Hi Elaine,
Re Edmund's record of service for WW1 ........... Anthony has proven himself to be
the expert in decyphering the army/medical jargon used and I sent him a copy which he says
he will look at when he returns from foreign parts.
In the meantime I have extracted the following from The National Roll of The Great War
which should help :-
Cattley.E. Gunner Royal Field Artillery.
He volunteered in September 1914 and in the following year was drafted to the Western
Front where he took part in the Battles of Ypres, Loos and the Somme. In July 1917 he was
transferred to Salonica and whilst there he contracted malaria and was invalided home. He
had a relapse and was sent to Canehill in Surrey where he died on May 12th 1920.
He was entitled to the 1914-1915 Star and the General Service and Victory Medals.
19. Deverell Street, New Kent Road, London S.E.1
Not sure if Canehill was a specialist (military?) hospital or not but the fact that he was
sent there explains why the GRO death district is given as Croydon.
There are other ailments shown on his medical records and whilst almost unreadable, I
think that one condition indicated is a term used before the the expression shell shock
was coined ..... now of course that term is defunct as well in favour of PTSD. Anyway
let's see what Anthony makes of it all.
Tim