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Help to Decipher wound sustained WWI - Completed, many thanks
« on: Wednesday 13 May 09 11:26 BST (UK) »
Hello all

I wondered if anyone could help to decipher what wound my grandfather had during WWI, it looks to me like

Collision bash?

Here is a link to military too where I was asking about his consequent pension.

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=381187.msg2539171#msg2539171

Many Thanks
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Re: Help to Decipher wound sustained WWI
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 13 May 09 11:29 BST (UK) »
Contusion Back ?
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Re: Help to Decipher wound sustained WWI
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 13 May 09 11:49 BST (UK) »
yes, thanks possibly, I've never heard the word before.   Just looked it up = a bruise.  Quite possible I'd have thought.

On the pension page it says he was awarded a pension for 69 weeks and the injury was 20% debilitating.   From January 1919.

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Re: Help to Decipher wound sustained WWI
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 13 May 09 11:54 BST (UK) »
Steven,  Contusion Back...

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Re: Help to Decipher wound sustained WWI
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 13 May 09 16:17 BST (UK) »
Sounds worse than the average bruise if it was 20% debilitating.  Still at least he got a 69% pension. 

One of my g.uncle's was discharged (right at the end of WWI) suffering from tonsillitis - but the authorities didn't think that was worth a pension ::) ::)

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Re: Help to Decipher wound sustained WWI
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 13 May 09 16:22 BST (UK) »
Ha ha yes

He told many a story about his war years,one was that he was delivering ammunition to the front line on horseback, which I think from his records is the case, so it might be possible he was hit by shrapnel or something.

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