Catalogue description Folio(s): 334. Name: William Beaton Norton . Rank: Private . ...

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Details of MH 106/2109/122
Reference: MH 106/2109/122
Description:

Folio(s): 334.

Name: William Beaton Norton.

Rank: Private.

Unit/Battalion/Regiment: 3 Coldstream Guards.

Service number: 12217.

Age: 21.

Hospital(s): Military Hospital, Bagthorpe, Nottingham.

Condition/Injury/Disease: Gunshot wound of head; Cerebral hernia.

Details and Outcome: Patient wounded 08/10/1915 at Hulluch. Ailments listed: cerebral hernia, wound septic. Operation performed 09/10/1915, patient trephined, bone removed. Treatment: fomentations applied to hernia. Operation performed 15/11/1915, bone pieces removed. Developed paralysis of left arm. Died 15/12/1915.

Number of Pages: 1.

Date: 1915 Oct 19 - 1915 Dec 15
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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