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.