KIRKY Posted 29 August , 2003 Share Posted 29 August , 2003 Hi anyone can give me directions for any of these in Somme area close to front line? I have been visiting the Somme for 5 years now and would like to look at a couple of sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Reed Posted 29 August , 2003 Share Posted 29 August , 2003 You do realise that there will be nothing left to see of these CCSs? They were mainly tented, so not permanant. If you want to see the typical sort of ground where one was located go to Puchevillers Cemetery; the fields surrounding the walls of the cemetery was where the CCS was located. 44th CCS in particular was in operation here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIRKY Posted 29 August , 2003 Author Share Posted 29 August , 2003 Paul as usual you are so quick to reply, thanks! I just wanted to get a feel for the areas used,I know there would be nothing left but have in fact seen what was left of dumps around Corbie area this March, there was much debris! Thanks again Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Lees Posted 1 September , 2003 Share Posted 1 September , 2003 If you've visited Corbie then you weren't far from Heilly Station, where there were the busiest of CCSs. I find that area very atmospheric. You can see the flat area between the railway and the cemetery and imagine the position of the huts and tents which must have been there. The cemetery tells it's own story, too. Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somme1916 Posted 5 September , 2003 Share Posted 5 September , 2003 Y'all are making me home sick for the Somme! I miss it and the rest of the Western Front sooo much now that I'm back in the States. I feel trapped between two worlds, the land of my birth and area I grew to love so much during my all too short three year tour in Belgium. Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted 6 September , 2003 Share Posted 6 September , 2003 Are there any books about the activities of a CCS? Just finished reading a history of the 9th Australian Field Ambulance and found it to be very interesting to see how the unit dealt with both static warfare and times like the Aug/Sept 1918 advances. Cheers Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Baker Posted 6 September , 2003 Share Posted 6 September , 2003 If you haven't alrady done so, have at look at this page from my site. It will tell you what a CCS did. There is also a list of all CCS locations in France. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n cherry Posted 10 September , 2003 Share Posted 10 September , 2003 The role of the CCS's was covered in an article called 'The RAMC on the Somme 1916' in Stand To! issue 64 by someone called N Cherry (whoever he is!) There are also some shots of Heilly in the Archive of the IWM taken in September 1916 which are easy to match up as they were taken on the slope running down to Heilly Halt Station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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