Help to Decipher Medical Note Abbreviations

[kelvintruss]

I would be grateful if someone could decipher the following for me:

Something to do with his right foot I assume?

Kelvin

 

[RussT]

23/06/1917: Officer Commanding 2/1st East Lancashire Field Ambulance: Admitted XXX Foot (Right): 19/06/1917: 11th Corps Rest Station 20/06/1917

23/06/1917: Officer Commanding 11th Corps Rest Station: Admitted XXX Foot (Right): 20/06/1917: Duty 06/07/1917

Just can't make out yet what the injury "XXX" is

Regards

Russ

[RussT]

You can see the middle letter is a "C" as it matches the "C" in CRS (Corps Rest Station)

Can you show more of the page (or provide a link) to see if the other two letters can be matched to other known words on the page.

Russ

[kelvintruss]

Thanks so much Russ. I will look to see if 2/1 East Lancs FA or 11th CRS diaries exist. 

Kelv

[RussT]

ICT = Inflammation of Connective Tissue

Regards

Russ

PS: Some discussion here:

 

[kelvintruss]

Brilliant. Thanks again

K

[RussT]

14 minutes ago, kelvintruss said:

I will look to see if 2/1 East Lancs FA or 11th CRS diaries exist.

Whilst you will be able to find a WD for the 2/1 EL FA, I don't think you will (as such) find similar for the XI CRS.

CRSs were set up and run by an established medical unit, like a FA.

So you need to look at the appropriate Divisional or Corps War Diary for the time period of concern and those WDs should tell you which unit was running the CRS at the time.

Regards

Russ

[RussT]

Just had a quick look at the WD for the Deputy Director Medical Service XI Corps and the entry for 24/05/1917 tells us that the 1/3rd (West Riding) Field Ambulance (49th Division) will be taking over the Corps Rest Station from the 2/1st East Lancashire Field Ambulance (66th Division).

So it is the WD of 3/1 WR FA you need as well as the WD 2/1 EL FA for the period of interest.

These WDs don't normally mention individuals but they do give a reasonable idea of the activities and the comings & goings.

Regards

Russ