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.