Matt Dixon Posted 2 December , 2006 Share Posted 2 December , 2006 Whilst doing some research I discovered the following story of a private in the Canadian Infantry who died at hospital near St Omer whilst being nursed by his mother who was the nursing sister at the hospital. His name was Richard Frank Bolton and he is buried in Longuenesse Souvenir Cemetery. His mother was nursing sister Margaret Eleanor Bolton. Has anyone else come across any occasions like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borden Battery Posted 5 December , 2006 Share Posted 5 December , 2006 Hello Matt No, but this is a small but interesting personal story. One would wonder about the conflict of interests versus a mother's need to be near her son. I cannot imagine the stress on the mother-nurse. Borden Battery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dixon Posted 5 December , 2006 Author Share Posted 5 December , 2006 It must have been awful.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacky Kingsley Posted 17 December , 2006 Share Posted 17 December , 2006 Hi My Great Uncle Gordon Harry HOTSTON was gassed in France and returned home. His family lived in Caledonian Road, Chichester so I have no idea if he was sent to Graylingwell, which was at the time a Military Hospital, by luck or design. Anyway his youngest sister Annie was a nurse at the hospital. He was allowed home on condition she nursed him. When I met her about 15 years ago she told me she knew he would die as gassing cases rarely survived, especially if they were badly injured. I was told at the time she was senile (she was getting on for 90 at the time) but several points of her story bear up. Graylingwell was a Militry Hospital and Gordon is buried in Chichester Cemetery. Would wounded returned soldiers automatically be sent to a hospital near their home or was it just luck? Was she correct in that not many soldiers survived gassing? Thank you Jacky HOTSTON, GORDON HARRY Initials: G H Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Royal Sussex Regiment Unit Text: 1st/5th Bn. Age: 23 Date of Death: 01/12/1917 Service No: T/240745 Additional information: Son of Edward and Jane Hotston, of 3, Caledonian Rd., Chichester. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 121. 26. Cemetery: CHICHESTER CEMETERY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 17 December , 2006 Share Posted 17 December , 2006 Would wounded returned soldiers automatically be sent to a hospital near their home or was it just luck? John (Jack) Bonner 41385 Pte 2/5 Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regt died of wounds in hospital in Bristol on 28/02/1919, His parents had travelled from Hatfield in South Yorkshire to be by his bedside and were with him when he died. I believe he was wounded in October 1918 and underwent 3 operations for head wounds. So in his case it was probably dangerous to move him. To add to his parents grief, his body was lost on the railways back to Hatfield and he wasn't buried until a week later. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacky Kingsley Posted 17 December , 2006 Share Posted 17 December , 2006 Hi Mick That sounds terrible. I can guess how the railway people discovered the corpse in the end. So it would appear the authorities tried to show a little humanity!!!!! Your reply took 13 minutes - that must be a record. Thank you Jacky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 17 December , 2006 Share Posted 17 December , 2006 a record...no way SDGW and CWGC searches are real races! Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grenadier Posted 18 December , 2006 Share Posted 18 December , 2006 Just 3 words "ERE EN EERBIED" (Honnor and respect .... The motto of the Belgian Grenadiers) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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