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Casualty Clearing Station. In the British Army and other Commonwealth militaries, a Casualty Clearing Station (CCS) is a military medical facility behind the front lines that is used to treat wounded soldiers. A CCS would usually be located just beyond the range of enemy artillery and often near transportation facilities (e.g., a railway).
Martinpuich is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France. The Capture of Martinpuich took place on 15 September 1916. Martinpuich is situated 18 mi (29 km) south of Arras, near the junction of the D 929 and D 6 roads, opposite Courcelette, in the Pas-de-Calais, France.
Gassed is a very large oil painting completed in March 1919 by John Singer Sargent. It depicts the aftermath of a mustard gas attack during the First World War, with a line of wounded soldiers walking towards a dressing station. Sargent was commissioned by the British War Memorials Committee to document the war and visited the Western Front [ 1 ...
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Bunkers used by the Advanced Dressing Station. During the First World War, the Ieperlee was part of the frontline. It linked the Ypres Salient, held by the French and English, to the Yser Front, held by the Belgian Army. Because of its location close to the frontline, the canal bank was chosen by the British as the site of an Advanced Dressing ...
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Australian Field Dressing Station during the Battle of Messines, 7 June 1917. The following is a list of Australian Army medical units in World War I. Field Ambulance
The Capture of Hill 60 ( 17 April – 7 May 1915) took place near Hill 60 south of Ypres on the Western Front, during the First World War. Hill 60 had been captured by the German 30th Division on 11 November 1914, during the First Battle of Ypres (19 October – 22 November 1914). Initial French preparations to raid the hill were continued by ...