J Wilson DOW 1932

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The article below relates to the death of John Wilson who died at Hope Hospital in 1932. He believed that his illness prior to his death was caused by wounds received at the battle of Passchendaele (Ypres) in 1917. He had recently applied for an army pension but this was rejected. An X-ray taken at the hospital a week before his death revealed sixteen pieces of shrapnel.

I think this man is Private 269646 John Wilson (King's Liverpool Regiment) son of James Wilson, 80 Brighton St, Salford.

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[ELAINE]

What a sad story Garry..

Funny, my gran and grandad lived at 80 Brighton St.. in the 1950's..!!!!!!!

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It is Elaine,

My wife's father served during WW2, about five years ago his shoulder started paining him and X-ray revealed that he had shrapnel pieces which should have been removed during the operation he had after being wounded. With the help of the Royal British Legion he received a small pay out from the army. Although not well he is still alive.

[mack]

its very likely this is your man gary,he was previously pte 8370 john wilson,21st lancs fusiliers,he was very seriously wounded in the left thigh on 21-7-17,he was invalided home on the hospital ship carisbrook castle 5 days later and admitted to bromborough auxillary hospital,then sent to the convalescent hospital at southport on 14th december 1917,his reference to the borderers and labour corps could have been short term postings,john wilson was only 36 when he died,his age matches your man
pte wilson worked as a sawyer for j.ashworth+co trafford rd before the war
he didnt apply for a disability or army pension after the war

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In 1895, the invention of the x-ray created an amazing step forward in the history
of medicine. For the first time ever, the inner workings of the body could be made
visible without having to cut into the flesh.

By 1896 an x-ray department had been set up at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary,
one of the first radiology departments in the world. The head of the department,
Dr John Macintyre, produced a number of remarkable x-rays: the first x-ray of a kidney stone;
an x-ray showing a penny in the throat of a child, and an image of a frog's legs in motion.
In the same year Dr Hall-Edwards became one of the first people
to use an x-ray to make a diagnosis - he discovered a needle embedded in a woman's hand.
In the first twenty years following Roentgen's discovery,
x rays were used to treat soldiers fighting in the Boar war and those fighting in WWI, finding bone fractures and embedded bullets.
Much excitement surrounded the new technology,
and x-ray machines started to appear as a wondrous curiosity in theatrical shows.

it would seem this man missed having a x ray in ww1

[mack]

my grandfather had half a hundredweight still left in him when he got home from germany where he was a POW,in his later years,he had an X.ray for some ailment that he had,and it showed loads of the stuff still left in him,the german doctors only removed the big stuff,just like the british doctors would have done,most of the small bits would eventually work their way to the surface.
when i was a small boy we used to visit him at his home in leeds,and i always remember my mum using a razor blade to nick the skin on his upper body,when i grew up,i asked her about it,and she said she was diggin shrapnel out of him that had worked its way to the surface,she said she had been doing this since she was a teenager

mack

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i have recently read a few articles that refer to John Wilson as the "human pepper box".

The attached article was kindly sent to us by Roy Bullock, c/o Friends of Salford Cemeteries.

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Yet another article.