54th Casualty Clearing Station

[shutt]

Do any records exist for the 54th for 1918. My gt uncle died of wounds in May 1918 and is buried at Aire Communal Cemetery in France, whose website indicates Aire was the 54th`s location at that time. I assume that he was taken to the clearing station when wounded. Wonder if any records exist for casualties processed by the unit ?.

[mhifle]

Hi,

54th Casualty Clearing Station was known as the '1/2nd London CCS'

Location with BEF in France

Hazebrouck 1 April 1915 to 31 July 1915

Merville 1 Aug 1915 to 28 March 1918

Haverskerque 29 March 1918 to 15 April 1918

Aire 16 April 1918 to 28 July 1918

Aire 14 Aug 1918 to 11 Oct 1918

Remy Siding 17 Feb 1919 to 18 March 1919

Regards Mark

[shutt]

Thanks. I guess the time frame is right as my gt uncle died on 1st May 1918, so he likely was at the 54th when they were at Aire ?.

[n cherry]

Biker Tom,

There should be a war diary for the 54CCS at the National Archive which will give you a general view of what happened on 1st May and that period but I feel it is unlikely you will see your great uncle mentioned by name in it.....what you need to find (if it still exists) is their A&D book........