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No.46 Casualty Clearing Station
No.46 Casualty Clearing Station opened at Proven in June 1916 and made a number of moves, ending the war at Delsaux Farm. The wounded, having already had their wounds dressed at a Dressing Station would be brought to the tented hospital behind the lines, which also dealt with the sick referred to them by the Medical Officer of the man's battalion. The CCS was equipped with an operating theatre and tented wards. Those who needed further treatment would be transferred to one of the hospitals, though some were able to return to their unit after a stay at the CCS.If you can provide any additional information, please add it here.
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L/Cpl. Gavin Arthur Wilson 1st/14th Btn. London Regiment (d.31st Aug 1918)
My great uncle, Gavin Wilson, died of wounds in Flanders on the 31st of August 1918, aged 19, following action at the Battle of Bullecourt. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission website confirms his burial place as Bac du Sud British cemetery in Bailleulval which was the site, in August and September 1918 of the No. 46 Casualty Clearing Station.Gavin signed up to the London Scottish Regiment in Dundee in September 1916 as a volunteer, aged 18 years and 21 days. At the time he was an apprentice chartered accountant with Mackay, Irons & Co., Commercial Street, Dundee. According to my grandfather, he had been counting the months until he would be old enough to sign up. The Regimental Archivist has confirmed that Gavin trained with the 3rd Battalion in late 1916 and early 1917 at Hazley Down Camp in Winchester. His medical record indicates that Gavin was hospitalised with German Measles in April of 1917. He then sailed across to France on 1st October 1917 and joined the 1st Battalion London Scottish Regiment - also written as (1st/14th London (London Scottish) Regiment) or 14th Londons) - on 14th of October 1917 after final training and "battle inoculation" at Etaples. He fought through the Battle of Cambrai on 30th of November 1917 as lance corporal in charge of the Lewis gun section of his company.
Gavin was wounded on 30th of August 1918 at the Battle of Bullecourt and taken to No 46 Casualty Clearing Station where he died of wounds the following day. A letter from the Matron of 46 CCS to Gavin’s father confirms that he was brought there on 30th of August with stomach wounds. In the matron’s words: ‘He seemed so happy and not the least frightened, and sent you his love.’
Gavin was born in Newport, Fife on 10th of September 1898, the youngest son of Gavin Laurie Wilson and his second wife, Alison Johnston Russell. Gavin Laurie Wilson was the founder of the well-known Dundee department store, G.L. Wilson’s (The Friendly Store), situated at The Corner, Murraygate, Dundee. Gavin Arthur was the younger half-brother of Sir Garnet Wilson, Lord Provost of Dundee 1940-1946.
Di Anderson
Private Henry Edward Brain D Squadron Queens Own Oxfordshire Hussars
Harry Brain enlisted in the Queens Own Oxfordshire Hussars in 1910 yet his war service started on 20th April 1915 when he landed in Egypt whilst attached to the Corps of Hussars. He had a younger brother Albert who was sadly killed on 21st November 1914 whilst serving with the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Harry returned from Egypt some time in 1916 as he is recorded as joining the QOOH in April 1916.The QOOH was split into 3 line units. The 1/1st, which went to France, and the 2/1st and 3/1st which remained in the UK. He must have been attached to the 2/1st or 3/1st unit at this time. The Yeomanry 2nd and 3rd line units were constantly called on to provide drafts for overseas reinforcements and, in fact, all fit officers and men were eventually posted abroad. This must have happened to Harry when he went to France in December 1916. The regiment was in Vaulx in France in December 1916. The regiment served in Arras, Gillemont Farm and Cambrai areas during the period that Harry was with them.Harry’s service ended on 23rd March 1918 when he was wounded East of Noyon in the Battle of St Quentin during the Kaiserschlacht, Germany’s last great gamble to win the war. His son, my father (Bill) told me that Harry was wounded in the leg and the bullet was never removed. The Battle of St Quentin was a costly one for the QOOH. 4 officers were wounded, 19 OR’s (Other Ranks) killed or died of wounds and 46 OR’s wounded. Harry’s movements after being wounded are not known. What is known is that there was a Casualty Clearing Station (C.C.S No.46) in Noyon from 4th February 1918 to 28th March 1918). He may have passed through this C.C.S. Also, for part of his treatment he was in a military hospital in Grimsbury in Banbury. Harry was discharged from service on 22nd February 1919
Keith Brain
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