Collection and caring for wounded

Two extracts from a war diary which reveal problems relating to collection of the wounded, March 1915 and 24th Field Ambulance plans to receive the wounded at Sailly, May 1915. (Catalogue ref: WO 95/1703)

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WAR DIARY

or

INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY

Place Date Hour                                                Summary of Events and Information Remarks and references to Appendices
  March 10th 1915

 

 

 

 

 

11th

12th

13th

  There are a good deal of delay in the early part of this day in collecting wounded for two reasons:-

1.    The ambulance wagons were not allowed to go nearer the action than ROUGE CROIX.

2.    Only one bearer subsection per field ambulance was ordered forward

3.15 pm B & C stretcher subdivisions & all ambulance wagons ordered forward.

Influx of wounded

Evacuation from field ambulance by British Red Cross Society cars. On the whole this worked very well; sometimes there [was] some delay. The great difficulty was the time necessarily taken to dress cases with multiple wounds, mostly shrapnel.

Still many wounded

“         “         “

Fewer wounded

24th Ho. Ambulance

 

                                         WAR DIARY         24th Field Ambulance

or

INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY

Place Date Hour                                              Summary of Events and Information Remarks and references to Appendices
SAILLY May 1st 1915

6th

 

8th

   

A Section moved from BAC ST MAUR to our Headquarters here.

Ordered to send party to repair Corduroy road from H.33a 3.0 to H.32.a.8.10 [map references]. Both ends were repaired.

Preparations for reception of wounded: [see diagram provided]

i. Accommodation etc   Medical Officers        Sitting  cases         Lying cases   Dressing Rooms

 1                3                            70                           15                      2

2                                                                             10

 3                                                                                                       1

 4                 3                                                           50

 5                                                5                            20                     1

(officers)         6                                               70

6                          145                          95                     4

ii. Material

At 1 & 4 the mobilization equipment of A & B Sections respectively were used at the other places boxes of dressings and comforts were made up for use.

 

 

 

 

[Diagram to show location of sitting and lying cases]

 

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