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No.38 Casualty Clearing Station

No.38 Casualty Clearing Station opened at Heilly in May 1916 and made a number of moves, including a spell in Italy, being at Awoingt at the Armistice. 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.

17th Sep 1916 Death

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Briscoe MiD.. Alfred Edward. Cpl.
Campbell James. Pte. (d.22nd Jun 1916)
Rix Robert Earnest. Pte. (d.27th Jun 1916)
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Pte. Robert Earnest Rix 21st (Tyneside Scottish) Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.27th Jun 1916)
I have found my great uncle Robert Rix enlisted in the Northumberland Fusiliers at Bedlington, England in 1916. Robert was born in Widdrington pit village (coal mine), in the North East of England in 1894 and would become one of 14 children of George and Alice Rix. His father was a coal miner. The family moved to Bomarsund/Stakeford in 1911 and were living at 2 East Terrace. Many of the older boys and their father worked in the coal mine there also. Robert was a pit pony driver, from the about the age of 13.
Robert enlisted as a private in the 21st (2nd Tyneside Scottish) Battalion. After training he landed in France, and his battalion was sent to the Western Front (and finally, the Somme). No more is noted in the records until he next turns up at the 38th Casualty Clearing Station. He was gassed, and died there on the 27th of June 1916 aged 20. His effects went to his family who were also posthumously awarded his medals; the British War Medal and Victory Medal.
He will always be remembered for his sacrifice for his country. Family memories say Robert's father George, was never the same man after Robert was killed. George died of heart failure less than a year later. Possibly it may have also been a broken heart.
Private Robert Earnest Rix is buried at Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, Somme, France and is remembered on the following memorials:
Bedlington Coal Company memorial in the Chapel of Rememberance at St Cuthberts Church of England Church, Bedlington.
Also in a memorial in the forecourt of Stakeford Memorial Hall.
Also on a Roll of Honour to The Heroic Dead originally at the West Sleekburn Middle School. The school is now closed and the plaque was moved to St Peters Church Hall.

Michelle Rix

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Cpl. Alfred Edward Briscoe MiD. 20th Battalion
Alfred Briscoe joined the Australian Imperial Army with his brothers Leopold, Walter and half brother George Brooker. Alfred was a miner aged 28 years and was living in Gosford, NSW with his wife Mrs C T B Briscoe when he enlisted on 30th of October 1915. His unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 9th of April 1916. He was promoted to Corporal within the 20th Battalion AIF.
On 14th of November 1916 he was wounded in action sustaining a gunshot wound to his arm and shoulder. The next day he was transferred to the 38th Casualty Clearing Station, then on 16th November he was transferred to the 11th Stationery Hospital at Rouen. From there transferred to England on 27th November. He was later discharged from hospital and returned to Australia on 1st of July 1919.
Alfred received the British War Medal, Star 1914/15 and Victory Medal. He was also Mention in Despatches: Awarded, and promulgated, London Gazette No. 31089 (31st of December 1918) and Commonwealth Gazette No. 61 (23rd of May 1919).
Of the brothers, all returned except Leopold, formerly of the 13th Battalion AIF and then of the 30th Infantry Battalion AIF. He was killed in action at the Battle of Fromelles on the 20th of July 1916.
Colin Briscoe

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Pte. James Campbell 22nd (3rd Tyneside Scottish) Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.22nd Jun 1916)
My Great Uncle, James Campbell was from John Street, Cowpen, Blyth, Northumberland and died from his wounds in the trenches of the Somme on 22/6/16. He was serving in the Tyneside Scottish battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers. One of eight siblings and only three would live to see adulthood. We will always remember him and all the other men who made such a sacrifice for this country.
Editor's Note:- In the Register of Soldiers Effects, the entry relating to James Campbell indicates that he died in no.38 Casualty Clearing Station from the effects of gas. The war diary for his Battalion establishes that, between the 16th and 24th June 1916, they were in trenches near to Becourt Wood, with Battalion Headquarters being at Becourt Chateau. There is an entry stating that on the night of the 22nd June,'25 men were gassed while our own gas cylinders were being placed in the forward lines'. A total of 17 were killed on that day. James Campbell is interred in the Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe.
Claire Gilfillan

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