Evacuation via hospital train.

[Red Tom]

My ancestor was evacuated by hospital train in late Sept. 1918,would he have been sent back to England,or a hospital in France? The casualty list has him suffering from 'debility'.

[MaxD]

Their initial destinations were base hospitals.  Good pieces on the subject here
https://www.historyanswers.co.uk/history-of-war/somme-2016-the-ambulance-trains-of-world-war-1-meant-the-difference-between-life-and-death/ and
https://www.qaranc.co.uk/ambulancetrains.php

I imagine their would have been some sorting out at the base hospitals of those who could be treated there and those who were onward evacuated to England.

MaxD

[Red Tom]

Their initial destinations were base hospitals.  Good pieces on the subject here
https://www.historyanswers.co.uk/history-of-war/somme-2016-the-ambulance-trains-of-world-war-1-meant-the-difference-between-life-and-death/ and
https://www.qaranc.co.uk/ambulancetrains.php

I imagine their would have been some sorting out at the base hospitals of those who could be treated there and those who were onward evacuated to England.

MaxD

Thank you MaxD for your help,it is appreciated as always.