Hi All, I have my grandfather's army records, among them is a Casualty Form. It is quite legible but the trouble is I don't understand the abbreviations etc. Can anyone help and if help is available how do I put the form on here? Cheers, Moiramary
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If you post up the ones you don't understand, then there may well be folks here who can help - or who can steer you to the right place to ask.
ChristineResearching: BENNETT (Leics/Birmingham-ish) - incl. Leonard BENNETT in Detroit & Florida ; WARR/WOR, STRATFORD & GARDNER/GARNAR (Oxon); CHRISTMAS, RUSSELL, PAFOOT/PAFFORD (Hants); BIGWOOD, HAYLER/HAILOR (Sussex); LANCASTER (Beds, Berks, Wilts) - plus - COCKS (Spitalfields, Liverpool, Plymouth); RUSE/ROWSE, TREMEER, WADLIN(G)/WADLETON (Devonport, E Cornwall); GOULD (S Devon); CHAPMAN, HALL/HOLE, HORN (N Devon); BARRON, SCANTLEBURY (Mevagissey)...
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Her is the document.. I hope!
I am posting the document in the hope that someone may be able to enlighten me as to some of the abbreviations.
I hope it can be read, I used photobucket and I'm not sure if that is the best way for a document. Lord, I'm rambling aren't I! Cheers, Moira.
'The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.' Bertrand Russel.
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For all abbreviations, check these interpretations make sense in context.
Fld Amblce = Field Ambulance
RA = Royal Artillery (usually)
GHQ = General Head Quarters
M G Coy = machine gun company (?)
BEF = British Expeditionary Force
Divl = Divisional
FAWU = Field Artillery (?)Works Unit
You've got lots of dates there. If you're from Lincoln in England, then you'll know to interpret them as dd/mm/yy. You've also got the mother's name and address as NoK.
ChristineResearching: BENNETT (Leics/Birmingham-ish) - incl. Leonard BENNETT in Detroit & Florida ; WARR/WOR, STRATFORD & GARDNER/GARNAR (Oxon); CHRISTMAS, RUSSELL, PAFOOT/PAFFORD (Hants); BIGWOOD, HAYLER/HAILOR (Sussex); LANCASTER (Beds, Berks, Wilts) - plus - COCKS (Spitalfields, Liverpool, Plymouth); RUSE/ROWSE, TREMEER, WADLIN(G)/WADLETON (Devonport, E Cornwall); GOULD (S Devon); CHAPMAN, HALL/HOLE, HORN (N Devon); BARRON, SCANTLEBURY (Mevagissey)...
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Originally posted by AlanC View PostWas he a 'Medic' of some kind............his postings were to Field Ambulance Depots
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Hi Alan and Christine, Thank you so much for your (very quick) help. My grandfather started his war as a despatch rider in the front line and thereafter drove field ambulances. There were were actually fourteen pages to his record (boy was I excited!) but several were blank and some were unreadable. The above page seemed to give quite a lot of information and was legible. I have a photo of him with his field ambulance. Do you think it would be of use anywhere on the site? Thanks once again, Moiramary.
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James and his ambulance
Hi Barbara, here is my Granda James with his field ambulance. It looks like a rough ride for the poor injured doesn't it. Cheers, Moiramary.
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Hi Barbara, Where can I read about the ambulances evacuating the soldiers? I would me very interested. Like a lot of men Granda didn't talk about his part in the war. My own Dad was the same about his experience in WW2. Cheers, Moiramary.
'The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.' Bertrand Russel.
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Love the photo
have a look at this link, it does give info on what the ASC did during WW1,and also the Royakl Army Medical Corp. You can also look at the definition of a Field Ambulance.
The Army Service Corps of 1914-1918
Loads of info on here re the First World War, what they went through does not bear thinking about.
GeorgeResearching Drury, Tinley, Watson, Pavier. Mainly Nottinghamshire
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Thanks Barbara and Hydyn. I do like to get background info on work etc to help me understand my family's past, the above site should certainly give me plenty to get my teeth into. Cheers, Moiramary.
'The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.' Bertrand Russel.
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