Catalogue description Folio(s): 241-242. Name: Benton Shaw . Rank: Private . Unit/Battalion/Regiment: 4...

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Details of MH 106/2123/81
Reference: MH 106/2123/81
Description:

Folio(s): 241-242.

Name: Benton Shaw.

Rank: Private.

Unit/Battalion/Regiment: 4 York and Lancaster Regiment.

Service number: 2356.

Age: 21.

Hospital(s): No. 20 General Hospital, Camiers.

Condition/Injury/Disease: Gunshot wound of buttock; Meningitis.

Details and Outcome: Two medical case sheets. Patient discovered unconscious. Ailments listed: bullet entry wound of right scrotum and exit wound of left buttock. Patient unconscious at hospital, tests carried out, details listed. Operation 08/10/1915, lumbar puncture performed. Patient grew weaker. Patient died 09/10/1915.

Number of Pages: 2.

Date: 1915 Oct 7 - 1915 Oct 9
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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