A review of the pension award in the case of Percy Cole (see 5th 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..
Wednesday 30 September 2020
Tuesday 29 September 2020
Thursday 30th September 1920
A review of the pension award in the case of John William Windle (see 5th 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.
Monday 28 September 2020
Tuesday 28th September 1920
Lt. Charles Archibald Milford (see 11th October 1918), formally relinquished his commission.
John Hoar, father of Sydney Hoar (see 9th 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.
Friday 25 September 2020
Wednesday 23 September 2020
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 29th 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.
Sunday 20 September 2020
Friday 18 September 2020
Saturday 18th September 1920
A further review of the pension award made to Ernest Booth (see 16th August), who had discharged from the Army in August 1918, led to his pension being confirmed as permanent, without need for further annual review.
Thursday 16th September 1920
Capt. Hugh William Lester MC (see 21st April 1919) formally relinquished his commission.
Hannah Rycroft, mother of the late Pte. George Henry Rycroft (see 21st November 1919), died.
Tuesday 15 September 2020
Wednesday 15th September 1920
Hannah Greenwood, mother of the late Pte. Richard Greenwood (see 13th August 1919) who had been killed in action in October 1916, died.
Sunday 13 September 2020
Tuesday 14th September 1920
A review of the pension award made to Michael Loughlin (see 4th 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.
Saturday 12 September 2020
Friday 11 September 2020
Thursday 10 September 2020
Tuesday 8 September 2020
Wednesday 8th September 1920
Edgar Bairstow (see 14th 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 30th July 1919), who had had his left leg amputated as a result of wounds suffered on 29th 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 9th December 1919), who had been killed in action in October 1917; the location of Pte. Farthing’s original grave is not recorded.
Sunday 6 September 2020
Monday 6th September 1920
Bruce Ernest Nash (see 19th 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.
Friday 4 September 2020
Thursday 3 September 2020
Wednesday 2 September 2020
Tuesday 1 September 2020
Thursday 2nd September 1920
Lt. Charles George Edward White (see 15th February 1919), serving with 7DWR, was promoted Captain.
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