142 Pte K W Robson
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142 Pte K W Robson
My maternal great grandfather.
Joined up on 17th April 1908 - possibly en bloc with mates- [from Durham St Johns Ambulance] - as a Private in 2nd Northumbrian Field Ambulance, R.A.M.C., part of the new 4th Northumbrian Division Territorial Force
I only just started researching this side of the family thanks to some almost forgotten info gleaned from my aunt, and came up with the following. They were in the 1st Battle of Ypres in 1915, sadly he had 2 spells in hospital with influenza and then caught the 'new' [at the time] trench nephritis, which accounted for 10% of bed space and 5% of all medical admissions in WW1. It is a kidney related illness and caused over 15,000 soldiers to claim a pension after 1918. He ended up being given a Blighty and had to have almost 2 months in a convalescent hospital in Eastborne before being discharged only fit for Home Service.
As a new illness at the time, it was not met with great success by the medical authorities and hundreds of people died, mainly non-com trench soldiers, mostly treatments were ineffective. Another of my relatives on my fathers side was also sent back to England with the same illness. He recovered and went back to France but died later in the war.
Have found a bunch of docs on ancestry relating to him, so now I shall spend a bit of time finding out about the unit he was in.
Joined up on 17th April 1908 - possibly en bloc with mates- [from Durham St Johns Ambulance] - as a Private in 2nd Northumbrian Field Ambulance, R.A.M.C., part of the new 4th Northumbrian Division Territorial Force
I only just started researching this side of the family thanks to some almost forgotten info gleaned from my aunt, and came up with the following. They were in the 1st Battle of Ypres in 1915, sadly he had 2 spells in hospital with influenza and then caught the 'new' [at the time] trench nephritis, which accounted for 10% of bed space and 5% of all medical admissions in WW1. It is a kidney related illness and caused over 15,000 soldiers to claim a pension after 1918. He ended up being given a Blighty and had to have almost 2 months in a convalescent hospital in Eastborne before being discharged only fit for Home Service.
As a new illness at the time, it was not met with great success by the medical authorities and hundreds of people died, mainly non-com trench soldiers, mostly treatments were ineffective. Another of my relatives on my fathers side was also sent back to England with the same illness. He recovered and went back to France but died later in the war.
Have found a bunch of docs on ancestry relating to him, so now I shall spend a bit of time finding out about the unit he was in.
Padre Matt- Posts : 424
Join date : 2010-07-18
Age : 50
Location : Yorkshire, England
Re: 142 Pte K W Robson
Found out his younger brother also served in the same RAMC unit in WW1 also!
Padre Matt- Posts : 424
Join date : 2010-07-18
Age : 50
Location : Yorkshire, England
Re: 142 Pte K W Robson
Very interesting we can see now why there was a mass of Sanitarium ,s in the post first world war 20,s
brian- Posts : 891
Join date : 2010-04-21
Age : 64
Re: 142 Pte K W Robson
Nice history review there Padre and thanks for sharing!!
Also very nice to see you back in the unit ; )
Kenny
Also very nice to see you back in the unit ; )
Kenny
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