A large contingent of American soldiers (500-600) arrived at the hospital between the 26 and the 28 September 1918. Many of the soldiers were suffering from pneumonia and a number of soldiers died as a result of this. W. Addington was buried by the Headquarters Chaplain in Paignton cemetery on the 1 October 1918; the deaths and burials of the American soldiers was recorded in the Paignton Western Guardian 3 October 1918.