Hywyn Posted 16 November , 2014 Share Posted 16 November , 2014 I seem to hold the impression that discharge proceedings for those seriously wounded eg amputees etc would not start until the man was discharged from hospital. Is there any authority I could look up/quote in the event that I am right? Hywyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Evans Posted 16 November , 2014 Share Posted 16 November , 2014 Hywyn, Going by one of my Non-Comms, who suffered a GSW to the spine and was subsequently paralysed: 20/9/17 wounded in action and evacuated to a military hospital in the UK 6/10/17 Medical Board found him unfit for further service. He was still in the same hospital. Army Form B.179 refers. 29/10/17 Officially discharged from service. Army Form B.268 refers. I noted that he was recorded as discharged from that hospital on the same date, What I have not been able to ascertain, is whether he was transferred to a local hospital after that date. He actually died in the local military hospital about 6 months later. Hardly an authoritative answer, I know, but what you say is interesting. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headgardener Posted 16 November , 2014 Share Posted 16 November , 2014 Again, not an authoritative answer, but in all the similar cases I've come across in which medical discharge was no more than a formality, the Medical Board was held at least a week or more before the actual discharge took place. Anything after he was discharged was technically a Pension Board, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hywyn Posted 17 November , 2014 Author Share Posted 17 November , 2014 Thank you both for your replies. I'll make notes of what happens in those records I view for a while. See if a pattern emerges. Thanks again. Hywyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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