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No.25 General Hospital
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Those known to have worked or been treated at
No.25 General Hospital
during the Great War 1914-1918.
- Dowden Joseph George. Rfmn. (d.18th Jul 1916)
- Ibbotson William Henry. Gnr.
- Legg Edward John. L/Cpl. (d.7th Oct 1916)
- Reardon Henry. Pte. (d.29th June 1918)
- Stratton William Henry. Pte
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Pte William Henry Stratton S Coy Royal Army Medical Corps
William Stratton enlisted at Watford into Royal Army Medical Corps. His address on enlistment was 47 Church St., St. Albans, age was 38yrs and 3 months. H. 5'3" W 118lbs Chest 35" Previous trade is listed as School Employee. He was posted to S Company on 09/01/17 then Posted to P.P.P. Reinforcements at Blackpool 18/4/17. He embarked at Southampton 20/4/17 and disembarked at Havre the following day then travelled to Rouen where he was posted to the Cyclists Base Depot 23/4/17 and then to Posted to No. 25 General Hospital two days later. He was Transferred to Army Reserve 01/9/17 and Discharged on Demobilization 31/3/20.William Loved football and won a football medal in 1900/1 for St.Albans Amateurs, scoring winning goal in semi-final, and laying on 2 of 3 winners in final. He told my father, "When you 1st get on the field, go straight up to your opposite number, and kick him as hard as you can in the shin".
Clive Hodge
L/Cpl. Edward John Legg 12th Btn. Rifle Brigade (d.7th Oct 1916)
Edward Legg was born 29th of December 1889 in Richmond, Victoria, Australia. He was a Seaman from Williamstown, Victoria, Australia, he had landed in England and was waiting for a ship, when war broke out. On the 8th of September he enlisted at the Admiralty Recruiting Office in London, went directly to Rifle Depot, Winchester. On the 10th her was posted to the 9th Battalion, Rifle Brigade, 14th (Light) Division but on the 1st of October was transferred 12th Battalion, Rifle Brigade, 20th (Light) Division. He landed in France with 12th Rifle Brigade on the 21st of July 1915.On the 6th of June 1916 he was wounded, a gun shot in right eye and forehead while in the Potijze sector of the Ypres Salient. He was admitted to 17th Casualty Clearing Station the next day and evacuated via No 6 Ambulance Train to No 1 Canadian General Hospital, Etaples where he was admitted on the 8th of June. On the 10th he was transferred No 26 General Hospital and on the 27th to No 20 Infantry Base Depot, Etaples for convalescence.
Edward rejoined the 12th Rifle Brigade on teh 7th of July 1916 near Ypres. from the 15th to 19th he was treated at a Local Field Ambulance for scabies. He was wounded, gun shot to face a second time on the 13th of August 1916 and admitted to No.29 Casualty Clearing Station and evacuated via No 21 Ambulance Train the next day. On the 16th he was admitted No 25 General Hospital at Hardelot his injuries recorded as GSW and he was also noted as suffering from urticaria. He was transferred No 47 Infantry Base Depot, Hardelot for convalescence on the 6th of September and on the 8th was appointed Lance Corporal (unpaid) rejoining 12th Rifle Brigade at Corbie two days later.
Edward was recorded as missing in action on the 7th of October 1916 and officially presumed to have died on or since that date on the 9th of November 1918.
Pam Henderson
Rfmn. Joseph George Dowden 7th Btn. King Royal Rifle Corps (d.18th Jul 1916)
Joseph Dowden was born about 1889 in Marylebone London, a grocers assistant when he was 28 years old, he enlisted in the Army in 1914. He was married to Lilian who was 23 and pregnant with his second child, they already had a 4 year old son Edward and were living at 8 Cumberland St, Westminster.On the 21st of August 1914 George arrived at the Rifle Depot Winchester to begin training and was posted on strength of the 7th KRRC serving in C Coy on 25th Aug 1914. 13 days later tragedy struck. Sadly on 7th Sept 1914 Lily died as a result of giving birth. Her death is attributed to her pregnancy and puerperal septicemia. George was given leave to bury his wife and make arrangements for his children. From available records the children were cared for by the Children's Aid Committee from this period.
