Hello all, I was wondering if any of you can fill in any gaps for me? I would like to know the locations of all the clearing stations during May 1940. The only one I can really find any information on is 10 CCS. Which appears to have been in St Andre, North of Lille and then moved to Krombeke, shortly after it was captured. I would also like to know which cemeteries each CCS used. Its hopefully not a big ask, but lets see!
BBC - WW2 People's War - 12th Casualty Clearing Station: France 1940 Attached is a .PDF document from WW2 regarding 8th CCS. I hope it helps. No.3 Casualty Clearing Station in the Second World War 1939-1945 - The Wartime Memories Project has quite an interesting first-hand account near the bottom of the page, which does talk about its location. If you scroll down on No 6 CCS Casualty Clearing Station WW2 Catterick Matron Marian Bannister (qaranc.co.uk), you should find what you need about the 6th. British Expeditionary Force order of battle (1940) - Wikipedia gives all the CCSs in the BEF at the time, I would recommend looking each one up on Discovery | The National Archives. When you have the details for the War Diaries (I don't think any of the CCS ones are downloadable), you'll be able to buy a reader's ticket for when you go to Kew, if you do. ATB, Jacob PS If I come across any more info that could help, I'll give you a shout .
However, WW2 - The Second World War: Pte. Geoffrey D. Gardiner, R.A.M.C. (1920 - 1940) (2ndww.blogspot.com) would seem to suggest that 10 CCS used Lille Southern Cemetery. I'll keep looking.
This is good: Private Diary: Offranville C.C.S. Dieppe Medical Base Sub Area, May - Jun 1940, Brig. R. OGIER WARD | WW2Talk
Thanks Jacob! This is a lot of great information. I couldnt find where the town for 3 CCS was though. Maybe the chap misspelt it? Thanks again, Adam
You're probably right about the placename being misspelt - I'm guessing that "Mondicow" was a anglicisation of Mondicourt, which was/is a French town 90 miles south-east of Dunkirk, by road. It must have been horrible getting to the evacuation beaches!
A CCS used De Panne Communal Cemetery | Cemetery Details | CWGC around about the time of the evacuation, but I don't know which one it was, sorry.
From diary of 12 field ambulance, 23rd May 1940, it confirms there is a CCS at Monastery, Mont de Bondues. Any idea which CCS this might be?
Can't find anything, sorry, but the CCS may have used Bondues Communal Cemetery - World War Two Cemeteries - A photographic guide to the cemeteries and memorials of WW2 (ww2cemeteries.com) It might have been 10 CCS, because Bondues is just outside Lille. This has some interesting info too: Casualty Clearing Station/ Mil Hospital Locations - Krombeke | WW2Talk
