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No.59 Casualty Clearing Station    No.59 Casualty Clearing Station opened at Hesdin in April 1917 and made a number of moves. 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.59 Casualty Clearing Station during the Great War 1914-1918. Arthur Thomas. Gnr. Faithful James Henry. Pte. (d.15th November 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.59 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.59 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. 249190 Gnr. Thomas Arthur 151st Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery My grandfather Thomas Arthur, known as Tom, was born on 5th October 1889 and lived in Stirling, Scotland. At the age of 18 he fulfilled a personal ambition of joining the Scots Guards and served initially as a private and then as a Lance Corporal in the 1st Battalion. Unfortunately, due to family circumstances, he had to leave in March 1910. We believe he volunteered at the outbreak of WW1 and joined the Royal Garrison Artillery 151st Heavy Battery IV Corps, seeing service in France, including at Ypres. He enjoyed some leave with friends at Whitesands Bay in August 1917 and again in May 1918 when he married his first wife. In September 1918 Tom was gassed and went through No 59 Casualty Clearing Station to No 22 Ambulance Train for return home. I do not remember my grandfather ever speaking about his experiences in WW1 though my mother remembers him saying that it was a terrible experience and that his skin suffered long-lasting effects from the gas. We are very glad that he survived to raise a family of three children, and fifteen grand-children. He died in 1974. Frances Murray Add to this record. 211212 Pte. James Henry Faithful 11th Btn. Suffolk (d.15th November 1918) James Henry Faithful was wounded in late October of 1918 and died of his wounds on the 15th November 1918 at Awoingt Military Hospital. He was buried in the hospital cemetery which is now the British Military cemetery at Awoingt, Nord, France. James was a London boy born and bred, he was just aged 27 at the time of his death and left a wife and baby daughter (my mother and grandmother). Stephen Brady Add to this record. 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