Hi List I haven't had much luck with my queries before but I'm desperate for some help. My ancestor died in June 1918 at 3rd Canadian Stationary Hospital in Doullens. I am wanting to visit the area next year and would like to do some background research about the battles, so I'm not just looking at open fields! I want to be able to see in my head where he would have been and what he may have encountered. Events leading up to his death etc. I know he was buried in the Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery. He was in the 17th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers and enlisted in Woolwich (previously he was in the RAVC). I have looked at a few websites but cannot see a particular battle that was happening there at the time of his injury. Any help will be gratefully received as I am getting nowhere fast. Thanks. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nottinghamshire_genealogy/
Hi Nicola/Listers, I found the war diaries of the 3rd Canadian Stationary Hospital which I believe was located in Boulogne. Seems the hospital was bombed on 29/30 May, 1918. I don't know if it was related to the death of your young man. Was he Pvt. William Arthur Brackner?? From what I understand, in 1918 there were more flu related deaths than from combat. Possibly others on this forum far more knowledgeable than I may relate an encounter at Aveluy Wood on 1 June, 1918 as being another possibility. http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t34532.html http://data4.collectionscanada.ca/netacgi/nph-brs?s1=Canadian+Stationary+Hospital&s13=&s12=&l=20&s9=RG9&s7=9-52&Sect1=IMAGE&Sect2=THESOFF&Sect4=AND&Sect5=WARDPEN&Sect6=HITOFF&d=FIND&p=1&u=http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/02015202_e.html&r=3&f=G Thank you for his military service. Today is Memorial Day here in the U. S. so I'm remembering all who have contributed to the greatest gift that I have: my freedom. Always held close in my thoughts and heart. National treasures & valiant heroes all. Janice USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nicola Butler" <local_history@ntlworld.com> To: <greatwar@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 7:54 AM Subject: [GREATWAR] Lancashire Fusiliers and the Somme 1918 > Hi List > > I haven't had much luck with my queries before but I'm desperate for some > help. > > My ancestor died in June 1918 at 3rd Canadian Stationary Hospital in > Doullens. I am wanting to visit the area next year and would like to do > some background research about the battles, so I'm not just looking at > open fields! I want to be able to see in my head where he would have been > and what he may have encountered. Events leading up to his death etc. I > know he was buried in the Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery. > > He was in the 17th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers and enlisted in Woolwich > (previously he was in the RAVC). I have looked at a few websites but > cannot see a particular battle that was happening there at the time of his > injury. > > Any help will be gratefully received as I am getting nowhere fast. > > Thanks. > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nottinghamshire_genealogy/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message