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STATION, civil law. A place where ships may ride in safety. Dig. 49, 12, 1, 13; id. 50, 15, 59.

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As a result of this, there were some 350 burials in the vicinity of the dressing station between then and the end of March 1918.

Record number of burials at Tyne Cot Cemetery

The Dressing Station proves that not only is Kaplan a good doctor but he also has a very evident flair for writing.

REVIEW:The Dressing Station

The two corpsmen had already talked about how they would divide medical duties in the event of a mass casualty emergency -- Parlier would handle injuries at the after battle dressing station, while Moser took care of patients up forward.

IN THE Presence OF Heroes

He went missing on June 15, 1917, after taking a wounded soldier to the dressing station.

Song tells the story of an honest boy shot at dawn; Private William Jones was probably suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder induced by the horrors of the Great War when he deserted the army. But handing himself in was to have fatal consequences for the soldier, not much more than a boy, as Rachael Misstear reports..

He spoke about setting up a dressing station, the conditions, the holes in the roof of the barn they were set up in, the dogfights in planes and the nights out in the local towns, so it's interesting.

Look into life on the trenches; Now search for diary soldier's family

A Red Cross eyewitness account said: "I heard that 2nd account said: "I heard that 2nd Lieutenant Springfield had both Lieutenant Springfield had both legs blown off and died on the legs blown off and died on the way to the dressing station.

Tales of Great War courage and tragedy; TO mark its centenary, we asked you to tell us about your family's heroes of the Great War and here are just a few of them. We have created galleries of tales of bravery, endurance and tragedy at thejournal.co.uk/ ww1heroes

The replica trench, which is 6ft deep and 130ft long, comes complete with a covered command bunker, a first aid dressing station and firing bays.

Young get taste of life in trenches

Jones was a stretcher bearer in France who went missing on June 15, 1917, after taking a wounded soldier to the dressing station.

HORROR OF THE WELSH SOLDIERS SHOT AT DAWN... New book portrays brutality faced by World War I troops

With eyes and lungs damaged by German mustard gas, 10 blindfolded soldiers struggle towards a dressing station.

A bitter truth

War is an indecent act, but decent acts are there - war brings out the worst in He then carried the man three quarters of a mile to a farmhouse which was being used as a dressing station, where the commanding officer died the following day.

BRAVE WELSHMEN OF WWI TRENCHES; New book marks 100th annive ersary of the Battle of Aisne

Gerry said: "I was taking the wounded in, I probably took him into the dressing station - but I wouldn't have recognised him covered in blood.

Tales of wartime daring as old soldiers reunited after 66 years

He was wounded and placed in the transport to be taken to the dressing station, but he got away and returned to the thick of the fighting.