Wednesday 8th October 1919

Payment of an £8 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Thomas Berry (see 23^rd June 1917), who had been killed in action in July 1916; the payment was initially to go to his father, Robinson, but, in January 1920, the original authority would be cancelled and the payment issued instead to his mother, Clara, as a result of Robinson having died in the Autumn of 1919.




Payment of an £8 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Cpl. Herbert Waddington (see 22^nd December 1916), who had been killed in action in January 1916; the payment would go to his mother, Hannah.

Tuesday 7th October 1919

A/CQMS James Allen (see 13^th September), serving in Malta with 8^th Yorks. and Lancs., was confirmed in his rank.

Maj. Robert Harwar Gill DSO (see 30^th August), who had been on leave having been under treatment at 3^rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth for the wounds he had suffered in October 1918, returned to hospital.

Maj. Robert Harwar Gill DSO

Payment of a £9 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Harold Beighton (see 6^th February 1917), who had died of wounds in October 1916; the payment would go to his brother, and sole legatee, John.

Payment of an £8 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Fred Benson (see 7^th April), who had been killed in action in July 1916; the payment would go to his widowed mother, Ann.

Pte. Fred Benson

Payment of an £11 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Arthur Gill (14920) (see 6^th November 1918), who had been killed in action in May 1917; the payment would go to his widowed mother, Helen.

Pte. Arthur Gill

Payment of a £6 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Rowland Greenwood (see 5^th May 1917), who had been killed in action in October 1916; the payment would go to his widow, Alice.

Payment of a £9 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Archie Munro (see 1^st February 1917), who had been killed in action in October 1916 while serving with 2DWR; the payment would go to his father, Daniel.


Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Cecil Rhodes (see 7^th June 1917), who had been killed in action in October 1916; the payment would go to his father, James.

Monday 6th October 1919

Pte. George William Ball (see 11^th August), who was serving at Arquata Scrivia with the Military Foot Police, was reported for having been ‘in a café (in Genoa) during prohibited hours’; he would be ordered to be deprived of three days’ pay.

L.Cpl. John Jackson (19555) (see13^th September), serving in Malta with 8^th Yorks. and Lancs., was admitted to hospital (cause unknown); he would be discharged and re-join his Battalion after five days.

Payment of an £8 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Francis Herbert Maltby (see 7^th February 1917), who had been killed in action in July 1916; the payment would go to his widowed mother, Sarah.

Pte. Francis Herbert Maltby

Payment of a £9 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late L.Cpl. Willie Waggitt (see 5^th April 1918), who had been killed at Le Sars in October 1916; the payment would go to his father, John.

L.Cpl. Willie Waggitt

Sunday 5th October 1919

A/Sgt. Fred Oldroyd (see 7^th September), L.Cpl. Charles Sidney Taylor (see 7^th September) and Ptes. Walter Clarke (see 7^th September), Walter Gee Wardley (see 7^th September) and Herbert John Wicks (see 7^th September), who had served with 8^th Yorks. and Lancs., were formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.


Cpl. Arthur Lee MM (see 1^st September), who had been serving in England with 1^st Battalion Yorks. and Lancs., was also formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z.


Pte. George Smith (20340) (see 21^st April) was formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z; he was also awarded an Army pension of 8s. per week having suffered 20% disability due to ‘otitis media’ aggravated by his military service.


Pte. Maurice Whitaker was also formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z; he had originally served with 1^st/5^th DWR before being transferred to 10DWR, but, in the absence of a surviving service record, I am unable to make a positive identification of this man or to establish any details of his service.

Saturday 4th October 1919

Payment of a £7 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Edward Kilburn (see 23^rd April 1917) who had been killed in action in October 1916; the payment would go to his widow, Ethel.

Payment of an £8 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Herbert Smith (200022) (see 12^th December 1917), who had died of wounds in June 1917; the payment would go to his widow, Elizabeth.

Friday 3rd October 1919

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Arthur Julian (see 19^th August 1918), who had been killed in action in July 1916; the payment would go to his father, George.

Pte. Arthur Julian

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Payment of an £8 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. George Harold Toseland DCM (see 14^th February 1917) who had been killed in September 1916; the payment would go to his father, George William.

Pte. George Harold Toseland DCM

Payment of a £3 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Arthur Edward Windsor (18^th July 1917) who had been killed in action in October 1916; the payment would go to his father, Albert.

Thursday 2nd October 1919

Pte. Samuel Wilkinson (see 22^nd May) was formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z; having been found to have suffered a less than 20% disability on account of ‘D.A.H.’ (‘Disordered Action of the Heart' otherwise known as 'Soldier's Heart' or 'Effort Syndrome') attributable to his service, he was awarded an Army pension of 5s. 6d. per week.

Payment of an £8 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. John Reginald Butterfield (see 18^th October 1916) who had been killed in action with 9DWR in July 1916. The payment would go to his father, John.

Pte. John Reginald Butterfield

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Payment of a £8 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Arnold Crossley (see 12^th December 1917), who had died of wounds in June 1917; the payment would go to his widow, Florence.


Payment of an £8 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Percy Hodgson (see 12^th October 1917), who had died of wounds in October 1916; the payment would go to his father, Thomas.

Pte. Percy Hodgson

Payment of an £8 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late L.Cpl. Harry Thornton (see 20^th November 1916), who had been killed in action in July 1916; the payment would go to his widowed mother, Louisa.

L.Cpl. Harry Thornton