Swally Posted 6 December , 2011 Share Posted 6 December , 2011 Hi Guys, How do we find out what the injuries were? One of my Great Uncles, James Allan - Private 43085 of the The Royal Scots Fusiliers was awarded the Silver War Badge (I have a copy of the page) there is a note (as they all have the same) it looks like a B 11(ROMAN NUMERALS) d/10.8. 14 para 2 B i I presume this means something, can anyone help? Or can I find something else out?? Thanks in advance Swally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 6 December , 2011 Share Posted 6 December , 2011 The SWB roll should tell you if he was invalided out sick or wounded but AFAIK what kind of wound or illness cannot be ascertained unless you have the man's service records (and possibly not even then). If you have the SWB number some one may be able to look it up for you Edit SWBs were for sickness as well as wounds - and SWB does not automatically mean the man was wounded. I had a G Great Uncle invalided out of Salonika with malaria and Grand Father invalided out from France with trench fevr. They both had SWBs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archangel9 Posted 6 December , 2011 Share Posted 6 December , 2011 Swally, On the SWB card - A.O. 265/17 2 ( b ) i http://1914-1918.inv...=0 John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swally Posted 7 December , 2011 Author Share Posted 7 December , 2011 John, Can you elaborate.............hard of thinking here! Is there any where, apart from his Service Record that I can find out his injuries?? Thanks, Swally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry_Reeves Posted 7 December , 2011 Share Posted 7 December , 2011 There is a James Allan in the Ministry of Pensions records in PIN 26/17196. This may not be the right man, but if it is, you have a reasonable chance of finding some details. You have to go to TNA to see it though. TR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotonmate Posted 7 December , 2011 Share Posted 7 December , 2011 Swally There used to be records for the Casualty Clearing Stations at the Front. They had Admission and Discharge Registers which showed the date, soldier's number,Battalion,and injuries and then where he went and the date he left after he was moved on up to Hospital etc...... These records are almost all gone now and they only have a representative sample of them in the series MH106 at the National Archives. The only one of any extensive coverage is 3CCS,there are others with much smaller ranges of dates. You can look them up in the NA Catalogue to get the details and then in the Long Long Trail where these CCSs were at any given time (in the RAMC section). If you have a date and operational area where your man was wounded you might be able to see if there is a likelihood that he is covered somewhere in the Registers,but it is a long shot. Sotonmate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swally Posted 8 December , 2011 Author Share Posted 8 December , 2011 Sotonmate Hi there, long time since I have spoke with you. James was injured and captured by the Germans, he was a POW for 13 months before he was exchanged as a POW exchange scheme. So I wouldn't imagine he would have went through our clearing stations. There must have been some record of his injury or he wouldn't have been able to claim the SWB. I understand the POW records held by the Red Cross are going to be available in 2014 online, I have read that it costs a fortune to apply just now and costs over £100 with no guarentee of a find. Cheers, Swally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swally Posted 8 December , 2011 Author Share Posted 8 December , 2011 There is a James Allan in the Ministry of Pensions records in PIN 26/17196. This may not be the right man, but if it is, you have a reasonable chance of finding some details. You have to go to TNA to see it though. TR Terry, There are loads of James Allans, I would need to be sure that it was him before diving in. James was born 1893 in Aberdeen, enlisted 17th March 1914 and was discharged 4th May 1918 with a Service Number of 43085. I have had folk look on Anc*stry for his pension record but with no success, how do I check if this is indeed my man. Thanks, Swally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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