262922 John Matson British Army East Yorkshire Regiment from:Hull, East Yorkshire, On 28 Jan 2020, I had a chat with my grandmother about her grandfather, John Matson. He was born 31 Jul 1874 in Hull to William Josephus Matson and Mary Jane Carter, and he later married Martha McGrath.
My grandmother said that John served in the Great War, and although she didn't know too much, she specifically mentioned that he fought at Ypres and Passchendaele. She said that he was sent from the battlefield to a London hospital, that he wore the blue 'Convalescent Blues', and that he had shell-shock. She didn't know anything more but did suggest they tried new inventions on him to help. Then he returned back home to Hull.
What I have gathered is that during World War One the newly built Maudsley Hospital on Denmark Hill in Camberwell was requisitioned by the military to be a Neurological Clearing Centre for soldiers suffering from shell-shock. The Maudsley was a subsidiary of the 4th London General Hospital
John died in 1928.
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