by scully » Sun Aug 19, 2007 6:18 pm
Allan,
I see his discharge papers say he was in France for 12 months before he was wounded. He was initially posted for duty at Worcester on the 22nd February 1917 but I can see no record of him joining the Worcestershire Regiment, he may simply have been recruited at Worcester like many others and joined the Machine Gun Corps. as a gunner. He was wounded on the 11th August 1918 at Corbie, Somme, France. Suffered Gun Shoot Wound (left leg was practically blown off at the thigh by a shell) to his left leg (thigh) had it amputated on the 18th August 1918 (states 12.5 inch stump). After been wounded he was taken to the 55th Casualty Clearing Station (France) then to the 54th General Hospital (France) then to 2nd Northern General Hospital, Leeds, then to the Lady Sykes Aux. Hospital at Brompton.
Prior to joining the army he was employed at Messers Ward & Co., Leather Worker, Barbourne, Worcester.
You may already have the above information but I thought I would post it just in case.
Regards,
Louis