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WW1 Archives St. Mary's Hospital

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Christine in Herts

Christine in Herts Report 5 Jan 2005 19:17

What an extraordinary resource! I don't think I shall need it, but I have certainly book-marked it! Thanks for sharing the info. Christine

JillyWilly

JillyWilly Report 5 Jan 2005 16:01

the archives contain over 2500 records of UK, Australian and New > Zealand personnel. Most of the case notes are in their original folders and > relate mostly to soldiers, with a small number of Navy and Flying Corps > personnel, whom had suffered burns. The records include rank, number, > regiment and date of wounding so that the action in which they were wounded > can often be identified. > > I am informed that The Gillies and Macalister Archives are probably the most > important and complete collection of facial surgery records of their age in > the world and they are available to researchers by application to the > Curator, details of which are on the following website: - >http://website(.)lineone.net/~andrewbamji/> > > I hope this information may of use to some WW1 researchers who are currently > unaware of this research source. > Hope this works for you all. Jill

JillyWilly

JillyWilly Report 5 Jan 2005 15:58

I found this on another site it gives paintings names and ranks of men who required Plastic surgery in WW1. See below Jill