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Folio(s): 196. Name: John C. Walford. Rank: Captain. Unit/Battalion/Regiment:...

Catalogue reference: MH 106/2083/56

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This record is about the Folio(s): 196. Name: John C. Walford. Rank: Captain. Unit/Battalion/Regiment:... dating from 1914 Nov 18 - 1914 Nov 19 in the series War Office: First World War Representative Medical Records of Servicemen and Servicewomen. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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MH 106/2083/56
Date
1914 Nov 18 - 1914 Nov 19
Description

Folio(s): 196.

Name: John C. Walford.

Rank: Captain.

Unit/Battalion/Regiment: Royal Field Artillery.

Service number: N/A.

Age: 32.

Hospital(s): 3rd General Hospital, St Nazaire; Welsh Hospital, Netley, Hampshire.

Condition/Injury/Disease: Amoebic Dysentery.

Details and Outcome: First contracted dysentery in India, 1909. Permitted 1 years leave. 2 relapses since. Onset of current illness 28/09/1914. Sent to 3rd General Hospital, St-Nazaire and remained for 1 month. Discharged to light duty. Relapsed after 10 days. Readmitted then sent to England. At Netley prescribed chicken diet. Home address listed: Landseore Lodge, Teignmouth, South Devon. Discharged.

Number of Pages: 1.

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War Office: First World War Representative Medical Records of Servicemen and Servicewomen

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