seaJane Posted 23 November , 2013 Share Posted 23 November , 2013 Was that where the Cottage Hospital is, Kevin? (or at least was, when I lived in Caversfield... ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Tobin Posted 23 November , 2013 Author Share Posted 23 November , 2013 No the Cottage Hospital is still there on Kings End just up from the Rugby club. This hospital was in a building called Hometree House at the end of Launton Road at it's junction with London Road. It is now old peoples flats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Tobin Posted 23 November , 2013 Author Share Posted 23 November , 2013 Fun in the snow! I would have thought there was a good chance of another injury!! . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 23 November , 2013 Share Posted 23 November , 2013 Ah yes, I remember the one. Thanks for that Kevin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remepete Posted 14 April , 2014 Share Posted 14 April , 2014 Hello All, I'm a first time poster. I have a copy of my Grandad's Army Form B. 103, the document has the following entries: Date From whom received Record of promotion, reduction etc etc Place of casualty Date Remarks etc 11-5-17 VC 15 Bde Admitted Hospital Field 5-5-17 B.213 5-5-17 12 Gen Ba ?CJ foot (L) 5-5-17 a36 5-5-17 22 CCS 5-5-17 a36 wo list 8 Btty Hos To England per HS 'St Denis' 7-5-17 ??? 3083 Are any of you gurus able to enlighten me as to what the injury may have been or information regarding any of the text I've highlighted in red. The 'From whom received on 11-5-17 could be OC 15 Bde and the injury to the foot may be ICT as mentioned earlier in this thread but what does that actually mean? I'm thinking it must have been serious for Grandad to get a Blighty Ticket and be on a hospital ship back to England within 2 days of receiving the injury. Grandad's movements after the injury are very hard to read after his return to England so I cannot tell, with any certainty, when he returned to France. If anyone is able to help me out further I can try and scan the page concerned but I only have a photocopy which came from an unknown source a couple of years ago. Many Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnboy Posted 14 April , 2014 Share Posted 14 April , 2014 Welcome, A copy of the document would be helpful. Even more helpful would be his name service number and regiment if known. The more info you can give the more help you are likely to get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elstevo Posted 14 April , 2014 Share Posted 14 April , 2014 I have come across ICT several times, with 'Inflamed Connective Tissue' probably my best guess. The modern-day equivalents being such problems as plantar fasciitis, osteochondritis, Morton's metatarsalgia, undisplaced metatarsal stress ('march') fractures, etc, etc. Medical documentation of this era tends to be more descriptive than diagnostic. Don't forget that clinical knowledge and diagnostic imaging was nowhere near modern standards, and predated modern treatments (antibiotics being one example). We still use some old acronyms, eg "PUO" (pyrexia of unknown origin) to this day, but only if all diagnostic strategies have been exhausted. At the time of WW1, however, this 'diagnosis' was much more common because it was used to describe illness. As a result, it is very difficult (especially for non-medics) to ascertain or understand descriptions/diagnoses from these very brief and shorthand records. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarylW Posted 15 April , 2014 Share Posted 15 April , 2014 5-5-17 12 Gen Ba ?CJ foot (L) Welcome to the forum Could be 12 General Base hospital in Rouen according to the list on The Long Long Trail http://www.1914-1918.net/hospitals.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remepete Posted 16 April , 2014 Share Posted 16 April , 2014 Thanks for the replies so far. I've managed to get the document uploaded so please take a look. CarylW - you may well be right because Rouen is mentioned a little further down the page. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remepete Posted 16 April , 2014 Share Posted 16 April , 2014 Here's the specific part about his foot injury. I have no idea what the top line says. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarylW Posted 20 April , 2014 Share Posted 20 April , 2014 The very top line? Think it starts off 'Next of kin....' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bardess Posted 20 April , 2014 Share Posted 20 April , 2014 Could it be 12 Can[adian?] Field Ambulance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remepete Posted 22 April , 2014 Share Posted 22 April , 2014 I think you're right Diane. The F in the entry is the same as the F in RFA. 12 Canadian Field Ambulance is a reserve unit now based in British Columbia, their web page says that the unit participated in WW1 but there are no other details Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnboy Posted 22 April , 2014 Share Posted 22 April , 2014 No. 12 Canadian Field AmbulanceBackground Information Organized at Winnipeg in March 1916 under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel H. F. Gordon. Authorization published in General Order 69 of 15 July 1916. Left Montreal 23 June 1916 aboard SCANDINAVIAN. Arrived in England 3 July 1916. Strength: 10 officers, 235 other ranks. Arrived in France 12 August 1916. 4th Canadian Division. Demobilized at Toronto in May 1919. Disbanded by General Order 211 of 15 November 1920. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remepete Posted 22 April , 2014 Share Posted 22 April , 2014 Thanks johnboy. My wife and I were looking at the document again last night, trying to decipher the handwriting. We noticed at on 3-6-18 Grandad was admitted to 15 CCS for ????? Influenza. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnboy Posted 22 April , 2014 Share Posted 22 April , 2014 15Casualty Clearing Station. The CCS moved about a lot. I will see if I can find where they were at that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remepete Posted 22 April , 2014 Share Posted 22 April , 2014 On 3-6-18 15 CCs was located either in Ebblinghem or Affringues. http://www.1914-1918.net/ccs.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnboy Posted 22 April , 2014 Share Posted 22 April , 2014 I have it listed as EBBLINGHEM 30/9/17 - 11/5/18 AFFRIGUES 27/6/18 - 30/6/18 Can't pin it down to 3/6/18. Doubt they were out of action for 47 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Tobin Posted 10 January , 2016 Author Share Posted 10 January , 2016 Can you help me decipher this illness please? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 10 January , 2016 Admin Share Posted 10 January , 2016 Malaria was in ? 52nd General Hosp. Salonika Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Tobin Posted 10 January , 2016 Author Share Posted 10 January , 2016 The rest of the record mentions Malaria, but I thought that said something else - need new glasses. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie2 Posted 10 January , 2016 Share Posted 10 January , 2016 Malaria was in Hosp - it is exactly the same "word" as in between General and Salonika Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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