A review of the pension award in the case of William Murphy (see 22nd October 1919), who had been discharged from the Army in December 1915, resulted in his weekly pension being reduced to £1 8s. per week.
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Monday, 19 October 2020
Monday 18th October 1920
Percy Cole (see 1st October) wrote to the Infantry Record Office in York regarding his ‘Mons Star’ medal (actually a 1914-15 Star); “On July 17th I returned you my Mons Star for alteration. Kindly let me know when I may expect this returned to me. I drew your attention to this matter about two months ago and you replied that it had been sent away for alteration but that you would forward it to me in short time”. Having received a reply he would write again on 22nd October; “Your reply to my letter of 18th inst. to hand. Please let me know when the War Office letter was issued giving instructions that all alterations to Mons Star and other medals are to be done in bulk. It seems strange that after three months delay this is the only explanation you can give me”.
A review of the pension award made in the case of Frank Revell (see 17th March), who had been transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z in March 1919, resulted in his weekly pension being increased to 17s. per week.
The remains of the late Pte. Amos Oddy (see 11th November 1919), identified by his ID disc, were recovered from an unmarked grave near Inverness Copse, east of Ypres; he had been killed in action in September 1917.
Tuesday, 13 October 2020
Thursday 14th October 1920
The remains of Sgt. Norman Wilson (see 26th November 1919) and Pte. John Driver (see 17th November 1919), who had been killed in action in October 1917, were exhumed from separate battlefield graves east of Polygon Wood, near Ypres, and re-interred at Tyne Cot Cemetery. Both men had been identified by virtue of their Army paybooks, and, in Pte. Driver’s case, also by his identity disc.
Wednesday 13th October 1920
Walter Appleby (see 25th October 1918), who had been discharged from the Army in October 1918, was married, at Keighley Parish Church, to Elizabeth Bowman.
A review of the pension award which had been made to Reginald Jerry Northin (see 29th March), who had been discharged from the Army in March, resulted in his assessed degree of disability being revised to 40% and his weekly pension increased to 16s.
Monday, 12 October 2020
Tuesday 12th October 1920
A review of the pension award in the case of Harry Mawson (see 27th October 1919), who had been formally discharged in 1919, resulted in his being awarded a one-off gratuity of £60 in lieu of any further pension payments.
Saturday, 10 October 2020
Monday 11th October 1920
A review of the pension award in the case of Arthur Hall (see 12th April 1918), who had been formally discharged from the RAF in April 1918, resulted in his being awarded a one-off gratuity of £97 10s. in lieu of any further pension payments.
Friday, 9 October 2020
Wednesday, 7 October 2020
Tuesday 5th October 1920
William Franklin (see 14th December 1918), who had been transferred to Army Reserve Class P in September 1918 and subsequently discharged, was awarded a one-off gratuity payment of £27 10s. in respect of the wounds he had suffered in September 1917. A later appeal for an Army pension would be rejected.