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Title: Entry in my Great Grandfathers WW1 Service Record
Post by: GBoulton on Saturday 08 July 23 18:08 BST (UK)
Hi all,

I wonder if you could decipher the attacked entry of my Gt Grandfather, I'm not sure if he was sick or wounded?
Title: Re: Entry in my Great Grandfathers WW1 Service Record
Post by: ShaunJ on Saturday 08 July 23 23:48 BST (UK)
I'm guessing this was 1st SGH https://wartimememoriesproject.com/greatwar/hospitals/hospital.php?pid=933
Title: Re: Entry in my Great Grandfathers WW1 Service Record
Post by: Andy J2022 on Sunday 09 July 23 10:18 BST (UK)
Quote from: GBoulton on Saturday 08 July 23 18:08 BST (UK)
I'm not sure if he was sick or wounded?
The first word is sick. See the slightly improved image of the text below
Title: Re: Entry in my Great Grandfathers WW1 Service Record
Post by: Andy J2022 on Sunday 09 July 23 10:23 BST (UK)
The words after SGH are Stirchley Birmingham which throws some doubt over Shaun's explanation for SGH. Possibly Stirchley General Hospital?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirchley,_Birmingham
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Title: Re: Entry in my Great Grandfathers WW1 Service Record
Post by: ShaunJ on Sunday 09 July 23 10:40 BST (UK)
See page 4 of this PDF for another mention of "1st SGH Stirchley Sec *"

https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/awm-media/collection/RCDIG1037252/document/5624920.PDF
Title: Re: Entry in my Great Grandfathers WW1 Service Record
Post by: ShaunJ on Sunday 09 July 23 10:42 BST (UK)
and another one (page 10):

https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/awm-media/collection/RCDIG1059392/document/5647172.PDF
Title: Re: Entry in my Great Grandfathers WW1 Service Record
Post by: ShaunJ on Sunday 09 July 23 10:44 BST (UK)
There are several online references to "1st Southern General Hospital, Stirchley Section, Birmingham"
Title: Re: Entry in my Great Grandfathers WW1 Service Record
Post by: AlanBoyd on Sunday 09 July 23 10:45 BST (UK)
There is a 1916 newspaper reference to a soldier receiving the Military Medal who is at "1st Southern General Hospital, Stirchley Section, Birmingham"

added: just beat me to it!