months previously, again wrote to the War Office regarding pay and allowances due to him; “With reference to enclosed – what am I to do please? In June 1919 I received 14 days’ leave from Germany in the usual manner; while on leave my wife was taken suddenly ill and I applied to the War Office for an extension, which was granted until July 26^th. Immediately on receipt of the extension telegram from the War Office I forwarded same to DAAG of my Division (Western) who received it. I applied for lodging and ration allowance through the usual channels but I never received them. As a matter of fact I received no allowances whatsoever from June until October 13^th when I was demobilized; nor have I received them up to the present.”

Pte. Albert William Cogger (see 25^th April 1919) (40003), who had been serving with 1^st (Garrison) Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers, was formally ‘discharged on demobilization’.

A review of the pension award made to John Longmire (see 5^th April 1918), who had been discharged from the Army in April 1918, led to his assessed pension being increased to 8s. per week, to be reviewed after one year.

A payment of £52 9s. 10d, comprising of £29 9s. 10d. due from pay and allowances and a £23 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late L. Cpl. Charles Dowson (see 29^th April 1919), who had been killed in action in August 1918; the payment would go to his his aunt, Ellen Wood.

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in the case of the late Pte. Arthur Goldthorpe (see 11^th April 1917), who had been killed in action in October 1916; the payment would be divided in equal shares between his married sister, Florence Rhodes, and Miss Annie E. Langford,who may have been Arthur’s sweetheart.

Pte. Arthur Goldthorpe