George went absent from duty on the 31st Dec 1914 returning to the Battalion 15 days later on the 14th Jan 1915 and was fined 15 days pay. On the 24th Jan 1915 George again went absent without leave and was declared a deserter. He was struck off strength of the Regiment on 16th Feb 1915 following a Court of Inquiry carried out at Hindhead presided over by Capt. HM Gosling and 2nd Lt's. N B Fuller and J H Roe after evidence was heard from 1542 L/Sjt Pickup 7th KRRC. Despite all that had occurred George voluntarily returned to the Battalion on 2nd Mar 1915 and following a disciplinary hearing was awarded 28 days field punishment No. 2a which would possibly have been forced hard labour and secured when not working to prevent further escape.
On the 19th May 1915 he embarked for France with his Battalion. After a period of training in trench warfare 7th Btn KRRC moved into the front-line trenches east of Ypres. He is recorded as being admitted to 16 General Hospital on 27th Jul 1915 with a distal radius fracture of his left arm. After a period of recovery in Rouen and light duties in 14th Division base area he returned to C Coy on 4th Sept 1915.
On the 29th Sept 1915 he was injured again and was admitted to the 13th and then the 25th General Hospital for treatment. After a further period of convalescence and light duties he returned to his Battalion on 25th Feb 1916.
On 1st Jul 1916 he was taken to No.30 Casualty Clearing Station with a serious gunshot wound. He died following treatment on 19th Jul 1916.
There are several documents available showing that his children were still being cared for under the Children's Aid Committee the last known address for his son Edward being 22 East Stratton, Micheldelver, Winchester where on 29th Nov 1917 hiss personnel effects were sent. They consisted of 1 watch, 1 disc, 2 photographs a photograph case and a birth certificate.
Ray Luckett
Gnr. William Henry Ibbotson 297th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
William Ibbotson enlisted in Dec 1915 but was not mobilised until March 1917 where he initially served with 399th Siege Battery RGA then was posted to 297th Siege Battery in Aug 1917. It is believed he was posted to Ypres where he provided artillery support for the 3rd Battle of Ypres and Passchendaele. He was a gas casualty in Aug 1918 losing 30% lung capacity and was eventually discharged on the 20th of Nov 18. He died in 1960.Robin Ibbotson
Pte. Henry Reardon 9th Btn., Att. 1st Army Infantry School Royal Dublin Fusiliers (d.29th June 1918)
Henry Reardon was born in Dublin city in 1896 (birth date estimated), where he lived with his family in his early years in the Guinness Trust Buildings, New Bride Street. He came from a family of tailors. By 1911, Henry had emigrated from Ireland and was living in Liverpool. Within a few years he enlisted in the 9th Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers.Unfortunately Henrys military record did not survive. Private Henry Reardon, regiment number 27435, attached The First Army Infantry School. We know from his army index card that Henry fought in the Western European theatre of war. His medal roll index card indicates Henry was awarded the Victory medal and the British War medal. He died in France on 29th June 1918. Henry did not die in action, but in the 25th General Hospital Hardelot from bronchial pneumonia. He was 22 years old. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cites Henrys burial place as Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, Pas de Calais, France.
While Private Henry Reardon commenced his army service in the 9th Battalion RDF, according to his death certificate by 1918 he had transferred to the 1st Battalion RDF.
Henry's story was lost to our family and only recently have we been able to piece together some details of his life and death. Remarkably for us it was his first cousin Michael O'Reardon (who fought as a young 17-year-old in the Dublin Brigade of the Irish Volunteers at the Four Courts in the 1916 Rising and lived till 1982), who kept in touch with Henry's surviving family in Liverpool and had the family memorial card and Death Memorial Plaque in his effects when he died. It is with great pride that we, as an Irish family, remember both cousins Henry and Michael in this special year of centenaries 2016.
Therese O'Reardon Burke
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