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No. 9 General Hospital

10th Jan 1915 Accomodation

27th Jan 1915 Nurses Required

9th Feb 1916 Field Allowance

27th Apr 1916 Wounds

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Bright Frank. Sgt.
Clift Dudley Joseph. Pte. (d.28th March 1917)
Garland Edward. Sgt. (d.16th December 1918)
Harris Arthur. Pte.
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Pte. Dudley Joseph Clift 20th Btn. (d.28th March 1917)
Dudley Joseph Clift from Maitland, Breeza Station, New South Wales, Australia, enlisted on 30th March 1915 and was assigned to 2nd Division, 5th brigade, 20th Battalion, C Coy. AIF. He was born in 1883, the son of Joseph Henry Clift and Florence Augusta Ransome Clift (nee Maitland),and worked on the family pastoral property and as a Stock and Station Agent before his enlistment.
Dudley's unit was sent to the Gallipoli Penisula, arriving there in August 1915. In July 1916 he arrived in France and was hospitalised on and off for various illnesses, including mumps, till he rejoined his unit on 6th February 1917.
The unit was engaged in action near Martinpuich, north of Albert when, on 2nd March 1917, Dudley received 5 gun shot wounds and was treated at the 1/1 SMCCS before being transferred to the 9th General Hospital in Rouen. He died on 28th March 1917 of septicaemia and is buried in the St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen.
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Sgt. Frank Bright 7th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry
Frank Bright was born at Colyton, East Devon in 1896, son of Thomas and Emma. Frank was from a large family, around ten children, and in early 1900s moved to Knowle St Giles near Chard, Somerset where his father worked on a farm as cowman. Upon leaving school Frank followed his father onto the land but it wasn't long before he wanted something different. He was still a lad when he joined the West Somerset Yeomanry in 1912. At outbreak of war in 1914 Frank was transferred to the newly formed 7th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry.
After much training in various parts of England Frank's battalion completed their training on Salisbury Plain, where in June 1915 they were inspected by the King, and in July embarked for France.
While in France Frank was promoted to sergeant. His battalion the 7th Somersets attached to 20th Light Division landed at Boulogne and by the end of July 1915 were billeted between Hazebrouck and Armentieres near the French - Belgium border. In August Frank and the 7th Somersets went into the front line trenches near Armentieres to find the opposing lines only yards apart. They were surprised and probably felt quite indignant when they heard a shout from the German trench, "Hullo. You Somerset Cukoos."
By September they were experiencing warfare above and below ground as friend and foe carried out mining and counter mining in attempts to blow up each others forward positions. In one mining explosion beneath their lines 12 men of the 7th Somersets were buried and dug out alive. Weeks later in September 1915 the division took part in the battle of Loos, suffering 561 casualties.
Frank's first Christmas Eve in France was rudely interrupted when the village of Fleurbaix, where his battalion were billeted came under fire from German artillery. As shells rained down on the village they were forced to run out into the fields to escape the bombardment.
In early 1916 Frank was in the trenches near Ypres in Belgium and a few months later the division was involved in the second campaigns of the Somme, including the battle of Le Transloy on 1st October.
Frank's division took part in the Third Battle of Ypres in July 1917, and in August the battle of Langemarck. Their fighting during the Ypres campaigns had cost his battalion (7th Somerset Lt Infantry) 5 officers killed and 14 wounded, plus other ranks 102 killed and 335 wounded.
Weeks later Frank and the 7th Somersets were back on the Somme and by mid October 1917 were at Villers-Guislain, a village on the front line with 1000 yards of No Mans land between them and the enemy. Each night they put out patrols and all returned safely with not a shot fired. So quiet was it here that some in the battalion hoped higher command would forget them until the war ends.
It was around this time when Frank was granted leave and returned home to England to get married. It was the latter quarter of 1917 when he married Kate Spiller in the district of Taunton. Frank was aged 22 this year and Kate was 20 (born 24 June 1898)
A few days later Frank returned to the Western front. No longer in a quiet sector. In March 1918 his battalion was involved in hard fighting during the great German Spring Offensive. Frank and the 7th Somersets not only held them off but managed to break through their lines.
That summer they were holding a front in the Lens sector. In the first week of October 1918 during some stiff fighting they captured the village of Fresnoy and advanced their positions by 400 yards. It was a slow and painful process but the enemy was now in retreat. Frank's Division were relieved by 12th Division on 8th October and marched back 16 miles to Averdoingt for rest. They stayed here until 30th October when the division was ordered up to Cambrai .
However, in the area of Averdoingt on 24th of October 1918 Frank Bright was wounded by a shell, with shell fragments hitting his left thigh and hand. He was admitted to No. 22 Casualty Clearing Station. And from there was moved closer to the coast to No. 9 General Hospital on 27th October, and the next day was transferred back to England.
Frank was admitted to hospital in England on 29th October 1918 where he spent the next three months (93 days) recovering from his wounds. The Armistice came while Frank was still in hospital. He was discharged from hospital on 29th January 1919. He was demobilised from the army on 27th February 1919.
After the war Frank and Kate settled in Stoke St Mary near Taunton and started to raise their family. They lived at Oakfield Farm where Frank became a dairy and poultry farmer. Frank died aged 87 in 1984. Kate died in 1992.
Mervyn Tims

