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No.18 Casualty Clearing Station    No.18 Casualty Clearing Station opened at Lapugnoy in August 1915 and made a number of moves ending the war at Ytres. The wounded, having already had their wounds dressed at a Dressing Station would be brought to the tented hospital behind the lines, which also dealt with the sick referred to them by the Medical Officer of the man's battalion. The CCS was equipped with an operating theatre and tented wards. Those who needed further treatment would be transferred to one of the hospitals, though some were able to return to their unit after a stay at the CCS If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. We are currently building a database of patients treated in this hospital, if you know of anyone who was treated here, please enter their details via this form Patient Reports. (This section is under construction) No information has been added for this hospital, please check back later. Those known to have worked or been treated at No.18 Casualty Clearing Station during the Great War 1914-1918. Grubb Albert Edward. Gnr. (d.8th December 1918) West Benjamin. Pte. (d.7th Aug 1918) All names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List Records of No.18 Casualty Clearing Station from other sources. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. 1st of September 2024 marks 25 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the Great War? Our Library contains many many diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. 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There are:0 items tagged No.18 Casualty Clearing Station available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. 253494 Gnr. Albert Edward Grubb 83rd Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery (d.8th December 1918) Albert Grubb was educated at the Duke of York Military School, the Royal Hibernian Military School and the Industrial School under the Home Office and Local Government Board. He joined the 2nd Dragoon Guards in March 1909, aged 19yrs 8 months, after being a groom. A year later on the 2nd April 1910, he joined the Royal Garrison Artillery as a Gunner at No.1 Depot. He was discharged from the Army after 4 years and 113 days at his own request on 20th of July 1914, only weeks before the outbreak of war. He enlisted again in August 1914. He served right through the war only to lose his life through disease in December 1918 whilst being treated at the 3rd Canadian Stationary Hospital at Doullens, France. He is buried in at Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.2. Add to this record. 235479 Pte. Benjamin West 4th Regiment (d.7th Aug 1918) Pte Benjamin West, who was born at the Moravian Mission Station Genadendal in South Africa, was a tailor by profession who worked for Mr J Browning of Worcester in South Africa when he joined the army. He was wounded during May 1917 and spent May and June in the hospital in B.I Ward, South African Hospital, Richmond, Surrey. Between the 18th and 20th March 1918 he was gassed and sent to 9 General Lake Side Hospital near Rouen. After he was seriously wounded, he was admitted to the 18th C.C.S. in France on 19th July 1918 and died at 1.50 in the morning of 7th August 1918. He was buried at Longuenesse Souvenir Cemeterey, St Omer. Jaco Coetzee Add to this record. Recomended Reading. 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