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Folio(s): 782-788. Name: W P Foster-Smith. Rank: Lieutenant. Unit/Battalion/Regiment:...

Catalogue reference: MH 106/2183/344

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This record is about the Folio(s): 782-788. Name: W P Foster-Smith. Rank: Lieutenant. Unit/Battalion/Regiment:... dating from 1917 Aug 25 - 1919 Oct 12 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 106/2183/344
Date
1917 Aug 25 - 1919 Oct 12
Description

Folio(s): 782-788.

Name: W P Foster-Smith.

Rank: Lieutenant.

Unit/Battalion/Regiment: Royal Field Artillery.

Service number: N/A.

Age: 34.

Hospital(s): Guy's Hospital, London; Military Hospital, Fulwood, Preston; 2nd Western General Hospital, Manchester (Whitworth Street); Quarry Brook Red Cross Military Hospital, Maghull; 1st Western General Hospital, Fazakerley, Liverpool (Ophthalmic Centre No.49)

Condition/Injury/Disease: Neurasthenia.

Details and Outcome: Patient admitted suffering with neurasthenia, after being buried by a shell. Wound sustained on the Somme in March 1917. Further details given. Discharged to duty 25 January 1918. Includes brief details of military service and patient's home address. Includes three medical case sheets, a medical transfer certificate and three notes.

Number of Pages: 7.

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The National Archives, Kew
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Open Document, Open Description
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