PaulNewman Posted 26 January , 2017 Share Posted 26 January , 2017 Hello all. I wondered if anyone might be able to help me. I have come across a soldier in the Great War was admitted to hospital for 'LYD'. Any idea was this abbreviation could stand for? Thank you. Link to post Share on other sites
seaJane Posted 26 January , 2017 Share Posted 26 January , 2017 The only thing I can think of is lyddite, the high explosive made with picric acid. Is there any chance you can post an image of the abbreviation as it appears, if what you have is handwritten? I know from bitter experience that late Victorian/early 20thC capital letters in script are very confusible. Link to post Share on other sites
horatio2 Posted 26 January , 2017 Share Posted 26 January , 2017 Could it be NYD - Not Yet Diagnosed? Link to post Share on other sites
Admin kenf48 Posted 26 January , 2017 Admin Share Posted 26 January , 2017 (edited) Commonly seen in the records is NYD - Not Yet Diagnosed As pointed out above script can be 'confusable' (definitely my word of the day definitely confused autocomplete!) Ken Ah greater minds! Edited 26 January , 2017 by kenf48 Link to post Share on other sites
PaulNewman Posted 27 January , 2017 Author Share Posted 27 January , 2017 Thank you all for the quick feedback. Here is a photograph of the record. Link to post Share on other sites
johnboy Posted 27 January , 2017 Share Posted 27 January , 2017 Quite possibly NYD. The 'L' below is different. Perhaps you can find more text to compare it with? Link to post Share on other sites
TEW Posted 27 January , 2017 Share Posted 27 January , 2017 Does the man have a service/pension record to compare the entry against. Intrigued by which hospital this is, a UK one I guess , an admin & discharge book for a UK hospital? Or a regimental register. More text in the same hand would be a help. TEW Link to post Share on other sites
CGM Posted 27 January , 2017 Share Posted 27 January , 2017 (edited) Look at the capital M of Machine Gun Corps. Take off the second curve and turn the remains of the letter into a free standing one with an upward flourish at the end. Could it then be a capital N? making the entry NYD ? Edited 27 January , 2017 by CGM Link to post Share on other sites
johnboy Posted 27 January , 2017 Share Posted 27 January , 2017 On the line below the 'L' starting Larengitis is not the same as the first letter above it in the abbreviation. Link to post Share on other sites
Ron Clifton Posted 27 January , 2017 Share Posted 27 January , 2017 1 hour ago, CGM said: Look at the capital M of Machine Gun Corps. Take off the second curve and turn the remains of the letter into a free standing one with an upward flourish at the end. Could it then be a capital N? making the entry NYD ? On reading the copy record, but before I saw CGM's post, I had reached exactly the same conclusion. Ron Link to post Share on other sites
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 27 January , 2017 Share Posted 27 January , 2017 Yes I agree, it is NYD. The writer just has a peculiar way of writing his capital M & Ns, with a pathologically high stem in relation to the rest of the letter. Link to post Share on other sites
PaulNewman Posted 27 January , 2017 Author Share Posted 27 January , 2017 My sincere thanks to you all. It looks like the abbreviation is most likely 'NYD'. The record concerned is from a regimental book of casualties and includes those wounded and sick. Many thanks. Link to post Share on other sites
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