paul.pengelly Posted 11 June , 2019 Share Posted 11 June , 2019 From my Great Uncle 400264 Thomas Pengelly ,CEF service file,struggling with this handwritten report. "....on Nov 20th as he was coming out of the trench he recieved a shrapnel wound in left leg .(Profuse haemorrhage?) followed.Taken first ???? dressing station then ???? clearing station Ballieul,was operated on at Balliuel,and some shrapnel removed. Was hoping to be able to work out where his initial medical treatment took place,there are pages and pages on his subsequent 18 month hospital and convalescent treatment but this is the only bit on the first hours. Thanks for looking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depaor01 Posted 11 June , 2019 Share Posted 11 June , 2019 (edited) #1 field dressing and #2 clearing? Dave Edited 11 June , 2019 by depaor01 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 11 June , 2019 Share Posted 11 June , 2019 7 minutes ago, depaor01 said: #1 field dressing and #2 clearing? Dave Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin DavidOwen Posted 11 June , 2019 Admin Share Posted 11 June , 2019 Agreed. The word in front of # is "to". Profuse haemorrhage is also correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul.pengelly Posted 11 June , 2019 Author Share Posted 11 June , 2019 My god that was quick!... who knew that they had hash tags in those days!, just had to google it to check # "..designation of an ordinal number..,and abbreviation for pounds ." #1 field dressing..makes sense all I could see was that the first letter looked so much like the first letter in "taken" and nothing like the first letter in "followed" ,and the writer didn't do his trademark extend the f three lines below.! Great work thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depaor01 Posted 11 June , 2019 Share Posted 11 June , 2019 15 minutes ago, paul.pengelly said: # "..designation of an ordinal number..,and abbreviation for pounds ." For most of my life that was the only use for the symbol. I remember being baffled when it was hijacked by Twitter et al for a role for which it was never intended. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul.pengelly Posted 12 June , 2019 Author Share Posted 12 June , 2019 On 11/06/2019 at 11:25, depaor01 said: For most of my life that was the only use for the symbol. I remember being baffled when it was hijacked by Twitter et al for a role for which it was never intended. Dave I can't really imagine "#1 field dressing" trending ...whatever it is that means Unfortunately I am still in the dark as to where he went before Baillieul,despite looking through 6 Canadian Field Ambulance war diaries each with 3 sections, I am none the wiser. Didn't have much luck with the Duchess of Connaught ,Taplow Hospital war diary either,they are missing two months from early 1917 right when he would have been leaving for HIllingdon Convalescent Hospital.....sometimes its best to just step away from the computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin DavidOwen Posted 12 June , 2019 Admin Share Posted 12 June , 2019 Paul The LLT has this list, not guaranteed to be 100% https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/locations-of-british-casualty-clearing-stations/ David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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