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Sgt. Edward Garland 7th Btn. Wiltshire Regiment (d.16th December 1918)
Edward Garland was a regular soldier in the Wiltshire Regiment prior to the outbreak of the First World War. He served in South Africa in the Boer War and also served in India.
Having left the army he moved to Chesterfield, where he became a porter on the Midland Railway. He remained at that job for five years. He then went to work at The Malt House (Maltkins) in Langwith, Derbyshire, although his home was at Brimington, near Chesterfield.
He was wounded on 18th October 1918 in the drive to the Hindenburgh Line, he was transported to No 9 Hospital in Rouen where he succumbed to his injuries on 16th December 1918.
Bill Bryan

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Pte. Arthur Harris 2nd Btn. D Coy. Royal Scots Fusilliers
Arthur Harris joined 9th Service Battalion, York and Lancs Regiment in 1914 (a Battalion is a unit made up of between 800 and 1000 men). His Regimental number was 14432. His medals record card shows he entered the "Flanders theatre of war" on 27th August 1915. This is the date of his arrival in Boulogne as a soldier of the 8th and 9th Service Battalion of the Y&L's to join the 23rd Division, a new army division, the so-called "Kitchener's New Army" or "K3" as it was officially designated. His unit established itself in the area around Tilques in France and subsequently was engaged in various actions on the Western Front.
On 2nd July 1916 he was wounded in the leg by enemy machine-gun fire during the first or second day of the Battle of Albert, (the opening action in the Battle of the Somme). He was treated in the field at No 3 Casualty Clearing Station in Puchevillers, Pickardie and recuperated at No.9 Base Hospital on the racecourse at Rouen. In consequence of this and of the unit decimation and chaos of the Somme Offensive, he was transferred to D Company, 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. This was his unit until his demobilisation at the end of the war. His Royal Scots Fusiliers service number was 43468.
His rank was Private throughout his service. His discharge documents show both of his regimental service numbers and his military occupation at discharge as â€œOfficerâ€™s Servantâ€ (Batman). His military commendation says â€œFirst-class shot", a thought-provoking compliment indeed . His Lt Colâ€™s recommendation for employment says â€œSmart and Intelligentâ€.
He was awarded the British War Medal, the Victory Medal and the 1914/15 Star. The 1914/15 Star was awarded to all who served under fire in any theatre of war against Germany between 5th August 1914 and 31st December 1915, except for those eligible for the 1914 Star (the so-called Mons Star, awarded to those serving under fire during The retreat from Mons - 1914). These three service medals were sometimes irreverently referred to as Pip, Squeak and Wilfred.
David Brown

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