Hi
My grandfather Isaac Queen was in the Scottish Rifles Regiment 7127 and was wounded in France 14 December 1914 by sharpnel. He walked 2 miles to the nearest First Aid Post. I would liked to know more about the post and which hospital he would have been taken to eventually.
Heather
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Hi Heather
If you haven't already got it, I'd suggest you download his medal roll index card from the Documentsonline site at http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/ This should tell you what medals he was entitled to and also which battalion of the regiment he was in. The Long, Long Trail website at http://www.1914-1918.net/scotrif.htm outlines the movements for each battalion during the early years of WWI. The Unit War Diaries (held at The National Archives at Kew - online catalogue at http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cata ... efault.asp) should tell you where the Scottish Rifles (also called the Cameronians) were and what they were doing at the relevant time. Alternatively one of the published histories may give the same information - there's a list here http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/026Camer.htm on the Regiments.org website. These should help you narrow down exactly where he was wounded. After that I'm afraid my knowledge runs out.
Hopefully someone else will be able to tell you how to track down details of first aid posts, casualty clearing stations and hospitals.
Sheena
If you haven't already got it, I'd suggest you download his medal roll index card from the Documentsonline site at http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/ This should tell you what medals he was entitled to and also which battalion of the regiment he was in. The Long, Long Trail website at http://www.1914-1918.net/scotrif.htm outlines the movements for each battalion during the early years of WWI. The Unit War Diaries (held at The National Archives at Kew - online catalogue at http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cata ... efault.asp) should tell you where the Scottish Rifles (also called the Cameronians) were and what they were doing at the relevant time. Alternatively one of the published histories may give the same information - there's a list here http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/026Camer.htm on the Regiments.org website. These should help you narrow down exactly where he was wounded. After that I'm afraid my knowledge runs out.
Hopefully someone else will be able to tell you how to track down details of first aid posts, casualty clearing stations and hospitals.Sheena