Old Front Line
WW1 Podcast with Paul Reed
Flanders: The CCS Cemeteries
Bandaghem, Dozinghem and Mendinghem were three made-up names for British Casualty Clearing Stations locations in Flanders, reflecting their use for the wounded: Bandaging Them, Dosing Them Up and Mending Them! What was the story of these important medical facilities and what stories of the war in Flanders do we find here?
Returned From The Front website: Battlefield Cross – Capt B.H. Vyvyan
The wartime book on Best-Dunkley VC: At Ypres with Best-Dunkley
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Thanks Paul for another great podcast. The role of medical services during the War and the role of nurses is of particular interest. Techniques/treatment developed in the military were and continue to be incorporated into civilian medicine. This continues.
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Great listen…especially for my CCS interest!
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Thanks, Niall.
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Great podcast as always Paul, I’ll explore the area myself the day prior to our Wipers meet up
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Thanks so much for these informative podcasts. I have found this particular one most interesting as I have a great uncle lying in Dozinghem. Sgt Richard Morris, 11th Battalion SWB. Who died on the second day of the battle of Passchendaele.
Many Thanks
Mike
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Thanks, Glad it was of interest, Mike.
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Thank you for this episode. My great uncle James Francis O’Connell (23838), 2nd Company, 2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st NZEF, is buried in Dozinghem Military Cemetery. He was wounded in the line near Wieltje and was evacuated to the 61st CCS, “Dozinghem”. Sadley, he died of wounds on August 29th 1917.
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Another amazingly enlightening episode. Thank you also for the link to the download for the Best -Dunkley book. Can’t wait to read it!
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Thanks, Peter – I hope you find the book of interest!
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Thanks for another interesting podcast Paul. And as ever, a plug for the Gunners. Regarding the bombing of CCS’s it would appear that the Germans did this in error. Was this the case and were their CCS’s bombed by the allies in the same way? I am ssuming that CCS’s on both sides would have large red crosses visible from the air to avoid this sort of thing happening.
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It did happen by error yes as all the infrastructure was very close together and easy to miss targets with aerial bombs.
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