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.