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No. 1 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station [textual record]

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Date:

1914-1919

Reference:

R611-244-6-E, RG9-III-C-10

Type of material:

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Item ID number:

182697

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No. 1 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station
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Sub-series includes:

6 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1914-1919

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.3 m of textual records

Language of material:

English

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Sub-series consists of records created and/or maintained by the No. 1 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, and document many aspects of its activities.

RG9 III, volume 4556 includes the following files: General correspondence re mobilization, 15 Aug. 1914 - 31 Dec. 1916 ( folder 1, files 1-2); Record of deaths, 17 Feb. 1916-10 Feb. 1919 ( folder 2, file 1); Standing orders, 24 Aug. 1914 - 19 Jan. 1916 ( folder 2, file 2); Records of nursing sisters (matron's book) 1 March 1915-31 Dec. 1918 ( folder 2, file 3); Statistical returns, 1917-1918 (5 books) ( folder 3).

See also: Soldier's effects, German prisoners admitted, approval of marriages, chevrons, for overseas service, nominal rolls, leave, reinforcements, transfers of patients, etc, (RG9, III, vol. 4557, folders 4-5).

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Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, no. 1

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Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, no. 1 : No. 1 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station (CCS) was initially organized in Liverpool, Nova Scotia and Valcartier in August 1914 as No. 2 Clearing Hospital. It was commanded by Major F.S.L. Ford.

No. 2 Clearing Hospital embarked at Quebec on 30 September 1914 aboard MEGANTIC, disembarking in England on 14 October 1914. Its strength was 11 officers and 75 other ranks. In England it was attached to the Duchess of Connaught's Canadian Red Cross Hospital, Taplow. No. 2 Clearing Hospital arrived in France on 2 February 1915 and it was redesignated as No. 1 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station on 6 March 1915. No. 1 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station ceased operations on 12 February 1919, was demobilized at Halifax in April 1919, and was disbanded by General Order 211 of 15 November 1920.

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid's file level descriptions can be accessed through the consists of fields in the MIKAN record. A paper copy is also available in the Reference room. 9-44-15 (90: Open)

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For related records found elsewhere in this fonds, see the following files: War diary, 13 Aug. 1914 - 31 March 1919 (RG9, III, vol. 5032, folders 836-839); Historical record (RG9, III, vol. 4715, folder 108, file 7); Correspondence re. collection of badges (RG9, III, vol. 4715, folder 108, file 8); Nominal rolls (RG9, III, vol. 3724); Nominal rolls of nursing sisters (RG9, III, vol. 3736); War diary, etc. (RG9, III, vol. 3747, no. 25); Personnel (RG9, III, vol. 3664, file 29-2-1); General correspondence (RG9, III, vol. 3686, file 30-2-1); Strength, Dec. 1918- Feb. 1919 (RG9, III, vol. 3894, folder 59, file 1); Nominal roll on leaving Canada, 1914 (RG9, IIB3, vol. 79); Cdn Record Office file (missing) (RG9, III, vol. 1087, file M-8-4).

For related records found in the Department of National Defence fonds, see the following files: History (RG24, vol. 1978, file HQ 683-1046-2); DHS file (RG24, vol. 1909, file DHS 5-12-18).

This information is based on Barbara Wilson's unpublished Guide to the Sources of the Canadian Expeditionary Force.

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RG9-III-C-10
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[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [RG 9 III-C-10] 4556--4557

[Consultation 90 Open]

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