Friday 31 July 2020
Thursday 30 July 2020
Wednesday 29 July 2020
Tuesday 28 July 2020
Monday 27 July 2020
Sunday 26 July 2020
Saturday 25 July 2020
Monday 26th July 1920
A review of the pension award to Patrick Larvin (see 3rd 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 1st April) was appointed to a post (details unknown) in the Colonial Office.
Friday 24 July 2020
Thursday 23 July 2020
Saturday 24th July 1920
Matthew Woodward (see 21st 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 1st November 1919), who had died in November 1917 whilst serving with 83rd Training Reserve Battalion at Gateshead. The Office accordingly wrote to Nuns Lane School Hospital, where Pte. Clayton had died, requesting details.
Wednesday 22 July 2020
Tuesday 21 July 2020
Monday 20 July 2020
Saturday 18 July 2020
Friday 17 July 2020
Thursday 16 July 2020
Saturday 17th July 1920
Payment of an £8 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Richard Spencer Howard (see 17th 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.
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| Pte. Richard Spencer Howard |
Tuesday 14 July 2020
Thursday 15th July 1920
A review of the pension award made in respect of the late Pte. Fred Benson (see 7th 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.
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| Pte. Fred Benson |
Monday 13 July 2020
Wednesday 14th July 1920
A review of the pension award made to Frank Shelah Gilleard MC (see 11th 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 26th 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 26th 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.
Sunday 12 July 2020
Tuesday 13th July 1920
A review of the pension award made in respect of Edward Hunter (see 5th 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 17th 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.Saturday 11 July 2020
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 18th March), had been invested in National Savings Certificates for his son, Leslie.
Friday 10 July 2020
Thursday 9 July 2020
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 11th August 1917), who had been killed in action in July 1916.
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| 2Lt. Roland Herbert Wyndham Brinsley-Richards |
Wednesday 8 July 2020
Friday 9th July 1920
Sydney Hoar (see 18th 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.
Monday 6 July 2020
Wednesday 7th July 1920
A review of the pension award made to William Hartley (see 2nd
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.
Eleanor Birch, mother of the late L.Cpl. Christopher Smith Birch (see 5th December 1919), who had been killed in action in October 1917, died.
Sunday 5 July 2020
Tuesday 6th July 1920
A review of the pension award made to Patrick Conley (see 13th 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.
Saturday 4 July 2020
Friday 3 July 2020
Thursday 2 July 2020
Wednesday 1 July 2020
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