On 29 Mar 1918 after one year’s service and 16 months with the Field Force Robert Johnson was hit by a bullet. Family commented that he was hit in the head and mentally was never the same again. There may be some credence to this. If the symbols used in the Admission and Discharge Book from his time in the field hospital itlooks like he was classified as : Category I : Gunshot wounds to the head. Sub-category 1 : Contusions and simple flesh wounds of the scalp. His injury must have been serious as he spent 11 days in the field hospital before being transfered to another. First Name: R Surname: Johnson Age: 32 Index Number of Admission: 19804 Information: Entrained No. 12 Ambulance Train Rank: Private Service Number: 45067 Years Service: 1 year Months With Field Force: 1 year 4 months Ailment: Gunshot wound I (1), slight Date of Admission for Original Ailment: 29/03/1918 Date Transferred to Other Hospitals: No. 6 Convalescent Depot 08/04/1918 Number/Designation of Ward: M Notes written in the Observations Column: 28/03/1918. No. 56 Casualty Clearing Station Religion: Baptist Regiment: Northumberland Fusiliers Battalion: 19th Battalion Archive Reference: MH106/1150 MH106/1150 can be found at The National Archives in Kew, and contains First World War Representative Medical Records of No. 18 General Hospital: 27/03/1918 (II Convoy) to 30/03/1918 (I Convoy). British and Colonial Other Ranks, R.F.C., R.N.D., R.M., and Operations. No. 18 General Hospital at CAMIERS, FRANCE (Chicago U.S.A.) Ser: 19231-19922.
British Armed Forces, First World War Soldiers’ Medical Records - Robert Johnson 45067 Medical Record - Robert Johnson