Did he get to the trenches before injury ?

[Coldstreamer]

If a Coldstreamer went to France 26th August 1914 and then fell from a train at St Nazaire on 15.9.14, would he have even got to the front ?

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[truthergw]

If a Coldstreamer went to France 26th August 1914 and then fell from a train at St Nazaire on 15.9.14, would he have even got to the front ?

Thanks

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Assuming this is the Atlantic seaport, it seems very unlikely. It is only 6 days after the BEF crossed the Marne and fought on the Orc and the Morin heading roughly northwards towards the Chemin des Dames and the Aisne.

[Coldstreamer]

his papers dont mention that he was wounded

[truthergw]

I was trying to think of a scenario where a man would be at the front line and then back down as far as St Nazaire in much less than a fortnight. I assumed he was not a casualty. Unless he had a job that would send him back to St. Nazaire, I think he had not been to the front. The reason I asked was I discovered that there is a stack of St Nazaires all over France.

[Coldstreamer]

this was his only injury - his back damaged enough in the fall to not return to France and was discharged 1915

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