Tuesday 16th March 1920

An Army Medical Board in Liverpool reviewed the case of Pte. John Parkinson (see 6^th April 1919), who been transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z a year previously, having had a finger amputated after being wounded in June 1918. The Board found that, ‘scar of amputation is adherent; soundly healed; grip fair; herat and lungs normal’; his Army pension was increased to 8s. per week.

Payment of a £21 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Edward Percy Webb MM (see 9^th July 1919), who had been presumed killed in action on 26^th August 1918, the payment would go to his mother, Mary. No payment was made of Pte. Webb’s pay and allowances as there had been a debit balance of £2 3s. 3d. at the time of his death.