Casaualty Clearing Station

[Terry H]

I am trying to find the exact location of casualty clearing station no 41 at Duisans, France in May 1917, as my wife's great uncle died there and is buried in the cemetery at Duisand.  

[RussT]

Here's a couple of suggestions to get you going:

1) Have a look at the 41 CCS War Diary to see if they self identify their location for the period of interest.

2) CCS came under Army orders. So find the Army it was in at the time, then have a look at the War Diary for the Director of Medical Services for that Army - quite often that Diary will provide map coordinates for the CCS, which you can then plot in Trench-Mapper.

Regards

Russ

[Terry H]

That's great Russ.  Many thanks for your help.

[RussT]

Even simpler:

This CWGC link gives you the map for the location of the cemetery - and also tells you that 41 CCS was located there at the time.

Russ

 Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun | Cemetery Details | CWGC

[Terry H]

Thanks again Russ.  I will do that