War Diaries Talk

Departed sick, returned???

  • erik.schaubroeckscarlet.be by erik.schaubroeckscarlet.be

    How do you tag someone who returns from being "sick", sometimes "went to UK sick"?

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  • cyngast by cyngast moderator

    I tag those as "Returned: from hospital." If it was a temporary illness of just a few days, they went to the field ambulance. If it was a longer illness, like pneumonia in those days without antibiotics, they went to a general hospital farther away from the front or possibly to the UK to recover.

    If the diary says someone returned from sick leave, I still tag it the same way as I think the fact that he had been sick/wounded is more important. Tagging it as "Returned: from leave" would imply that he was healthy when he left.

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