roger Posted 11 June , 2004 Share Posted 11 June , 2004 During the summer 1915 the various units of the 35th div. concentrated at Masham, North Yorks. close to where I live. In the churchyard of St Mary's there are the graves of six soldiers of the Div, 18/HLI, Cheshires, 15/Sherwood Foresters, 19/North.Fus. and 19/DLI. All died June, July and August 1915. Unfortunetly I don't have any clues how these men met their deaths. I realise there was a lot of men in a Division but was it usual to lose this many men in such a short space of time in Britain? Roger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted 11 June , 2004 Share Posted 11 June , 2004 Roger. Only a suggestion and i am not sure on this but could it have been something like an influenza epidemic etc Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ypres Posted 11 June , 2004 Share Posted 11 June , 2004 Hi, Mumps perhaps? I have heard that some of the lads from the West Indies that are here in Seaford died of mumps. onle a suggestion. Mandy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger Posted 11 June , 2004 Author Share Posted 11 June , 2004 It crossed my mind that they were subject to some sort of epidemic. I haven't got the Div. history yet, thats next months book purchase but I wonder if the deaths are mentioned there or in any of the battalion histories. Roger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HERITAGE PLUS Posted 11 June , 2004 Share Posted 11 June , 2004 There were also epidemics of Measles during the war. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Dunlop Posted 11 June , 2004 Share Posted 11 June , 2004 There were periodic outbreaks of bacterial meningitis, pneumonia and the likes in the crowded conditions of barracks and camps. Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger Posted 11 June , 2004 Author Share Posted 11 June , 2004 Thanks for the replies. It's quite strange seeing a row of military graves dated 1915 in the Yorkshire Dales. Roger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Harland Posted 13 June , 2004 Share Posted 13 June , 2004 Sadly, but not surprisingly, there is nothing in the Divisional history on the fate of these men.. Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeppoSapone Posted 13 June , 2004 Share Posted 13 June , 2004 There were periodic outbreaks of bacterial meningitis, pneumonia and the likes in the crowded conditions of barracks and camps. Robert Also, could have been killed during training accidents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenwoodman Posted 13 June , 2004 Share Posted 13 June , 2004 According to Becke, it looks like the Division was in and around Masham for 6 weeks. For that number of men 6 deaths to me doesn't seem unusual. I was reading a war diary recently where it said Pte Bloggs dropped dead. There were on the Western Front but in reserve! I've researched others whose death was attributable to an adverse reaction to innoculation. A combination of disease, training accidents and natural causes would probably produce one death a week among so many men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger Posted 13 June , 2004 Author Share Posted 13 June , 2004 Thankyou for the replies. Roger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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