Capt F G Crookshank RAMC

[ScottB]

Hi all,

 

I'm wondering if anyone has come across anything on a Capt. Francis Graham Crookshank RAMC ? I have plenty of information on him  pre and post war but not too much during his service. I find this chap is a very interesting doctor with a somewhat turbulent life.

 

What  I do have is in 1914 Crookshank joined  the staff of  the Church War Hospital to assist the British committee French Red Cross in Caen ,North France.  On 20^th December 1914 he was made Lieut. in the R.A.M.C. and then Capt on 16^th May 1916. 

 

But the most interesting thing he was involved in was the court martial and execution of 2nd Lieut. Eric Poole which looks a to a miscarriage of justice as the poor fellow was not himself and Haig might have used him as an example to other officers.

 

Thanks

 

[The Inspector]

Hi Scott

Welcome to the forum.

I presume you have his family history. Public Tree on Ancestry. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1030/?name=Francis+G_Crookshank&death=1933_Marylebone-London-England

Regards Barry

[ScottB]

Hi Barry,

 

Yes thanks I do, there's quite a lot out there about him in his civilian life as he was reasonably well known in his day for his medical theories and was an author .

 

Its his RAMC time I'm interested in but I don't know if I have been looking in the wrong places or it just doesn't exist. Got the usual MIC and medal rolls and found a bit on Munk's Roll and an obituary with a reference to his service days.

 

Scott