Could shrapnel wounds resulting from aircraft bombing appear as GSW in a soldier's record?

[rolt968]

L/Cpl David Hill, 14240, 2 Scots Guards died in14 General Hospital, Wimereuxon 16 October 1917 as a result of GSW received on 13 October 1917. (soldier's record findmypast). According to the war diary, 2 Scots Guards were out of the line (just) at Rugby Camp, Eleverdinghe. No casualties were reported during the handover during the night of 12/13 October. The camp was bombed by an aeroplane three times during the day. Three men were wounded.

Would/could shrapnel wounds from bombing appear as GSW in the soldier's record?

RM

[jay dubaya]

I can see no reason why any wound caused by ammunition fragments wouldn’t be described as a GSW even when that fragment came from an aerial bomb.

[rolt968]

18 minutes ago, jay dubaya said:

I can see no reason why any wound caused by ammunition fragments wouldn’t be described as a GSW even when that fragment came from an aerial bomb.

Thanks Jay. That helps a great deal.

[ss002d6252]

I've seen 'aerial bomb' used before, but I can't see why they couldn't just say GSW - it seems to have been a common catch-all for penetrating wounds.

Craig

[TEW]

There's an old topic on wound classification with 12 main categories of GSW with up to 5 sub groups.

Categories 13 & 14 move into wounds caused by lance, sword and bayonet.

Perhaps knowing if the injury is ballistic in nature or of a bayonet/lance penetrating type injury is the important thing.

EG. IX (1).

Gunshot wounds of the lower extremities.

1. Simple flesh contusions and wounds

Then an example of IX, 1 (bullet).

And another, VIII. 1. (Shell).

TEW

 

[rolt968]

18 hours ago, ss002d6252 said:

I've seen 'aerial bomb' used before, but I can't see why they couldn't just say GSW - it seems to have been a common catch-all for penetrating wounds.

Craig

 

14 hours ago, TEW said:

There's an old topic on wound classification with 12 main categories of GSW with up to 5 sub groups.

Categories 13 & 14 move into wounds caused by lance, sword and bayonet.

Perhaps knowing if the injury is ballistic in nature or of a bayonet/lance penetrating type injury is the important thing.

EG. IX (1).

Gunshot wounds of the lower extremities.

1. Simple flesh contusions and wounds

Then an example of IX, 1 (bullet).

And another, VIII. 1. (Shell).

TEW

 

Thank you both. I had begun to wonder if at least on "summary" pages of a soldier's record GSW was really a generic term.

RM