injury date in relation to casualty list date

[Sue L]

Hello all

 

I know from his service record that Frank Cook (Army Service Corps, T4/043411) was injured by shrapnel in the face and left knee on 25th March 1918.  He was treated at 24th General Hospital and then in Newhaven from 1 April.

 

He appears in the war office casualty lists for 7th May 1908

 

Was it normal for the casualty lists to be 5-6 weeks behind the event in this way?? 

Would that suggest that other men who appear in the casualty lists were wounded a month or so before their name appears or is it too random to be predictable??

 

Thanks in anticipation

Sue L

[charlie962]

Typically 4 weeks after the event is a good guide. But no guarantee. With the chaos of the Spring Offensive and British retreat there must have been a lot of paperwork to process and uncertainty over all those initially reported missing.  So in this case the 5-6 weeks is not surprising.

 

Charlie

[Sue L]

thanks Charlie

 

Sue