Mike Townsend
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There was a blog written by one of the volunteers, I don't know if it will be any help. www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-...
Tracing medical records from the First World War
Explore how The National Archives are preserving medical records from the First World War and how you can assess them.
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
January 25, 2026 at 1:31 PM
There was a blog written by one of the volunteers, I don't know if it will be any help. www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-...
We volunteers finished our part end of last year. I think it has since been checked and uploaded to Discovery. One thing to bear in mind is that the total set was 275 tons but when it was passed to PRO/TNA only 2.5 tons was passed.
January 25, 2026 at 1:21 PM
We volunteers finished our part end of last year. I think it has since been checked and uploaded to Discovery. One thing to bear in mind is that the total set was 275 tons but when it was passed to PRO/TNA only 2.5 tons was passed.
It is indexed with name, number, unit, hospital and a brief description of what happened to them and the documents included.
January 24, 2026 at 10:54 PM
It is indexed with name, number, unit, hospital and a brief description of what happened to them and the documents included.
Diarrhoea. Recently I helped index WW1 hospital records at TNA (MH106)and there were a few like this though not many in France but lots in Alexandria. It wasn't always spelt with an 'o'.
January 24, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Diarrhoea. Recently I helped index WW1 hospital records at TNA (MH106)and there were a few like this though not many in France but lots in Alexandria. It wasn't always spelt with an 'o'.